10 Fabulous Pink Gift Ideas

Today my lovely friend Nascar Camping World Truck Series and Nascar Nationwide Series driver, Jennifer Jo Cobb is making history at the final race of the season at Homestead Speedway in Miami.

image by Jeff Robinson, Daytona 2010

Jennifer is the only full time female driver in any of the top three Nascar series, and today becomes the highest ranked female driver of all time in Nascar. On top of that she is the first driver in Nascar to bring a makeup sponsor to the sport.
Jennifer's primary sponsor today is LillysCosmetics.com. She will be driving a pink Lillys Cosmetics Ford F150, and wearing a pink Lillys cosmetics firesuit.

All week I've been posting the Jennifer Jo Cobb makeup looks that you can duplicate with products from LillysCosmetics.com.
Today I'm celebrating Jennifer's huge achievement with 10 pink gift giving ideas for the holiday season. (Jennifer's truck is the #10)

1.) Limited Edition Clarisonic Mia Hope

I swear by my Clarisonic! 

With every purchase of the Limited Edition  Clarisonic Mia Hope Clarisonic will make a donation to help women with cancer to look and feel like themselves again.

2.) A girl needs to smell fabulous too! Enjoy the naughtiness of Agent Provocateur on your wrists, throat, and all your other kissable places.

3.) Celebrate your gorgeous derriere with fun pink undies from Kiki de Montparnasse.
A bow here, a wiggle there - what more could a girl ask for?

4.) Pink diamond earrings. Fabulous!

5.) A pink ceramic watch from Michael Kors. Completely lovely.

6.) The Pink Room Candles. I found these on one of my favorite blogs, Flat Out Fabulous

7.) A cerise or rose pink pashmina. A beautiful accessory as well as the perfect throw to take with you when traveling. Real pashmina is both lightweight and warm, and ideal for air travel.

8.) Pink Frette Sheets.
I don't actually know anyone with pink Frette sheets, but the thought of them is just delicious!

9.) Juicy Couture Bath Caviar. A Juicy Girl needs a little luxury, so why not add some coral extracts of youth and vitality to your bath of glory?

10.) What better celebration of the pure pinkness of it all than a Pink CD? Every girl needs her Funhouse!

Prior work commitments meant I couldn't be in Miami with Jen and the crew to celebrate today, but I will make it home in time to watch her race tonight, so I will be there in spirit! And keeping with today's pink theme I'll be drinking one of these:

 

The perfect (pink) Cosmopolitan!

Good luck Jen!

Jennifer Jo Cobb Big Night Out!

Nascar Camping World Truck Series racer Jennifer Jo Cobb is making history again this weekend at the season's final race at Homestead Speedway in Miami. She has been the only full time female racer this year in any of the top three Nascar series, she has achieved the highest points ranking ever for a female racer in Nascar, and now she is bringing the first ever makeup sponsor to the sport.
Each week 75 million fans tune in to watch Nascar, 40% of whom (approximately 30 million) are female. With those statistics alone you'd think the likes of L'Oreal, Clairol and Revlon would be all over the race cars, but unfortunately none of them are taking the time to speak to the extremely loyal Nascar fan base.

Until now that is.

This weekend Jennifer is bringing the first makeup entity to Nascar, with her sponsorship from LillysCosmetics.com
In honor of this partnership we have put together four different makeup looks that you can easily duplicate using products from LillysCosmetics.com. The Jennifer Jo Cobb Makeup looks have so far included her s
Signature look, a Thanksgiving look, a Quick and Easy Daily Makeup look, and now today we have the final piece of the Jennifer Jo Cobb collection, The Night Out look.

When I fly out to see Jennifer race, once the racing is done, if time and our flight schedules etc permit, we'll fix our hair and makeup, strap on some high heels and go out for the night.

With Denise and Jen at a Cincinnati Reds game after a day of press for Kentucky Speedway

Fantastic fun!

I'm always thinking up some new look for us to wear, and this is the latest. We haven't actually worn this one out yet, but hopefully in the next few weeks we will.

This look is all about a really dark, super smoky eye. The eye needs to be the main feature, so everything else has to be completely toned down. The skin should be pale with just a faint hint of blush - no bronzer. Lips need to be a pale, soft gloss, nothing competing with the very bold eye.

