Musings of a Muse

One of the few slimming creams you’ll find in North America is Fat Girl Slim, from Bliss. This lotion promises skin-firming results that visibly diminishes dimples with something called QuSome aka encapsulated caffeine.

Now the Asian market…they take slimming creams to new and sometimes unusual levels!

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It’s beginning to look alot like Christmas….Christmas…Christmas…!

Sephora is popping up new Holiday Collections for 2011 like hot fries today chicas.

Jump ahead to take a peek at some of what Urban Decay Holiday 2011 looks like.

As you know the TokoDoki Cromatico Eyeshadow Palettes have gone on clearance at Sephora (Yay for makeup on sale). As cute as these are I didn’t really love them as much as I do the newer limited edition Cromatico Palettes that Sephora has started doing.

Let’s break it down….

The original palettes featured four shades of shadow, a charm, and a smaller cube packaging. The newer palettes feature six shades of shadow, a smaller charm, and a larger cardboard style packaging.

Although bigger in size, I find the new Cromatico Palettes cuter plus I actually like the addition of two more shades of shadow.

Which do you prefer?

Old version or new?

For Fall 2011 the Tokidoki Royal Pride Hercolino Palette takes to the jungle for a safari adventure in the rough and tough terrain.

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I’m used to Holiday Collection comings at me mid October or so. But obviously brands are pumped up and ready to serve your Holiday sweet tooth this year because we haven’t even yet slid into September and already the Too Faced Holiday 2011 Collection has made a sneaky little appearance on Sephora.

Check it!

Nordies you’ve been this girl’s bestest friend but your online shipping…

As friends I can say this.

Sucked.

I’ve shopped Nordstrom for many years and have always been utterly turned off by their shipping methods. The free shipping option they offer is if you purchase an extremely high ticketed item. This is great if you’re purchasing a purse or shoes, etc….as you can easily score the free shipping but when you’re buying smaller makeup pieces it gets a little harder to reach that shipping goal particularly if you, say, want a single blush or something.

Nordstrom, has made, one of the best decisions in their life this month. They are now offering free shipping on ALL purchases (big or small) and if that isn’t generous enough they offering free return shipping as well.

Nordies, my dear, this is how you gain a loyal customer base.

FABULOUS!

Shop now at Nordstrom.com

Now if Amazon started doing the same thing (Amazon Prime is my best friend but free is even nicer) I’d be in online shopping nirvana.