Get Your Valentines Day Vamp On! Sleek & Sexy...

Before we get into the tutorial,
we have a winner to announce!

The winner of the Perricone Eye Area Advanced Therapy is...
Ros Guerrero!!

CONGRATULATIONS ROS!!!

Thanks everyone for being part of the giveaway.
We'll have another one coming up soon, and if you already signed up for the newsletter

you are already halfway entered into all future contests.

So now due to the upcoming Valentines day,
or maybe just because the weekend is upon us,
we have another tutorial video.

This is a sleek and sexy look featuring a cat eye, and a full red lip.

Products Used:

Makeup Forever eye shadow in shade 145 (soft shimmery blue/gray)
Black cream liner
Julie Hewett lipliner in Rouge Noir
Julie Hewett Lipstick in Rouge Noir

Brushes Used:

Oval Shadow Brush
Bent Liner Brush
Mascara Fan Brush

Lip Brush

all brushes from www.CorinnaB.com

SuperSonic Skin Care Looove!!!

I forgot to ask you if you got anything good for Christmas???
I did.
Santa gave me some lovin
via the amazing Clarisonic Plus Limited Edition.




I've been wanting a Clarisonic for ages.

Movie stars swear by Clarisonic
Models swear by Clarisonic
Cosmetic surgeons and Dermatologists swear by Clarisonic

And now, so do I!

Clarisonic was created by the same people who made the Sonicare toothbrush,
and it works along the same lines.
Except that the brush head was specifically designed to be used on the skin.
And more specifically the delicate skin on the face.

The gentle sonic vibrations rotate at 300 movements per second,
cleaning deeply, clearing pores and removing six times more makeup than regular cleansing.
Rough patches get evened out,
dead, dry skin gets lifted away,
blemishes clear up and go away,
oily areas get reduced,
and you are left with clear, gleaming, radiant, beautiful skin.



It also works on the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

Its amazing!

We just shot 10 new makeup tutorial videos, after I'd been using my Clarisonic Plus for 5 weeks.
You can see the difference in my skin.
(check out the Valentine's Day Makeup video series and see for yourself!)

I am sooo hooked!

One of the special features of the Clarisonic Plus model, is an extra brush head that you can change out and use on the body.
You can spot treat areas like decollete, elbows, hands, arms, knees.
Smooth it all!
The set comes with cleansing products too.

Some of the aesthetics schools,
such as the SouthWest Institute Of Natural Aesthetics in Tempe, Arizona
actually have Clarisonic training as part of their curriculum.
That's how important this product is.
Its revolutionary in the world of skin care.

Love!

The Limited Edition (like mine) comes in a classic rose and lilac paisley print.
50% of the profits from the Limited EditionClarisonic go to
the Susan G Komen Foundation to help us win the fight against cancer.
So you're saving your face and saving your boobies.

The Limited Edition Clarisonic is available exclusively online at
www.Clarisonic.com

New year, new decade, new you - you need a Clarisonic Plus.
Your skin will love you for it.

Valentine's Day Makeup Tutorial :Soft Pretty Look

So here's our first makeup tutorial for the year.
We shot a series of videos on location in the makeup studio
at the Skin And Makeup Institute in Arizona,
last month.

The first three are all about Valentines Day.

Today we are going to do a softer, prettier look.





Products Used

Julie Hewett Eye Shadows, Petit Four Palette
Shades Beurre and Mica
MAC eyeliner in Slate
MAC dark gray shadow
Julie Hewett cheekie in Vampie (cream blush)
Julie Hewett lipstick in Simone
Julie Hewett liplush in Tish


Find Julie Hewett products at www.Julie Hewett.net

Brushes used

Eyebrow Brush
Oval Shadow Brush
Chisel Fluff Brush
Taklon Liner Brush
Angle Blender Brush
Mascara Fan Brush (for pro use only)
Lip Brush

All brushes from CorinnaB.com

Hope you like it!

xo

C

The Smartest Way To Save

Soooo.
Exactly how much fun did you have opening those credit card bills in January?
Stomach churning.

Regardless of how you used or didn't use the plastic fantastic for Christmas shopping
we still appear to be in a recession
and plenty of us are feeling the financial pinch.