Start out by really taking time to conceal and color correct under your eyes, and apply a full cover foundation. This look is all about a flawless looking skin.
Use the Highlighter Pen to enhance the under eye area and up through the top of the cheekbone.
Next use a really soft and delicate blush shade, such as Pink Petals Mineral Cheek Color, and create a soft wash of color up and over the cheekbone.

Next use a Black Eyeliner pencil to rim the lash line. Work the liner in thicker than usual, then take a
Chisel Fluff  Brush and Black Pearl Mineral Eye Color, and start working the eye shadow through the liner and up onto the lid. First press the dark shadow into the liner, then start building the color, using a swirling motion to graduate the color up and over the crease. This will give you depth and intensity at the lash line and help you to fade the color out as it moves higher up the eye.
Use a Soft Fan Brush to constantly sweep away eye shadow that drops below the eye.
Next take a clean brush and some Moonstone Mineral Eye Color and swirl the color from the brow line down to the crease, meeting and overlapping the darker shade.
Using the Mini Oval Smudger brush and some Coal Mineral Eye Color, make the upper lash line deeper, darker and more smoky, then use whats left on the brush to come under the lower lashes to finish out the smoky effect.
This look requires tons and tons of mascara!! Apply Ultimate Black mascara liberally to the lashes, both top and bottom. To kick it up another couple of notches use false eyelashes. Medium black flare individual lashes or a strip of lashes will both look sensational!

Finish out the look with a very soft pink lipgloss such as Pink Diamonds NouriShine lip gloss from LillysCosmetics.com

Make sure you watch Jen race and cheer her on on Friday night on the Speed Channel!

Also I'd like to say a special thank you to Lillys Cosmetics for acknowledging  the tens of millions of female fans who support Nascar racing, and for choosing my gorgeous friend Jennifer Jo Cobb to fly their colors this weekend.

 If you are on facebook you can follow Jennifer at www.facebook.com/JenniferJoCobbRacing
I'm on facebook at www.facebook.com/CorinnaB
We are both on twitter too. You can find Jen at www.twitter.com/jenjocobb
I'm at www.twitter.com/Corinnamakeup
Jennifer has two retail lines for stylish racewear - Driver Boutique for women and Driven Male for the dudes.

You can find Jen's new sponsor online at LillysCosmetics.com

Easy Daily Makeup

In celebration of Nascar Camping World Truck Series racer Jennifer Jo Cobb bringing the first ever makeup sponsorship to Nascar we are running a series of makeup tutorials showing how to get Jen's various looks using products from LillysCosmetics.com

Jennifer will be wearing a LillysCosmetics.com pink firesuit this coming weekend as she races the final race of the season at Homestead in Miami, in her pink LillysCosmetics.com #10 truck.
Now that we're only 2 days away from the big race we're going to show you a simple day to day makeup look that you can do using products from LillysCosmetics.com

This look is all about being quick and efficient, doing something fabulous when you only have 10 minutes til you have to be out the door.
1.) With the clock running, do a high speed under eye concealer, and blend it out with your finger til its nice and sheer.
2.) Follow that with some speedy foundation - try Mineral Powder foundation, swirled on with a powder brush.
3.) Use a Brow Definer Pencil to fill in and feather through your brows. This will pull your look together and make it complete.
4.) With a synthetic camouflage brush apply Vanilla Eyesicles Eye Color from the lash line across the lids, working it in evenly and fading it out just above the crease of the eye.
5.) With an Angle Blender brush pick up some Copper Glow Mineral Eye Color and sweep it from side to side through the crease and slightly above the crease of the eye. Turn the brush to its flat side and press color into the outer corners of the eyes.
6.) Run some Deep Brown Eyeliner Pencil through the lash line, and smudge it a little so that it doesn't look too heavily lined. Follow this with a couple of high speed coats of Ultimate Black mascara.
7.) Dust some Desert Sun Shimmer Mineral Bronzing Powder across the areas the sun would hit - the forehead, tops of the cheekbones, bridge of the nose and a little on the chin. This will liven your look up and make you look fresh and sunkissed. Even in mid-winter!
8.) Jen loves Berry tones and deep browns when it comes to lipsticks, so line your lips with Dark Berry liner and fill them in with Boysenberry Cream lipstick.

Still got a minute to spare? Use the Facial Highlighting Pen at the inner and outer corners of the eye, the upper cheekbone, and anywhere else you'd like to reflect a little light. Keep the Facial Highlighting pen in your handbag for touch ups throughout the day.

