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As you can see, my daughter may only be 9, but she is "all about the fashion," as she puts it, or at least what she considers fashion (lol).  Until recently sunglasses, a cowgirl hat, and a cute pair of shoes were her only accessories, but now that she's getting older she is starting to notice the smaller things that really make an outfit.  She is in love with the late '90s/ early '00s show, Charmed, about the three witch sisters, and wants to be just like the character Phoebe, style wise anyway. Which means she is all about the accessories. So, thankfully I found a bunch of great, adorable, but totally fashionable (and affordable) accessories at bornprettystore.com ! You've probably heard me talk about this online store before, and you probably know that I love them for their great selection of items and their incredibly low prices! Just look at all the amazing accessories I got my daughter for all her many fashion needs!!! Bows a-plenty, b ecau...

As someone who suffers from seizures and knows the hell that a disease like epilepsy can put, not only on the person with the disorder, but their whole family, I wanted to share the following information: Today, March 26th, is worldwide epilepsy awareness day, also known as Purple Day . A day where people wear purple in support of this cause!  What to do more? There are many local charity events and walks going on worldwide in support of Purple Day , which can be found here .  So, going with the purple theme, here is a make up and accessory look dedicated to the cause, for this special, purple day!

This spring we're not going to say good-bye to our beloved ombre hair style, we're just going to shake it up a bit, and this great product from Born Pretty Store is an inexpensive, temporary way to do just that!   You can buy them as  a set , or  individually ! Hair Chalk , which comes in a variety of colors (as seen above), is a very simple way to add some fun, temporary color to your hair this spring! If ombre isn't your thing, no worries, because with all these colors there are a myriad of possibilities for you to chose from... Don't believe me, check out all the rest of these ideas below! Image Source: BPS My favorite part, being as I'm a bit of a mess, is that if you make a mistake, or don't like your initial color patterns, or whatever, it washes out with shampoo!!! It's seriously that SIMPLE! I even let my 8 year old daughter use it! Too cute, RIGHT! How to use:   Wet hair, rub chalk on hair that you desi...

Soon I will be reviewing a new Born Pretty Store product and I can't wait!!! I LOVE Born Pretty Store's products and love their prices even MORE! They make it affordable to be cute and girly :)  Anyway, while we're all waiting for the new product to arrive for it's review, they are offering our readers the special promotion below!!! 10% off of their amazing prices!!! SO Exciting!  If you want to see some previous reviews and get a feel for some of the BPS products, I recommend checking out these reviews ! Enjoy!

If you still haven't subscribed to  Starlook 's  Starbox , for $15/ month, December is defiantly the month to do so! The December Starbox includes the 15 shade eyeshadow pallet below, valued at $99, which you can get on back order  here  for $25, while supplies last!!! As you can see there are some very unique colors, including an actual red, which is a rare shade for sure. There are mattes and shimmery shades, so there is something for everyone and every occasion! As you can always expect from Starlooks, the eyeshadows are highly pigmented and blendable! With all these great colors you are sure to be able to create all kinds of new fun holiday looks! Below is a look I call winter wonderland. I used a silver eyeliner to line my upper and lower lids then used the light shimmer blue on my lids and the dark shimmer blue in the crease. This isn't exactly a holiday look, she wanted a "jungle girl" look. So she decided she wanted gold...

Mia Mariu Perfecting Finish mineral foundation in  Vainilla is FABULOUS!!!!  I don't think I'll ever use another foundation in my life! It's light, covers as well as a concealer, but blends perfectly with you skin tone.   Mia Mariu Hydrating Stick Gloss in  Capricho is my new go-to lip stick! It's a gorgeous shade, it smells like cappuccino, and it keeps my lips soft and moisturized like a great chap-stick would!   Before: with no foundation (just Garnier B.B. Cream & Starbox lipstick ) After: with Mia Mariu Perfecting Finish mineral foundation in  Vainilla &  Mia Mariu Hydrating Stick Gloss in  Capricho ( eyes from Starbox ) Don't forget to check Mia Mariu online at the links provided in this post to see all the other amazing products this amazing company offers!

                                                                                  I've been using these amazing Sibu Beauty products for a few months and I have totally fallen in love! If you are an avid Products & Reviews reader, then you know I am VERY picky about my skin care products, but Sibu surpassed my expectations! Their balancing facial cleanser is wonderful! It is a little gritty so it is almost like a nice little exfoliator every night when I use it in the shower! Plus it smells AMAZING! I follow the cleanser at night with their hydrating serum but I also use it in the morning.  It is a very nice, light moisturizing serum.     At night I follow the hydrating serum with their replenishing night cream , which is a perfect night cream!...

