Tagged By Steeping Beauty
There's a meme creeping through the
Total Beauty blog
community.
I've been tagged by Delphine over at
Steeping
Beauty!
Here are my answers:
My Five
Must-Not Have Beauty Items
1) Perfumed face
moisturizer, lipstick or blush. The kind
that smells like the bottom of your Granny's purse,
where the stench stays with you long after you apply
it. I swear nothing makes me more nauseous.
2) Lipliner. Even if it's the most
neutral shade on earth, I look like the joker when I
wear it. Also, I can't stand when people go
above their natural lip line. Like, who are you
kidding? Please. Unless you're at a photo shoot
starring you, don't do it. And even then, let someone
else do it, because you're not doing it right.
3) Home Haircolor Kits. Ummm... never tried
it, never want to. Honestly. No offense to those who
have sworn by the same shade of 'Shingleberry #13' or
whatever since they were twelve — I raise my glass to
you and your at-home hair care talents. For me, hair
color is just one of those things I'd much rather
leave to a pro. Because I'd screw it up majorly. End
of story.
4) Loose powder. Hate the stuff with a
passion. If someone gave me canister of loose gold,
I'd (politely) return it immediately. It makes such a
mess and I can't even deal. I've used pressed powder
since I was thirteen and it works just fine, thank
you.
5) Pewter Eyeshadow. Silver lids were a
popular trend when I was in high school, and it still
pops up every now and then on the red carpet. In my
experience, it always looks like it's creasing, even
if it's not — no matter how fab the quality of the
product. Besides, it's just shiny and fugly.
My Five
Biggest Beauty
Crimes
1) Sun
worshipping. After spending as much of my
life as possible on the beach and working as a
lifeguard throughout high school and college, I've
been known to go a little overboard with the basking.
I swear this summer will be different (I kind of have
no choice because I'm starting to run out of room on
my body for sunspots. Ew, right?).
2) Sleeping with makeup. In a word:
lazypants. No excuse.
3) I had acrylic nails from 1994-2000. I
don't think i need to elaborate on this one.
4) I'm a nail biter. Still better than
rockin' acrylics, I say.
5) From Memorial Day to Labor Day, my
hairdryer gets zero action. This might not
seem like a crime, but I promise it is. Air-dried, my
hair is a frizzy mess. I tell myself that I'm "making
up for all the heat styling I do throughout the
winter" but its more like the lazypants thing again.
So I wear a headscarf every day in the summer (see
avatar above) in the hopes that no one notices my
actual hair.
Yo! Agostina
from Makeup2Beauty...
Tag, you're it!
Happy Opening Day
...I love you, DJ. Go Yanks! (NYT)
HUGE!! U2 pulls a Madonna
and signs a 12-year deal with Live Nation. (CNET)
Rent is sticking around until September 7.
Phew. (NYT)
If you've been holding out for the 3G iPhone, you
might only have to wait until May, says Bank of
America. (Wired)
As of this morning, Brangelina are still not married.
(Reuters)
Got Verizon? Check out Myspace Mobile (if you still
care about MySpace, that is.) (Mediabistro)
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Win It: Four Days To Kiss MS Goodbye
theBalm KISS MS
GOODBYE Limited Edition Lip Gloss retails for $18
at theBalm.com
The finale of Celebrity Apprentice reminded
me of a do-good beauty item I've been meaning to post
about for the past, er, 28 days. It's never too late
to support a good cause though, right? Of course
right!
theBalm (you know I love
them) spent March spreading the word about
National Multiple Sclerosis Education and
Awareness Month by creating a limited edition
KISS MS GOODBYE version of their
famously coral “Girly Girl” BalmShelter Gloss. 25%
of proceeds will be donated to the NYC Chapter of
the National MS Society at the end of this
month... which is, of course, four days from now.
