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Looks like we’re finally going to feel some of that buzzed about economy crisis , kids. Yes, Prada went on sale… Hello credit card debt!

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“Spinning glamour into another orbit: our magnetic field of hot fluorescents, modern buffs, beiges and flesh tones are destined to test the laws of your style gravity. With these supersonic shades and neon orange compacts, go shock the galaxy!” (description from MAC site)

Yet ANOTHER MAC Collection! I’m not sure what to think of this one - the packaging is throwing me off, I think - it just all seems a bit too ORANGE, which is also a colour that makes me think of really bad faux-tans in the summer. My skin tone just can’t handle anything so…um, citrus, but I have many friends who adore this colour, so I’m sure there will be people who will be running out to grab these!

Neo Sci-Fi Lipstick, $16.50 CAD
A limited edition lipstick featuring the brilliant neon orange packaging of the Neo Sci-Fi collection.
- Sci-Fi-Delity (frost): burnt red with gold pearl
- Pleasureseeker (glaze): creamy peach
- Astral (lustre): mid-tone brown with red pearl
- Electro (lustre): bright orange
- Sunsonic (frost): white gold

Neo Sci-Fi: Tinted Lipglass, $16.50 CAD
Limited edition shades of Lipglass featuring the brilliant neon orange cap of the Neo Sci-Fi collection.
- Supreme: bronzed brown with white pearl
- Naked Spice: craemy mid-tone nude peach
- Pink Grapefruit: orange with gold pearl
- Soft & Slow: mid-tone creamy plum

Neo Sci-Fi Eye Shadow, 1.3 g / 0.04 oz, $16.50 CAD
A limited-edition shade of Eye Shadow packaged in the shiny neon orange and hi-shine black compact of the Neo Sci-Fi collection.
- Magnetic Fields (veluxe pearl): black brown with silver pearl
- Femme-Fi: frosty golden cream
- Evening Aura (veluxe pearl): frosty golden peach
- Time & Space (frost): frosty copper
- Expensive Pink (veluxe pearl): pink with gold duochrome

Neo Sci-Fi Powder Blush, $22.00 CAD
A limited-edition shade of Sheertone Shimmer Blush packaged in the shiny neon orange and black compact of the Neo Sci-Fi collection.
- Spaced Out: shimmery peach
- X-Rocks: shimmery dirty mauve

Cremestick Liner, 0.25 g / 0.009 oz, $16.50 CAD
A creamy, highly pigmented, retractable lip liner. Lightweight and smooth to apply: very long-lasting. Use as outline or as a “fill” and helps prevent feathering and bleeding.
- 80%: deep, deep cocoa
- Beurre: dirtied plum
- Summerfruit: pale coral

Nail Lacquer, 10 ml / 0.34 us oz, $12.00 CAD
Revolutionary new high gloss formula. Visibly different. Provides no-streak/no-chip finish. Contains conditioners and UV protection.
- Metalist: neutral coppertone with white pearl
- Plasma Blu: turquoise blue with matching pearl
- Neon 8: bright orange with matching pearl
- Phosphor: bumble bee yellow

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Forget about the subject! Four gorgeous are together again! Carry Bradshaw, Samantha Jones, Miranda Hobbes and Sharlotta Jork are on the air again with their earth-shattering and unsurpassed attires. (click the images to enlarge)

Sarah Jessica Parker shows master of style Patricia Field’s hand-made attire. Green fabric.

Sarah Jessica Parker runs down the Manhattan street dressed in wedding dress from Vivienne Westwood and bridal veil decorated with green feathers.

Sarah Jessica Parker shows dark side of the “Sex and the city” heroine.

Sarah Jessica Parker dressed in black with caring “Vogue”. She writes for this magazine from time to time.

Carry Bradshaw is a brunette again.

Kristin Davis demonstrateы gorgeous dress from Zac Posen against a background of chic limousine.

Kristin Davis sitting in the Bryant Park showing her flawless locks in Sharlotta Jork’s style.

Cynthia Nixon’s red hair looks nice with blue dress from Zac Posen.

Kim Cattrall is dressed in Me Decade and in high silvery heels.

Carry is the one who can experiment with ther wear like Samantha Jones with her men.

