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C.O. Bigelow® Mentha Organics™ Sheer Lip Tint Just Blushed

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:01:00 +0000

Made with 92% Organic Ingredients
Infused with 100% Natural Mint for fresh breath
Just Blushed provides a sheer pale pink tint on lips
Developed by Bigelow Chemists
Not Tested on Animals

$7.50 but its on sale for $5. Bath & Body Works web site it comes in just blushed (above), sheer rose and several other colours to choose from. I have been using this stuff for years and it's one of my most favorite things ever! When you lick your lips your mouth gets the peppermint oil for a perfectly fresh breath and pouty lips! I keep them in my car in my bedside table...everywhere! So don't walk run and get your C.O. Bigelow lip balm at your closest bath and body works.

I give this a Ask Aimee review a perfectly peperminty five stars!

Buxom Mascara

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:05:00 +0000

Every now and then you come across something you are just crazy for.....enter Buxom mascara...now I have seen this around for a little while and read all the great reviews and you know I just had to give it a try. Well am I happy I did because this is one great mascara! Why you ask?..for starters it doesn't clump at all and I really like the big brush. It also just goes on really smoothly and that seems to be so hard to find in a mascara. I personally feel that mascara is really an individual thing, but I just don't think you could be disappointed with this one. Its also a great mid priced mascara for $18. You can order it online at Sephora.com and here is the right up from their web site....

What it does: Bare Escentuals Buxom® Lash Mascara - Blackest Black holds the style of your lashes for a continuous 12 hours with no flakiness. The silky, vitamin-rich formula darkens, lengthens, and thickens from root to tip without ever clumping. Its patented, hourglass-shaped brush is designed to lift and separate every lash while delivering the perfect amount of antioxidant-rich mascara needed for bigger, fuller lashes.

What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Parabens
- Sulfates
- Synthetic Fragrances
- Synthetic Dyes
- Phthalates

Steamcream

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:01:00 +0000

I found this cream online called Steamcream and thought what the hell I'll try it...well their customer service is AMAZING and the shipping is lightening fast...now that I got that out of the way let's get to the cream itself. They come in the cutest little tins that once the cream is gone you can use them for a whole bunch of things. Cool Huh? I bought the British flag looking one and its the perfect size to put in your purse, car or in your carry on bag while you are traveling. The cream has a nice fresh lavender scent and certainly makes your hands feel smooth and soft.

So for my Ask Aimee review I give this a full steam ahead 4 stars!

Traverse City Girls Getaway...or Glamping

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:30:00 +0000

I call this my version of "Glamping" that's glamours and camping, for you newbies. I turned 41 in January and decided to usher in my birthday with four girlfriends at a beautiful log cabin in Traverse City. I know I am sounding terribly spoiled....but after I pull out that very old silver spoon from my mouth I will use my favorite line...."Don't judge me"....yes... I will be the first to admit that I am not some minimalist, get in touch with nature, kind of girl. My idea of communing with nature is rolling down the window of the air-conditioned SUV and looking at the woods.... NOT getting out and walking through them, for Gods sake . So, with that in mind we rented a beautiful log cabin in Traverse City, MI. Now, when I say beautiful I mean home and garden magazine, crazy, beautiful, champagne wishes and caviar dreams, freaking beautiful. This place was log cabin heaven and listen... I'm a tough sell... refer back to the silver spoon reference. We had a million dollar view and the house to match. Now, mix that with my best girlfriends and it was a slice of heaven. Before you all go on hating me too much, it was also...wait for it....affordable..GASP.... yes, I mean it. With all the beautiful places to travel it really isn't inexpensive for people to go to a slice of heaven with a million dollar view, now is it? We had a private chef, Shannon from Chow Bella Catering, come in and deliver us four days worth of meals that was so much food we had two days worth of meals when we came home. She made us four appetizers, crepes with fresh strawberry compote, salmon and asparagus, chicken in a mustard Dijon sauce and risotto, lasagna that would make Rachel Ray weep and of course a beautiful butter cream birthday cake. Ohhhh, I need to un-button my pants just typing that! Shannon did such an amazing job! Thank you Shannon! For the four days with five people, including food, we each spent $350 total. Now, that doesn't include the liquor but that was only about $5 a piece....Tee hee. Now, you can't beat that! Dennis, who owns this beautiful log cabin of perfection, was so kind and helpful with all of our questions and had stacks of wood for our roaring fireplace. He has, with his wife, decorated each inch of the cabin with the most unique antiques and cabinesque items that they have collected over the years. There is two fully restored wood canoes hanging from the ceiling, one with Christmas lights meticulously placed to define the outline of the canoe. He has everything from antique radios to a large model seaplane perched in the upper loft. Every detail has been seen to with to die for design flare. So, next time you think about getting away, go check out home away.com, look up your little slice of luxury and load up your BFF's for a little communing with nature. Or if you are near Michigan, call up my friend Dennis and pull up an Adirondack chair and glass of chardonnay and wave at nature for me.
Chin-chin nature!
So for my Ask Aimee review I give this a five shining silver spoons...yay Glamping!

