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Discussions Posted on 10/26/2003
 
brow waxing debacle :-(
Hey all! Just thought I'd share my horrendous experience from Saturday. My best friend and I thought we'd have a beauty day: manicures, pedicures, brow waxing, and haircuts... all that we could take for one day :-). Everything went great, except of co

I found a lipstick that matches Wet & Wild #666.
I've lurked forever and gotten lots of great information, so I wanted to share something I found. Smashbox lipstick in "Sequel" is an exact match to WW #666 lipliner. I feel like I've found the Holy Grail! The color "swatch" on Smashbox's site shows it

CLEANING TENNIS SHOES
This is a serious question. I need to get my white sneakers clean and I don't know how. Can someone help? **************************** Denise Noe Koko the Signing Gorilla says: "Fine animal gorilla."

Neuropeptide for $570 from SEPHORA?
http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P50710&rule=active&shouldPaginate=true What makes this worth that amount of money?

Narrow Shoes in Miami?
i will be visiting miami later this year. i found locations for saks, nordstrom and NM. can anyone recommend other stores that carrow a good selection of shoes in narrow? TIA, robyn -- robyn robynew yahoo com

free to good home: Saks eyeshadow palette
Palette found a new home. Thanks! Leigh -- There's no place like 127.0.0.1

free to good home: Saks eyeshadow palette
Up for grabs: Saks Fifth Avenue eyeshadow palette. 48 colors (all matte). In a black case with a big mirror on the inside. I received this as a gift and just never use it. It's been in a drawer since April; I used two of the colors once when I

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pure parfum, some questions
Hi, I'm thinking of buying Stella in the concentrated parfum version but have a few questions (I have only bought EDP or EDT before). Will pure parfum go rancid a lot quicker than EDP? I assume that it would since it is exposed to more air. Will

What will you do with your "extra" hour today
I am going out shopping at the Promenade (Marlton, NJ) later today. With the time change, I will have "extra" time (was up at 6:30 today-wanted to sleep in but with the time change I just woke up anyway :)

Best bath pouf ever!
WalMart is selling these awesome bath poufs. They're called "Lather Builders". I've never had so much lather! All poufs are not created equal. These poufs are of a superior species. Super poufs. Pam

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Handbag Suggestions?
I would like to find a black satiny handbag with beads or maybe rhinestones in dark jewel tones (ruby red is what I imagine). Looking for a strap or handles as opposed to a clutch. Has anyone seen such a bag or know where I can find one? TIA

Olay complete moisturizer
Has anyone tried this? I had a sample which lasted a few days. Although I didn't breakout during the trial I found the cream to be a good deal thicker than my usual stuff. It didn't spread as easily either but I heard it's supposed to be really prote

Eye cream
Hi All! Anyone try Neutrogena visibly firm eye cream? I'm seeing the bottom of the jar of my Loreal Decrease. It did a nice job but I was thinking of trying the Neutrogena . The copper containing one. Does anyone have any comments on it? I just

early Saturday shopping adventures
Went to one of my favorite boutiques early Sat since I had to pick up my tailoring there. (great tailor!) anyway saw some new Louis Verdad and a new designer by the name of tom nguyen that I LOVED! saw a great Joie sweater that had ruffled collar and

sat AF adventures
well it was mostly an AF thing. Had a party yesterday. Invited a TON of people. (kid's friends, SO's friends from work and my friends) some made it, some didn't . Started slow (2:30 starting time-- till about 7 ish.... for an open house) and that was

Review: Egyptian Magic
Disclaimer: my facial skin is one of the pickiest ones out there. Most lotions cause teeny little red breakout spots. So far, the only ones that don't are Clarins facial lotions and Aveda Tourmaline cream; however, I'm looking for something more mois

Allen Allen Retail Store
I used to get the Allen Allen catalog and I know they clsoed down about 3 years ago. I was at the Century City mall today and there was an Allen Allen retail store. They have been there a few months and have 2 more in So. Cal. - Brentwood Village an

What lip color are *you* wearing today?
A blast from the past-- WTF? Suede lipstick from my Greatest Hits palette. I bought this at least 3 years ago. It's still in perfvect shape. Btw, I got lots of compliments on the color. It's very falttering. Too bad it was disc. Mme_Remy

Did anyone go to the nordies cosmetic trend show in md? recap of day
i should have asked this earlier....but the date so quickly approached. i went and thought it was a fine time. the actual show was not too exciting, but still fun. the woman who was keeping things rolling had a good sense of humor...without her the

What I scored at a Garage Sale today
-A brown and pink plaid bouclé Anthropologie skirt, below-knee length, no-waist, slightly flared at bottom -Free People cranberry hooded mohair-blend duster-length sweater, sleeves flaring at bottom, lightweight, no buttons -3 sets of GAP jammies and

L.A. Fashion Week
Interesting article in today's LATimes: http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-et-moore25oct25,1,4291105.story?coll=la-home-features I didn't know we had a fashion week, but apparently we have 2 of them. Has anyone heard of these designers?

What I Just Ordered
x-no-archive: yes Isn't this beautiful? http://tinyurl.com/sdyi I ordered the dress and the coat. Wow, it just appealed to my eye so much. Hopefully it will match with my Giuseppe Zanotti snake-ornament slides.