Romy Raves

Have you ever visited the Restaurant.com website? It is a great place to buy significantly discounted restaurant gift certificates in your local area that you can print out instantly on your computer. They regularly offer $25 gift certificates for $10 at over 13,o00 restaurants nationwide which is a really good deal (and they are TOTALLY legit BTW).

Well, if that offer sounds enticing, you won’t believe this one, Restaurant.com is having an AMAZING time limited offer right now. They are selling their already discounted gift certificates for 80% off the regular price making their $10 gift certificates ONLY $2–Let me spell that out for you, you get a $25 restaurant gift certificate for $2 and in my book that’s a ROCKIN’ deal!

All that you need to do is click on the picture offer link below, search for restaurants in your area, then enter the discount code INDULGE and hit apply before you purchase, and it will adjust the price to 80% off. I know it sounds too good to be true, but this is the real deal. I bought five certificates today for some of my fav restaurants in my area, spent $10 and got a $125 value—WOW! Make sure to to take advantage of this insane offer immediately because these certificates tend to sell out quickly! This offer is valid until 1/19/10 at 11:59PM PST.

Hope you enjoy this Recessionista Friendly offer and tell your friends too! I also wanted to give a special Shout Out to my wonderful Sister-In-Law Jenn for sharing this fabulous resource–Please show her some love and take a moment to visit her brand spanking new blog where she shares lots of creative ideas for things you can do with your kids.

Here is the link: http://fun4kiddos.blogspot.com/

Tags: Deals, Gift Certificates, Recessionista, Restaurant.com

My lips have truly been seduced by this amazing innovative healing plumping lip gloss called Vampire Kiss by Lip Seduction. This inspired lip product kinda reminds me of a ‘lip gloss meets a lip plumper meets Blistex’ and I am absolutely loving this refreshing lip cocktail! It has a slightly menthol tingly quality and the perfect amount of moisture and hydration, it instantly makes my lips feel plumped and pampered. But what the Recessionista in me is loving the most about this new find, is that you get your gloss product and your lip treatment all in one. I typically carry a lip fix/moisturizing product and a gloss product separately, but this healing gloss saves space and money–and I am totally addicted to it!

Vampire’s Kiss by Lip Seduction was created out of frustration. After investigating many of the lip enhancing products on the market, the creators of this product noticed that most products tend to burn and give bright red full lips for a short amount of time, don’t have enough collagen to boost the lips, were too drying, or only hydrate the lips. They wanted to create a lip product with the most innovative ingredients at a high enough concentration to create visible results without irritation or dryness and this lead to the creation of Vampire Kiss. This product hydrates, stimulates, helps regenerate collagen and offers multiple benefits to today’s modern budget conscious woman.

What makes Vampire’s Kiss so special? It’s the companies proprietary formula that contains a compound of five key lip enhancing ingredients:

1. Hyaluronic Acid Microspheres They have a sponge-like absorbency working to bind hundreds of times their weight in water to visibly fill and boost lip volume. It is also the what is used in professional injections known as Restylane.
2. Tri-Peptide 1 Builds collagen and creates a more permanent fuller, firmer lip.
3. Benzyl Nicotinate Increases blood flow and gives lips a fuller appearance.
4. Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A) Keeps lips smooth, improves dryness, assists in cellular renewal, and helps diminish the appearance of fine lip lines.
5. Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E) A natural moisturizer, antioxidant and preservative. Reduces water loss, keeping the lips moist and supple.

I adore this magical combination of ingredients because my lips look plump and pouty, they feel like ‘buttah’ and this product really feels like it is doing something to treat my lips and make them look more youthful. Vampire’s Kiss currently comes in three shades (clear, red and pink) and they have plans to offer a wider assortment of shades in the near future (I had a chance to sample a warm copper/cinnamon type shade, which I absolutely love, and this will be part of the expanded color options in the future).

If you would like to get some sexy in your pucker, you can get your own VK by Lip Seduction HERE. And check back with RR soon for some special offers on this product and for an opportunity to win your own Vampire Kiss by Lip Seduction. What’s your current favorite lip product? Post and share!

Tags: Lip Plumper, Lip Seduction, Multi-use Product, Plumping Lipgloss, Recessionista, Restylane, Vampire Kiss

As I have previously mentioned, I never seem to get enough sleep these days and therefore I am constantly on a quest for products that can help me look refreshed and well rested (and when I do, I thank my lucky stars that there are actually beauty products that exist that can transform my life!)Recently, I was delighted to learn about a brand new company and product line called First Aid Beauty (FAB–gotta love this acronym ) created by Lilli Gordon (formerly a partner of Fresh–a longtime favorite beauty product line of mine). This new line of products debuted at Cosmoprof North America in the coveted Discover Beauty Area and is officially launching today on Sephora’s website.