Fresh Sugar Plum Tinted Lip Treatment SPF 15

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 03:14:00 +0000

Once again this is my second disappointment with Fresh first the lemon pledge disguised as a perfume and now the tinted lip balm....gosh what's up with you Fresh? I mean after the Lichee bath cubes did you decided to just give up? This is nothing more than a pretty packaged Burt's Bees coloured lip balm...Sorry Burt..but really that would be fine if it wasn't a whopping $23.62....oh yea crazy huh. Now if you have tried this product and love it than please tell me what makes it so special because truly I want to love Fresh again but for now I think I need to break up with them. So Fresh.." it's not you, it's me. I hope we can be friends someday...stop crying Fresh you'll meet a nice girl one day."
So for my Ask Aimee Review I give it "I'm dumping your ass" zero stars

Dior Vernis Gris Montaigne

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:00:00 +0000

This is my first time trying Dior polish and I'm hooked. Now to be honest it's thick and that takes some getting used to but it looks like perfection on your nails and has a pretty good lasting time considering I have natural nails and everything chips after a few days. The colour is to die for and everyone keeps asking what it is!That usually doesn't happen with your average nail polish BUT this isn't average darling it's Dior....
So for my ask Aimee Review I give this a delightful Dior four stars because it's beautiful but it is expensive but a great splurge!

Pro Hair Tinsel

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:02:00 +0000

I was watching Oprah the other day and she was interviewing a previous guest and I kept noticing that the woman she was talking to had hair that was kind of sparkly....was it spray on glitter....was it my eyes playing tricks on me....I kept watching and looking but I couldn't figure out what was in her hair dammit..... Then at the end Oprah asked her what was in her hair....thank you Oprah! She said it was her company Hair Flairs. So on my iPad I went and looked it up and discovered that they are thin strands of tinsel that you tie into your hair that come in gold, silver and a whole lot of other colors.....Well, of course, you know it... I ordered the gold and purple ones for my daughter. They are $10 for a package of 100 strands of tinsel... hee hee... it kinda makes me laugh when I say it...Anyway, I have to say, I had problems with them falling out at first until I realized that I needed to knot the hair and the tinsel together or something like that. I guess I'm not as smart as I think I am if I'm outsmarted by hair tinsel, for goodness sake... Damn you, hair tinsel...dramatic pause.....OK. I did figure it out and my daughter who is on a sports team with purple as their team colours looks so cute with them in her hair! Now I feel I might be pushing it being forty with tinsel in my hair... but I put one gold one in my hair (now that I 'm blond again)....but I think it looks really cool! Or am I just a old chick that thinks she looks cool....mmmm that's the question. Well until some young whipper snapper comes up to me and says "hey cool hair tinsel old lady!" I will just leave it in.
So for my Ask Aimee review I give this a sparkling four stars.

Fresh Sugar Lemon - 0.34 oz Eau de Parfum Roll-On

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:39:00 +0000

There is really nothing better than seeing the UPS man driving up my driveway.... really he's like my version of Santa Claus! My husband has a fit and I am purely giddy with anticipation, pulling open my package like a six year old on Christmas morning. A package from Sephora.... well, that's just a slice of heaven! So, as I am pulling out my latest buys, I grab my Fresh Lemon Sugar Roll On Perfume that I had bought on a whim... Shocker, I know but remember don't judge me! Now I have really liked some of the Fresh products that I have tried before...the Lychee bath cubes are amazing, by the way..... So needless to say I had nothing but high hopes for this perfume, but as I rolled this new scent over my wrist all I could think was "crap!" I just spent $22 on lemon pledge! and a funky uglier stepsister version of lemon pledge at that! Now it sits in its coffin, I mean box on my dining room table or as I like to refer to it "The graveyard of NEEDS to be returned".....I really hate returning stuff... ugh boring!
So if you are interested in smelling like a lemon, save your money and rub some lemon pledge on yourself and you can be Cinderella to the ugly stepsister Sugar Lemon by Fresh....
So for my Ask Aimee review I give this a sour smelling zero stars.

