Illamasqua continued

Remember when I promised to show you pics from Illamasqua’s launch in Sephora? Yeah well it’s time for that.

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I got some goodies from them, but that’s for yet another post. For now – meet some of their staff and look at all the pics! 🙂

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Varied product selection

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super vibrant glosses

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Illamasqua beauties Adam & Jennifer

Check out Adam’s countour job and his eye magic!

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Check out my girl Adina from KraseyBeauty.com for her full Illamasqua coverage.


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LG of the Jury – Gaga vs. Perry

It’s time for court again y’all.

This time we’re taking it to the stage. We got Miss Katy Perry and Lady Gaga. Both are performers who appreciate a costume. From Gaga’s Kermit dress and elephant headpiece, to Perry’s banana boats and strawberry bustiers.

Gaga was quoted in saying:

“A girl’s got to use what she’s given, and I’m not going to make a guy drool the way a Britney video does,” Gaga (in London) has said of her outlook on style. “I take it to extremes… It’s meant to make guys think: ‘I don’t know if this is sexy or just weird.'” (source)

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Lady Gaga


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Katy Perry

Photo Credit: Gaga Credit: Dave Hogan/Getty Image Perry Credit: Jeff Kravitz/Film Magic & UsMagazine

So my dear Ladies and Gents of the Jury the question I’m asking is this – whose wacky style is set for stage and whose is set for the loony bin? Do you like both? Do you think they’re both guilty and Sonny & Cher remain king and queen?

What’s your verdict?


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Who’s Asking?

In case anyone is asking – here’s what I look like today and my nails too! 🙂

FYI: this is a tidbit of the Tarte Fall goodies. Got this from the NY Bloggin’ Beauts event in July! If you’re a NY’er, get your butt over to the NY Bloggin Beauts blog and give me a holler, so that you can make the next event!

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I’ll admit – I took these pics in the workplace, that’s why I had to crop the weird shadow effect off to the side. Guilty as charged! 🙂

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I’m devastatingly in love with this palette. The eyeshadows are all removable so you can do with them what you may, and the colors are uber work appropriate and soft. There are two great concealer colors, highlight colors, and smokey colors. Did I mention it comes with a double ended brush that is softer than a baby’s behind oughta be and a pencil? (That’s not a pencil you see in the black – that’s another brush o’ mine).

Naturally, this is the first but nowhere near the last FOTD with this palette, so keep your eyes peeled! Oh and did ya spy the zipper rose embellishment on the packaging? Y’all know I’m a sucker for awesome embellishments. That’s a pleasantly surprised expression by the way… 🙂

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Products used:
Tarte Femme Naturale palette
(check out their other palette (Femme Fatale) for Fall on their website here)
MAC Dazzleglass in Smile
MAC Plushlash mascara

Oh and let’s not leave out the nails! Rocking ORLY, Miss Yaya did double duty this week. Once for the cool, calm, and collected, and once for the loud and in charge. By the way: one of these polishes came via the NY Bloggin’ Beauts event in July, and the other via a recent shopping trip to CVS.

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Left: Country Club Khaki Right: Chica Boom

See? Even the names have different personalities!

Watcha think? What are you rockin’?


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RueLaLa sale: Philosophy

Like you didn’t have enough sale invites and info, here is yet one more on RueLaLa for Philosophy. You could say you don’t need another sale, but then you’d hate to pay full price. Plus, it’s a good brand, and thus a good investment. Go ahead and indulge!

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If the image/link isn’t working, copy and paste this into your browser:
http://www.ruelala.com/invite/missyaya


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Hautelook Juice Beauty Sale!

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Come join HauteLook for your sample sales and cheap designer duds.

Click here for your special invite!

Don’t forget that when you when you sign up through this link, you get a $10 credit to spend on whatever you please!

If the link is not working, copy and paste the following link in your browser: http://www.hautelook.com/invite/missyaya


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Talk It out Tuesday! Like Anna!

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Yesterday, when Anna Wintour was on Letterman to promote Vogue’s September Issue documentary, she was asked what a person with a fashion budget of $20 should do with the money.

Miss thang said “Well, you could buy lipstick.”

Now – I am sure I am not the only one that is around stores that have $5 shirts and such, along with clearance places (I got Missoni heels for $19 once!). At the same time, there is a transformation that occurs with a woman’s confidence no matter what the item is. It could be a lipstick, it could be a mascara. It might even be chocolate. 🙂

But – if you were to answer it, or to do it- What would you recommend to spend the $20 on?


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Giveaway Winners Announced!