Amazing October Starbox!!! As you all know, I'm in love with Starlook's Starbox!!! It's my favorite subscription box EVER! Their products are amazing, fun, and flirty... and extremely versatile! The colors are great too! Every month I open mine and I am blown away by the amount of products they send for $15! It's an amazing value!  The look to the left is just Garnier B.B. Cream in light/ medium with the Starlooks' lipstick in Masquerade (in October Starbox). The look to the right is Mia Mariu Perfecting Finish mineral foundation in Vainilla and Mia Mariu Hydrating Stick Gloss in Capricho , Covergirl Lashblast in black, and Starlooks' Eye Pencil in Gold Dust and Pigment Luster in Peddle (from the October Starbox) and the purple iridescent shadow from the Starlooks' pallet in last month's Starbox. FYI: Holiday Treat for those signed up by December!!!

I received this NYC IndividualEyes pallet ( $4.99 ) in my Influenster Beauty Blogger VoxBox and I instantly fell in love with it! It has a wonderful primer that also works great as a concealer in a crunch.  I LOVE their  über  pigmented purple! One of my all time favorite shades of purples to date! I've been using it in the crease, and using the dark sparkly brown on the lid, then using the white "illuminator" as the highlighter, and a dot on the inner and outer eye to brighten the look up.  These shades are very pigmented and great to blend which is great from an inexpensive drugstore brand like this. I've tried the Almay Eyeshadow Trios ( $6.99 ) that are similar to these, and I would highly recommend the NYC version instead, they are much more pigmented and the colors are way more vibrant, plus they come with more options... you get 4 colors of shadow plus the illuminator and the primer in one NYC shadow pal...

I just got my Influenster Beauty Blogger VoxBox in the mail yesterday!!! Super excited! You can expect a full report on all of these products very soon :)

If you are in the market for a subscription box, I highly recommend Starlooks' Starbox.  This is the second one I've received and I have really liked both of them! You can check out the review of August's box here .  You get 3-4 (or actually this time it was 6+) good quality, FULL-SIZED products sent to your door every month for only $15... can't go wrong there! 

I recently received a complimentary August Starlooks ' Starbox to review. This monthly subscription box is priced at $15 a month and for that $15 Starlooks will send 3-4 FULL SIZED products to your door every month! Now, you can't beat that!!! If you're interested you can go check out Starlooks on Facebook and Twitter ! Below is a video review of the products! I apologize, it's a little off because my little helper is at her grandparents' house today, so I had to make the video by myself without her telling me how boring I am and making sure I was in frame lol.  If you are interested in getting one of these monthly subscriptions boxes, I think this one is the way to go as far as beauty products. You're not going to be getting a better value than this with any of the other companies, in my opinion! 

I recently had the opportunity to check out a new service, BagBlaze.com ! It's a great site that has tons of cute handbags, satchels, wallets, etc.  I had a hard time picking out my favorite because there were SO many really cute designs to choose from! I ended up picking this pink iPhone wallet because I really needed something that was versatile and could hold my essentials while moving from purse, to gym bag, to pool bag, to back pack, to, well you get the idea, and this one seemed like it would be the perfect fit, and it has been! I don't actually have an iPhone. I have a Samsung Sidekick 4G, and it fits in there fine! So does my daughter's Samsung Gravity-T (pictured above). The wallet is a perfect size to hold all credit/ bank cards, insurance cards, library cards, IDs, and anything else you might have! It doesn't look like it, but it's holding 14 cards in the picture below (doctor appointment cards, PTA card, pharmacy cards, etc), so it is large...

If you've seen my pictures, you know I'm pretty fair skinned.  My daughter on the other hand has lovely dark Italian skin and makes fun of me for being "electric white" lol.  (Yes, I get picked on by an eight year old... sad, I know!) So, I was extremely excited when I heard that Fake Bake, a company that has not only perfected self tanning, but makes products that are paraben free and made in the USA, was working with bloggers!!! I was even more excited when they accepted my offer to do a review of one of their products!!! I was shocked when I used Fake Bake's Beyond Bronze Self-Tanning Mousse for the first time.  It didn't stink, it didn't stain, and it dried really quickly! Plus, it was really easy to use! It's color allows you to see where you have applied it, and the smooth mousse formula allows you to apply it like a lotion. Plus, it felt great on my skin! My absolute favorite part of this amazing Fake Bake product was that I didn't lo...