Nuddle

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:48:00 +0000

Mmmmmm Nuddle...... yes this is the classy version of the Snuggie and it is wonderful! Named Nuddle (Nap + Cuddle = Nuddle) it is crazy expensive, yes BUT how nice this time of year to curl up in front of the tv with a glass of wine, or two...or three...remember, don't judge me... And curl up in the Nuddle and let the snow fall outside. As the web site says "The Nuddle was designed to be the most luxurious, warm, comfortable & functional lounging blanket you will ever own. This double-sided, super-plush blanket was designed with an exclusive foot pocket, outer hand pouch and openings to keep hands free to read, type, snack or just nap!" The only draw back is that it just has slots for your arms and if it's really cold your arms get cold as well. But it feels soooo soft and you don't look like something on a two a.m infomercial. Now I'm not hating on the infomercials cause God knows at three a.m I feel I desperately need the salad shredder and want to cut up some pop cans with a Ginsu knife that very minute, but this is something you don't hide in your closet when guests come over... just saying. I got the latte colour and it washes up really well as I found out after my French bulldog Archie decided to pee on the Nuddle. He probably just wants his own right? It isn't cheap to say the least and as I'm writing this I feel kinda stupid for spending that much on a classy Snuggie...but if you are one of the crafty sewing people out there you could make this for next to nothing and stick out your tongue at me over your craftiness if you are so inclined but with my sewing days far behind me I forked out the $69.99 to nuddle just like Kelly Rutherford of Gossip Girl, Rebecca Romijn, Lauren Conrad and Debra Messing. Yes this could have been a drunk purchase of mine as I do drink and then go on the Internet and decide to shop... NOT a good idea by the way. I do really love my nuddle and if you have the money to spend or are Rebecca Romijn then Nuddle away! Heck buy a Nuddle for all your friends BUT if you are watching your budget then find one of those crafty people and force them to sew you one.
So for the ask Aimee review I give this a comfy 3 stars because it is really nice but way too expensive for a souped up Snuggie.

DiorShow 360 Mascara

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:01:00 +0000

I want to start out by saying that I have beauty product sucker written all over me like the wall of a New York subway station sooooo it's no shock that when Dior's new mascara Dior Show 360 came out I was priority shipping mine asap from Sephora. It's not available where I live so that made me want it even more. I HAVE TO HAVE IT!!! I didn't care that it cost $44.00 Noooo it promises to lengthen and curl my lashes like they have never been curled before. It's so high tech that the brush spins with a turn of the button. Oh yes my friends I did say "it SPINS!!!" I was waiting every day at the door looking for my trusted post man to bring me my spinning bottle of eyelash perfection. I had dreams of people being mesmerized by my perfect butterfly like batting lashes. People would stop me and ask..."Were you born with those thick long perfectly curved unbelievably amazing lashes???" OK I know I am getting a little overly dramatic but truly if we believe all the beauty hype which totally does work...after all I did say I was a sucker right? This is a very nice mascara AND having a rotating wand is quite fun and different BUT my lashes aren't any longer than the $10 mascara and I don't have people stopping me entranced by my lush long luxurious lashes. I have always and will always fall for the newest and latest beauty item because I am that person that is pulled in by the pretty packaging and claims to make my skin look like it did when I was twelve. Don't judge me. It could happen one day when I am cryogenically frozen with Walt Disney maybe.... but if you are by chance a little less gullible than I am then I would pass up this mascara and keep on the look out for the fountain of youth... but don't forget to email me when you find it Pleeaase! Cryogenics isn't my first choice.
So for my Ask Aimee review I give this a lash spinning 2.5 Stars. It's way to expensive but it is a nice mascara and if price is not a concern then go for it.

Ddrops The Sun Vitamin

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:39:00 +0000

Ddrops are easy easy easy! I am one of those people that my girlfriend Kelly makes fun of because I am avoiding the sun at all costs. The sun causes wrinkles and sun spots you know! She seriously laughs at me when we golf because she is out there soaking up the sun and I am slathering on SPF 90 under my golf umbrella. I do have to say that when I did tan I could stay out in the sun all day with my bottle of oil mixed with iodine (come on all you 1980's people remember that trick ) and get just burnt or a different form of white maybe eggshell? So fast forward a decade plus later and I have learned to embrace my extreme whitness even obsess over it a little bit. SO I obviously don't get a lot of vitamin D ( the sun vitamin) as a result there enters the Ddrops a handy little way to get your D vitamin without all the pill taking effort. You can drop theese easy little drops on the back of your hand and take up to as many D vitamins as your doctor wants you too. It sooo simple you wish everything was this easy. I just put one drop on the back of my hand and lick away and ther is no taste and I have my 1000 iu's of vitamin d faster that you can say it D vitamins. You can buy Ddrops at any pharmacy or vitamin store.
So for my ask Aimee D review I give this a sunny 5 stars!