I know you guys have been waiting for this moment, so without further ado, here are the winners for the Current/Eliott & Chickdowntown.com Denim Giveaway and the Good Vibrations giveaway (the winners for the Fingrs giveaway have already been contacted and announced on Twitter).

My apologies for taking a bit longer than expected with the winner selection. I had to cross reference the subscriptions to the entries so that everybody got as many entries as they should’ve. In case you didn’t know – if the rules say you get a second entry for subscribing, I personally check that you are subscribed and verified (you can’t really be a subscriber without verifying it, now can ya?). All entries who said they were subscribed but weren’t still count as only one entry.

Here we go!

Congratulations to:

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on her new pair of jeans!


Also –
Nessa & Thiamere had the most good vibrations for MOJ and get to have their first pick of the vibrating mascaras. The other two winners?

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Once Nessa and Thiamere let me know which mascaras they want, you two ladies will get to pick from the remaining two.

Everyone has until September 1, 2009 to email MyOwnJudge@gmail.com to claim their prizes!


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New York New York

Don’t hate me all you non-NY’ers… there are plenty events all around and abroad that don’t happen in my lovely Big Apple that I get sad about – but being that I don’t want to turn into a complainer blog, I continue with the events that I can go to :). There… better?

This event, though occuring in NYC, is also happening abroad. In the likes of the UK, India, Italy, Russia, Japan, etc.

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Some info about the event from the site:

In a global initiative to promote retail, restore consumer confidence, and celebrate fashion, U.S. and international editions of Vogue are coordinating evening extravaganzas in their respective world fashion capitals.

In the United States, American Vogue has joined with NYC & Company, the City of New York, and the Council of Fashion Designers of America to enliven again the consumer spirit that churns the economy and boosts the local industry of America’s fashion capital, New York City. Next only to finance, fashion is the second-largest sector of industry in New York City—the headquarters of more than 800 fashion companies employing 175,000 people and generating $10 billion in total wages. At City Hall’s May 20 press conference to announce Fashion’s Night Out, Vera Wang said, “To put it bluntly, if people don’t shop, people lose their jobs.”

The first evening of New York Fashion Week, Fashion’s Night Out will encompass festivities galore— from inventive window displays to model and celebrity appearances. Champagne may flow; hors d’oeuvres may be passed. Rumors of musical performances, downtown barbecues, shoe capsules, limited-edition rings, and sweepstakes abound. Apparently there will be makeovers, brow bars, and haircut stations at sundry spots, too.

I’ll be posting about this event up until it comes up and then a bit more after, so be patient with me y’all.

Let me know if the event is happening anywhere near you, and if you plan on checking it out!


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Magazine Weekend: Shape Magazine Aug 09

Happy Sunday!!

Magazine Weekend continues with double the magazine in a day. This tidbit is coming as a 2 for 2 on a completed week. Hope y’all had a great week of reading MOJ and taking care of business (anyone else singing along?)!

This tidbit right here is from Shape Magazine‘sAugust issue. The cover maven is Jada Pinkett-Smith on the cover to promote her new series on TNT HawthoRNe.

The love and admiration that I have for Miss Jada can be a never-ending love letter, but alas, that is not the topic of the day. Let me quickly reiterate how beautiful and on top of her game she is though… Ok done.

This tidbit is a mind trick to re-motivate yourself and keep going. I know a lot of times we reach plateaus and easily fall back into being couch potatoes watching nonstop reality television. Here’s the push if you needed it, and if not – here’s what you’ve been doing right!

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The magazine has a super sexy shoot of Jada that is well worth the magazine purchase. Or check out their site!

Shoot me an e-mail to MyOwnJudge@gmail.com if you would like me to explore other/have topics and/or magazines, or for general opinions of what’s in magazine weekend.

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Magazine Weekend: Self Magazine Aug ’09

Happy Sunday!!

Magazine Weekend continues with double the magazine in a day. I’m bringing some goodies to y’all on a continuous basis, so if you’re not really enjoying it, I’ll only know if you let me know. There are so many tidbits I come across and I love to share.

This tidbit right here is from Self Magazine‘s August issue. The cover maven is Zooey Deschamel on the cover to promote her movie 500 Days of Summer.

The magazine is also great at having pages of tips and tricks throughout each issue. They call it “____ Flash” the space being a variation of Beauty, Fitness, and others. Below are two that I found interesting and recommend you pick up a copy for other good pointers!

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The magazine also has a great article by Francesca Castagnoli called “How I Got Over My Green Guilt.” and an ode to Zoeey with “31 Days of Summer.”

Shoot me an e-mail to MyOwnJudge@gmail.com if you would like me to explore other/have topics and/or magazines, or for general opinions of what’s in magazine weekend.

MagsForless Coupons


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