Renee Zellweger

Renée Kathleen Zellweger was born on April 25, 1969 in Katy, Texas. She is an Academy Award-winning American film actress.
In 2002, she starred in Rob Marshall's Best Picture winning film Chicago opposite Catherine Zeta Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, and John C. Reilly.
In 2004, Zellweger received an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress in Anthony Minghella's Cold Mountain opposite Jude Law and Nicole Kidman.

Huge rave for my brand new Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab Couture Soaps!

I just got them and I am awestruck. The presentation is just gorgeous. I have never seen such beautifully and carefully wrapped soaps (with the exception of Bee and Flower, those are pretty damn nice, too.)

I have not had a chance to use them yet. I just unwrapped them all and they smell glorious. The only one that I'm not absolutely smitten with is Bliss. All I can smell is soap, but I'm sure if I let it sit for a few days the scent will appear.

They're just so beautiful. Perfectly cut beautiful bars, *gorgeous* paper and labels, and they smell like my favorite Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab oils.

I got Bliss, Dorian, Shub-Niggurath, Miskatonic University and Snake Oil. All smell deliciously like their namesake, but for some reason Miskatonic University is especially wonderful.

These would make perfect gifts. I am so impressed at how professional and incredibly lovely these are.

I should stock up.

A few thoughts on an etailer I used to love.

Isle of Eden.

I used to adore Isle of Eden. The scrubs were the absolute best on the market. It seemed like I was ordering every week. I still have probably 25 scrubs stockpiled in my bathroom and I'm rationing them.

My last couple orders were disappointing. The last time I ordered was last fall, and my package got "lost". Customer service really let me down, basically explaining to me how the postal system works instead of actually helping me. That upset me quite a bit. What upset me more was that I had to wait a couple weeks before being able to get a replacement. Since they never sent me a Click and Ship notification on any of my orders, I had no way to know if my package was actually sent. I highly suspect that the original package was never shipped. I decided not to order anymore.

Fast forward to January. I saw some new items on the website and decided to place another order. A month after I order, I get my package. I get my scrubs and notice that they are a completely different texture than the scrubs I used to love. They're gooey, runny and not as scrubby. The scents were okay, but so light I could not distinguish what the were if I wasn't reading the label.

Why, oh why, did they have to change the scrub formula? It's funky. It was so much better before.

Onto another product gripe. The dream creams. They come in these retarded "chubby" pump bottles instead of a jar. These bottles are sucktastic. Not a single one of the pumps on my dream creams actually WORKS. Not only are they all broken, but the little stick part is too short to actually reach the bottom of the bottle. The bottles are ugly to boot. The dream creams have such a strong base smell (like styrofoam) that you can barely smell the fragrance. At first I thought it was just the scents I ordered, but after five dream creams I realized it was the lotion itself. The moisturization is excellent, but the containers, scent and price make me less likely to buy them again. They're quite pricey for a small amount of lightly scented lotion in defective shitty containers.

The new body butter is actually very nice. It has this weird, lumpy, spongy, brain-like texture that I love. It's a decent formula, but the scent I ordered is disappointing. I got Goodnight, Ruby but it just smells like plain 7 Strawberry Lane. I would definitely buy more body butter because the formula is great and it COMES IN A JAR.

Now, I don't hate Isle of Eden. I still like them. I think I have just fallen out of love with them. I had great experiences when I first ordered, but it's changed. If they would change the scrub formula back to normal and scent them more, I'd be compelled to order more often. It's very sad because at one point in time I had declared them my favorite etailer.

To sum it up in a list:

Pros: Variety of scents, Cute and professional labelling, used to have awesome scrubs, packaged nicely.
Cons: Slow turnaround time, confusing website, pricey, shitty pump bottles, discontinue collections too fast and without warning.

Udita Goswami

Udita Goswami was born on 2nd September 1984. She is an Indian model and actress. She is from the north-eastern Indian state of Assam. Her first film was Paap opposite John Abraham directed by Pooja Bhatt.

Holy moly... It seems as if everyone stopped being interested in Givenchy Lash Pearls, and is now looking for Secret Kuku Cocoa Butter deodorant.

That name is so bad... It makes me feel stupid just typing it. Secret, could you have picked a more asinine name for your product?

I haven't actually been able to find this mystical product. I've looked everywhere. For now it only exists in my imagination and that ad I saw in... Glamour? I don't even remember.

