SAMSUNG P3 Player: My IPod Alternative

I know many people are IPod/IPhone crazy, but I'm not an IPod fan persay. No real reason, just not a fan. I do own an MP3 player and with it I need function, function, function. Bang for your buck to me is the Samsung P3. This player is Hot, Hot, Hot. Imagine music, movies, pictures, files, games, maps, calendar and did I mention Bluetooth. The P3 with Bluetooth+EDR lets you take or make calls without taking your cell out. It syncs with your cell and lets you listen to music and if a call comes through mutes the music and allows you to answer your phone through the player, or make calls. Yeah, I know that is what the IPhone does, but with the IPhone you have to use ITunes. I get music anywhere and put it on my player as well as DIVX movies. For those like me who prefer not to ITunes, SAMSUNG.

Samsung P3 16GB $199.99

Juliette Has A Gun And A Very Powerful Smell

written by:Celebrity Makeup Artist Brandy Gomez-Duplessis

I was just turned on to the great collection “Juliette Has a Gun,” a perfume collection from Romano Ricci, great-grandson of famed couturier Nina Ricci. I have not gotten myself this collection just yet…but I am sure when I do, I will find a favorite out of these decadent perfumes. As I type this, I can smell the rose and vanilla scents in my hair and I feel like I should be wearing a pair of sexy Christian Dior black leather boots. Inspired by one of Shakespeare’s most-beloved heroines, Romano’s first two scents in the collection -Lady Vengeance and Miss Charming-were created with the assistance of master perfumer Francis Kurkdjian. Citizen Queen, the new scent, I think will be my first purchase.

Elegant yet bristling with wild, thorny rose, Lady Vengeance hides its claws under velvety rose petals, soft patchouli and seductive vanilla. Sly and charming under her rosy exterior, Lady Vengeance lays waste to the non-believers in the seductive powers of rose by wrapping her legs around earthy patchouli and dipping her fingers in the time honored man slayer of golden vanilla, a combination that’s impossible to deny. Resistance is futile! Lady Vengeance top notes are Bulgarian rose, vanilla, patchouli.

Miss Charming bats her eyelashes with innocence and virginal sweetness, a gentle rose scent sweetened with a burst of wild fruits resulting in a wispy and flirty perfume that brightens any occasion. I bet your friends and coworkers will stand a little closer when you wear this, smile a little more and chat a little longer. It might be your sparkling wit and scintillating conversation, suspect it’s just Miss Charming working her sweet, sweet magic. Miss Charming notes are Moroccan rose, musk, wild fruits.

Juliette had a gun, now it also has a crown. Citizen Queen the third weapon in this hip series of rose fragrances is the most powerful one yet. Blended with amber and patchouli, the dark, leathery rose at the center of the composition takes no prisoners. Violet and iris soften the striking mix, adding a charming retro quality to the perfume. Veiled by this delicately powdery accord, the rose is mysterious, elusive, endlessly intriguing. Citizen Queen main notes are Leather, Bulgarian Rose, Iris, Amber, Immortal flowers, Labdanum.

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A Beauty Product to Help With Beauty Sleep

written by: Celebrity Makeup Artist Brandy Gomez-Duplessis

Have you heard the saying “I am getting my beauty sleep, but what about getting beauty products to improve sleep?”
Murad, the El Segundo, Calif.-based skin care brand that’s helped bring ingredients such as pomegranate to consumers’ attention, is carving out a niche for beauty solutions to the nightmare of no sleep. A duo of products launching next month, Sleep Reform Serum at $97 for a 1 oz. and Sleep Reform Dietary Supplements at $49.50 for 60 tablets, is Murad’s introduction to the snooze business, which could eventually expand to an array of recommended sleep remedies within Murad’s skin care portfolio.

I see it in my clients’ faces daily, sleep seems like a major problem. I think this is going to be a popular product because sleep is something that everyone doesn’t get or get enough of.
The Sleep Reform products rely upon what Murad has dubbed a Repair Enhancing Matrix with Gama-aminobyteric Acid (GABA), Methyl sulfonmethane (MSM) and vitamin C intended to amplify the depth and duration of sleep. Melatonin in the products aim to aid the skin’s sleep cycle to promote its ability to mend itself, while Oligopeptide-1 is meant to firm the skin, and Tocopheryl Acetate encourages healing. The serum is supposed to be applied before the user goes to bed.

The Sleep Reform products will be sold in roughly 1,500 doors by the second quarter of 2009, including Sephora and Ulta.

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Bijules by Designer Jules Kim

written by: Celebrity Makeup Artist Brandy Gomez-Duplessis

Jules Kim designs jewelry to ruffle your feathers. Biijulesis the most creative unique jewelry and accessory line I have personally seen. From fingernail rings to necklaces made of hand-dyed hair, the pieces combine innovation with intellectual inspiration. And her one finger bar ring, which stretches across four fingers, is the fanciest variation on a brass knuckle we’ve ever seen. Biijules NYC has a cult following because it’s known for twisting ideas (like crafting earrings out of hair extensions) and creating underground trends.

So who is the Bijules woman , she is one who loves to live and express herself in a very personal way. Maybe she wakes and feels frisky, puts on a set of gold nail rings, and goes out to kill it. Or maybe she is feeling super subtle and slips on a pair of the new Arsenic & Old Lace high-waisted panties with gold suspenders. And when she calmly rides in the elevator up to work, she quickly makes the men writhe next to her, wondering where the gold chains on her shoulders are coming from, and where they are going. />

Jules Kim embraced her street and commercial status, as everyone from Gwen Stefani to Janet Jackson Santogold, M.I.A., Spankrock, Katy Perry and Rihanna is rocking her pieces. I think I can be a part time Biijules woman…the bling out nail is a must have.

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Diesel’s ‘Only The Brave’

written by: Celebrity Makeup Artist Brandy Gomez-Duplessis

In cooperation with the house of L`Oreal, Diesel presents their perfume Only The Brave, the first solo edition aiming at men. This edition was inspired by founder of the brand Diesel, Renzo Rosso, and an RR tattoo on knuckles, which he gave to himself for his 50th birthday.

Its a real sculpture of glass, shaped like a fist, coloured in smoky-greyish nuances, with a silver ring with an inscription of the Diesel brand. Concept of Only The Brave accentuates oriental, leather and woody accords, which are masculine, determined and brave, with clear contrasts. The perfume opens with masculine and modern notes of leather, which is closely connected with the brand itself. The composition is refreshed with lemon and sparkling, fresh aromas, adding amber and woody accords of cedar.

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