Get that wild and wonderful hair color at home and save big bucks, too!

Splat™ is now available at Walgreen’s® for $9.99. Just the greatest colors like lusty lavender, luscious raspberry, blue envy, and pink fetish. This hair dye is unisexual, a great look for both women and men! Streak it, chunk it, tip it, layer it, or go for broke–you are the master of your ship, a rebel on the move, the choices are endless!

Hair Needs A Color Pick-Me-Up for School?

Let It Go–Splat™!

Steal: Regis Salons is having a sale on their clip-in hair extensions, buy 2 @ reg.$10, and get 3rd one Free! Bogo sale on other hair products, too.

Steal: Cost Cutters® First time adult customers can get $2 off their haircut, and regular clients $1 off by going to online site. Plus, just in time for back-to-school kid friendly headquarters has a toy each month for the youngster getting his/her haircut. This month is a lighted pen with glitter, cool!

Steal: Shear Katz. Local salon in Duluth, Minnesota has a martini and manicure night. Tickets are $20. This Thursday, August 14th at Red Star Lounge, 7-9PM. Remember stirred not shaken!

Every young woman in my family loves Herbal Essence shampoo and other products. Now Downy® is offering a great opportunity to win a $500 luscious indulgence grand prize and other prizes Instantly! Great gift as a send-off to your favorite college student. Herbal Essences Scents and Sensibility Sweepstakes continues through September 30, 2008. Resident of U.S. or Canada, 13 years of age, enter once each day.

Have Fun With This Contest and Good Luck!

shu uemera has to be eyelash central. For all those fantasy lashes and natural lashes that the stars wear, you have got to visit this site.

Feather lashes, colored lashes, lower lashes, lashes with crystals, and wonderful customized lashes to create that smoky eye. Prices range from $16-$50. They also carry the tools to apply and customize your lashes. Free shipping on purchases of $45+ through July 20, 2008.  Runway looks, just a click a way.

Fun, Fantastic and Hot!

Fiber mascara is great if you are blessed with natural thick lashes. MDM has written on these products and most are great for blending fake into your natural lash, but for true definition and ease of application, the Magic Wand Brushless Mascara by Bare Escentuals® is a “must have.” Comes in black and online in Green, and will give your eyes that definition and look that is so sought after for those of us follicly-challenged. Great for use on both upper and lower lashes. Applicator makes it easy to get those individual lashes at the inner corner of the eye. If you can only have one mascara, get this one, well worth the $15 price. Can be bought from Sephora and QVC.

Stilettos, platforms, boots, high wedges can leave you with achy, breaky feet. But they make your legs look so-o-o sexy! What can a fashionista do? Well, to spell Relief and still pad around the house in hot colors, go to YogaPro.com™ for Yoga Toes. Prevents most common foot problems by exercising, stretching, and soothing. Comes in women and men’s sizes, too–so share it with your tootsie! $49.95, save more when you buy more plus get additional $15.00 off by redeeming promo coupon W1986!

Outside of the British cleaning ladies, who is going to look in your microwave? I mean let’s get real here, does it really matter when the light goes on and the microwave zaps the food that you really can’t guess what’s cooking inside unless you put it in there? Or for that matter, that a new smell is being emitted from the unit that makes you wonder if the mac’n cheese you put in to warm-up is burning along with an old sock? Or that even though you’re sure you put saran wrap over the bowl, something is sputtering inside and spewing unrecognizable blobs at the window? Well, if you don’t care then maybe it’s time to call the ladies from How Clean Is Your House because you may be living at ground zero for disasters!

A quick, eco-friendly, and time-saving cleaning solution is at hand! Simply fill a glass bowl with water, put slices into the water from half a lemon, and zap it for 1-5 minutes. The steam will loosen the gunk from inside your microwave, making it easier to wipe up, and the lemons will sweeten the interior and add a little zest to your kitchen air.

Summer time means limiting your cosmetics in the daytime to the bare essentials, and one essential is mascara. The latest lash and brow cosmetics with fiber and more are wonderful, but pricey. However, Avon can give you those lush lashes at 75% off the cost of its’ counterparts. Avon’s Super Shock Mascara reg.$8.50, is on sale now for $4.50! Comes in all the basic fashion colors of black, brown, black/brown, including navy! With 12x more volume, this is a terrific deal for all of us looking for that dramatic look without emptying our wallets!

Not all of us can afford a $200 haircut on the tarmac or even in a designer booth. One of the most inexpensive haircuts outside of cosmetology schools is the salons that take you without appointments on a first come, first serve basis. Due to the large amount of traffic, prices are very reasonable for a haircut, usually under $15. However, if you have long hair, or have medium short hair as opposed to very short hair be sure that the patron ahead of you has long hair. With so many short haircuts, including men, there is a tendency to get into a groove cutting hair, similar to knife happy, that will turn your stylized haircut into something that has elements or close facsimile of that haircut, but is simply too short.

Additionally, if the salon is new to you, ask the manager what the stylists’ specialties are: long hair, funky hair, hair weaves, perms, color and highlights, men’s haircuts, etc. Check out magazines with the latest hairstyles, or go online to such sites as Virtual Hairstyles or Marie Claire and load in your photo to try different hairdos ahead of time. Find one that you like, don’t be embarrassed to bring a print-out or the magazine with you. This will save you time and your stylist time, if nothing else it’s a starting point for consideration.

