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Archive for September, 2007

2007 Emmy’s Fashion for Less: Heidi Klum

Steal Heidi Klum’s Dior look for $218 at eDressMe here.



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2007 Emmy’s Fashion for Less: Katherine Heigl

Get Emmy winner Katherine Heigl’s Zac Posen gown for $475.00 at eDressMe here.


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2007 Emmy’s Fashions for Less: Kate Walsh

Get Kate Walsh’s Pamela Dennis look alike at eDressMe for $300 here.


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2007 Emmy’s Fashions for Less: America Ferrera

For all of us who drool over the fabulous Emmy’s fashions but can’t afford the hefty price tag, we now have a way to get these beautiful looks for less! Check out some of the look alikes I found.

Get America Ferrera’s Monique L’huillier look for $328 at eDressMe


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UPDATED Beauty Review: Kinerase

We received some samples of Kinerase Ultimate Day Moisturizer at work the other day and I just had an opportunity to sample it. I must admit that I don’t really like to use creams over lotions because it usually ends up feeling too heavy. But I really enjoyed this because it is rich without being too heavy, which is perfect for dry skin.

It provides advanced all-day moisture and antioxidant benefits. When used daily, it will help skin retain more moisture and improve the appearance of texture, tone and blotchiness in sun damaged skin. Contains the highest concentration of kinetin to improve skin’s appearance and is clinically proven to improve the appearance of sun damaged skin by 52%.

If you’d like to sample this product, please email your first and last name and mailing address to KineraseSample@glam.com and they’ll send you your own 7-day sample of Kinerase Ultimate Day Moisturizer to try, ideal for more mature consumers with dry skin.

And if you love it, you can purchase it here and receive a FREE Daily Cleanser (a $30 value!) with any purchase through Nov. 1st. Just enter code MBCDRIVE when you check out!

NOTE: If you opt-in to receive your Kinerase sample, you agree to receive future email offers from Kinerase. We will only share your email address.


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GWP: Laura Mercier Fall 2007

I was just about to retire for the day when I discovered a Gift with Purchase from Laura Mercier. If you’re interested in the LM’s Metallic Creme Shadow I just posted about (a $22 value!), you can get one for free when you spend $100 stocking up on your fall favorites on LauraMercier.com through the end of September.

Included in your free gift is:

- A full-size Platinum Metallic Creme Eye Colour

- 0.5 oz Foundation Primer

- 0.4 oz Moisturizer Cream

- 0.4 oz Face Polish

- 1.0 oz Almond Coconut Milk Souffle Body Creme

- 0.10 oz Wildberry Lip Plumper

Enjoy!


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Fall Beauty Trend: Metallic Eyes

I’m really excited for fall this year and the subtle metallic makeup is PERFECT because I love colors but I don’t wear a lot of makeup so a little shimmer from these metallics goes a long way.

The Makeup Girl got me thinking about the new fall colors when she featured a Bobbi Brown trio on her blog a couple days ago. So I dug around to find some more metallic finds that I’d love to try. Here’s what I’m looking forward to:

Laura Mercier’s Metallic Créme Eye Colour, $22, comes in beautiful shades of plums and copper this season. What I really love about creme shadows is that you can wear them underneath powder eyeshadows, plum for example, and the color really shines through. Combine the two and purples are more vibrant and the colors are truer to what they look like in their containers. The creme and powder combo is really ideal for long lasting wear and evening. Laura Mercier’s line of metallic creme shadow’s are long-lasting and waterproof, and that’s always a plus.

Shop Laura Mercier’s collection of metallic creme shadows now.


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‘Rendition’ Hits Theaters Oct. 19th


Press Play to Watch the Exclusive Trailer!

One of my favorite Hollywood gals, Reese Witherspoon, is starring in a new movie, Rendition, coming out Oct. 19th.

A thriller that centers on Isabella El-Ibrahimi (Reese Witherspoon), the American wife of Egyptian-born chemical engineer Anwar El-Ibrahimi (Omar Metwally), who disappears on a flight from South Africa to Washington. Isabella desperately tries to track her husband down, while a CIA analyst (Jake Gyllenhaal) at a secret detention facility outside the U.S. is forced to question his assignment as he becomes party to the man’s unorthodox interrogation.

For me, this movie is a must-see this fall with an all-star cast that also includes Alan Arkin, Meryl Streep, and Peter Sarsgaard.


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Cheers to the Top Chef Final Four!

I must say, last night’s Top Chef was one of my favorites this season. It was all about going back to the basics and judging on skill and simplicity. None of this, what can you make all ingredients from a gas station (a la Season 1), make an amuse bouche from vending machine foods (from Season 2) or the debacle of a Quickfire requiring chefs to shop from one aisle in the grocery store with only $10 to their name.

The Quickfire challenge was about recreating a classic in a real kitchen with real ingredients and real equipment (put that hot plate away!). I was really glad to see that Hung won this and I was actually really glad to see that he didn’t share how he prepared the potato-wrapped sea bass with the other kids. Even though it may have been arrogant to the other contestants in the moment, they must have looked back on this episode and thought to themselves, if I were in the same spot, would I share what I did? After all, it’s a competition with only one winner.

Moving on to the Elimination Challenge, it was interesting to see that they didn’t go all out like the did in Season 1 by giving the cheftestants black truffle and wine or asking them to create an upscale 5-course tasting menu (Season 2). For this Elimination Challenge going into the Aspen finale, the cheftestants were asked to create a fabulous dish using 3 simple, everyday ingredients - chicken, potatoes, and onions.

This was one of the few episodes this season where I could clearly see who the top contenders were and who actually deserved to go home. From the start, we could see that Hung and Casey’s concepts were right on to just create classic dishes the old school deans from the French Culinary Institute could enjoy. The fact that Hung is classically trained made him a top choice to win.

Casey also had an edge up by recreating a favorite dish from her childhood that her French grandmother always made. I believe that these were the types of dishes that the judges were looking for. They didn’t want complicated food that you had to interpret, like Dale’s duet of chicken. They weren’t looking for regional specialties like Sara’s Jamaican inspired dish or Brian’s Shepard’s Pie. Even if it tasted amazing as Brian’s dish was although it looked like a pile of you-know-what, it didn’t represent classic, simple food. Hung and Casey delivered on this and Hung came out as the ultimate winner and I’m glad.

I can’t wait to see what these guys are up against in the Aspen finale, but you bet your ass that I’m going to have something to say about it. Who do you think will go head-to-head as the final two? Vote on my featured poll now!


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Oh, Mamma Mia!

If you grew up listening to ABBA with your parents (like I did), you MUST check out Mamma Mia, you’ll love it! I was fortunate to catch them in San Francisco this past weekend on their national tour and it was AMAZING! I loved how they weaved in all my favorite ABBA songs into the story line of a girl getting married, looking for her birth father to give her away on her wedding way. It was a real feel-good show and got everyone on their feet by the end.The San Francisco show runs through Sept. 22nd at the Orpheum Theatre and you can buy tickets here. A friend of mine told me that if you buy it at the theatre directly, you can save $20 but I’m not sure if that’s true. Leave a comment and let me know so that I don’t have to pay full price next time. =) If you’re in another city, find out whether or not the show will be near your hometown here.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!!


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