Happy Hump Day!

I have a very exciting event to share with you, my lovely Bay Area readers - I’m hosting an at-home hair coloring event with a new line up of L’Oreal Feria products and I want you to join in on the fun! I’ve invited some of my friends to get gussied up and I thought, hey, why not invite a loyal Daily Cookie reader to get herself made over by me too!

L’Oreal Feria is introducing a new formula of their popular multi-faceted hair color with lower levels of ammonia - which means less stinky beauties! The new product also comes with a savvy pro-touch applicator to allow for a faster and more precise application.

If you’d like to be one of the lucky ladies to join me and my friends at a hair-coloring party in San Francisco please email me at thedailycookie [at] yahoo [dot] com by 5pm PST Thursday, July 24th. I’m hosting this event with drinks, h’orderves, and of course a goodie bag from L’Oreal! I’ll pick one lucky reader at random and will email you with all the details of where, when, and what color! Well, you actually get to choose your color; we won’t make you lovely brunettes go blond if you don’t want to

Looking forward to hearing from you and hope you’re having a great Wednesday evening - remember to watch Project Runway and Shear Genius tonight; I certainly am!

xoxo, Lilan

This morning I woke up feeling a little spunky and rejuvenated after a really (really) blah Monday and Tuesday so I decided to actually put some color on my face today.

I dug around my newly organized makeup stash (it probably won’t stay this way for long) to see if I could find something to spice up my life on this Hump Day! It didn’t take me long before I gravitated towards that purple pot of eyeshadow - it drew me in immediately.

MAC’s new collection, Electro Flash, gives us mineralized eye shadow duos that definitely helped to pick up my mood when I spied Odd Couple, a pot containing a bold purple half paired with a side of light bronze with purple veining. They say the shadows are extremely pigmented but I thought they had just the right amount of color.

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I decided to do my weigh-ins every Wednesday - and here are my results from my last weigh-in on July 16th. That first week I think I did okay, as I was really aware of everything I was putting into my body. I mean look! I got down to 130.6, which means about a pound and a half of weight loss.

But for some reason, since last Wednesday, I’ve been eating crap and I just can’t resist. It’s so bad. Here’s the next installment of my food diary - all up-to-date. I definitely think I got in more fruits than I normally eat which is an improvement, but the alcohol consumption for the week is kinda bad. I think I gotta curb that, but hanging out with friends is so fun!

Wednesday, 7/16
Breakfast: 1 kiwi and whole wheat English muffin with 1 tbsp. cream cheese
Lunch: 1 lemon chicken breast, watermelon and 2 raviolis
snack: small slice apple pie with ice cream (it was our monthly birthday celebration at the office!)
Dinner: 2 Vietnamese crepes, 1 vodka and juice

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All you California girls, and those of you C.A. girls at heart - don’t miss out on CHANEL’s hot new Robertson Nails collection created to commemorate the new boutique that just opened on Robertson Blvd., one of the best streets to shop on in Los Angeles!

If you’re like me and don’t live in the area to get your hands on these four neon summer shades at the boutique, it’s available online for your buying pleasure! LA Sunrise is a fun lemony-yellow; Melrose is a bold, bright pink; Rodeo Drive, a mod, creamy lavender I’m totally diggin’; and LA Sunset, pretty coral with that might just rival a perfect sunset in LA.

All four limited edition shades are currently up on the website and retail for $25 US each - so act fast before these babies become cult favorites and disappear for good.

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Imagine, it’s finally date night and you’re getting ready to meet your babe for some good eats in the city. Because your boss is a jerk, she made you stay late to finish up a presentation at the last minute causing you to miss your mani pedi appointment and now you barely have time to run home and throw on that cute new outfit you bought last week.

On top of that, you forget to floss, your Orbit gum is in your day purse, and the Yellow Cab is about to drop you off in less than two blocks at your favorite restaurant - crap. Now what are you going to do?

I’ll tell you what I would do. Before I get into the restaurant and lean in to get my hello kiss, I’d put a coat of my new CoverGirl Wetslicks AmazeMint lip gloss on. It’s got Crest Peppermint Oil in the formula that helps to make me feel a little fresher on the surface without a breath mint or gum. And after I plop that first kiss on the Boyfriend’s lips, no one’s the wiser.

CoverGirl Wetslicks AmazeMint lip gloss ($4.99 US) comes in 13 high-shine, sheer shades, 3 of which have blue undertones to help make teeth look whiter too. Continue reading…

It’s Sunday and I’m vegging on the couch watching MTV and reading some of these great stories from The Beauty Blog Network. If you’re just lounging around today like me check out these beautiful reads!

The Makeup Divas reviews and tells you about a new lip gloss innovation by Cover Girl.

Shades Of U shares swatches and a review on mineralize blushes from the MAC Sonic Chic collection.