 If you are on facebook you can follow Jennifer at www.facebook.com/JenniferJoCobbRacing
I'm on facebook at www.facebook.com/CorinnaB
We are both on twitter too. You can find Jen at www.twitter.com/jenjocobb
I'm at www.twitter.com/Corinnamakeup
Jennifer has two retail lines for stylish racewear - Driver Boutique for women and Driven Male for the dudes.

You can find Jen's new sponsor online at LillysCosmetics.com

Jennifer Jo Cobb Thanksgiving Makeup Look

Of the 75 million people who tune in to watch Nascar each week,  40 % are women (around 30 million). Funnily enough the only companies talking to us from the sides of the race cars are the likes of Tide, who want to help us do our laundry.
Which is very nice of them, but we're girls. We want makeup and skin care! We want to hear from beauty companies who can give us guidance (and love!) with hair products (hello L'Oreal???), body products, nails and makeup. Finally, finally someone heard us and signed up with the lovely Jennifer Jo Cobb. After all, who better to bring the message to female race fans??

Jennifer Jo Cobb at qualifying at Texas Motor Speedway in 2010

I am thrilled to introduce you to Jennifer Jo Cobb's new sponsor, LillysCosmetics.com
In honor of Lillys Cosmetics sponsoring Jennifer, we have put together a little series of makeup tutorials to show you how to get the looks I use on Jen, with products from Lillys Cosmetics. Each day this week, leading into the last race of the season in Homestead Miami I will be posting a new look for you.
(I'm posting the actual face charts that I use, with my notes in the margins).

To get this project up and running, we started at the Southwest Institute of Natural Aesthetics (SWINA) where Jen and I had fabulous Hylunia facials to get our skin ready.
Before we apply makeup, and every night when taking off our makeup, both Jen and I use our Clarisonics to get a super deep cleanse and to keep the surface of the skin smooth and glowing. When traveling we each take our Clarisonic Mia with us.


Today we are going to look at the makeup look we cooked up for Jennifer for Thanksgiving.
At this time of year the deep berry hues of fall are so lovely to wear, and are so flattering to all skin tones. This look is about a soft, smudgy slightly smoky eye, a warm flushed cheek and a pretty, glossy mouth.

To create this eye start with Spun Silk Mineral Eye Color. Use an Oval Shadow brush to liberally apply the color from the lashline all the way up to the brow. Next take the color Currant Craze, and with a Chisel Fluff brush making a swirling motion work your way through the lashline and up to and slightly over the crease, keeping the shadow at its most intense along the lash line and lower part of the lid, graduating the color lighter as you move up through the crease.
Line the upper lid with Amethyst eyeliner pencil, then go over that with a Mini Oval Smudger brush and the Sweet Plum Mineral Eye Color, buffing the two together to make the liner more smudged looking. Use the same brush and shadow to buff in a line under the lower lashes, making it look a little smoky.
Finish the eye with several coats of Ultimate Mascara in black.

You can create a soft, warm flush of cheek by applying Cherry Blossum Mineral Cheek Color with an
Angle Blush brush, gently swirling color from the apple of the cheek up across the cheekbone.

Keep your lips warm and glossy, going for deep berries and plums. The more blue in a lip color, then whiter your teeth will seem. Both Jen and I have been loving the Sugar Berry Nouri Shine Lip gloss, applied over either the Plum liner or the Dark Berry Lip Liner. Make sure you use a lip brush to blend the lipliner and the gloss together.

If you are on facebook you can follow Jennifer at www.facebook.com/JenniferJoCobbRacing
I'm on facebook at www.facebook.com/CorinnaB
We are both on twitter too. You can find Jen at www.twitter.com/jenjocobb
I'm at www.twitter.com/Corinnamakeup
Jennifer has two retail lines for stylish racewear - Driver Boutique for women and Driven Male for the dudes.

You can find Jen's new sponsor online at LillysCosmetics.com

The Jennifer Jo Cobb Signature Makeup Look

Nascar Camping World Truck Series driver Jennifer Jo Cobb is the only full time female driver in any Nascar series.
She is gorgeous, she is fearless, she is fast and she has made history this week by bringing a beauty sponsor to Nascar!
Each week 75 million people tune in to watch Nascar, and 40 % of them (around 30 million) are women. Funnily enough the only companies talking to us from the sides of the race cars are the likes of Tide, who want to help us do our laundry.
Which is very nice of them, but we're girls. We want makeup and skin care! We want to hear from beauty companies who can give us guidance (and love!) with hair products (hello L'Oreal???), body products, nails and makeup. Finally, finally someone heard us and signed up with the lovely Jennifer Jo Cobb. After all, who better to bring the message to female race fans??