I actually read about FAB’s Detox Eye Roller in a pre-conference press release and was so excited about this product, that I couldn’t wait the few weeks until Cosmoprof to try it, so I contacted the company and they were kind enough to indulge this beauty junkie’s obsession before the conference. And to my pleasant surprise, this innovative new beauty treat delivered on all its promises—to ease the unsightly blue color under the eyes, to recapture lost volume in the under-eye area, to reduce fine lines, and to reverse the dreaded under-eye puffiness.

Sound to good to be true? I felt the same way and my true test of an eye product’s efficacy is to use it first thing in the morning, when I catch a glimpse of my swollen, tired-looking-cat eyes. So here goes nothing, first I roll on the product back and forth underneath one of my eyes (to do a comparision with the other eye) and I instantly love the slightly cold feeling of the metal roller ball on my sleepy eye–cool and refreshing, I likie! And it immediately feels fresh and hydrated and then I notice the tiny iridescent crystals in the bottle, which I know can only help my cause. And I kid you not, after only a minute or two, my treated eye looks perky, awake, moist, less puffy and less shadowy compared to its half asleep partner. I am a happy camper, my dreams are coming true and I quicky apply this inspired product to my other eye. Now I am ready to start my day!

So what’s the story behind this great new product line? Here’s the scoop: all of the FAB products cater to sensitive skin, utilize only the most essential scientific and botanical ingredients, are free of harsh irritants like parabens and are infused with a proprietary antioxdiant booster. The Detox Eye Roller specifically contains caffeine to help decrease dark circles, hyaluronate which helps hydrate the undereye area, peptides to diminish fine lines and a roller ball applicator which mobilizes trapped lymph to reverse swelling (and feels ridiculously good first thing in the morning). These well thought out ingredients result in an intriguing and effective detox trifecta!

And for all of you recessionistas, this wonderful product is affordably priced at about twenty bucks and you can buy it as of today online at Sephora

I hope you are able to give this new product a ‘roll’–I know it will be eye opening! Please post and tell me what you think or share your fav wake-up-the-tired looking eyes product.

Tags: Cosmoprof North America, Detox Eye Roller, Discover Beauty, FAB, First Aid Beauty, Recessionista, Sephora

Hey all of you beauty mavens and recessionistas, have I got a beauty find for you! I am always scouring the net for the latest and greatest beauty and lifestyle websites and information, and today I stumbled upon a doozy: Freaky Freddies

Freaky Freddies is one of the oldest and fastest growing sources of free samples and free stuff websites on the Internet. The site currently has 72 categories of freebies that you can choose from and it is updated daily. You can visit whenever the mood strikes or you can sign up to have their e-newsletter sent directly to you.

What I loved most about this freebie site is that have an entire section dedicated to FREE Beauty Booty (these words are music to a beauty junkies ears), which I find especially appealing in these more challenged economic times. They have a nice lush assortment of all different types of beauty goodies to choose from. To find out the latest free beauty loot and samples go to Freaky Freddies Free Beauty Products

I’ve already scored a coupon for a free deluxe sample of Aveda Hand Relief and also signed up for a sample of the newest fragrance by Narciso Rodriguez called Essence (which I have been dying to try BTW), and I plan on scoring alot more free beauty treats in the future. Let me know what beauty booty you score and PLEASE post and share other great resources for beauty freebies on the net—We all love gratis these days

Tags: Aveda, Beauty Booty, Freaky Freddies, freebies, Narciso Rodriguez, Recessionista

I am absolutely in love with these rockin’ pastel hued nail polishes by Lili Beauty. The colors are inspired opaque pastel shades that are perfect for summer (love the cute unusual shaped bottle too) and their colors are so different, fun and fresh that everyone keeps stopping me and asking what color and brand I am wearing on my nails (I am currently digging Pistachio–a light minty white green, pictured left). Â

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However, what I think is most impressive about this polish is that it is very high quality and extremely long lasting. You won’t believe the staying power of this polish (they call that ‘excellent inter-coat adhesion’ in nail lacquer parlance.) It lasted a good week before it ever began to chip and it only had minimal chips through the second week, and this is very impressive endurance for a nail polish in my opinion. I think the staying power is further enhanced by Lili’s All in One a base coat, top coat and nail strengthener all wrapped up in one rockin’ multi-use product (recessionista’s will love that!)Â

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In addition to all the impressive benefits mentioned above, the eco-conscious crowd will love that all of Lili’s polishes are toluene, formaldehyde and DBP free. And these high quality polishes are competitively priced at about six dollars each. You can buy Lili polishes online or look for them at local LA based beauty supplies. They have over seventy shades of colors in their palette and stay tuned for rich fall shades too.

Tags: formaldehyde free, Lili Beauty, nail polish, Recessionista, summer