A Touch of Blusher takes you beauty-shopping in Tokyo.

Musings of a Muse shares the a review of Lancome Maharani Jewels Fall Collection featuring the gorgeous Elephant Bronzer.

Cybelesays introduces the new Fall 2008 Collection from Urban Decay. Check it out here.

Beauty Anonymous shares her thoughts on MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural powder.

Beauty Junkie in SF finds a great moisturizing shampoo from PureOlogy to cure her dry summer locks.

Beauty Banter gets an **exclusive** brow makeover and interview with brow specialist to the stars, Anastasia!!!

Rouge Deluxe takes a look at Canmake’s Sunset Beauty summer collection!

StyleBell shows you how you can get the Big Hair look as seen on Angelina Jolie and Sarah Jessica Parker!

Beauty411 tells you about a portable skincare system that’s as on-the-go as you are. Perfect for vacay!

Amber from Beauty Blogging Junkie gives you the scoop on Lauren Conrad, Blake Lively, Gabrielle Union and others at the vitaminwater Best of New York party’s red carpet.

Girl Gloss loves the new Sally Hansen Volumizing Lip Shield, SPF 15 and has a review with swatches of the shades.

Jenn and Christine over at Beauty in Real Life are having another giveaway, this time over $145 of Skinn Cosmetics!! Click here to enter.

Pursebuzz.com gives Make Up Forever HD powder a whirl. Check out my review here and see if it’s a thumbs up or down. Will it stop shine like a star? Or just go to the bottom of the drawer?

Beauty and Personal Grooming shares , Bindi Mint Eye mask which soothes and calms the undereye area and helps drain the lymphatic fluids that causes the puffiness.

Project Runway fans, listen up! Spoiled Pretty has your glimpse behind the scenes…check out Daneen’s interview with Nathan Johnson, Project Runway Makeup Artist!

15 Minute Beauty Fanatic has swatches from NARS Fall 2008 Collection!

TheBeautynomist shares her rave review about Clarins Sun Fever Lipsticks!

The Mineral Makeup Blog reviews the Lumiere Happy Hour Collection!

Makeup Moxie reviews Pop Lip Lust.

Today has been a really long day at the office. It’s almost 4pm and I’m totally hitting a wall. To pass time, I’ve been checking out JibJab, a funny site that my coworker just showed me yesterday where you can make random eCards and personalize them. It’s a complete riot and is making me feel better as we speak, er.. type.

The other thing that’s helping to amuse me for the next hour or so before I head home is this V05 Flirting Game I told you about a couple of months ago. The questions are totally random and I can’t wait to find out who my match is every time. Play for yourself!

Happy Friday!

I have some great news to announce with you - today I launched the very first issue of my reader newsletter to email boxes of those of you who signed up about a month ago.  If you didn’t get it, be sure to check it out because this month I bring you tips on how to incorporate the hottest summer color trends into your own look including:

Hues of Blue - this shade is back with a vengeance so don’t miss my tips on how to rock it your way!

Rock the Summer Neons - Michelle from All Lacquered Up contributes this month and shows you how to wear neon colors on your tips and toes no matter how young or old you are

Steal the Look! Kate Hudson - she’s a flawless beauty, and in this issue we show you how to get the look

Also in every issue, I’ll be hosting a giveaway just because I love you!  Even if you missed the newsletter today, you can still win.  This month, enter to win the Kat Von D True Romance Beethoven palette.  All you have to do is sign up for the monthly newsletter from now until August 15th, refer five of your closest beauty-obsessed friends to do so as well and you BOTH will have a chance to win one of these palettes.  Head on over HERE to enter now.

Good luck!

As if I didn’t have a million other things to do, I decided to start another blog called The Living Room Chef.  So if you’re into food, are looking for easy homecooked recipes, and think the photo above looks really yummy, head on over and start cookin’!

Enjoy!

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that we’re approaching at huge election year - Go Obama! If you haven’t registered to vote in this November’s election, I encourage you to go out and register today. Help make a difference in one of the most exciting and significant moments in history!

Then starting July 17th, head on over to the Stila website and put Rock the Vote Red lipstick in your shopping cart. Because you want to look good while making history, right? If this sassy red wasn’t reason enough maybe this will sway you - Stila will donate 25% of the proceeds from the first 500 tubes sold to Rock the Vote. Just think of it as beauty’s contribution to getting young people out and involved in making a political difference.

If you’re still reading this and haven’t registered, Stila can help you there too. Just click any of the Rock the Vote icons scattered throughout their site to start you registration process and you’re all set! Then you can sit back, relax and wait for your voting paperwork and hot new lippie to come in the mail. Come November, rock your new red lipstick and heed P. Diddy’s words - “Vote or Die!!”

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