I did see the Arctic Apple one today and it smelled like generic apple. I saw a rose one that didn't smell like roses and I saw eastern lily which did smell pretty good.

I don't even know why I want to buy cheap deodorant. I want chocolate scented armpits!

Cameron Diaz

Cameron Michelle Diaz was born on August 30, 1972. She is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American actress and former fashion model. She started her career with Jim Carrey's The Mask in 1994.
Maxim Magazine ranked her #22 in their annual hot 100 in 2004, then she ranked #11 in 2005. In 2006 she made the top 10 by ranking in at #7.

Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron was born on August 7, 1975 in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa. She is an Academy Award winning South African actress and former fashion model. She was first featured in 2 Days in the Valley in 1996, starring alongside Danny Aiello and Teri Hatcher.

She won an Academy Award in 2004 for Best Actress for her role in Monster.

According to The Hollywood Reporter's 2006 list of highest-paid actresses in Hollywood, she ranked 7th, behind Halle Berry, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Renée Zellweger, Reese Witherspoon, and Nicole Kidman.

Ellen Lee DeGeneres

Ellen Lee DeGeneres was born on January 26, 1958. She is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and currently the Emmy Award-winning host of the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. DeGeneres will host the 79th Academy Awards ceremony, which will take place on February 25, 2007.

These things suck:

POP Beauty Sparkle Sauce

and

Givenchy Prismissime Eyes Arty Palette 53.

The former is a somewhat useless product. It's doesn't add any golden sparkle on its own, just very subtle (nearly invisible) shimmer. When mixed with shadow or pigment, it causes the shadow/pigment to flake off in chunks and make your eyes look diseased. When patted over the top of eyeshadow or eyeliner, it removes the eyeshadow causing a weird messy smeary half-applied look. I haven't tried it with glitter, but that's only because I don't currently possess any loose glitter. I don't see it working very well, as demonstrated by the flaking problem with pigment.


The latter is an utter waste of $52 dollars. It's incredibly tiny, about the size of half an Altoids tin, or about the size of a NARS compact. The shadows look very pretty inside the palette, but they are utter crap. They're the sheerest, chalkiest crap, almost as bad as the Tarte Onyx palette. I could not even get enough pigment on to even be noticable. I can't believe how bad this is, and how much they charge for it! It makes a nice decoration, but if you actually want to use the shadows, you're screwed. I am shocked at how bad this is.

Shabana Azmi

Shabana Azmi was born on 18 September 1950 in New Delhi, India. She is one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema. She is a film actress as well as a social activist, and while her performances in films of a variety of genre have generally earned her praises and awards.

Her first movie to be released was Shyam Benegal’s Ankur (1972), which won the national award. She received the national awards consecutively for three years from 1983 to 1985 for her roles in movies, Arth, Khandhar and Paar. Another film named Godmother (1999) brought her another national award taking her tally to five national awards.

Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue was born on May 28, 1968 in Melbourne, Australia. She is a Grammy Award-winning Australian singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Minogue rose to prominence in the mid 1980s through her role in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, before she commenced her career as a pop artist.

Minogue has established one of the longest and most successful careers as a performer in contemporary pop music, and in Europe and Australia, she has become one of her generation's most recognisable celebrities and sex symbols.

Her sister Dannii Minogue is also a pop singer.

Ah, the sweet smell of new stuff.

GoSmile Zen toothpaste. What can I say. I have fairly sensitive teeth, so I used that as an excuse to buy this. I am constantly searching for toothpaste that doesn't taste like mint. Mint reminds me of people who have really bad breath and always smell like mint. It makes me gag. Now that my beloved Marvis is so hard to get my hands on, I had to go looking for other options.

This tastes like lavender and cranberry. Wonderful. Not minty.

Pros: Tastes awesome, cool packaging, not gritty, helps sensitive teeth.
Cons: Pricey, not as good as Marvis, doesn't foam.

The pros definitely outweigh the cons.

Nothing beats Marvis Jasmin Mint, though.

Next item: Bare Escentuals Buxom lipgloss. A new favorite. I'm slightly obsessed with lip plumpers and have made it a goal to try one of each. This one had a cute name and boobs on the box, so naturally it caught my eye.

I got Dolly, which is a neutral "plum" (really more brownish mauve) shade with slight shimmer.

