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Dear Friend,
 On A Personal Note...
I hope the spring sunshine is encouraging you to put on a skirt, brighten your makeup, show off your toes and contemplate a new do. This week's Cents of Style E-nnouncement and all of the updates on centsofstyle.com will help you navigate these fashion and beauty needs and more with thrifty chic flair.
No matter how bad the economy gets, you always have me and Cents of Style to turn to for up to the minute fashion and beauty advice, incredible products and accessories that helps you squeeze every last drop of dazzle out of a dollar!
Remember CENTS OF STYLE the book will be launching soon and it's chocked full of more thrifty diva guidance than you can shake a stick at…COS to the economic rescue!!!! Stay tuned and remember…
Be Happy! Be Beautiful! Be Thrifty!
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P.S. If you are looking to change your life, consider an incredible two or three day in-home Beauty Boot Camp. Life never looks better than when you know YOU look better!
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Tips- Great Sunless Tanning
It is that time of year when we want to look sun kissed, but avoid the aging rays of summer sunshine. I have developed a tried and true formula for creating a flawless suntan straight from the bottle. Follow these guidelines and I promise you will enjoy a streak-free, natural-kneed, golden glow that will have you wondering why you should ever rotisserize under the noon day rays again.
- First you have to start with the best (my favorite and it's thrifty!) sunless tanner on the market: Malibu Hemp Golden Glow Bronzing Moisturizer With Skin Firming. I have only been able to find this at Wal-mart, but I am just going to take a guess and say, you probably live near a Wal-mart and can find it.
- Second you will need some Vaseline petroleum jelly.
- Plan on giving yourself a vigorous body scrub before your application and go ahead and shave your legs.
- Once out of the shower, with moist skin, apply a thin coat of Vaseline to your knees, elbows, toes, ankles, finger nails and a very thin coat to the top of your feet. This will prevent the sunless tanner from soaking into the folds of your skin or being absorbed by dry areas.
- Start with your legs and apply sunless tanner to your calves avoiding ankles. Then come up your legs and smooth all over your thighs and butt. You should avoid your knees at this point as well.
- Next, coat one arm and avoid your elbows, then the other arm and rub into chest and all over your back.
- Once you have completely covered your upper body, avoiding the elbows, go back down to your legs and further work the product into your legs adding your feet, ankles and knees into the massage.
- Then move back to your upper body and add elbows into the spreading.
- That's it! You are done…Now dry your hair, put on your make up and within an hour your will have a beautiful, flawless, golden glow!
Shine On!
SIXTH CENTS - Super Sexy Hair Trend - BANGS!
In three snips of a scissor, you can take ten years off your look by adding face framing bangs to your spring/summer do. Anyone can do wear bangs, but they are especially good for long narrow face shapes, ladies with wider foreheads or lines to hide on the forehead, beauties with dramatic eyes and dames with a strong jaw line.
Choosing side-swept, blunt or texturized bangs is the tough hair choice for 2008. My suggestion is to try all three. Go for the blunt first; it will be shocking and flirty fun for a bit. Wear that for a couple of weeks, then as they are growing out texturize them, making them more edgy and spiky. As they grow further out, move to the side swept version that will offer more softness yet still be vixen hot!
GO FOR IT! You only live once, you may love it and they will grow back! But when you are ready for the big BANG, don't do it yourself. Getting your bangs right is imperative to pulling off a great new style vs. a whim/midnight mistake. A professional hairdresser will be able to assess your hair texture, face shape and other considerations that will make a huge difference in your snip of faith.
 Look For Me
How Do I Look?
Look for Me on How Do I Look? on the STYLE Network! Mark your calendars for Thursday, July 3 at 9:00 E.S.T. This show is all about how to transform a rocker chic into a blushing bride! Fashion/image hilarity ensues… You are going to love it!
 Style Squad
Be sure to check out my own brand of fashion advice and sweet-lovin' guidance dished out each week to soap stars in Soap Opera Digest. As apart of the STYLE SQUAD I have fun telling it like it is and poking a little fun at the red carpet mania. Let's hope they didn't spend a fortune to look that bad!
...AND THE WINNER IS
Our May Cents of Style® registration appreciation
winner is Alberta Porco of Abilene, TX. Alberta, thank
you so much for your support of me and Cents of Style®.
Your MUSTARD NEED Accessory Suite will be shipped
to you this week. I know you are going to love it!
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This Month's Cents Of Style Accessory Suite
MUSTARD NEED
This months white hot "style in a box" is the most progressive, right off
the runway chic Accessory Suite I think I have ever
put together. MUSTARD
NEED is for the woman who wants to look
and feel younger, hipper and more modern with the
simple addition of an incredible handbag and layered
accessories. This fabulous funky suite is not for
the ladies who lunch, this one is for the ladies ready
to take a spring leap of fashion faith and shake up
their style.