I am thrilled to introduce you to LillysCosmetics.com
In honor of Lillys Cosmetics sponsoring Jennifer, we have put together a little series of makeup tutorials to show you how to get the looks I use on Jen, with products from Lillys Cosmetics. Each day this week, leading into the last race of the season in Homestead Miami I will be posting a new look for you.
I'm posting the actual face charts that I use, with my notes in the margins.

To get this project up and running, we started at the Southwest Institute of Natural Aesthetics (SWINA) where Jen and I had fabulous Hylunia facials to get our skin ready.
Before we apply makeup, and every night when taking off our makeup, both Jen and I use our Clarisonics to get a super deep cleanse and to keep the surface of the skin smooth and glowing. When traveling we each take our Clarisonic Mia with us.

So here is our first look. It is the Jennifer Jo Cobb Signature look, which is the makeup you've seen her wear most often. We all have our own signature look.

This is a simple but lovely look the is based around beautiful hues of soft browns and golds.
I start with Amber Blaze Mineral Eye Color, applied with an Oval Shadow brush from the lashline up to the crease. Make sure you apply liberally then buff through it.
Next I take a Chisel Fluff brush and either Honey Spice Mineral Eye Color or Moonstone Mineral Eye Color and sweep it up to the brow, making sure to blend it into the Amber Blaze so that the flow of color is seamless.
I use an Angle Blender brush and some Hazelnut Mineral Eye Color to create depth in the crease and outer corners of the eyes.
Smudge some Deep Brown Eyeliner into the upper lash line, then use a taklon liner brush with Hazelnut Mineral Eye Color to smudge and buff through the eyeliner pencil. This creates a softer look to the eye, while maintaining a well defined eye. I use the same shadow and brush to gently and faintly smudge some shadow under the lower lash line.
Jen loves mascara so we apply several coats of Ultimate Mascara in black.

When you are wearing browns and golds on your eyes its important to lift up the cheeks with something a little more lively. Try Gold Canyon Duet Cheek color applied with an Angle Blush brush.
Jen loves bronzer, so I always add bronzer to her upper cheek bones, the bridge of her nose, her forehead and her chin to warm her up. From LillysCosmetics.com try Desert Sun Shimmer Mineral Bronzing Powder.

Finish the look with a full, glossy, berry toned lip. Define the lip with a liner such as the Plum liner (deep blue undertones make your teeth look whiter!). Fill in the outer corners of the lip with the liner, then go over the entire lip with a beautiful berry toned lipgloss, like Berry Sparkle Nouri Shine Lip Gloss. If you can see the liner through the gloss use a Lip Brush to blend the two together.

And there you have it! The Jennifer Jo Cobb Signature Look.

You can find Jennifer on facebook at Facebook.com / JenniferJoCobbRacing
Join me on facebook for more makeup fun at Facebook.com/CorinnaB
All brushes used here are from the Corinna B line, which you can find at CorinnaB.com
Jen and I are both on twitter! Come join us twitter.com/jenjocobb and twitter.com/Corinnamakeup

And please show some love to LillysCosmetics.com for sponsoring Jennifer Jo Cobb in the Nascar Camping World Truck Series! You can see Jen in her custom made LillysCosmetics.com pink firesuit, driving the now pink LillysCosmetics.com truck on The Speed Channel this Friday night

Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing, Rocking It In Dallas

This past weekend I went to Dallas to watch my good friend
Jennifer Jo Cobb racing at Texas Motor Speedway.

even in a helmet Jen manages to look gorgeous!

Jennifer races in the Nascar Camping World Truck Series.

She's the only girl racer in the entire Nascar series.
(Later this year Danica Patrick will be back in the Nascar Nationwide Series)
On the track you'd never know a girl was behind the wheel
but walking around she infuses an unmistakable sense of glamour.
She's gorgeous, has the body of a supermodel, and a mane of thick, long red hair
that you can spot a mile off.

