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THAT Sarah Palin‘s agents are seeking a beauty endorsement deal, pitching cosmetic companies to capitalize on her “lipstick on a pit bull” catchphrase.

For the love of all that is beauty, please let no one take her up on it.  But if someone has to, I’m willing to bet it’ll be Mary Kay Cosmetics – that brand makes a mint pandering to middle America, and this would be right up their ally.

Sinful Colors' Courtney Orange

I’m thinking of making this an ongoing series.  Still computerless, I find that my frustration with not being able to get anything done at home is reaching critical levels.  The things I have ended up doing have on occasion left me with a splitting headache and covered with spider bites, but have also made my closet look a hell of a lot better organized.  This is the drawback of the extended warranty: yes, your computer repairs are free, but you have to wait for Dell to get around to doing them.  I suspect Dell’s service depot is on Easter Island and that is why this is all taking so long.  Those big stone heads are not the world’s most efficient computer technicians.

Today’s fun with total boredom?  Mixing my own nail polish!  I am a girl for a good pedicure at all times of year, but during the summer when sandals are a must, my habit becomes a fetish.  What better guilt-free fashion statement is there in a slow economy than giving yourself a sassy polish color? I’ve been alternating blues and oranges since mid-July, slowly ramping up the intensity.  I started off with a shimmery baby blue from Essie and the easy-going light coral of OPI’s Royal Flush Blush, and have been getting more hard core ever since.  I’m currently rocking a discontinued MAC polish in a steely urban blue with gold overtones, and I see OPI’s Yoga-Ta Get This Blue (a gorgeous midnight blue from their India collection) in my future.

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The regal Pomegranate Noir scent

Father’s Day is this weekend – hurrah!  It’s a time to celebrate dad and all he’s done for you (you know, helping bring you into the world, putting up with your preteen meltdowns, being there when you need him). Really, though, if you have a Dad like mine, you’re still buying gifts in the hopes of making up for those preteen meltdowns.  It’s a miracle I made it past the age of 14.

It should go without saying that I’m always on the hunt for great Father’s Day gifts, and I’ll be tracking my progress this week through a Father’s Day Gift Guide series.  Today: the scent gurus at Jo Malone.

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That up there is me.  That’s my natural hair color (told you that I was pale).

So this study is not exactly music to my ears:

A study conducted by MoleMap by Dermatologists – a melanoma surveillance and diagnosis service – based on research by New York University Medical Centre has identified six factors that help predict the risk of people developing melanoma.

These include a history of blistering sunburns as a teenager, red or blonde hair, marked freckling on the upper back, family history of melanoma, history of scaly patches of skin on sun-exposed areas and outdoor summer jobs for three or more years as a teenager.

Having one of these factors means you are three times more likely than the general population to get a melanoma, while having two or more results in a 10 times increased likelihood of developing melanoma.

I’ve got half of those warning signs – blonde hair, freckling on my upper back and a family history of melanoma. Can you pass the SPF, please?

The full article is here.

Actress Lucille Ball Applies Max Factor

Alright, so I’m being melodramatic – the brand is not dying completely (yet), it’s just being sold overseas.  Still, Max Factor is an amazingly American success story, one that manages to encapsulate an entreprenurial spirit, Hollywood, technological advances, advertising and – oh, yes – the life story of a Jewish Russian immigrant.

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Starlets rock soft waves at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards (image courtesy of CMM)

Ahhhhh … Hair.  I don’t know a single woman who has mastered the art of making it look good each and every day.  After all, it’s the only feature that has its own designated “bad” days (has anyone ever heard of a “bad face day”?).  Face it, we’re all on a search for that magic product that will make styling our hair easy.

So, it was with great pleasure that some close friends (and fellow bloggettes) tried out new hair products and gave their opinions on the best for their hair type.

Opinions, after the jump!

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The sun makes a gorgeous picture, but it will wreak havoc on your skin

So, if you read this blog regularly, you know I’m UV-phobic (seriously: you can read about my fear and the related search for the perfect sunless tanner here).  And based on some of the emails I got about my recent navigating the spf aisle post, I’m not the only one with this phobia.

One thing that was so rightly pointed out was that my original SPF post dealt strictly with sunscreen and SPF technologies – while that’s certainly an area that everyone can use some brushing up in, your average person doesn’t want to apply a layer of SPF, a layer of makeup, etc.  So, you asked for it, here it is …

My favorite multi-tasking SPF products, after the jump!

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Today is the day to score free hair treatments and blowouts using Kerastase products – all you have to do is visit their site to find a salon near you, print out the coupon and head on in to score yours!

Summer’s almost here, which means it’s time for short shorts, mini skirts and sleeveless tops … And for women, that means it’s hair removal season.

We’ve all heard the normal tips (wax the week after your period, use Visine on shaving nicks, etc.), but there are some relatively unheard of tips out there.  Having worked closely with shave creams, razor companies, salons with sought-after waxers and even a well known depilatory company (not to mention being a bit hairy myself), I can honestly say that I’ve actually tested out each and every one of these – and they work!

Tips after the jump …

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It’s no secret that famed cosmetics brand (and the makers of one of my personal go-to lip glosses) Stila hit a rough patch recently.  Still, like the heroine of a good beach-read book, the brand has come out of troubled times with lessons learned and more than a little appreciative for what it has.

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