Kiss Me Mascara

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 03:35:00 +0000

Ohhh kiss me mascara we have been together forever! Yes I am one of the first kiss me mascara devotees. I have always loved loved loved the tube lashes! As their ad says "Kiss Me Mascara. No running, No smudging, No flaking, No clumping, No make-up removers… No Compromise." Pretty convincing huh? Now as I try more and more mascaras I realize that mascara is really a very personal thing. What works for one person doesn't necessarily work for the next. I have always loved kiss me mascara but I would bet there are as many people who didn't find it to be their particular cup of tea. I definitely find that my preferences have changed since using Latisse. My lashes are LONG! Really long! So I don't need a mascara that makes them longer but instead I need something that makes them stand out and look thicker. Latisse has made them longer but not thicker unfortunately. So Kiss Me works perfectly to make me look like I am not wearing any mascara but instead have freakishly long eyelashes.I also like that there isn't a chance to get that mascara smudge under your eye with this mascara but if you do get them wet people will think your eyelashes are falling out The tubes come off looking like your eyelashes if you didn't know and it could freak people out. Anyway I would always recommend you to give this mascara a try. It is natural looking and I personally love it, so what more do you need... right? If you have short sparse lashes then don't try it but if you have normal lashes this is a great mascara to use during the day that won't make you look like you have that clumpy tranchilla eyelashes YUCK! I really hate that! You can find kiss me mascara at any beauty supply store or on their web site www.sephora.com one of my favourite sites to buy all my goodies because of the samples you get. I love love love samples!
So for my Ask Aimee review I give this a lash lengthening 4 stars. It makes your
lashes look naturally long but on the downside it doesn't give you any thickness.

Mystic Tan...yes I did pee!

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:56:00 +0000

Well just one of my most embarrassing stories includes a visit to the Mystic Tan and since this is the NEW Mystic Tan HD and the other one is no longer at that location I feel that I can share my embarrassing story with you. But you promise to keep it just between us right? I went many years ago to the Mystic tan (the old one) and thought to myself ..... I don't need to go pee before I go in... "Im good" well.... I got into that damn thing and stood their naked waiting to get sprayed and it was soooo F****** COLD. I mean REALLY cold take your breath away cold. When it sprayed you it was like pure ice water spraying you from head to toe! Well you guessed it I started to pee. I tried with ALL my might to stop but I just couldn't!!!! so as the self tanner is being sprayed over my whole body this pee was dripping down my legs. CRAP!! I thought two things, First: I am mortified and Second: Im OLD yes I am now some old woman who cant hold her pee. Not only am I fat and getting a spray tan to cover up my fatness and cellulite BUT now I cant hold my own bladder. What's next? Depends for Gods sake? Ok well the spray tan was over and I was desperately wiping up my pee dribbles and thought that this was just something that no one will ever know and I will put this whole experience behind me and forget it ever happened. I was tanning for a trip we were taking and the next day I started to notice these stripes along both my legs. Yes I now looked like a spray tanned version of a zebra....I tried to add self tanner around it. I also tried to rub it off but there was no way around it my legs looked like a zebra.

Now I know what you are probably thinking...what Mystic tan was that and I am NEVER going there! but rest assured that Mystic Tan is gone and there is a brand new Mystic Tan HD with a warming spray YES I did say warming spray. So when I went on our last cruise I decided to give it another try. I know after my zebra experience I didn't have much hope but I went to the bathroom and peed my little heart out! The highly tanned man behind the counter assured me that this is the latest and greatest in spray tanning ( well he was very tan so he should know right? ) and with my cellulite butt cruise just a few days ahead I said what the hell. So this is a whole new Mystic Tan experience if I do say so myself. First it talks to you and in an animated voice it told me it is warming the unit...that made me feel better right away! I first put a lot of cream on my nails, hands and feet because it will make you look like you got in a fight with the self tanner bottle if you don't so really lather it on. I also put on a hair net and decided to keep my underwear on minus the bra this time (attractive huh??). I wasn't going to have a repeat of last time if I could under any circumstances help it so I was counting on that underwear! well the first spray came out and it was nice and warm yayy!!! no pee so far so good! So I listened obediently to the voice and put my foot on the numbered pads and turned myself around when told. I also put a piece of paper towel under each foot because the bottom of your feet get orange from the floor. This actually worked really well! After you are finished you just towel yourself off and a day before you shower and wait for your tan. I have to say that this was a really great natural looking tan colour. I picked medium because the "tanned guy" said that the light doesn't event show up and the dark is really dark. I really looked very natural for my whole seven day cruise. I did keep lotion on but other than that I didn't feel the need to apply more tanner throughout my trip.