And its not pretty.

New year, new decade.
No time like now to fix the financial track you're on.

Last year I was given a book called The Smartest Way To Save
by Sam Freshman and Heidi Clingen.


Quite timely really.
All things considered.

This book is full of hundreds of tips to keep you on track financially,
and keep you out of financial ruin.

It is a very easy read, with everything laid out in layman's terms.
Much of it you already know.
But evidently most of us weren't acting on that knowledge.
So you can use this one as a guide book or a road map.

It sits on my desk and glares at me when Mr Louboutin calls.

If you're hurting,
or if hurt might be on your horizon,
you may just want to take a look.

If you want a brighter financial future,
this is a good place to start.

Here are some words of wisdom from the conclusion of the book:

Remember...
It's not how much you make;
it's how much you keep.

It's not your income that makes you rich;
it's your savings habits.

It's not what your money makes of you;
it's what you make of your money.

It's not how much you own;
it's how much you owe.

It's not what you do;
it's how you do it.

It's not your habits that control you;
it's you who controls your habits.

It's not what you know;
it's what you don't know

It's not what you start with;
it's what you end with.

check out the website www.TheSmartestWay.com

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...

Here Comes Superbowl!!!

Woo hoo!!
Superbowl is fast approaching.
And who doesn't love a Superbowl party??
I do!!!

But what's a girl to wear?
You want to look fabulous, feminine and fashion forward.
But you also want to support your team.
Or your boyfriend's team.

Your boyfriend's oversized Colts shirt isn't going to cut it.
(I'm saying "boyfriend", because it sounds more exciting than "husband", if you have one of those instead)

But don't worry ladies, I got your back.

Check these out:


from the very fabulous Halftime Designs (ladies who have the fashionable football fan's best interests at heart).

You Indy fans can wear the Coltini. A blue and white martini glass with a horseshoe.



Saints fans we have the black and gold hurricane glass, rocking it New Orleans style.

Halftime Designs shirts are designer cut and quality.
You'll look hot!

You can find them at Halftime Designs (www.halftimedesigns.com)

Order yours quickly though so it can ship to you on time.
And you will be oh so super-sexy-cool!

I can't for the life of me decide who I want to win this year
as these are two of my favorite teams.

But that means that either way I'll be happy at the end!

Have a fun Friday!

xo

C

Smoke It!!!

So check this out!
This one is for the Nascar fans.
The Tony Stewart Nascar fans.
About a billion of whom follow me on facebook and twitter.

How would you like to park your booty in Tony's chair?
(unfortunately, he won't be in said chair at the time)

This contest is from my friends the RacingFashionistas
Check out their fabulous blog.
My re-posting skills are somewhat lacking,
but here's their post.

(It just got sweeter too, as their buddy Tony decided to autograph each chair!!!)

We like to run contests every now and then for our readers and we have the exclusive opportunity to give you a chance to win one of two limited edition No. 14 Tony Stewart NASCAR® High-Back Leather Bonded Chairs from Office Depot. The Chair features an actual autographed signature as well as an embroidered signature from Tony Stewart.

All you have to do is send us a photo of your desk or office decked out in Tony Stewart fan gear. We want to make sure that one of these fab chairs will accentuate your place of business. The two top fan photos will receive a chair! We will run this contest starting today through February 12th. Both winners will be announced prior to the running of the 52nd annual Daytona 500. You can email the photos of your office/desk to info@racingfashionistas.com

And a little more about the chair....The luxurious red and black bonded leather upholstery chair is cushioned for all-day comfort. It features a padded armrest to help alleviate shoulder strain, gearshift styled gas lift knob, a cushioned seat offering exceptional comfort and lumbar support and sleek racing wheel casters with durable base and scuff resistant foot pads. The chair also features an autographed signature from Tony Stewart, as well as an embroidered autograph. It is priced at $229.99.

Now I personally know several gorgeous ladies who would give their right arm for one of these chairs!
If you're a Tony fan enter this contest quick!
If not, please re-post, reTweet, facebook and/or email this one out to all your Nascar friends.

I can't wait for the season to begin.....