As well as being super fabulous, she is super fun!
Her team adores her, and she comfortably and seamlessly transitions from
high heels and lip gloss to hanging out with the boys.


waiting to make her practice runs at Texas Motor Speedway.

pre practice, Denise Harmon Mixon (team manager and one of the most fun people I have ever known!), Jen and me

Jen's truck at the garages at Texas Motor Speedway

On raceday we had an hour long autograph session, outside, with the temperature over 100 degrees plus humidity.
There were long lines of dedicated fans braving the heat to get au tographs.
Nascar has 71 million fans here in the USA, 40% of whom are female.
These girls get super excited to see and meet a girl racer,
who is not only lovely looking, but is also very identifiable.
Jen has been a motivational speaker for years, and is able to put people at ease immediately.
Everyone comments on how easily they can relate to her, and she to them.

Just so happens the boys want to do some relating too!
Nothing quite like having a beautiful girl sign your arm...!

And of course, wherever Jen goes, the TV cameras are not far behind.
It seemed everywhere we went at the track there was a TV camera nearby.

After an hour in the heat I was so ready for some chill out time in the air conditioned race hauler,
but another legion of fans had lined up there too, waiting for the chance to meet her.
Not one to let people down, Jen sat out there for another hour, meeting and greeting.

At Driver Intro's the TV folks found her again,
this time waiting in line with fellow rookie Brett Butler,
who drives the Fuel Doctor USA truck.

This was a night race, which I think is my favorite.
I watched from the pit box, which is my favorite place to be.
Right in the heart of it all!

Pit stops are so exhilarating to watch, especially when they're only 3 feet away!

I sat with Crew Chief Steve Kuykendall, and listened in on radio to all the
crew chief/spotter/driver chat, which is actually really quite exciting!
Especially when they're guiding a driver through and past the smoke and debris of a big crash,
and safely getting them to the other side at 178 mph!!

oh the humidity!!! Thanks to Moroccan Oil I didn't have my usual damp air afro...

the pit crew doing their high speed thing

Jen actually ran her best race ever in Dallas, finishing a very cool 14th place.
There were 30 something in the race, so it could be argued that she dealt it to those boys!

And after 2 hours racing in punishing heat,
she still managed to look stunning at the end of the race!

If you're on Twitter you can follow Jen @jenjocobb
Steve is @CrewChiefSteve
and if you're not following me yet on twitter, please join me @Corinnamakeup

Jennifer has a really cool line of racewear both for guys and (of course!!) for girls.
You can find her T's, hats etc at the Driver Boutique
www.cobbracingteam.com

How To Do Your Makeup For The Races

Everyone knows I LOVE going to the races.

And so tons of people message me all the time with questions about
how to do their make up for the races.
Nascar, NHRA, IRL, Formula 1.

Dale Earnhardt Jr

Tons of ladies
in the great speedy outdoors
supporting for their favorite driver(s)
while their makeup gets gooey, shiny, or just plain disappears.


Martin Truex Jr

Then there's the whole equation of how much makeup to put on
and what is too little vs what is too much.


Ashley Force Hood

Funnily enough,
it doesn't matter what outdoor sporting event you are going to.
Tennis, football, baseball...
The rules are pretty much the same.

And there are some killer cool pro makeup artist products
that make all the difference in the world,
that will never be found in the high dollar marketing viper pit
also known as the department store.

And I'm going to fill you in on them.

In fact, I made you a little movie about it:






There are plenty more tricks that I can show you,
fantastic products to fill you in on,
and fabulous looks,
perfect for a day of racing, or any other sport.


Tony Stewart

If you'd like to know more,
send me a message.
On here or on twitter.

We can make you lots more videos!

Whether you're there to support Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr, Martin Truex Jr,
Helio Castrovenes, Scott Dixon, Danica Patrick,
Tony Schumacher, Cory Mac, Antron Brown,
Ron Capps, Jack Beckman or Ashley Force Hood
(or anyone else!)
don't worry girlfriend,
I got you covered!

Did you see the shirts we were wearing in the video??
Well you can win one!
Just click here
There's not too many days left...

XO

C

Its Time For A Giveaway!

Its time for another super cool giveaway!

We have teamed up with the fantastic Drag Strip Girl Designs
and are giving away one of these fabulous Drag Strip Girl ladies T shirts!

You don't have to be a drag race fan or even a race fan to look cool in one of these.

If you've been following this blog,
you'll know that I'm always showing up at photoshoots/music videos/commercials etc
in one of my Drag Strip Girl T's.
I love them!
They're edgy, cool, fashion forward, designer cut, high quality T's.
Unlike boxy styled men's T shirts,
these Drag Strip Girl shirts really flatter and compliment a girl's shape.