I know after this post you are probably asking yourself why on earth would she share that embarrassing story with us? Well I now feel that I need to laugh at the crazy things that happen in our life and this was a long time ago.... I mean seriously it was really funny wasn't it? and now you and I can have a good laugh and hopefully next time you have a self tanning peeing zebra striping experience or something just as funny you will share your story and we can have a good laugh and realize not to take life so seriously.

So for my Ask Aimee D review I give this NEW Mystic Tan a pee free 4 Stars because it gives you a great sunless tan but if you don't load a lot of cream on your hands and feet you could look like you got in a fight with Snookie and her bottle of self tanner.

Tory Burch Reva flats

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:49:00 +0000

Since I don't live on a private island or own my own yacht I still think its important to wear good accessories that make me look like I live on a private yacht near my own private luxuriously tropical island. I truly believe that you can wear a whole outfit from Joe Fresh or the Gap and just add good quality accessories that make you look like the luxury jettsetting island owning yacht living person that you want to be, or like me, wish you were. Remember???....."Don't judge me"

Anyway, they come in a tonne of colours from patent to zebra and every other colour under the sun even rubber for those rainy days! They are the chicest things ever. They were even one of Oprah's favourite things this year so its not like I'm not already preaching to the converted. I found mine on Ebay at half price. I love love love Ebay! They range from $235.00- $195 on her web site ToryBurch.com but I found mine on Ebay for $95 You really have to like that!!! I have both the zebra and the black patent. I also love love love her clutch that matches although I haven't found one on Ebay that I like at the right price yet but I do like the thrill of the hunt!!!

So for my Ask Aimee review I give this a very chic Oprah loving 5 stars!

That's My Pan!

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:39:00 +0000

Christmas just passed and like everyone I have a few people who I don't have a clue what to get but I am sooo filled with.... you've done a tonne of stuff for me all year and I need to equal that with a thoughtful Christmas gift . Well this is a GREAT gift for all the people who you want to remind that you put some thought into their gift by personalizing something JUST for them. Thats My Pan! at www.thatsmypan.com is a web site that customizes baking pans with the name of the person on it. Cool HUH? you also add different artwork next to it like spoons, flags, baskets and a whole lot of other stuff. That way when you bring over your grandams old brownie recipe the person doesn't keep your pan AND take credit for your brownies. I think this is a great gift anytime of the year and at $25.95 the original 9x13 pan is one gift that is always a big hit!

So for the Ask Aimee review I give this a freshly baked 5 Stars!

Batisete Dry Shampoo

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:18:00 +0000

I have to confess that I now hate doing my hair... Yes I have become one of the women in a swimming pool who can swim and keep their head hovering above the water simply because they don't want to rewash their hair. One of my guilty addictions (and I am only just admitting ONE in this post at the moment...) I go every week at least and get my hair washed and blown out by my hairdresser. Now I am going to say what I say to everyone one... "don't judge me" and feel free to use that anytime someone gives you a hard time about any of your own guilty pleasures. It actually really works. People are kinda stunned when you say it and don't really know how to respond.
So in between my visits to my hairdresser I will sometimes spray dry shampoo on my roots. Now my hair is really dry and I don't have to wash it more that twice a week and that isn't the case for everyone. But this is a great thing to have in your beauty arsenal for the times you have put in too much of a shine product or just in between washings. This stuff is a little scary at first let me warn you because it really is just baby powder in a spray can. When you spray it on your hair your whole head can look like you dumped baby powder on it so my advice is to go light at first and to try it at a time when you aren't going out. What happens is that the baby powder absorbs all the oil in your hair and then you take a natural bristle brush (not yor favorite one because you will now have baby powder in it) and brush through your hair until you don't see any of the white powder anywhere. Once you have used it a few times you will be able to just spray on a small amount. I also use this when I have been out somewhere where there is a lot of smoke because you know how cigarette smoke just clings to your hair and this takes the smell right out.
So for my Ask Aimee review I give this a grease hair stopping 3 stars because it works in a pinch but can be a little hard to use.

