AVEENO is celebrating leap year 2008 by releasing the results of a  study about what women would do with an extra day…

Here are some of the findings the study revealed:

• AVEENO® found that 65% percent of American women confess to skimping on beauty, spending 30 minutes or less on their beauty rituals each day.      
•  However, more than 3 in 5 women admitted they wished they had an extra day in the year to spend on themselves, and 1/3 declared they would spend more than 30 minutes on beauty or grooming rituals with this extra day.  
•  But not surprisingly, moms were the group most likely to wish for an extra day in the year to spend on themselves, with a whopping 73% saying they would love an extra day.  
• AVEENO® also found that if given an extra day in the year, nearly ½ of all women admitted they would indulge in extra sleep or pampering rituals in the comfort of their own home.  This is good news because as you sleep, your skin cells actually renew themselves so skin is most receptive to renewal, so if you are using a night cream, such as the new Positively Ageless Lifting & Firming Night Cream, you are actually doing double duty!

I am on board with all of these findings.  I can use some more sleep for sure and some more “me” time.  Leap Year seems like as good a time as any.

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I am so looking forward to fall 2008!  Stila is projecting matte skin, so use a nice sheer pressed powder and a concealer where you need it.  Move on to create your smokey eyes, long lush lashes - go for the drama!  Flushed cheeks and a shiny lip saturated with color.

If you’re wondering how to saturate your lip with color, use layers!  Stila’s cherry crush lip and cheek stain will be your first lip layer, then try Stila’s SPF20 lipstick in caicos over the stain.  The stain is on my “must have” list, very pretty flushed look - I love a dual purpose product! 

Stila always delivers, pretty, wearable looks.  No wonder Marchesa has turned to Stila for four seasons to get the make up just right for their shows.

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Be the first to review a product on Total Beauty and win BIG!

Find a product that hasn’t been reviewed yet, review it and you may win big.

Here’s what you can win:

GRAND PRIZE (two winners!)

Receive a one-on-one telephone consultation with top dermatologist Dr. Murad and a basket containing all the products comprising the day and night Murad product regimen he recommends.

FIRST PRIZE (five winners!)

Receive a collection of free Murad products comprising a Murad regimen for the winner’s skin type.

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Receive one full-size Murad Intensive Wrinkle Reducer, worth $150.

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Got three minutes? be inspired by Thakoon’s fashions and Lancome’s Pixel Pink Lipstick (Pout-a-Porter the 4th).

Pixel Pink on Youtube

The video is very entertaining, lots of Thakoon’s Spring 2008 runway footage.  Did you hear the part where Thakoon says it will compliment tan skin? 

I’m thinking I might give this one a chance after all…  I’m changing my position from casual, if it falls in my lap I will try it stance, to ‘I must go out and get Pixel Pink’!!  One warning, you may crave apple pie after viewing.

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 What wouldn’t I do for a great gift with purchase?  Luckily this time the gwp was for a brand I love and I only had to buy one product at a great price.  In return I got the the lovely cosmetic bags with Eiffel Tower zipper pulls, and all the little goodies of course.

 Lancome’s Aqua Fusion with SPF 15 is designed for normal/combination skins.  When you pump it out the scent is so soothing and spring-y that it totally makes me forget we have a projected 12 inches of snow heading for my area.  There’s no oil in this product, light and easily absorbed. It is fresh and calming, sure to make another appearance on my bathroom shelves.

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