The color is meh, but the scent is awesome. Smells like frosting. The texture is like lipglass but way stickier. The cool part is the tingle. I expected a Lip Venom type burn, but instead this is a superawesome cooling sensation that lasts an incredibly long time. Very refreshing and addictive. No real plumping effects, but the tingle is impressive. I will most definitely carry this with me at all times.

I tried Sovage lip plumper recently. I don't know why they market this as a lip plumper. It doesn't appear to contain very many (if any) lip plumping ingredients. It burns and tingles a little and has a superb texture (similar to the Urban Decay Cosmopolitan gloss I love so much) but doesn't plump at all. Lame. Extremely expensive considering the crap ingredients. Smells a little bit like vomit and mint. Don't waste your money.

I have many more items to review, but I'm tired and too lazy to keep typing.

Maybe later I'll write about my recent Isle of Eden order, Givenchy eyeshadow, LORAC Mocktails, Skindecent, Wylde Ivy, and Pop Beauty Sparkle Sauce.

Lisa Ray

Lisa Ray was born on April 4, 1976. She is a Canadian Bollywood actress and former fashion model. She grew up in Toronto, is the daughter of a Bengali father and a Polish mother. Ray started her modeling career at age 16 and was the "brand ambassador" for Lakme cosmetics in India. She made numerous advertisements for various Indian companies before becoming involved in films. She began her acting career with the film Kasoor in 2001 opposite Aftab Shivdasani. In 2005, she worked with Deepa Mehta in the most recent film, Water opposite John Abraham.

It dawned on me that I really should be tagging my entries.

So, maybe I will.

I've been looking everywhere for those new Secret deodorants that I saw in that ad. I looked all over and finally, I found one! I found the Vanilla Chai one at a Target, mixed in with all the plain ones. I bought it without smelling it.

Unfortunately, it smells exactly like the regular Vanilla Sparkle one. Oh well. At least it was cheap.

Speaking of cheap, I'm almost embarassed to admit this, but I'm in love with a product from Clean and Clear. I got a sample size of that Oxygenating Fizzing Cleanser. I liked the way it smelled, so I tried it.

It's so cool! It turns into this huge, expanding layer of creamy soft foam. It's fascinating! It's mind boggling. It feels great, smells great. It it a little drying, but I expected that from a drugstore cleanser. The best part is what it does for my skin. It makes my skin so very BRIGHT. Not "glowy" which usually means greasy, but white, pure luminosity. I don't think I'm imagining it because no other cleanser I have used has had this effect.

I can't get over that foam, though. It's crazy. It's out of control!!

Hrishitaa Bhatt

Hrishita Bhatt is a Indian Bollywood actress and model. She debuted in the film Asoka opposite Shah Rukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I am lame (or cool?) this year because I didn't do anything Valentinesy (word?) with my makeup. Last year I did red lips and nails. I can't do red lips. I look ridiculous.

I have OPI Red Like Roses and I was going to wear it, but I completely forgot about it.

I came to a scary realization today. There's not any makeup that I want right now. Isn't that insane? I don't feel compelled to buy beauty products at the moment!

There is one thing, but I don't know if it's necessarily a beauty product. I saw an ad in... Glamour? Shape? One of those. Anyway. I saw an ad for this new line of Secret deodorant that came in scents like Kuku Cocoa Butter (stupid, stupid name), Something-or-other Chai, Arctic Apple and.. Violet? I really, really want to try those.

The funny thing is, I don't need deodorant. I don't sweat, I don't stink. I just buy it because I like the way it smells and feel the need to apply one more scented product every day.

I have actually repurchased the same deodorant twice. My favorite? Don't laugh. Teen Spirit Sweet Strawberry. It smells so incredibly good. I've been looking for a fragrance oil to match the scent, but I haven't found one yet. Is that tacky? I want to smell like cheap teen deodorant. It smells so good though!

The other one I have purchased twice is Secret Vanilla Sparkle. Vanilla. Need I say more? This one is kind of love or hate with me. Some days I love it, some days it smells gross. It makes my life more complete knowing that I have vanilla scented armpits.

I bought Barbie Loves MAC. Unfortunately, I didn't get the Barbie. MAC emailed me and said, "You suck. We sold out in, like, .000387345 milliseconds. Loser. You tried to buy a Barbie. Ha ha."