Sensodyne Iso-active Foaming Gel Toothpaste

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:39:00 +0000

The purpose of my blog is to tell you about all my likes and dislikes from the outrages to the mundane. Well here we are at the mundane I guess.....toothpaste. Everybody uses it (I hope!) and we have all found ourselves in front of the toothpaste isle at the drugstore staring at all the different types of brands trying to choose which new one to buy or to just stick with our old standard. Well I found myself somewhat giddy when I saw the new Sensodyne foaming toothpaste. I know I am easily excited but I threw it in my cart and off I went with thoughts of tingly foaming action later that night when I brushed my teeth. My first impression of it was pretty good. It foamed a bit and tasted fine and initially I liked the new funky looking container. the next day I went to use it and there was a little bit of the toothpaste that seems to leak out of the spout from the night before. I threw the clump in the garbage and and didn't pay much attention to it. Well 30 days have past and that damn clump is driving me crazy!!!! Yes you heard me CRAZY! ( I'm also easily driven crazy too) let me say that it is like having some toothpaste fairy come every night and take the top off your toothpaste and squeeze some out. I have put the cap on thinking that would fix it... NOT. I have run the top of the toothpaste container under hot water to make sure there is not any toothpaste left in the spout to see if that would fix it...NOT... Ok maybe I am being a little dramatic here and for those people who don't mind to brush their teeth with a wad of hard dried up chuck up toothpaste attached to their toothbrush then this is certainly the right toothpaste for you but for me this is just annoying. So I am not saying I don't like Sensodyne because I do, just not this new foaming one in the poorly designed space age bottle they were trying to go for. But also, as a fun side note, and nothing to do with my personal angst against the new Sensodyne bottle but my father was the inventor of the flip top that goes on shampoo bottles, ketchup bottles and anything that has that hinged flip top. Cool Huh? Now don't get all excited thinking I am living on some yatch near my personal private island next to Oprah and Richard Branson counting my roalities from every bottle with a flip top out there...I'm not.
( even though in my fantasy world I am. That and being super slim and able to eat anything I want) actually my dad had it pattened and then sold the patten a few years later before I was even born. So i don't live on a yacht or my own private island and have never met Oprah or Richard Branson........And it was funny but my Dad told me that most companies thought it was a ridiculous idea can you believe that? I wonder what they told the Velcro man...you'll have to ask him if you are ever driving by on your yacht next to his private island located right near the man' private island who invented the pet rock.
So for my Ask Aimee review of Sensodyne Foaming Toothpaste I give this a solid " its enough to drive me crazy" 1 Star!

Snap Tell app

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 02:58:00 +0000

There are certain things that in my gadget geek filled world still make me feel like we are in some Star Trek episode and SnapTell from the iTunes app store is still one of them. This is not a new app but with new people getting iPhones everyday I feel I should still sing the praises of SnapTell! With this app you take a picture with your iPhone of a book cover, DVD or CD and then it will automatically take you to the name of the item and check the lowest prices for it online, look it up in Wikipedia, Google and Amazon. From the Amazon button it will tell you the price, description and details about it and current reviews. You can also buy it right there as well, once you have a Amazon account. I read a lot so when I am in the book store I also take pictures of the books I am interested in and keep them in "my snaps" so I can remember them later when I am looking for a book I might like to read later. I use this mostly for books because I am addicted to reading the book reviews by the people on Amazon. I even use this at my book club when we are picking out our next months picks. Everyone always says "Aimee did you read the reviews on Amazon?" so if I haven't, I just pull out my iPhone and take a picture of the book and it takes me to the Amazon reviews and I fill everyone in. There are a million apps out there and sometime the newest and latest ones get all the attention but if you haven't got SnapTell yet go download it. And you know what's even better?? It's FREE ...yes it's free...Yay!
So for my Ask Aimee review I give SnapTell a Snappy 5 Stars

