March 2009

Meg here and I have a whole new family!
I grew up in not the best circumstances in a very small town outside of Boston. Let's just say my parents were/are "absent"
It's fine-life happens to everyone! Let's just move on!
I say that, and I whole-heartdly believe it. Smile and the world smiles with you. Cry and you cry alone.
So many of you have emailed me that I must have gone to a fancy school, I must "know people" I'm just "so lucky!"
I am not from any family that anyone would do favors for.  I never went to college. I walk under ladders and step on cracks...I'm not very lucky.
Why would anyone want to help such a loser?
Here is a tutorial for all blog writers. I beleive you must pay it forward and here are the keys to my success....
In the beginning I begged for product, no one would send it without a very formal email on how I would help expand the brand.
This led to getting to know every key product placer. As the site grows the community learns,
It's very hard to throw the party and build a community. Who knows how it looks from the outside. I feel like the party was a success so I am lucky enough to have Stylemama report from the field! Here she is!
 What do you get when you combine make up, energy drinks and the press?  A meg'smakeup.com re-launch party for the record books!
The Madame of Makeup does not disappoint.  The word of the night: Flawless!  As expected, Meg was a total knock out and of course her hair and makeup looked gorgeous!  She was dressed in a fantastic pink cocktail dress that just happened to be the same color as the gift bags and the cocktails!  What else would you expect?  The girls from “Her” energy drinks hosted an open bar, featuring their light pink concoction.  Vodka chasers optional.  Ironically, it looked as if each carbonated cocktail was purposely chosen as the perfect pink accent for Meg's entire look.   Too cute! 

A Spring Chic-y Goddess Granny here: OMG...can I tell you that I'm actually nervous about writing my review this week???
This site is SO freakin' classy and sassy now that even this ol' houndog will have to glam-up her act to follow suit! What was "wonderful" is now simple "the BEST" and I'm so thrilled to be a part of it as well as being thrilled for Meg who only continues to give us all more reasons to love her! Who could ever hate on a woman who only makes the best in all of us even better in so many ways?
 
In that spirit of "sharing", I'm gonna' introduce y'all to one of my private stash companies this week: a Mom and daughter team from Texas who are truly making their mark in the handcrafted bath and body market with their original and over-the top marvelous bath and body treats!
Baths and all things that you can buy for the tub and after are my addiction and therapy! NOTHING delights me more than a tub full of hot water waiting to be "decorated" by something scented and delightful,some good wine,and a bit of time to kill...my idea of heaven/nirvana,any day or time!
 
I discovered them through ETSY (a truly wonderful resource for all things handcrafted) and now they have their own colorful site as well! They use only the finest botanicals,natural butters,oils,and herbs in their creations and honestly,I am a total bath-junkie and have yet to find products that rival theirs for color, scent and for the way they make you feel during and after a hot soak! People are raving about "Moons" and with good reason: they offer products that are not only designed to function perfectly as botanical bath yummies but they have a sense of style and humor that can't be beat as well!

It’s Wednesday’s Body Beautiful with Jeanasina coming to you LIVE from the re-vamped, state-of-the-art, new and improved, gloriously informative, Megsmakeup!
I received an e-mail from L’Oreal entitled “Beauty on a Budget”. “Find out which of our products are beauty award winners…” I went directly to the NEW shampoo and conditioner they were featuring exclusively for color treated hair which was the new EverPure Sulfate-Free Color Care System! They have 3 categories for this new line which has about 5 options of products within each particular hair desirability factor to use to either moisturize, volumize and/or smooth your color treated hair!  I decided to look into the smoothing products; the shampoo and conditioner! The product line strongly suggests you use the complimentary products TOGETHER for optimal results! That's just what I am doing!
I have been using Pureology – by far the best shampoo and conditioner I have ever used for my ba-zillion year old colored blonde locks which was HIGHLY recommended buy my current hair stylist professional!  I love the Pureology smell and I loved the way it has changed the condition of my frazzeled hair but I DO NOT love the price!  When I saw that the  L'oreal EverPure line was sulfate free and that many reviews I read on other websites RAVED about this shampoo (especially former Pureology fan-club presidents) I decided to try this tonight!  I went to Target on my lunch hour (they actually had this new product mixed in with the more expensive known name brands Target carries rather than in the 'inexpensive' section where the other shampoos under $10.00 reside.  I chose the ‘smoothing’ line shampoo and conditioner ($6.99 each) and now,we are going to have a hand’s on experience with this new product!  Velcro on your terry cloth wraparound and let’s get this hair washing party started!

Word of the day (remember Pee Wee's Playhouse?) everyone make noise! RELAUNCH!! How does the dictionary define our word of the day? Relaunch: to reintroduce a product or brand to the market after changes or improvements have been made. Part of Speech: verb, noun How does Meg define Relaunch? Relaunch is to incorporate all the great ideas that have ever been suggested. Then I really nicely asked LAFred to help me build it. 

After so many thoughts and dreams and prescriptions filled... I bring you the new and improved - Megsmakeup.com!