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You know how everyone - or most people - want to be social media celebrities? Maybe they don't want to be celebrities per se, but there is a certain kind of good feeling that comes with having more Facebook friends and more comments and likes on Facebook pictures and statuses. Well, here comes the Like-a-Hug Vest. What it does is simple, normal, and expected: it inflates whenever someone likes you on Facebook (comments, pictures, etc). Normal. What did you expect? According to Read More
Last week Tuesday, I visited Marci of Marci Weave to get my hair done. I did not know what I wanted done; I just knew I wanted a style that covered all my hair, and so, when Marci said she would give me side bangs, I said, let us go there!! These pictures don't do the hair justice because I just couldn't roll my hair to look the way it did when she rolled it. I mean, look at this hair. Does it look like I curled it? Well, I did. But between me being a bad hair curler and the temperature being Read More
So I've been a member of ShoeDazzle since January of this year, and I am still yet to make a purchase. From any angle, most of the items on their website are a steal. Most things cost $39.95, and that includes the shipping and free returns. They even have personal stylists to help you choose the kind of shoes you may like (according to the test you take when signing up for the site). Read More
I am a proud lover of perfumes. You know that, right? Two years ago, I did a post about my perfume addiction. And although the picture from that post disappeared when I moved my blog, you can at least still see the names of the 29 bottles I had. I made a resolution to not buy anymore perfumes till I have emptied every last bottle. So far, I have 16 bottles left. Last one I emptied was Mediterranean by Elizabeth Arden. And I'm very proud of myself because when Igwe attempted to buy me Pour Femme Read More
Anyone who knows me even a little bit knows that I absolutely love painting my eyes - not the inside, of course. I have all kinds of colors for my eyes, and when I'm getting ready to go out and applying my make-up, it is the eye make-up that takes the longest. From the eye pencil to the eye shadow to the mascara to the light concealer above and below the brows, I am all up in there. There is only one thing that I have been too timid to try: faux eyelashes. But I absolutely adore them on other Read More