Poo~Pourri

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 20:25:00 +0000

Since I started my blog reviews, my friend Angela (A.K.A editor at large), keeps making fun of the fact that ALL of my ask Aimee review are 5 stars. Well, I can't help it. I have started with my "Favorite Things". That's a wishful Oprah reference, I know, I promise I will write reviews in the future that will be of things I didn't like at all or of things that are just so so. SO, back to my favorite things. I am going to tell you about another of my favorite things that I found when my other best friend Kelly and I went up to Grail Springs Inn and Spa in Bancroft Ontario. You see, Grail Springs was our attempt at losing some pounds and detoxing our poor abused bodies from too much wine and generally not taking care of ourselves. Let's just say that we had a GREAT time and met some super people BUT I didn't lose any weight and of course could not give up my wine. Oh well, I can always try again right???
While we were eating our totally vegan food and detoxing, we found this cute little bottle in the gift store (you know we became permanent fixtures in that gift store!) it is called Poo~Pourri and the bottle says "Spritz the bowl before you go and no one will ever know". Now how funny is that!! It comes in this little spray bottle with this little silver "P" charm around it and on the back it says; "Before you go blend of natural essential oils creates a barrier to embarrassing bathroom odor: to anoint shake well, lift throne lid and seat spray directly onto the surface water until covered ( 4-6 sprays) proceed to use the throne as usual." The 2 oz bottle is $9.95 on the Poo~Pourri web site but I also have bought it on Amazon as well. Not only does this stuff really work but it is all natural and smells great! Not to even mention how adorable it looks on the side of my sink in my guest bathroom. Now another idea is to get a beautiful little frame and put their very posh directions on how to use the Poo~Pourri next to the bottle since most people aren't familiar with how to use it. I have also tried spraying it in the air like an air freshener and it works great that way too.
So for the ask Aimee review i give this a odor taming 5 Stars ( I know Angela don't say it...)

Latisse

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 03:37:00 +0000

About a year ago, I saw a commercial for Latisse on television for prescription drops that can make your eyelashes grow. I looked like scooby doo and my ears perked up and I said "whaaa"
That was all I needed. I called the doctor and made an appointment to get my Latisse NOW! I know a little dramatic, right.....but it is the promise of long luscious eyelashes. I went to the doctor and they told my how to apply just one drop of the liquid to the application brushes and apply like I would liquid eyeliner to the top of each eyelid and wait for the magic to happen. Well it has been a year and my crazy excitement over the whole thing has thankfully calmed down. My lashes are twice the length they once were and that is really awesome but on the downside they aren't thicker. Well, you can't have everything...right? Or at least my husband keeps telling me that. But what does he know. Anyway, it has also darkened the skin on my eyelids but with coverup it's livable. I did stop using it for about four months and my eyelashes went back to the way they were before so, it is something you have to keep up with. Also when I first started the Latisse, it did take about four to six weeks before I started to see any difference.
So for the Ask Aimee review I will give Latisse four stars since the long lashes are great but the darker eyelids not so much.

Brookstone Eye Mask

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 03:25:00 +0000

I love love love to sleep in a pitch black room. I therefore have blackout drapes on every window in my bedroom but when I travel that isn't always the case. I also don't like eye masks that you can't open up your eyes once you put them on. Well, I haven't had that problem for awhile since those clever people at Brookstone made the Memory Foam Eye Mask. They call it Nap Form Eye Mask. It blocks out 100% of the light and it is curved so that you can open your eyes!!! And if you have eye makeup on it won't mess them up. Even better right? Now I usually keep my silk eye mask on a plane that has " Do Not Disturb" embroyered on it. Not being bitchy.....just honest. BUT back to the Brookstone Eye Mask this is one of my favorite things because it does the job perfectly AND it feels so soft and cushy. It's not inexpensive at $35 but it has been worth every penny. I also use it when I have a bad head ache to block out light so I would imagine anyone with migraines would love this mask too.
So for the ask Aimee review I give this Brookstone Eye Mask a five star!!!

Ipad

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 03:19:00 +0000

This is a simple review because everyone has probably seen, looked at, ogled and been told about Apple' s iPad BUT I just have to say one more time that it is simply AMAZING!!!! There really isn't much that I can say that isn't great about it. Now I was the person who preordered it the minute it was online that day from Apple. Yes if you haven't gathered already I am a complete gadget junkie. I simply drool over the latest and greatest and this was at the top of the list! I read my books on it. I do also have a Kindle and a Kobo. Well I did say I was a gadget junkie and accepting you have a problem is the first step...right? Although I have no desire to be cured! Anyway I check email, play games,surf the web, check weather and anything else you could possible imagine in the world of Buck Rogers. (Anyone born after 1980 won't get the reference by the way) ohhh and did I forget to say shop?? Yes I did well as if you didn't already assume I do like to shop and one of my favorite places is Ebay. I really don't know what I did before Ebay??? I should almost mark my life as preEbay and PostEbay really. I have my eBay app on my iPad and love to look for all the million things I just can't live without and could never normally find BUT that's a whole other post.
So for the Ask Aimee rating for Apple's iPad I give it a rocking 5 stars!

