Please be sure to stop by The Beauty Blog Network’s latest venture, The Beauty Ideal. It is a online magazine made by the BBN just for you!
I wrote the featured article…so now aren’t you intrigued to go check it out? :)

(How perfect is their skin!? Seriously!)
My uber talented friend, Billy B , is currently traveling the states doing his American Beauty Tour; I’ve watched his blog as he appeals for people to apply to be a model at each of his tour stops (which people happily clammer for). So imagine his surprise when he gets a call at midnight from the Production Assistant from American Idol claiming that Paula Abdul wants to be his model for his Atlanta event. Was he speechless…yes–and I think he still is (and my gawd, I would be too–I love Paula!)
Paula Abdul flew into Atlanta …read more

I spent this last weekend in New York transversing the city and having a blast!
I’ve written up my adventures on A Girl’s Gotta Spa:
My Jay Manuel sighting

I met Phillip Bloch & Robert Verdi
The gang’s all here–big meet up with my fellow beauty bloggers

We are a proud member of an exciting new community launching today. Splendicity.com, the destination for splendid style is kicking off its launch with a months worth of contests.
The Splendicity contest for today, September 4th:

To enter to win an official Splendicity T-Shirt, a one year subscription to VOGUE Magazine, and a $25 Gift Card to shopbop.com, you must do the following:

*Visit 5 Splendid Member blogs, post a comment saying hello. You can also view the Splendicity member list right at the homepage: Splendicity.com
*Go back to Splendicity.com and report the Splendid Member blogs that you commented on in today’s Splendicity blog …read more

b5media has been buzzing with activity lately! We are launching an ultra splendid style community called Splendicity! It launches on September 4th and from what a little birdie told me, there are going to be about $2000 worth of awesome prizes being given away throughout September!
For me, the best part of being a member of Splendicity, is the fact that I have been a reader of most of the member blogs for a long while prior to them joining Splendicity–but now I get to interact with them behind the scenes, and I’ve got to tell you–these girls are the bees …read more

Thank you to Erin from Chic By Nature for hosting b5 Beauty & Style Channel’s Hot Finds for August! Please be sure to stop by her blog to see one post that rounds up the “hottest finds” among our Beauty & Style Channel bloggers here at b5media.

I cannot tell you how excited I was to receive the full set of billy b’s Paint Brushes in the mail yesterday—sooooo excited! Not just because they came from the grand master of all things beauty, but because I am a big pathetic loser when it comes to makeup brushes and I have never splurged on really good ones. Why? Honestly, I thought all makeup brushes were the same. Obviously (since yesterday) I have realized how absolutely wrong I was.
For makeup brushes I had only been using a blush brush, foundation brush, one eyeshadow brush and another to put on …read more

Remember when I was less than impressed with Smashbox’s Photo Finish Primer that all my friends had raved about? It made my skin feel greasy, look shiny and it didn’t really make that much of a difference (I thought) in the way my makeup looked on my face.
For me, primers are the least understood makeup product from my side of the mirror. So I decided to reach out to my friend (can I say that?) billy b and find out his theory on primers. I thought, if everyone is doing it–what am I doing wrong?
I was surprised to find …read more

Dexie, my fellow b5 blogger at She Knows Best, is holding a comment contest for the men and their ladies. Just answer her questions in her comment section for a chance to win $232 worth of prizes.
She also just launched a new blog on b5 called Style It Less, so go check her out!

Being a former New England girl whose heart is still on the beautiful beaches of Rhode Island and whose name is etched in a dock somewhere on Prudence Island, I wanted to promote a wonderful beauty bar located in Rockland, Maine. Harbor Beauty Bar, operated by Gail Gordon and her sister Suzan Theriault, is a beauty destination I know I would probably set up a second home in had my husband not insisted we live in PA (which is his home state).
The Harbor Beauty Bar carries many brands we beauty addicts know and love like Clinique, Clarins, Bliss, Fekkai, Dolce …read more