They're hot!

They come in all sizes from small to 3X.
And this giveaway is open to everyone, everywhere in the world.
Dude's can enter too,
as you're going to have a wife/girlfriend/sister/neighbor/co-worker/friend
someone you can give it to!

So here's what you need to do to enter this oh so fabuloso giveaway.

1. Sign up for the CorinnaB Newsletter. Click here
(this is where we hold your email details to notify you if you win)

2. Click on the comment tab at the bottom of this post and tell us either
a) what your favorite type of racing is
or
b) who your favorite racer is.

Now this can be any form of racing, it doesn't have to be drag racing.
It can be anything.
Nascar, Indy Car, F1, Sprint Car - you name it!

If you don't follow any racing, check out the video below of the drivers saying hi to you all,
and pick one of them!
Their names are listed too, in order of appearance.

3. You can get extra entries by retweeting this post on twitter.
Just send me your RT @Corinnamakeup so I know you did it.

On Facebook you can share this, or post it to your status.
Let me know you did by telling me you shared it on facebook in the comment section below.

We will keep this giveaway open until Wednesday March 17th 2010.
The winner will be notified by email.

Here is the video of the NHRA drivers (in case you're stuck)

and here is a list of the drivers on the video, in order of appearance:
Matt Hagan
Antron Borwn
Cory Mac
Bob Tasca III
Ashley Force Hood
Tony Pedregon
Fast Jack Beckman
Ron Capps
Dave Grubnic
Robert Hight
Melanie Troxell
Tim Wilkerson

Good luck!!!

XO

C

Racing and a Giveaway. Or Racing Giveaway?

So, today we are going to have another quick look at some racing stuff from this past weekend,
and we're going to have ourselves a fun giveaway.
A racing related giveaway.
Perfect for race fans and for girls who don't follow racing at all...

First up, if you didn't check in yesterday, 12 of my favorite drivers
from the NHRA
had a little video chat with my blog readers.

That's you!

I don't know if that's ever been done before for someones blog?
You should feel a bit special round about now...
If you didn't see it yesterday, or if you want to see it again (and again and again)
I've put it at the bottom of today's post.
You have to check it out.
Its very cool.
There's a list of the drivers and links to their websites on yesterdays blog post
Weekend At The Races.

I have to congratulate 2 of the drivers on the video for winning this weekend.
Cory Mac won Top Fuel
Fast Jack Beckman won Funny Car.
Congratulations guys! And congratulations Don Schumacher Racing.

If you're on twitter you can follow Cory Mac click here
and Jack Beckman at Shoeracing's twitter Click here

Anyway I'll be back to makeup videos in the next couple of days,
but today I've got one more for the race fans.
If you've never been to an NHRA race before
you need to beware of the warmup.
Its quite something.
If you're walking through the pit area
and you hear them fire up one of the cars,
get upwind as quickly as you can.
Its super loud (earplugs!!)
And the fumes will make your eyes pour tears, your nose, throat and lungs burn.

Here's a video I took from inside the DSR Hospitality suite, looking into Jack Beckman's pit.
On my handy dandy FlipCam UltraHD from The Flip.com
Check out the folks at the fumey end of the car!
Crazy!!

And now for our spectacular giveaway!

We have teamed up with the fantastic Drag Strip Girl Designs
and are giving away one of these fabulous Drag Strip Girl ladies T shirts!

If you've been following this blog,
you'll know that I'm always showing up at photoshoots/music videos/commercials etc
in one of my Drag Strip Girl T's.
I love them!
They're edgy, cool, fashion forward, designer cut, high quality T's.
Unlike boxy styled men's T shirts, these Drag Strip Girl shirts really flatter and compliment a girl's shape.
They're hot!
They come in all sizes from small to 3X.
And this giveaway is open to everyone, everywhere in the world.
Dude's can enter too,
as you're going to have a wife/girlfriend/sister/neighbor/co-worker/friend
someone you can give it to!

Click Here To Enter To Win!

Weekend At The Races

So this weekend the NHRA rolled into Firebird International Raceway.

Once again we were taken care of by Don Schumacher Racing,
who not only have amazing hospitality,
but really do seem to enjoy being fantastic hosts.

They take an already fun situation and really raise the bar.
Love it!