I'd like to contribute to this cause, but I don't
need any more lipgloss (believe me). So I'm
giving it away to the first three people who
subscribe to my YBLAG newsletter today. Just enter
your email addy into my sidebar on the right. If
you've already subscribed, subscribe for a friend
(get their permission first, of course!) and e-mail
me about it (julie@youbloglikeagirl.com). Happy
Friday!
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Chelsea Clinton Does Something Cool
Image
via NYmag.com
Butler University clearly
has some class acts on its student roster. Yesterday,
during a Q&A on the Indianapolis campus, some
doofus asked Chelsea if her mother's credibility was
hurt during the Lewinsky scandal. Who is this person
and what is his/her problem? Why should she have to
acknowledge this personal trauma publicly? So
obnoxious. Chels handled it far better than I ever
would've. Get the scoop and watch the video on
The Huffington Post.
David Cook is my hero. Billie Jean? Are you kidding
me? Unreal. I'm a total "Cookhead." (Idolator)
P&G announces acquisition of Frederic Fekkai.
(Reuters)
Elle Macpherson is the latest Revlon face. And she
looks really hot in this pic. (Bella Sugar)
... and Kat McPhee is now a Neutrogena pimp.
(Perez)
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Winter Just Wasn't My Season
SOOOooo psyched for spring. 
Congrats to Siena on
being fabulous this weekend! This AP article makes me
a little less sad that we lost to 'Nova. I suppose I
can be a Wildcat for the remainder of the tournament.
(AP)
Hanging out with Idol's top twelve actually
paid off for Jim Carrey and Horton. (Bloomberg)
Jennifer Lopez is reportedly planning to compete in a
triathlon this fall. Really? ... Why? (Starpulse)
Why is everyone so obsessed with whether or not JC
Chasez is a homosexual? (Jossip)
Big TV night, darlings! Brit's on HIMYM, and
The Hills is back! (Evidently,
The Times has
deemed LC review-worthy)
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Most Delicious Easter Treat
Hey Dork, Try a Gmail Bath
Gmail Soap Image via
GeekSugar
Go David Cook! Simon said
he was 'smug' during last night's performance... I
thought he was 'smokin!' (EW)
SJP, ever the lady, responds to Maxim's
'unsexiest woman in the world' award. I love her.
(Page Six)
Conan O'Brien lets us in on a secret recipe called
"Good Housekeeping Lies." (Gawker)
Britney's on the new season of South Park
tonight! (Trans World News)
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The Whitest Man Alive
So I was catching up on
my feeds and found this vid on Fake Steve's blog. He's
totally channeling this guy from The
Break-up.
It becomes fully AWESOME around 00:45.
Holy York-Goldenblatt
Image
via justjared.com
Woah! Our favorite Park
Avenue princess has (allegedly) gone the way of Paris
and Kim K. Superstar by getting caught with a naughty
tape. (I Don't Like You In That Way)
Just in case you were dying to love a Gov...David
Paterson cheated on his wife. (USA Today)
Lorenzo Lamas's daughter will chase after the latest
bachelor on national television. Good one. (NYpost)
Britney's Dad has been given permission to sell some
of her cars. I'm dying to know if the white Benz is
among the lot. (Showbiz Spy)
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Cheers to Proposition 3-17
Wish you had off from
work today so you can go to the pub with your silly
friends for a proper pint? Then sign Proposition
3/17; a Guinness-sponsored-Congress-bound petition
which hopes to make St. Patrick's Day an official
holiday.
My favorite excerpt:
Seriously...sign this thing! Sláinte!Guinness and Proposition 3-17 supporters believe that a regulated, official holiday would not only reduce the amount of employees missing work in order to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but officially allow people to express their Irishness.
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Happy St. Pats Weekend. Love, YBLAG
Btw, try JibJab Sendables. They're fun to play with!!
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It's a Bird, It's a Plane... It's Brit-Brit
Britney's animated video was released last
night. Check it out above. What think?
