Sunday, January 2, 2011

New Year, New Blog 


New Year, new undertakings.  I've decided to try my hand at blogging.  Don't 
really know where I'm going, but I've decided to take whoever wants to join me 
along for the ride.  Lots of my friends suggested a food blog.  I love to cook 
and try new things, but I don't know if I have enough in my repertoire to keep 
it interesting.  I figured, gear it towards the everyday girl, like me, just 
trying to make it through the day.  I'll throw in the occasional bit for the 
everyday guys whom I love so much, but need a little inspiration.  

Most of my close friends know I'm a touch obsessed with makeup and "products." 
You name it, I've probably tried it.  

I'm not the type to keep things to myself.  If I find something that performs 
great, I want to share it.  And it most likely won't be La Mer or some other 
ridiculously priced item.  I usually stick to middle of the road priced items 
that you can do with a bit of penny pinching in other areas.  Although, if I 
find a fab product on the cheap, I'm not scared to sing it's praises.  

Today I am sharing Clinque's Even Better Clinical Dark Spot Corrector.  I spent too 
many days baking in the sun with tanning accelerator or plain baby oil.  Now I 
am downright speckled with sun spots (read damage).  Add grown up break outs 
that couldn't be left alone and you have uneven, spotty skin.  This is probably 
why I'm so makeup obsessed, but we will save that for another day.  I was truly 
skeptical trying this product because nothing has worked before.  Finally, this 
stuff worked for me.  About a week into it, I noticed a very slight fade.  That 
was enough to keep me going.  It says you need six weeks to see the best 
results.  By the third week, I was shocked to realize my skin surface was 
smoother and more even.  Breakouts are even kept to a minimal now.  I'm six 
months into it now and I'm finding I'm wearing less makeup and coverup.  I even 
walk around with no make up at home!  Don't get me wrong, you still won't catch 
me bare faced in public, but now I feel more confident about my appearance and I 
don't worry if my spots are showing through my makeup any more.

A one ounce bottle will set you back $49.50 and they have a new 1.7 oz bottle for $73.  Search around, sometimes you can find deals.  However, both Sephora and the Clinique website are good places to start. If you don't want to commit to the purchase just yet, head on over to Sephora and ask them to make up a deluxe sample for you.  That's what I did to start with and they gave me enough for about two weeks worth.  One pump from the bottle is enough for your entire face each time.  And once you've achieved good results, you can use it as a maintenance once a day or every other day.  

I'd welcome any feedback, comments, suggestions, since I am very new to this and probably pretty clueless to how this all works in the real world.  If you have experience with anything I am writing about, I would love to read your take on it!


Cheers my friends!
Oh and Happy New Year from one Everyday Girl to all the other Everyday Girls and Boys out there.

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