The amazing handbag is unique, fashionable and versatile. You can wear the bag as a shoulder bag, handbag or clutch purse. The rich green and raspberry floral pattern, the right in trend yellow trim and the studded cutout handle create an intoxicating handbag cocktail that will have your friends tipsy with envy! This is not a handbag you will find ANYWHERE else but COS - Gorgeous!
I have added two necklace and earring combinations that look great layered. I loved the look of the heavier faceted pendant with the light open link chain. The juxtaposition of heavy and light give real style power to the two necklaces which compliment the studs on the bag.
Both necklaces come with matching earrings that can be worn with anything.
In fact the small facted bead earrings have become
my favorite workout earrings. They are small, light
weight, match everything and reflect the light just
enough to be understated but interesting. (Yes I have
workout earrings… I have to represent, yo!)
This Accessory Suite is for you! - The woman who is not afraid to be beautiful, fashionable and Oh-so-thrifty chic… I know you are going to love it!
OTHER FABULOUS CENTS OF STYLE ACCESSORY SUITES!
 Have You Tried...
NOXEMA CLEANSING CREAM?
Okay, I think Noxzema was everyone's first cleanser. There was a jar in every bathroom cabinet in America in the 70's and 80's; I am sure of it. Just recently I picked up a new fangled pump bottle of my old teen favorite to see if there had been any improvements and/or to see how it would standup to my 30-something perspective of products costing ten times as much.
As the smell of that old standby wafted over me, I found myself humming a Pat Benatar tune and thinking about what I was going to wear to the skating rink. After cleaning my face I remembered why we all used it growing up….it didn't just take away sunburn pain, it also cleanses your skin beautifully without drying.
If you haven't tried Noxzema in a while, pick up a thrifty jar. You will remember why you loved it and wonder why you ever strayed from this great $5 cleanser!
Just $4.89 at drugstore.com!
 Schedule
Plan to join me at the American Heart Association
GO RED Luncheon in Dayton, Ohio!
Thursday, May 8, 2008 at the Dayton Art Institute!
The Go Red for Women lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. Cost is $50.00 per ticket
(includes health screenings, women's issues speakers,
lunch and lifesaving information). For additional
information about the upcoming luncheon in Dayton,
please contact: Misty Sirch at (937) 853-3108. Check
out the press coverage for the event!
Latest Poll
Poll Results:
I am always in search of the
perfect:
FOUNDATION AND LIPSTICK! When given the option of every cosmetic product, 55% of you confess that foundation and lipstick keep you in a quandary.
To find the perfect shade for you, test several colors on the inside/underside of your arm and blend it up to the top of your arm. The melanin in your skin is most apparent in this area and the chemical reactions and change in color will be evident within a few seconds. This is the best place to test, because the under side of your arm represents the amount of sun your neck gets and the top of your arm mimics the sun your face gets. Finding a shade that works with both areas of your arm will give you the most flawless match.
Here are three "Andy Approved" foundations that I love. They all come in under $14 bucks.
- For Sheer Coverage - Neutrogena Healthy Skin Enhancer:
This incredible product has anti-aging retinol treatment, a SPF 20 moisturizer and a sheer tint foundation all in one! I love it!
- " For Light to Medium Coverage - L'Oreal True Match:
This stuff is great! It goes on smooth and blends beautifully. There is a wide variety of shades that come in Cool, Warm and Neutral tones so that you can best determine your "true match".
- " For Medium (Buildable) Coverage - Revlon Age Defying Makeup SPF 20 Foundation with Botafirm:
his is a wonderful foundation that gives a flawless, radiant glow, without settling into fine lines. This foundation could easily go toe to toe with any high priced foundation on the market today! It's fabulous!
When it comes to lipstick, the hardest part is selecting a great shade that brightens your smile, whitens your teeth and makes you look younger. For most of us, this means you need to go lighter! We all have a tendency to darken our lipstick as we age and this is a huge mistake. You can look 10 years younger by simply brightening your lipstick.
Finding the perfect shade for you is right at your finger tips….literally! When testing lipstick shades, test them on your finger tips. The pigment in your finger tips mimic the pigment in your lips and will offer the best depiction of how it will look on your lips.
Remember that lipsticks with a blue base will help make your teeth look whiter. Pink shades will naturally make you look younger and brighter shades will bring more life and radiance to your face. YOU CAN DO IT! I BELIEVE IN YOU!
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