What is it: The NewBeauty TestTube is a collection of some of the hottest and most in-demand products in beauty. In this tube–and each of the three subsequent auto-delivery shipments–you’ll receive an issue of NewBeauty magazine, along with a mix of full-sized, travel-sized, and deluxe-sized samples. The first shipment arrives immediately, with a new magazine and test tube full of products delivered in April, August, and October.

Who is it for: Anyone looking to sample a wide variety of fabulous beauty products at an unbelievable value.

Why is it different: The NewBeauty TestTube combines luxurious beauty products with extensive product and how-to information. NewBeauty magazine, included in the test tube, provides insider information on trends and hot topics within the beauty world via respected experts from the beauty industry.

How do I use it: The TestTube includes a booklet with instructions on how to use each product.

1st shipment includes:

• 1-oz Bliss hand cream
• GO SMiLE mini discovery kit
• 0.39 oz Mally Beauty volumizing mascara (FULL SIZE!!! Love this masaca btw)
• 2-oz Nick Chavez wet/dry conditioning spray
• 0.5 oz Elemis Pro-Collagen Marine Cream
• 0.25 oz Dr. Denese Wrinkle Rx Extreme Retinol Eye Gel
• 0.5 oz Kiehl’s Creamy Eye Treatment (FULL SIZE!!!)
• 0.5 oz Laura Geller Spackle
• 0.06 oz Laura Geller eye shadow
• 1-oz philosophy purity made simple cleanser
• NewBeauty magazine

Featured brands in my fabulous gloss collection are:

CK Calvin Klein, Nars, Juicy Couture, Stila, Aveda, Victoria’s Secret, Mally Beauty, Bare Escentuals, Smashbox, Too Faced, Clinique, Benefit, Philosophy, Sephora… LOVE LOVE LOVE!

Here are a few photo highlights of our holiday:

Working from home, I still need to take a lunch hour to refresh myself and regroup. Since my husband also is home for lunch, most of the time we spend it together. In this tough economy, we don’t eat out very often–maybe once a week if we plan for it. My lunch hour is often a good time to run errands, like going to the post office or to the grocery store for something I need to help us get through until the next big shopping trip. But mostly, my hubby and I like to take our lunch hour here at home down in the den, watching DIRECTSTAR TV on our big screen television while eating our lunch off of TV trays. We love to look for half-hour comedy shows or a fun cooking show. Satellite TV offers us so many choices, and shorter, fun programming is just what we need to give our minds and bodies a break from the nine-to-five workday grind. Once we’re finished with our lunch, we sit back, put up our feet, and watch the second half-hour show. It gives us the little mid-day getaway rest that settles down our minds so that when we return to work, we are refreshed and ready to tackle our projects with a fresh perspective. Lunch and satellite TV–now that’s a winning combination!

My friend just bought a brand new Jeep Liberty and she’s been super happy with it. All I’ve ever owned are Chrysler vehicles so I’m no stranger to the brand I think the Liberty’s look so sleep but the Car Connection only gave them a 6.8 rating.. boo. But they didn’t even give the Mercedes SI-Class that good of a rating, only a 7.7? Lame! I could always go the Chester the Molester route and get a Chevrolet Express LOL. I didn’t even know they still made vans that creepy looking.

Maybe 4 years ago, I was searching for quotes to get the timing belt replaced on my Honda Accord. I literally spent half a day skimming through phone numbers. On another occasion, I got stranded in San Francisco after my water pump died, so I had to borrow a stranger’s phone book to lookup San Franciso auto repair places. Not fun times!

Thankfully, the world is a-changing and becoming a delightful tech-savvy place, making things as annoying as auto repair as efficient as can be.

Plus I get to go cozy sweater SHOPPING! I love me some hoodies in the winter. I’m sort of getting sucked into the Ed Hardy black hole. He has some pretty sharp threads. And of course, I love the fact that my beloved Zappos carries the Ed Hardy brand in all of it’s Hardy glory.

Oh, did I mention November is also fabulous because it’s my birthday month? I’m turning 25 in exactly ONE week. Jesus I’m old.

I almost got attacked by my puppy Helmet when I put my wig on the other day LOL. It was hilarious because he is so lazy and quiet, I’ve only heard him bark maybe 5 times since I’ve had him. I stood in my bedroom doorway with the wig on, Helmet slowly stands to all fours, flares his big ass shark teeth at me and just starts barking like CRAZY! I was seriously scared lmao. I took it off and he stood there looking all confused like “where’d the other bitch go?” haha. Love him.

Source: www.sephora.com