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MAC Viva Glam Swatches, Lady Gaga and Cyndi Lauper

All proceeds from sales of MAC cosmetics Viva Glam go to AIDS charities through the MAC AIDS Fund. This year, the MAC Viva Glam spokeswomen are Lady Gaga and Cyndi Lauper. Great choices in my opinion! Also this year, the lip shades are not deep reds, unlike many past years.

The new VIVA GLAM collection has two lipsticks – Viva Glam Cyndi (Light Coral Red) and Viva Glam Gaga (Light Blue Pink), as well as corresponding makeup bags.

Both MAC Viva Glam shades are quite nice. For the pink lovers, the Lady Gaga is a pretty, but still a bit vibrant light pink. the Cyndi Lauper Viva Glam shade is my favorite though. It is a nice coral red that gives a sheer neutral to warm rosy red look. It lean toward coral, but not as much as the description would make it seem.

Below are swatches of the two shades. It is a total coincidence that they happened to perfectly match my Hello Kitty Band-Aid. Yes, I really do wear Hello Kitty Band-Aids (blush)!

Here is a better look without the Band-Aid

I suspect that I will be wearing the Cyndi Lauper Viva Glam shade quite a bit this spring.

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Helping Haiti

Beauty is about more than just makeup. It is also about giving in times of need. Please consider donating to help the relief efforts in Haiti. It is as easy as sending a text message!

Here are several ways that you can help:

YELE HAITI EARTHQUAKE FUND
www.yele.org

Text YELE to 501501 to donate $5 via your cell phone

AMERICAN RED CROSS
www.redcross.org

Text “HAITI” to “90999? to make a $10 donation.

Or Call (800) REDCROSS (800-257-7575)

SALVATION ARMY CANADA

Canadians text “HAITI” to 45678 to donate $5.00 to The Salvation Army Haiti relief effort from any Rogers Wireless or Bell Mobility phone.

MORE LINKS

Haiti Relief Fund www.haitirelieffund.org
Haiti Action www.haitiaction.net
Lamp for Haiti www.lampforhaiti.org
Habitat for Humanity www.habitat.org
UNICEF www.unicef.org
Red Cross www.redcross.org
Salvation Army www.salvationarmy.org
AmeriCares www.americacares.org
Doctors Without Borders www.doctorswithoutborders.org
Mercy Corps www.mercycorps.org
Oxfam www.oxfam.org
Worldvision www.worldvision.org

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Today Only: Free Lip Balm With Order At The Animal Rescue Site

Today only (9/30/2009) you can get a free Pina Colada Shea Butter Lip Balm at The Animal Rescue Site with any order.

At The Animal Rescue site, your purchases go toward helping shelter animals, so you can feel good about shopping too!

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Running The Chicago Marathon for Charity

I am running the 2009 Chicago Marathon in October to raise money for PAWS of Chicago. PAWS is a large no-kill animal shelter that also has a spay/neuter clinic and feral cat spay and release program. I have agreed to raise a minimum of $600 for PAWS and certainly would like to raise even more! More about PAWS is available at my donation page.

If you are a reader, blogger or business, you can also learn about how you can help on the Charity Page here on this site. Bloggers and businesses can gain exposure and free ad space by donating!

I you want a more humorous (and more pleading) look at my fundraising efforts, visit my dog Ty’s blog, Puppy on a Roomba for more.

In any event, please consider donating. Thanks!

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Running for Charity

I am running the 2009 Chicago Marathon to raise money for PAWS of Chicago. PAWS is a large no-kill animal shelter that also has a spay/neuter clinic and feral cat spay and release program. I have agreed to raise a minimum of $600 for PAWS and certainly would like to raise even more! More about PAWS is available at my donation page.

There are different ways you can help, either as a reader, as a fellow blogger, or as a business owner.

Readers:

Please visit my donation page and consider donating. Any amount, no matter how small, is greatly appreciated!
Share this page and my donation page with others who might be interested in donating!
If you see affiliate links or commercial ads on Puppy on a Roomba, please know that all revenue earned from that site will be donated as part of my fundraising efforts. After the marathon is finished, all further proceeds from that site will be donated to animal charities.

Bloggers and Businesses:

Any attention you can give to my fundraising on your own blogs and websites is appreciated! You can also get freebies for donating. See below!
Donate $10 or more and send me a few sentences about you and your website and a url for your site. These will be included in thank you posts on Beauty and Fashion Tech, Girl Gloss, and Puppy on a Roomba.
Donate $20 or more and send me a logo for your website, along with the information in the $10 category and I will feature you separately in a posts on Beauty and Fashion Tech and Puppy on a Roomba, along with including you in the thank you posts.
Donate $50 or more and get a free 125×125 ad for one month on Beauty and Fashion Tech, Girl Gloss or Puppy on a Roomba (your choice, you supply the graphic). The ad will be placed mid to high in one of the sidebars, but I can’t guarantee above the fold (I’ll try). It might be grouped with other donor ads if I get several. You will also be featured in a post and be listed in the thank you posts.
Donate $100 or more and get all of the above, plus an additional one month ad in 120×240 150×240, or 125×125 (your choice of size and which of the three websites it appears on, you supply the graphic). I will put it as high as I can in one of the sidebars. I can’t guarantee above the fold, but I’ll try!

If you donate and want to claim your freebies, email me with the name that you used when donating and your amount. Once I verify the donation, I will get you all set up!

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Pink Product: C.O.Bigelow Mentha Lip Tint

Headed to the mall? Looking for some October pink shopping ideas? Here is a good one!

C.O. Bigelow has teamed up with Marisa Acocella Marchetto, breast cancer survivor and author of the graphic novel “Cancer Vixen: A True Story” to create a special edition Cancer Vixen Collection. C.O. Bigelow will donate $250,000 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Available is a kit including Lemon Cream Body Wash, Lemon Body Cream, Mentha Lip Tint in Pink Mint, Mentha Foot – Tingling Foot Cream, Dr. Hiosous Quince Hand Lotion all for $29.50.

The Mentha Lip Tint in Pink Mint is $7.50. All are available at Bath and Body Works.

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