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Holy CRAP. So, I’m hardly one to go gaga over this emo, rolling-around-on-the-ground, Mia Michaels-esque contemporary dancing. (Said with utmost respect, of course) But YOWZA did you guys SEE this Brandon Bryant guy on So You Think You Can Dance? First, he looks like he’s all of 5′8″, but he’s allll muscle. All of it. Everywhere. He’s also gayer than a birdcage full of glitter*, all wearin’ Chuck Bass scarves and talkin’ bout his mama slappin’ him upside the head for underage auditioning in Season 1.

And then he gets on stage, and it’s like…. Spartacus. Doing ballet. Gracefully like he’s on skates or something. This dude is like sweaty Roman soldiers doing battle-pirouettes on ice. It looks like he has perfect control over every single, plentiful, muscle in his body. He’s just so JACKED! Total goosebumps!

And then he gets off stage and he’s super gay again! Yaaayyyy! Super gayyyy!

Could Brandon be my new SYTYCD fave? He certainly looks like he’d have the technique to kill at other styles of dance. (And the technique to kill a bunch of Navy SEALS, for that matter.) Besides, he’s already won “Star Search” , and in fact was a finalist with David Archuleta, and look how far THAT kid got.

But let’s not forget our resident Oscar the Grouch. Granted the “this is for you, Mom!” storyline might have swayed me, but I loved Markus Shields. He looks so thug, like Snoop Dog with the ‘do rag and the long floppy limbs. I guess his style IS hip hop, but it’s also so lyrical and flowy and just plain nice. They should definitely put him on the show, if for no other reason than to show how the magic of Mia Michael’s choreography can break down stony walls and to let his manly emotions burst forth!

The rest of them were pretty unmemorable (well, Claire Callaway’s extreme skinny-ness scared me, I guess). Fortunately, Nigel kept me entertained: “You look camouflage up in the dictionary, and you can’t find it!” Oh Nigel.

2 other thoughts: 1) Cat hugs a lot of sweaty people. I wonder how much hand sanitizer she goes through in a day. 2) By the look of it, they cast (um, sorry, “put through to Vegas”) one of the Wayan brothers. (He’s the guy that ran into the door, at the end of the episode.) WTF??

And finally, to end all this randomness, Benji should totally do some DC Swing! It’d be haawwwt.

Oh, my phone’s ringing, gotta jet! What about you, any favourite dancers so far?

* I don’t know, that seems pretty gay, doncha think?

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My manicurist told me this tip for supple hands. A couple of times a week, use a sugar scrub that is available at discount retailers for only a few dollars to exfoliate your hands. Then rinse and apply olive oil that has been warmed in the microwave and let set a few minutes and then wash hands with gentle cleanser and follow with your favorite hand lotion. She also recommended that you do not use the popular antibacterial hand soap because it dries out your skin and makes those painful cracks around your fingernails.

This really improved the condition of my dried out cracked hands.

by Melissa

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What is it? According to their website, Cover Girl’s LashBlast mascara is being sold as such: “Get a blast of lush, volumized lashes! LashBlast’s patented volume-boosting formula and patent-pending brush are designed to max-out each and every lash, leaving you with the ultimate big lash look.” Available at drugstores for about $7, depending on in-store sales.

What did you think? For several reasons, I am not typically a big fan of Cover Girl products. However, I read that this particular product won a pretty prestigious makeup award and thought I’d give it a try.

Because I am not usually enamored with “easy, breezy, beautiful” Cover Girl, part of me wanted to hate this product. Yes, I admit it: I came to this beauty product test with a hint of prejudice. I was thinking of ways to slam this product and was being very picky in my mental critiques. For example, I was not fond of the packaging. Cover Girl is trying to highlight the mascara brush, so they have it packaged separately from the actual tube of mascara. This means Cover Girl is using excess packaging by adding a plastic cap to the tube that is thrown out immediately and replaced with the wand. In my mind, being a compassionate consumer, this was a major complaint.

When I used the mascara for the first time, I noticed a strong chemical smell. Fatal flaw number 2, I thought.

But then I actually applied the mascara. Though it didn’t do anything radical to make me rethink what mascara can do for me, it was easy to apply, made my lashes look longer, and made them look thicker. In short: it did everything a mascara is supposed to do…and it cost about $7. Not bad.

Final verdict? I concede. I shouldn’t be so quick to prejudge because this product is pretty decent. If you’ve read me, you know that I’m a Great Lash girl when it comes to cheap mascara. However, Cover Girl’s LashBlast is just as good as Great Lash. Apart from the packaging issues and the initial “mascara-y” scent, I can confidently state that LashBlast is a perfectly decent utilitarian mascara that won’t break the bank.

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