Spitzer's lady friend is
giving us Jersey shore girls a bad name. (NYPost)
Times fashion reporter Cathy Horyn didn't
get invited to the Giorgio Armani show in Milan...
and she's pissed! (Thursday
Styles)
David Hernandez has to go back to stripping now that
he got the boot from AI. I can't believe
Kristy Lee Cook made it through another week. She
must have been dying that she had to perform
that Sesame Street rendition of "Eight Days a Week"
in front of the country again. Yikes. (MTV)
I can't decide which of these stories is most
bizarre: This woman was stuck on a toilet
for two years straight. This woman got a $1000 ticket
for dyeing her poodle pink.
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Who's Your Favorite Idol?
Mine's David Cook. He's no Chris Daughtry, but he's
muy talented. He first won my vote last week with his
take on Lionel Richie's "Hello" (which I've been
listening to nonstop for seven days, thanks to
iTunes)... and it seems Lionel
loved it, too! "Eleanor Rigby" was pretty
solid last night, and Simon gave him major kudos.
(Tulsa World) Love it! Go David!
Mary Ann from "Gilligan's Island" def took about nine
bong hits before posing for this mugshot. (TMZ)
Jim Carrey might make a guest appearance on
Idol tonight, dressed as his Dr. Seuss
character. (Page Six)
Spitzer is finally resigning today. (Albany Times Union)
Jonah Hill is hosting SNL this weekend. I like him.
Apparently, he smokes pot, too. Out of an apple, no
less! How creative. (Daily Blabber)
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Spitz, Spears and The Saints
Congrats to the Siena Saints on
winning the MAAC
tournament last night.
Wish I was there to T.P. a tree in three feet of
snow.
Schadenfreude at its
finest: the silliest Spitz headlines. (Gawker) Oh, and he
only spent $80K at places like Emperors over the
course of 10 years, so his wife should
totally forgive him. Really. So should
his three teenage daughters. I'm so sure. (NYPost)
Brit roundup: Her dad is getting paid
to make sure she takes her meds, Alicia
Silverstone peace'd
from her scheduled appearance on HIMYM
when she heard about Spears's, and Unfits plays a
Pokemon hero in her latest vid.
There was an earthquake in Connecticut this morning.
Isn't that vieeeerd? (Fox)
Check out who won the 2008 Bloggies
here. Maybe YBLAG will win
someday!
Darling Gisele, you've made yourself clear ... your
body is hottie. I get it. Now, can you please put on
some clothes before I do something crazy like go to
the gym? (Page Six)
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Trade in Your Pixels for Letters
Check
out my latest web toy: MakeAscii.com.
It basically converts the pixels in your digital
photos to plain computer text.
Totally free, totally geeky. Totally something you
should try today if you're totally bored.
Some peeps were hit with
major snow stormage this weekend. Check out these
pics! (BBC)
Congrats to Madonna, the latest inductee into the
Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame (it's for her vids).
(Newsday)
Don't drink the water. Don't ask why. Just don't.
(CNN)
Gone are the days when "The Gap" referred to a mall
hotspot. Now it means a year-long siesta from school.
Those lazy college kids. (NYT)
This guy gave "In The Heights" a bad review. Boo! I
loved it! Go see it!! (NY Daily News)
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Beauty Giveaway: Flirt! Glamourazzi
Gossip Girl's Leighton Messter helps
celebrate the
launch of Flirt! Glamourazzi
Happy Monday! To start the week off on a
good topnote, YBLAG is giving away three bottles of
Flirt! Cosmetics newest fragrance, Glamourazzi ($35,
available at kohls.com). All you have to do
is email me at Julie@youbloglikeagirl.com (use the
"Share YBLAG" button below for a quick e-mail
shortcut) with the answer to the following
Gossip Girl trivia question:
What Fergie song was featured in promo spots
for Gossip Girl?
The first three readers with the correct answer by
this Friday (March 14) will win the yummy
pineapple-and-ginger-infused Flirt! Glamourazzi. Good
luck, darlings!
iJustine Gets A Pretty Deal
Above: iJustine, checking out her iMakeup.