Cicaplast by La Roche-Posay

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 02:56:00 +0000

I came across this cream one day when I was roaming around Shoppers Drug Mart. I have to say that this store is one of my "happy places". All the makeup, creams, perfumes!!! And while I'm buying makeup I can still pick up some toilet paper and Advil Cold and Sinus. Isn't that GREAT!!! I also get to know the ladies that work in the cosmetic area and they always let me know when a special event or new item is coming in. Now you gotta like that!
Now getting back to Cicaplast. It says that it is an Epidermal Recovery Accelerator (you gotta love cosmetic companies ability to word stuff!). Well, I still had break outs in my 30's and now my 40's....UGH and I thought after I got my braces off in high school, my days of zits would be behind me. I guess not! And I won't even go into the little black hair that keeps growing out of my chin that my mother never told me would happen. So now every time I get a zit after it clears up I get this red colored type scar left behind and it takes months before it fades. But after the zit is popped (sorry for being gross but we have all been there) or gone down I cover the affected area with this cream and go to bed every night until the red is gone. I can now have all the redness gone and hopefully not a scar ("thou shall never pick" I keep telling myself or at least my dermatologist keeps telling me that) and it's gone in a week. Now my hairdresser just had a baby and said that every cream that she has tried for stretch marks isn't working so I told her that as long as the stretch marks are red then I think this should work so I will have to update you on how it's worked for her in a few months.
So the Ask Aimee review I give this a 5 stars

Medique AHA/BHA Facial cleanser

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 02:40:00 +0000

One of my long time searches is for the perfect facial cleanser. I have tried every possible cleanser out there from the most expensive ones at Neiman Marcus to one of the oldest, Noxema. Most are either too expensive for what they do or too greasy and make my eyes blood shot. I know people say you should take off your eye makeup first with an eye makeup remover but, to tell you the truth, most of them ARE the stuff that makes my eyes red and really, I am mostly just too lazy to do it. So about ten years ago I found this facial cleanser at my dermatologist office. Of course every dermatologist raves about their products and makes you think every other product is far far inferior from theirs but I never said I wasn't a sucker for beauty products, did I? So I, of course, bought the Medique products. Now I have been using this facial cleanser for the better part of ten years and to be honest I haven't stuck with anything that long EVER!..... except my husband and that doesn't count cause I couldn't get rid of him if I tried...Just kidding! But ten years is just a great testament as to how great this cleanser is. I can take off my eye makeup at the same time and as long as I don't get it in my eyes it takes my eye makeup off perfectly and washes my face in one lazy step YAY!!! It cost $39 dollars and I buy it in Windsor at Cygnus Skin Rejuvenating Clinic. What I really like is that it lasts forever because you really only need a little bit. I use about the size of a nickel and with the AHA in there it exfoliates your skin on a daily basis which is good for both people with acne and people who are fighting those dreaded wrinkles. It would also be good in the shower for men who have problems with acne on their backs. So there might be stuff out there that is cheaper or pricier for that matter but this bottle will last me six months and it makes my skin look great.
So for the Ask Aimee review I give Medique a skin soooo beautiful 5 stars!

Bose QuietComfort 15 noise canceling head phones

noreply@blogger.com (Aimee D) — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 02:26:00 +0000

As I write this post, I am listening to my Bose Quiet Comfort 15 Noise Cancelling Headphones and they are a pure slice of heaven! I just came back from a long flight on Delta this last month and I tell you they are amazing how they block out all that background noise on the airplane. They come with a hefty price tag at $ 349.99 Canadian plus tax but I just have to say they are worth every penny. I know I say that about lots of stuff but really they have such a great sound and when you are someplace like an airport I can just put my headphones on and all that I hear is my music in one of the best headphones ever made. Now I haven't tried on the other ones like the Dr Dre Beats but really I just can't see myself as a 40 year old mother of two wearing Dr Dre's but that's just me..... This is even my second pair since I had my first pair stolen out of my car when it was broken into. I loved them that much I bought them again. I know it's easy to put on the Apple ear bud and I will keep them in my purse and use them as well but if I am going to listen to music for any period of time or want to block out the background noise of my kids ( just saying) then I will use my Bose ear phones.
So for my ask Aimee review I give this a sweet sound 5 stars