MY FAVORITE THINGS

Exfoliated bodies and lightly made up complexions
Bright Glowing faces and the Vogue beauty sections
Brown rimmed eyes with lip colors that sing
These are a few of my Favorite Things

Bright Colored blushes and foundations that blend
Q-tips and primers and mascara that bend
Smokey Yves Rocher eyes that sparkle like diamond rings
These are a few of my Favorite Things

Women in short dresses with legs like smooth satin sashes
Lightly powdered noses and fabulous false eyelashes
A Silver white eye you can wear into Spring
These are a few of my Favorite things

When the cold bites
When the wind stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply reach for my favorite beauty things
And then I don't feel so bad.


Glycolic acids that give you great skin
Botanical Beauty that glows from within
Vaseline Cocoa Butter that makes my skin feel like a King
These are a few of my Favorite Things

Dove Real Beauty Bar so soft to the caress
A deodorant that leaves no marks on the little black dress
These are the reasons I blog and walk with a Spring
I am giving away some of my Favorite Things!

When you're over the endless Holiday cheer
When your Visa statement fills you with fear
When you're feeling sad
It's time to win a beauty basket worth lots of bling
The Power of Pretty 'gifts' you some Favorite Things
And then you will feel so Glad*





I have a Beauty basket to give away exclusively to listeners of Proud FM's Shaun Proulx Show and readers of his blog HIMBO. Entering to win is simple- Just become a follower of my Blog on the right hand side-

http://thepowerofpretty.blogspot.com- by clicking on the follow this blog/subscribe button on the right hand side. Simple as that. I will pick a winner out of all the entries and tell you how to contact me.

I also have another Beauty basket to giveaway and that is for the person who sends me the highest number of people who become followers/subscribers. Just tell them to add a comment and tell me they were sent by you. individual items may vary but it will be a good Win! A really good WIN. A empty out the tickle trunk kind of win.
Painless and Pretty- My favorite kind of Beauty Duty!

*Apologies to Julie Andrews, Rogers and Hammerstein and anyone else traipsing around the Alps.

Get Your Glow On

Winter comes to town and brings with it the tragic combo of dull and dry. The flakey dance where your skin utters a silent sigh and wants to hibernate until spring. Winter weather sure puts the chill on pretty.
Well, I have a new beauty duty, a must have great enough to make you brave the snow and sleet. DermaGlows' Radiance Glycolic Gentle Peel Solution gives your skin back its gorgeous glisten. Skin that looks like it's lit from within and is silky soft to the touch. I am gushing, in an oh so makeup man way, but I am loving this stuff.
It is gentle enough to use everyday and is as simple as saturating a cotton ball or pad and sweeping it across your cleansed skin. There is no need to rinse off afterwards and you can immediately put on your moisturizer. It has been clinically proven to improve the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, sun damaged skin and age spots. It makes your skin look and feel as if you have splurged and hit the medi -spa for a little high tech beauty maintenance.
Now there's no need to forgo the mortgage payment for a daily dose of pretty and while I have not filled my bathtub and splashed around hoping to emerge with the sparkling vampire visage of a tween Twilight cast member, I must confess I have found myself having a couple of narcissus mirror moments, thinking what is reflected back is looking pretty great for 37ish (again.)
DermaGlows Radiance Glycolic Gentle Peel Solution, like all their skin care products, is Dermatologist tested. It is non drying, non irritating has a 10% glycolic acid and is packed with other AHAs* and sodium hyaluronate*. The full sized bottle I have also comes with a bonus of Glycolic Smoothing Moisturizer inside the box. While I bundle up to tackle the wild of winter head on, I will be doing it with an enviable polished complexion, that has me gleaming and glowing and believing in The Power Of Pretty.



FYI- A little beauty lesson-

*AHA's are Alpha Hydroxy Acids which are fruit acids derived from natural sources such as citrus fruits, milk and sugar. The family of AHAs includes glycolic acid, lactic acid, mandelic acid and tartaric acid. They are capable of softening fine lines and surface wrinkles, improving both the skin texture and tone whilst opening and cleanseing pores. They also stimulate blood supply, increase collagen and generally improve skin conditions.

*Sodium Hyaluronate is thought to play an important role in modulating the interactions between adjacent tissues by acting as a lubricant. Sodium Hyluronate is distributed widely in your skin's extracellular matrix and is believed to promote tissue repair.

The Power Of Pretty and The Reup On The Prenup

The painstakingly careful image construct of good guy, family man Tiger Woods has just imploded with rocking reverberations. Like a birthday party pinata meeting stick wielding sugar starved preshoolers, the pro golfing kitty cat, known for his pars and birdies, is now using a few of his privileged nine lives trying to contain a worldwide media melt. From professional sports pundits and gleeful gossips, to the nail gnawing of his anxiety ridden inner circle reaching for their super sized ativan armor, the Tiger saga is splayed large as we find out this tour de force golfing feline is one dirty dog.

As the assorted cocktail waitresses, reality star wannabes and pseudo models dust off their knees and crawl out into the harsh glare of the media spotlight, with hands held high, they are looking for a pay day. With a smile on their faces, TMZ stars gleaming in their eyes and extra zeros landing in their bank accounts, these women are high priced call girl celebutantes. They are sharing their saved voice messages and intimate sex texts amidst all the electronic froth and chum of a Tiger Tsunami.
So now word is Mrs Tiger Woods, his beatific blonde Scandinavian born beauty, his smiling supportive spouse and mother of his children, is playing hardball. As Tiger makes public and private amends for tripping over his pieces of tail and atone for his trashy tabloid transgressions, word is Elin Woods is reopening her prenup and looking to get some serious green.

What is the going rate for an angry woman scorned you ask? Some media reports suggest an immediate five million US is being placed in her solo controlled bank account along with a reup on the prenup of upwards of $80 million. A serious cash infusion from her previous prenup, this one is rewritten so she will stick around for two more years, hand holding hubby and playing media nice, the dutiful wife standing by her man during his very public mea culpa. Her hubby, the player, out there swinging like he is single, earned over an estimated $100 million last year in endorsement deals alone. Dwarfing his actual golf winnings which added another $11 million to the Tiger kitty. Earning over $112 for the year. Serious bucks are required to ensure she will hold off on screaming fore and kick his cheating ass to the curb.

Is that enough for Elin? Should she stay? Save a marriage and endure the public pity party or cut her losses and walk away? Walk away with her two children, a toddler and an infant, a broken marriage and a broken heart? Or swallow the bitter betrayal resign the contract and stay? Should she stick around and make her dutiful Oprah appearance on Tiger's upcoming apology tour or end it now?

As the fabricated facade of another fairy tale marriage evaporates into ether it is evident from the many published pictures of happier times, Elin Woods is very pretty. And I think pretty smart. Right now he needs her, the declawed adulterous athlete, he needs his pretty wife by his side, to get him out of the rough he's landed them all in. He needs her help to repair his tattered and torn public image, to save his family, his brand and his 100 million yearly take in endorsement deals. She now has the power to decide when and if to end it. More importantly, on her terms. To walk away or to stay. The pretty blonde, stay at home dutiful wife, is the one with the driver firmly in hand. It's impressive to watch the Power of Pretty at play, as Elin Woods proves with the art of renegotiation she is a master in her own right.