Additional services such as coloring, weaves, perms usually require an appointment at even these places because of the time involved.Be aware, that wet hair length will shrink, and permed hair will shrink, the stylist should make an accommodation in the length of the initial cut to account for this. MDM prefers coloring or perming your hair, then cutting it since this will get rid of ends that have absorbed more of the dye or solution during the process with one exception–depending upon the final length/style of the hair it may be impractical to cut the hair after especially going from long to short you wouldn’t want to pay for the extra dye,or the difference in perm prices between the two.

Finally, MDM’s best advice is to first find a stylist who can cut your hair well, or at least to your liking, because additional embellishments cannot make up for a bad haircut.

Hair’s Looking At You, Kid!

*photo courtesy of face camera

KMart extra 20% off including Clearance apparel and shoes, extra 10% off all other clearance, Sunday, April 6 Only !  Download coupon for in store savings or Promo Code:  900251231012 for online savings.

Avon.  One of MDM’s favorite Avon items has been the Skin So Soft.  MDM remembers when her mother-in-law, an inveterate  Avon shopper who liked the convenience of the Avon representative coming to her home, asked what MDM would like for a Christmas present from Avon.  MDM responded by stating that Avon Skin So Soft  Foam Bath would be nice–MDM later learned that this inquiry was disingenuous since her mother-in-law’s frugal nature wouldn’t allow her to spend that kind of money on a daughter-in-law.

However, maybe just maybe she would with this terrific sale.  The Skin So Soft Super Sale, match any 2 skin so soft products for only $6.99–a savings of up to 55% off!  Plus Free Shipping on orders $15 or more Promo Code:  SPRING 815  Sale ends April 10, 2008.  Load up for Mother’s Day, and Mother-in-law’s Day, too–we all have issues, but what the heck!

Dell™  Inspiron 1525 Laptop only $649.  Comes with  a new upgrade to 320 GB  Sata hard-drive and 3GB Memory for a savings of $70, in black, until April 7, 2008, e-value code: 6VAFF-DNDAPD1

The Mall was full this weekend since kids were on breaks and when you’re on break you either go to Fort Lauderdale or chill out at the mall, right? One would think that there would be great sale enticements; however, with a few exceptions to find the real bargains you are better off to save the gas and shop online.

One exception was Sears. They are having an additional 60% off clearance prices and a top with a retail of $35 with the additional 60% off was being sold for $5! Look for the round racks marked clearance in the traffic areas of the clothing departments. For the holidays next year, pick-up their make-up and nail kits which are half-priced at $9-$10. Also,check out prom dresses here some really lovely styles are available.

Lane Bryant instore clearance had t-shirts marked $9.99, priced $4.99 online.

Wal*Mart has some great electronic deals starting with the Garmin® nüvi® 200 GPS Navigation System daily tech deal $198.88, Sony® 32″ LCD HDTV daily tech deal $796. Prices are good through April 5, 2008.

Target™ is carrying Bare Escentuals kits priced at $49.00 includes basic eyes. Plus 75% off remaining Easter items.

Regis Salon’s Customer Appreciation Days ends today (Sunday, March 16, 2008).  All perm and dye services are 20% off and all hair styling products Buy 1, Get 1, 50% Off!
 

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ScoopNYC ™  is probably more familiar to New Yorkers as a trendy, hot fashion closet with all the latest celeb looks under one roof.  Now you will find stores in major metro cities like Chicago, Miami, Las Vegas, Dallas and here’s the real scoop:  soon they will be online!

Specializing in-person customer service/shopper, they now have developed their own trademark fragance named what else? Scoop NYC.  A subtle musk with tones of pear blossom, tangerine zest, white peony, jasmine and pink freesia. 

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The dramatic eye has been around for the last couple of seasons and a new spin on it has been tri-color application of eyeshadows and the burst of duo colors in mascara.  Max Factor® has this new eye candy down with its’ dramatic colors at an affordable price.

MaxEye is now on sale at drugstore.com up to 25% off  plus now until February 29th-leap day, buy one eye product and get another free.

Free Shipping on purchases at drugstore.com of $25+ 

Max Factor® go from The Runway to the Bedroom-Ayes, Sighs and More!

For Spring it is all about special effects of sculpting the face. MDM remembers during her modeling years of trying to create the exact same look with a number of products.  However, now it is as easy as 1-2-3 with professional makeup artist kits, including DVD’s.  .  

To obtain the ultimate look this Spring , MDM  recommends following  these 3 steps:

1.  Stila’s Face Contouring Trio.  This trio can slim down the nose, emphasize cheekbones, and highlight  your best facial features.  From Amazon and Sephora  $38.00

2.  Smashbox Try Me Kit great for the eyes.  Includes eye concealer and brightener, brow powders, cream eyeliner, lip gloss, finish foundation and instructional DVD.   Entire kit Reg.$58.00, price $29.00+sh, Sephora and Nordstrom.

3.  Smashbox Master’s Class Vol. 2 Special Effects Set.  Exclusive tips to achieve a spectacular look plus perfect pout lips, eyelights, bronzer, contour, shadow, travel size primer and kabuki brush, reg.$176, special $59.00 +sh Sephora.  Free Shipping on purchases of $75 or more.