Clarisonic Mia

A few months back, the girls over at thenest.com introduced me to Clarisonic. Everyone was talking about how amazing it was (whatever it was) and how their faces have never felt so clean. I read Clarisonic reviews on every website I could find and 99% of them were insanely positive - which never happens. So, I decided I'd try out the Mia model, which is the least expensive one at $150. I found a 15% off coupon for sephora and free shipping on purchases over $50. SCORE!

After using it every single day for about 4 months, I am in love with it. It really is awesome - my skin has NEVER felt this soft and clean. The tiny little pimply things I had all over my forehead are completely gone and I have not had one single pimple anywhere else on my face since I started using it. I even brought it with me on our recent trip to Europe.

I was really hesitant to spend the $125, but I'm so glad I did because it's really worth every single penny. Also, one of the best parts is that you can use it with any cleanser.

Epiphanie Bags - CONTEST

A friend from TheNest.com told me about Epiphanie camera bags and I think I just fell in love with Ginger. Ginger is a super cute brown bag with aqua interior, a removable body strap, plenty of room for camera and lenses and a few pockets too. See above photos...

You can purchase Ginger and her friends here: http://www.epiphaniebags.com/. While you're at it, can you get me one too? Just had to get a new water heater and put new tires on my car and cannot afford this beauty right now.

Epiphanie is also holding a great contest right now on their blog now through March 31. You can find the contest here: http://www.haveanepiphanie.com/home/2010/2/28/epiphanie-give-away.html

Where has this been all my life?

I feel like my entire life I have been in pursuit of the perfect makeup. I'm sure there are millions of girls out there who would say the same thing. I go through phases where I feel like it's acceptable to spend $30 for good quality makeup, since in my world, makeup lasts a long time. But, then there are times where I just go to Target and buy my favorite Maybelline and Cover Girl standbys and even think twice about spending $8 a pop on those.

The one thing I have constantly struggled with is mascara. I have allergies and my eyes water quite a bit, so I always go for the waterproof stuff, which limits the selection. But, my biggest problems with mascara are the huge clumps and the fact that no matter how much eye makeup remover I use, I always seem to have black under my eyes in the morning. I even wipe the brush on a tissue to remove the excess goop before applying to my lashes. So, it boggles my mind.

Enter mascara perfection. My friend Laura over on thenest.com introduced me to Blinc Kiss Me mascara. It is not super clumpy, which I love. It somehow creates these little tubes over my lashes and once they dry they stay put until you use warm water and a little bit of pressure to remove the tubes. Best part is no black in the morning!

If you are someone who needs a ton of volume, this mascara probably isn't for you. But, it does lengthen like crazy. I'm a fan for life.

Best.Berries.Ever

I bring my lunch to work every single day, it helps me with my never-ending quest to stick to my Weight Watchers points. Typically, it's a turkey sandwich (grilled on the forman), claussen pickle, baked lays or pretzels, a diet iced tea and some fruit. Berries and grapes are my favorite fruit to bring to work since they don't have to be eaten all at once and I can pick on them as I feel the need.

We go grocery shopping on Sundays in order to have fresh deli meat all week. But, that doesn't always work well with the berries. Many times they go bad before I have a chance to eat them or we have to go back to the store mid-week to get more. Sometimes, the berries in the produce section at the grocery store already have mold on them and I go home empty handed. This makes me sad.

Then, I discovered Sam's Club. Okay, I already knew it existed, so I didn't really discover it all of a sudden. But, I just never really went in there because let's face it - when you live in a house with only one other person, it would be insane to obtain a third wholesale club membership.

Well, call me crazy, because I forked over the $40 and now am the proud owner of a Sam's membership card. It's probably a good thing because the Costco and BJ's cards were looking a little lonely in my wallet. M & I walked around and realized they do have many things we use on a weekly basis...and they have laminate flooring! Nice looking, sturdy, cheap laminate flooring, which we happen to need for our basement (more on that later).

Anyway, as we're walking through the produce section, we stumble upon a massive display of raspberries, strawberries and blueberries. Not just any berries, the largest berries I have ever seen in the largest containers I have ever seen...for the same price as I normally pay at the grocery store for the tiny little container. I figured I'd go for it and see if I could at least get half way through the container before they went bad. The blueberries looked awesome, so I went with those.

They were delicious and they lasted a WHOLE WEEK! I figured it was probably a fluke. So, I bought another batch the following week and again, they lasted the whole week. I am very impressed and will now buy my fruit at Sam's for life, which is why I'm telling you.