I did end up ordering all the eyeshadows except the brown one (not Moth Brown, cause it's not brown), all the lipglasses, all the lipsticks except the red one. I was going to get the beauty powders but I didn't. I have two beauty powders and they are kind of useless. I might get the liquidlast cause it's a cool color, but it might make me look like I have conjunctivitis.

I am very sad about Villainess soap. She discontinued two of my favorite things in the whole world: Strychnine and Mudslide. I don't know how I'm going to live without Mudslide. I've been babying my last bar because I figured, hey, it's not limited edition, I can always get more! BUT NOOOO! NOW I CAN'T GET MORE!!! Tragic. I am crushed. It was the coolest soap ever.

Rest in peace, Mudslide. My skin will miss your scrubby coffee chunks. Amen.

Rakhi Sawant

Rakhi Sawant (real name Neeru Sawant) was born in 1970 in Mumbai, India. She is an Indian Bollywood actress and a popular item girl.

Apart from her appearance on the silver screen, Sawant has also appeared in a number of music videos, most notably for the remix number Pardesiya. In 2006, she was a cast member of reality show Bigg Boss, the Indian version of Big Brother. She was voted off the show by fellow cast members after a month, but has been brought back and was one of the final 4 participants. Anupama Verma was also part of that show.

Miss Garmany 2007 : Nelly Marie Bojar

Nelly Marie Bojar is crowned Miss Germany 2007 by her predecessor Isabelle Knispel during a gala in Rust, Germany, February 10, 2007. Bojar, 18 year old school girl, earlier voted Miss T-Online, won the competition ahead of Miss Niedersachsen Biance Starke, 20, and Miss Norddeutchland Katie Steiner, 23.

Shilpa Shetty

Shilpa Shetty was born on 8 June 1975 in Tamil Nadu. She is a four-time Filmfare Award-nominated Indian film actress, model, AIDS activist and PETA supporter. She started her career by modeling for Limca in 1991 at age 16, and debuted in the Hindi film Baazigar in 1993 as a supporting actress alongside Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol. Her first lead role was in 1994's Aag. She is one of the tallest actresses in Bollywood. Her sister Shamita Shetty is also a Bollywood film actress.

Shilpa was crowned the winner of the British Celebrity Big Brother on 28 January 2007 with 63% of the final vote, becoming the first Indian to win the contest.

Namitha

Namitha is a Tamil actress and one of the few glamorous and tall heroines. She is 6 ft tall and weighs 70 kg. She has acted in Tamil, Kannada ,Telugu, Hindi films. Although her base was Tollywood she became famous after the Tamil film Engal Anna opposite Vijayakanth.

I don't have a whole lot of time, but wanted to post a few quick comments before I forget...

Tarte Inside Out Vitamin Lip Gloss- This is so cool! I got Apple A Day, which is not very colorful... A (very) sheer berry shimmer. Despite the sheer color, this is a great gloss. It's very smooth and makes my lips look huge. It feels great on and the scent is wonderful. I don't think it smells like pomegranate (having just eaten a pomegranate I still don't see the connection), but it does smell like... Fruit punch? Fruity, but realistic fruity. I really like it! Doesn't taste weird, either.

Hard Candy Hint Tint in Sugar Cookie- Mediocre as a tinted moisturizer, but it smells like vanilla! Yes, vanilla scented foundation. I am really that crazy. I don't like Hard Candy at all, except for those awesome lipsticks they had in the 90's (I still have Piggie and Skitzo!), but this is kinda neat. It's not moisturizing at all, but the coverage is nice and light and it's not greasy. I'd probably buy it again, but I'm not sure what I like about it other than the scent.

Cosmedicine Medi-Morphosis self Adjusting Exfoliator- Crappy. Well, okay, I take that back. Not scrubby enough. It is interesting that the granules dissolve, but there's really not a whole lot of exfoliation and it's a little drying. Okay if you have sensitive skin, but I don't. I just love to exfoliate.

Murad Redness Therapy SPF 15 Moisturizer- Very cool. It's light and almost gel-like but still moisturizing. Doesn't turn my face into an oil slick! It's green tinted and it seems to help even out my skintone. I'm weird- my face has pink undertones, but my neck has yellow. This helps to counteract that a little. It really is a nice product. Fairly large amount for the price, too.

Uh... what else? I think I forgot already.