Courtesy of the fine folks at TheFlip.com
I was armed with a flipcam ultraHD
so I could get you the goods from behind the scenes.

I decided it might be fun to have you meet some of my favorite drivers.
So on Saturday we made you a little movie.
You'll see how cool and fun these guys and girls are.
Check it out:

Aren't they cool? There were a couple more I was planning on getting for you, but fun, racing and socializing all got me distracted...

Anyway, here are the stars of this little video, (in order of appearance) and I've linked their websites so that you can go check them out.

Matt Hagan
Antron Brown
Cory (Mac) McClenathan
Bob Tasca III
Ashley Force Hood
Tony Pedregon

Fast Jack Beckman

Ron Capps

Dave Grubnic

Robert Hight

Melanie Troxel

Tim Wilkerson

NHRA races are really fast, exciting, and so loud you can "feel the noise".
Here is another clip I got with the FlipCam UltraHD.
It shows John Force and Cruz Pedregon racing their Nitro Funny Cars.

Each run starts out with a burnout.
Now I'm sure there's some technical thing going on,
getting traction for the tires or something,
but it always looks like big old macho man posturing,
pre race psyching the opponent out .
Its brilliant!
I looove it!

Tomorrow I'll have some more fun stuff to show you,
and who knows,
maybe a giveaway too.

Actually, we will do a giveaway.
See you tomorrow!

XO

C

Test It & Tune It!

Last weekend was so much fun!
NHRA Test & Tune was in town.
At Firebird Raceway.
Aaaahh!
The season is nearly ready to begin...


Test & Tune is where the teams get to bring their cars out and check out new set ups etc.
Last year tons of teams came to Phoenix.
This year more went to Florida the week before, so the turn out was slim.
Yet fun!

There weren't too many folks out and about this time.

However.
We had a "Tweet up" going on.
Thats where a bunch of friends on twitter all get together.
The Nitro Twitter Gang flew in from all over.
They came in from Chicago, New Jersey, St Louis, Memphis, Sacramento
-many different places, for the 3 day event.


Here are some of us.
I had somewhat misleadingly led everyone to believe that if they flew out of the snow
the weather here would be gorgeous.

The 1st day was rained out.

Day 2?
Brain bendingly cold. Who knew?
I should have been running the bleachers.
But I didn't.

It was extra fun too, because the photographers who got me started in this whole NHRA business were there.
And they are fun.
So we hung out and had some laughs.


Day 3 the sun came out.


Drag Strip Girl shirt and the ever funny, ever high energy, wiley John Force.
He's such a character!


His 25th anniversary car looked awesome!

John Force Racing had three cars there this time.
Mike Neff is tuning John's car this year instead of driving.
Bummer.

Bob Tasca was there as was Tim Wilkerson.
It was quite the Ford-fest.

Brandon Bernstein was there in his new blue Copart car.
Odd not seeing him in red.

John's daughter Ashley Force Hood
brought the girl power for the weekend.


Ashley is one of the most glamorous, fabulous female pro athletes around.

and she's fierce!
This is her starting her first burnout of the day on Sunday.
Last year I wrote a blog post about the Western Swing, and asked readers who they wanted to win Funny Car.
The response was overwhelming!
From all around the world.
Who knew?
Sometimes over 100 hits per hour.
53% wanted Ashley to win.


Last year we saw the debut of the Al Anabi cars. They weren't here this time, but we were all excited to see Cruz Pedregon's new car.

Well, I was.

The Cruzer is often controversial (love that), makes for great TV (love that)
and you never know what he's going to say next (love that!)

This is an old picture of him.


The car looks cool.
Red cars go fast.



I have that exact same hoodie! I wear it on shoots.

NHRA is so fan friendly.
Drivers were coming over to say hi to that cute little boy.
That's John Force in the green suit.
He had just been high fiving him.
Little kids remember things like that.
Forever.


I went up to the top end with my photographer friends
while they were snapping the shoots deploying.


Wickedly cool.
Oddly quiet.
Especially after the high decibels at the starting line.

Had to tweet about it.

@NitroJohn meet at Wilkie's in 10? Roger that buddy...

I hope we have more Nitro Twitter Gang Tweet Ups.
Really cool folks, and tons of fun.
You should join us next time...

I'm so ready for the season to begin!

all pictures courtesy of Gary Nastase and John Amorosano. Apart from that one of Cruz...