Mar23

Tocca Beauty – Candele da Viaggio

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Five years ago, I received a Tocca Candele da Viaggio boxed travel candle set in an event gift bag.

I still buy this candle set — featuring four assorted travel-size candles – to take with me when I travel.

The set features four equally pleasing scents: Yma (a guava and citrus scented) and Isabella (a watermelon scented) as well as Tahiti (tiare flower and coconut scented) and Stella (blood orange scented) – which are two of the most popular Tocca candle scents.

Each candle has a burn time of twelve hours. And the Tocca Candele da Viaggio travel candle set is also packaged with signature Tocca matches.

At $42, this would make a great gift for yourself or a friend. You can find this set with these scents at Amazon or Sephora.

Mar23

Tory Burch – Japan Relief T-Shirt

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The devastating events in Japan have caused those of us thousands of miles away to look for ways to help. Besides donating to the Red Cross (a charity that helped me after September 11th), purchasing specific items also provides another way to send money to the Japan relief effort.

Buy this white cotton Tory Burch Japan Relief T-Shirt featuring rows of flags mixed with a heart motif for $29. You can show your support for the American Red Cross Japan earthquake and Pacific tsunami relief efforts with your purchase of this T-shirt inspired by the national flag of Japan.

If you’re wondering how much of the sales price is being the American Red Cross – Tory Burch is giving 100% of the net proceeds of every Japan Relief T-shirt sold through September 15, 2011.

You can purchase the Tory Burch Japan Relief T-Shirt two ways – directly from the Tory Burch website or for a limited time through private sales site RueLala.com.

Either way, you receive free standard shipping on any purchase of the Japan Relief T-shirt (applies to T-shirt only; shipping charges will be applied to other items in your bag.) It looks like the shirts will ship in a few weeks but pre-order them now to help the people in Japan.

Disclaimer: I am not an affiliate of RueLaLa.com and received no compensation for this post.

Mar23

Beauty Products – Expiration Dates

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While we all know we are supposed to replace our toothbrush every three months, it can be pretty confusing trying to remember when we are supposed to replace our various makeup and skin care products.

Since spring is starting, I thought now would be a good time to replace of some beauty products that may have gone bad over the winter.

Here’s a quick guide to when its time to toss various things you have in your makeup bag:

Nail polish - one year

Deodorant – about two years

Foundation – six months (liquid) or two years (powder)

Lipstick and lip gloss – two years

Shampoo and Conditioner – three years

Mascara and liquid eyeliner – three months

Eye Shadow – six months (cream) or two years (powder)

Eye liner and lip liner (pencil) – two years

Body lotion – two to three years

Anti-aging cosmetics – six months

Sep18

Beauty Week at HauteLook

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I have some news fellow beauty lovers will be happy to hear.

From September 20th through September 25th, HauteLook will feature sales with three to four top beauty brands every day with discounts around 50% of more.

Here’s a preview of many of the brands on sale next week -

I’m a big fan of Stila so I’ll definitely be checking out the which beauty products make the private sale on HauteLook this coming Monday.