The official month for Breast Cancer Awareness comes to close today and so does The Daily Cookie’s Comments for a Cure fundraising initiative in conjunction with The Beauty Blog Network.

During this month, I featured a few great Pink beauty goodies from your favorite beauty brands.  And in case you missed it, here’s a quick recap of our Pink Spotlights!

Three Custom Color Fearless Pink ($22.50 US): Get a pink lip gloss tucked in a cute pink gingham pouch to help support the brand donate 20% of the purchase price to City of Hope!

Anastasia Swarovski Pink Ribbon Precision Tweezers ($33 US):  With 50% of the proceeds going to the Women’s Cancer Research Fund, these pink tweezers are Swarovski-crystal studded with a pink ribbon for a great cause.

Smashbox Power Pink Kit ($46 US): The most popular Pink Spotlight I featured, this duo kit from Smashbox features 3 eyeshadows and 3 lip colors in matching pink cases.  It’s not too late to pick up your own set to support the Young Survival Coalition.

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I’ve always been kind of against frozen yogurt.  For me, if I’m going to eat something sweet, I might as well eat ice cream (since it’s a rare indulgence for me).

However, on this day in Hollywood, it was so hot and I was in total dire need of something really cold to eat or drink.  We were with some friends, one of which really wanted some frozen yogurt right across the street from the Mann Theatre.  I agreed to go with her, only to watch her get her scoop and not really for me to eat.

The longer she stood in like sampling yogurt flavors and making yummy noises, I totally gave in – okay lady, I’ll take a small raspberry pomegranate frozen yogurt, or Fro-Yo, as the trendy So Cal folks like to call it.

Then she hit me with a curve ball and asked what toppings I wanted.  I was about to say no when I looked over at my friend with mochi, strawberries and Oreo cookies on hers.  So I told the girl, “I’d like strawberries please.”  She then hit me with another unexpected, “and..”

Oh my, I get to choose more?  “Yea..” she says, with an underlying “duh..” in there somewhere.

I ended up getting pineapples and kiwi atop my raspberry pomegranate frozen treat.

Let me just tell you, I ate the entire thing like there was no tomorrow!  Granted I shared some with the Boyfriend but I could have inhaled that entire thing by myself!  I don’t know if it was the heat or what, but it was the best thing I’d eaten in a long time.

And to make things even better, frozen yogurt is actually good for you and with fruit toppings there is absolutely nothing in it to make you feel guilty.

So while I still haven’t gotten in the swing of things with my diet, now I know that whenever I want a treat to eat, I can run to my nearest fro-yo shop to satisfy my cravings.  And they’re not hard to find either because this trend is popping up everywhere!  I even noticed a couple of new Tutti Frutti shops in San Francisco since I’ve been back!

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Over the weekend, the Boyfriend and I went to Hollywood with some friends.  Now don’t laugh, I may have grown up in Orange County, but I have no clue when it comes to LA.

I’ve never seen a lot of this glitzy and glamorous city is known for – the Hollywood sign, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, or even what folks might consider is the most famous theater, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.

For those of you like me who haven’t yet experienced Hollywood yet, here are a few photos of my day out.

The Kodak Theatre is home to American Idol.  Although I could really care less about this mega-hit of a show, I must say that the star I found right outside of the theater completely had me giddy with awe: Barbara Walters’ star on the Walk of Fame.  Since I was a small child, I aspired to be an amazing journalist like Babs and couldn’t believe that out of the many stars on the strip, I find the one of my true Idol!

The Boyfriend and I love Entourage and we’re pretty amused to see buses all around Hollywood with our favorite boys plastered all over them.  I think Ari Gold is the most annoying man I love to hate.. Go Lloyd!

While walking around in the outdoor shopping center in the Kodak Theatre, there’s a walkway up on the 5th level that’s got a pretty amazing view of the Hollywood sign.  I’m still baffled that I had never seen it before until now.

Right next door to the Kodak Theatre is Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.  All I can say is that it’s much smaller in person than I would have expected.  Still, a beautiful looking building with Trekkie fans taking photos of the handprints of the Star Trek stars that were cemented just on its front steps.

After walking the strip for a couple of blocks, we decided to be true tourists and roam around LA looking for celebrity homes.  You can get a Star Map on Hollywood Blvd. for $5 and be on your merry way to Hugh Hefner’s mansion.

On this particular day, we saw at least 3 tour buses making rounds around the mansion grounds and a ton of cars parked on surrounding streets.  We ran into a man that actually worked for Hef himself and he told us that there was a Halloween party taking place as we speak.  Boy what we would have given to be hanging out at one of his parties in the grotto!

Afterward we headed up to the Griffith Observatory to get a full view of Los Angeles below us and watch the sunset.  It was really a gorgeous day to end a day of sight seeing! And if you’ve never to the Observatory, please make a trip up there next time you’re in town.  They have cool exhibits on space that’s totally out of this world!

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My friend Jamie from The Beauty of Life loves Stila Lip Glazes.  Every time I stop in Sephora, I sometimes think of her and always hear her voice tempting me to pick up a couple of colors – although I can never decide on what to adopt home with me.

Now, I don’t need to decide.  Stila Cosmetics knows how to help a girl out by packaging some of their most popular colors in a cute little holiday set, Stila Shine On Gift of Glaze ($28 US).

This exclusive Stila collection for the holidays offers 6 mini lip glazes in a variety of colors that’s versatile enough for any look.  What’s more perfect about it is that they’re small and portable to fit into your jean pockets when you’re out on the town or in your designer clutch at your best friend’s holiday party.

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