Something Tarte... I forget. I will say this about Tarte then:

The Onyx Smokey Eye palette sucks so so so bad. It's cute, I'll give it that much. The shadow base is laughable. It does absolutely nothing, it's so dry and chalky and just... what's the point? And the shadows, oh, boy, the shadows. They're the lightest, chalkiest, sheerest crap I've ever bought. Hell, even that Wet N Wild shit from Wal-Mart is better than this. It's just... jaw-droppingly horrible. I can't believe Tarte would sell such a shitty product. I'm shocked.

You lose! Good day, Tarte!

Anna Nicole Smith

Anna Nicole Smith (real name Vickie Lynn Marshall) was an American model, actress and celebrity. Anna gained popularity as Playboy's 1993 Playmate of the Year.

She was born on November 28, 1967 in Houstan, Texas and died on February 8, 2007 in Hollywood, Florida.

Minissha Lamba

Minissha Lamba was born on January 1, 1985 in New Delhi. She is an Indian actress. She is a well-placed model in Indian modelling industry. She debuted in Bollywood with Hindi movie Yahaan opposite Jimmy Shergill.

Elena Paparizou

Elena Paparizou was born on January 31, 1982 in Borås, Västergötland, Sweden. She is a Greek singer and is best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 for Greece with the song My Number One.

Ninette

Ninette Tayeb was born on October 21, 1983 in Kiryat Gat, Israel. She is an Israeli pop rock singer who came to fame as the first winner of Kochav Nolad (an Israeli "Pop Idol" version). Additionally, Ninette acted for three seasons in the Israeli television drama "HaShir Shelanu" (Our Song). From humble beginnings, Ninette has achieved recognition as one of the most beloved and most famous celebrities and entertainers in Israel. As Ninette got famous, she was nicknamed "HaMami Ha Leumit"(Israel's Sweetheart), and was always pictured as a sweet girl.

Pooja

Pooja Gautami Umashankar was born on 25 June 1981 in Sri Lanka. She is a Sri Lankan actress in Kollywood. She has a Masters Degree in Business & Management. She was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai. Her debut film was in Tamil with Madhavan called Jay Jay.

Katrina Halili

Maria Katrina Irene Halili was born on January 4, 1986 in Quezon City, Philippines. She is a Filipina actress. She is an alumna of the StarStruck talent search and was the cover girl of FHM Philippines during its December 2005 issue. She was subsequently voted as FHM Philippines' sexiest woman for the year 2006.

Kim Sharma

Kim Sharma was born on 21 January 1980. She is an Indian actress. She started her career with modeling. She caught the eye of producer Aditya Chopra, and he signed her on his next directorial venture titled Mohabbatein. The debut also marked the launch of five other debutantes, Uday Chopra, Jugal Hansraj, Jimmy Shergill, Shamita Shetty and Preeti Jhangiani. The film also starred superstars Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan.

I can't remember what I came on here to say. Just a quick rave then.

Skindazzles!

Kind of a weird name, but the products are so great. Candy is a total sweetheart and always sends a little hand-written thank you in my order.

My personal favorite product is the Whipped Body Frosting. It has such a cool texture... It's super thick, rich, smooth but it's... airy! Spongy? It has a slightly waxy feeling but that's what makes it lock in moisture so well. The waxiness disappears after about 3 seconds, and it's never greasy at all. Amazing product.

I like the handmade body lotion too, but it doesn't have that neat airy texture.

All the scents I've tried I love, and I've tried a bunch. My new favorite is Cherry Cupcakes.

The tarts are amazing also, but those aren't really makeup. But, if you're into tarts, they're adorable, HUGE and super long lasting and strong. HUGE. They're so pretty. They have squiggles and one of them has a sun, and sparkles and stuff.

So, if you're looking for new etailers to try, Skindazzles.com is something you might like. Huge scent list, great products, excellent customer service, fast shipping from CANADA even. Reasonably priced (prices are in CAD).

I'm off to go drown myself in Whipped Body Frosting. That sounds dirty, doesn't it?

Ashlee Simpson

Ashlee Nicole Simpson was born on October 3, 1984 in Waco, Texas. She is an American pop rock singer–songwriter and actress, and the younger sister of pop singer Jessica Simpson. Simpson rose to prominence in mid-2004 through the success of her number-one debut album Autobiography and the accompanying reality series The Ashlee Simpson Show.