Drugstore ' haul '

I went to Walmart today to check out some of the Hard Candy cosmetics, more specifically the ' Fox in a Box' I've been hearing about. I purchased ' Skinny Dipping'. Its basically a bright peach/coral blush with a bronzer. The bronzer looks pinkish. It was $6.00. MUA raves on these so I hope I like it.

John Frieda Luxurious Volume anytime Volume Refresher - aka dry shampoo. I'm still on the quest for a reasonably priced dry shampoo. I have no idea how this is, but I will do a review on it.

Palmers Skin Success - basically a cream with 2% hydroquinone in it. To lighten my dark spots. It says it has Vitamins C and E, Alpha Hydroxy and sunscreen. I don't know about the sunscreen, it doesn't say SPF. I am not relying on it, and will be using my own Neutrogena SPF 70 like usual. I have tried some other creams but nothing is working on the dark spots, and I know this will take care of it.

L'Oreal EverSleek Sulfate Free Reparative Smoothing condition - that dang Jennifer Lopez gets to me in the print ads. LOL. Silicone free and claims 48 hr frizz control. We'll see.

Covergirl Lip Perfection lipstick in Divine. This color was SCREAMING my name. Its hardly anything I would wear, but I love it, its like an orchid lavender color. I see 4 reviews on MUA with 100% repurchase and 4.5 stars. Interesting.

Will report back on these. I am REALLY hopeful for the dry shampoo.

Cartier Entrelaces Ring - pink gold

Long long time lemming. Hoping and crossing fingers its coming for Mothers Day. I threw the 'hint' out there today.

Here's what you do, you pick one thing ridiculously $$ and one that is not, the 'not' is what I really want so it sounds good in comparison. LOL. Just kidding.. kind of. I have wanted this ring for about 2 years or so. I hope it works out.

Tucker for Target

** this is not my picture, nor is it me. Its borrowed from a message board **

This dress is part of Targets GO line.. where all the designers make clothes - Rodarte, Thakoon all that. It has pretty much been VERY hit or miss, with mostly misses IMO since they put out Patrick Robinson which was PRE- GAP so you know that was a long time ago, but anyway.. this is at TARGET now and this picture does not even do this dress justice. I think this picture is good but this dress is so cute ON. Really. I just got the last one at my Target in Medium. Normally I wear about a 6/8 in dresses. I am about 5'9 so I am tall and not always hopeful that any dress doesn't look like a top on me, this one is a decent above the knee length. And $39.99.

I think the possibilities are endless. Cute with boots, flats, a denim jacket, a cardi - just adorable. Its 100% polyester, so if that turns you off, you won't like it. I love polyester and the feel of this dress is nice, I was just praying it was not rayon.

Check it out ladies. This one is really really cute.

Neutrogena Naturals

This is an awesome cleanser. I am a big fan of Neutrogena in general, the oil free acne wash - its my one true HG. This does a great job of removing make up, its not drying, it lathers nice, it feels nice, it smells good - someone said it smells like sweet tarts.. kind of but not so perfume-y.. ITS NATURAL.

It works GREAT with a Clarisonic brush I'll tell you that. Bravo Neutrogena, this is a keeper.

NYC Blushable Creme Stick

If you haven't tried these yet, you MUST. These are my favorite drugstore buy that I've come across in the last year. Plaza Pink on the cheeks - 2nd from right - looks peach-ish and does come off like NARS Orgasm on the cheeks.

These are $3-$5 depending on where you go. I have seen the best selection at Rite Aid but I know that varies by area / store. The color pay off is everything it should be, the texture is right - not too creamy/creasy, not dry. You can easily apply with fingers / sponge / or brush. I like the MAC 168 for cream blush. The darker colors would be fabulous on darker skinned ladies, who I think have a hard time finding high pigment items like these. Similar to a NARS multiple with out the price tag. And I actually think they are better.

These are a MUST BUY. There is not a huge price commitment and I have yet to hear of anyone who didn't LOVE them. Hard Candy makes something similar and well... you can pass on those. I will post a review on those also.

HOW YOU DOIN' ?!!

I don't watch Dancing with the Stars, American Idol, Survivor or any of that, but I WILL be watching my GIRL CRUSH ( sorry Paula Deen ) WENDY WILLIAMS - WIN HER WAY TO THE TOP on Dancing with the Stars. I have high hopes for my girl Wendy. I love her. She can do it. I wonder how much taller she is than her partner, hmmmm.. I see she is bending her legs quite a bit here in this pic, and I KNOW for a fact she weighs more than him. Wendy divulged her weight on her show a while ago, I think she said 185 - and guess what, at about 6 feet tall, I think thats just fine.

GO WENDY GO WENDY !! I will be calling in to vote also. We're going ALL THE WAY with this one !!!!

Review for Suave Dry Shampoo

I am a dry shampoo FANATIC. I have tried several. "THE ONE" is $25 a can, and doesn't last that long and goes by the name of FURTERER. The one really bad thing about this, is I've purchased 2 cans and have had had the product completely disappear w/o me even using it. How this is even possible, I don't know. But I want Furterer to explain it to me. When they do, I will advise ( Please let me know if this has happened to any of you ).

I have looked for this ever since I saw its name pop up on MUA - Make Up Alley, for those who don't know. I just got it at Target. Its ok. Its along the lines of Tresemme. Which I don't care for so much.

I have tried - FURTERER, OJON, BATISTE, OSCAR BIANDI, and TRESEMME.

Sadly SADLY Furterer makes your hair look like you just washed it, and you can go another 3 days or something. Since its this good, I should just use it, but with it magically disappearing out of the can ( TWICE ) I can't buy it anymore. Ojon is the next best so far.

I think TiGi makes one, and I just read about Victoria's secret making one. I don't know. I want Aveda to make once since I use all Aveda primarily anyway, but so far no luck.

Let me know if anyone has tried anything they love that I have not listed / hated above.