Web celeb Justine Ezarik (more commonly known as
'iJustine', or 'iPhone Bill Chick')
has literally twitter'd her
way to becoming the most popular 'friend add'
in the social networking revolution. Last year,
she literally lived online for six months when she
wore a web cam on her head. Dorks like me who
value the art of lifecasting followed her for
those six months and thought she was the coolest
person ever. (I still might think that,
actually... ).
So now, iJustine goes and infiltrates
the beauty biz. At first, I didn't know how to
handle this news. I mean, this is my territory.
After thinking it through, I decided she can
probably say the same thing re: me pretending to
be as much of an internet geek as she is... so I
guess I can't be territorial.
Seriously, I must give iJustine props: her hair and
makeup is always perfect in all her videos (that's
saying a lot -- the girl must make five vids a day.
If I did that you guys wouldn't be reading this right
now because you'd be scared of how I look when I wake
up in the AM). I'd be lying if I said I haven't
wondered what makeup she wears. So now we know. Go,
iJustine! Lets be beauty geeks together... ok?
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YBLAG Review: Skyn Iceland Pure Cloud Cream
Skyn Iceland Pure Cloud Cream, $75, available
at Beauty.com.
Since it's my job to try
out new beauty stuff, I feel obligated to be "in the
know" when it comes to new skincare technology. As a
result, in any given month, it's possible that this
mug has been through a lot: peels, scrubs, serums,
acid-y pore minimizers ... even if I don't really
need it, I still try it. (FYI, I realize this is not
at all normal.)
Anyway, the point is, sometimes I get so overzealous
about switching up my skincare du jour that I
sometimes find myself in a post-traumatic skin
treatment situation. Surely you've heard of this
vicious cycle: when you over-exfoliate/cleanse, you
can strip your skin of both bad and good
oils, forcing more oil production, which leads to
blackheads, breakouts, and sometimes redness. Fugly,
dude!
Lucky for my face, I recently tried something that
has significantly reduced my pores' workload.
Skyn Iceland Pure Cloud Cream evokes
that "ahhhhh!" feeling you get from plopping on the
couch in front of an E! True Hollywood Story
marathon whilst wrapped in a delicious down
comforter. Quite simply: it gives your skin a break
from cold weather, gusty winds and (perhaps most
importantly) everything you do it.
How it works: Collagen-preserving
hydrolyzed rice protein stabilizes
your skin's natural moisture, aloe
heals and cools irritation, almond
oil delivers healthy doses of Vitamins A, B
and E, hyaluronic acid attracts
1,000 its weight in water to replenish your pores and
Skyn Iceland's signature biospheric
complex, uses a cocktail from Iceland's
natural resources to soothe, strengthen and stabilize
stressed skin.
Bonus: The cream is light-as-a-cumulous-cloud and not
at all greasy. Double bonus: It smells like berries.
Triple bonus: You can read more about it here on
Total
Beauty. Muah.
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Celebs Love to Share (Themselves)
From Broadway to Kohls, there seems to be an
abundance
of multi-tasking stars in Hollywood
lately...
Nicole Richie has been offered the role of Roxie Hart
in Chicago on Broadway. (Defamer Australia)
Mario Lopez is set to join the cast A Chorus
Line as Zach. (He probably always wanted to be a
'Zach') (E!)
Pete Doherty is writing a musical! (I'm not joking.)
Keith Richards is the new leathery face of Louis
Vuitton. (Still not joking).
Avril Lavigne is designing a fashion line for Kohls.
(WWD)
Halle Berry has a namesake fragrance deal brewing
with Coty. (WWD)
Bono, Brad, Reese, Eli and Payton will appear on
Idol next month! (E!)
Matthew McConaughey is putting his name on a beach
gear line. (Perez)
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1-900-EARLY-NINETIES
Yowza.
Behold this gem. The size of the phones! The
corny verbiage!
Donnie is so not tough!
Danny is like the biggest moron
ever! Joe looks like he's nine!
Just watch it. I promise "You'll Be Luvin'
Me 4Eva"
