I lighten my hair to try to recapture the perfect blonde color of my youth, problem is my hair pulls red and my beautiful blonde is never far from brassy.  I have been using the Philip Kingsley Pure Silver Shampoo and Conditioner to combat the dreaded brassy look. Besides smelling great it leaves my hair so soft and shiny and just a few days in my hair had lost the brassy look.

Philip Kingsley Pure Silver Shampoo

Formulated specifically for grey and bleached blonde hair, Pure Silver shampoo adds shine to dull, discoloured, grey and brassy blonde hair.

Designed with violet hues and Optical Brighteners, it reduces the appearance of yellow discolouration and gives the hair a dramatically brighter and glossier appearance. It provides gentle cleansing, balancing the different needs of roots and ends and supplies vital moisture, leaving hair lustrous and manageable.
Contains lavender oils for a calming fragrance.

$22

Love this conditioner it helps keep my hair bright and blonde and leaves it soft, shiny and easy to comb. I like that it is not too heavy it conditions without weighing down my hair.

Philip Kingsley Pure Silver Conditioner

Formulated specifically for grey and bleached blonde hair, Pure Silver conditioner adds shine to dull, discolored, grey and brassy blonde hair.
Designed with violet hues and Optical Brighteners, it reduces the appearance of yellow discolouration and gives the hair a dramatically brighter and glossier appearance. It provides gentle cleansing and conditioning, balancing the different needs of roots and ends, and leaving hair lustrous, healthy and manageable. Cationic conditioning agents reduce static and improve combing.
Contains lavender oils for a calming fragrance.

$28

Popularity: 1% [?]

Jeez, the Muppets are everywhere these days! First, Miss Piggy and MAC team up, and now this!

OPI is celebrating the new Muppets film by launching a Muppet-inspired line of nail polish! Introductin The Muppets Collection, which has a shade for each of their favorite characters. Here are three that Cosmopolitan picked as their favorites.

You’ll never guess which one is Fresh Frog, Gone Gonzo or Gettin’ Miss Piggy With It.

I love the idea – and think the colors are awesome, but it’s not really my thing. Would you wear them?

Popularity: 2% [?]

I have really curly hair so of course my favorite look is flat iron straight. I have tried different many flat  irons over the years but it was so much work to get my hair completely straight I would only attempt once every few months. I had the chance to check out the Amika Ceramic Styler and love is an understatement. This iron is so great and easy to use I went from using a flat iron 3-4 times a year to 2-3 times a week. I love how easy it is to use and my hair gets salon straight in half the time.

Amika has a great holiday collection out for 2011 with lots of fun designs and sizes to fit to everyone.

Amika Mini Leopard Styler (Limited Edition – available November 3rd – February 3rd, 2011)

This small but powerful style features 100% ceramic plates. Ceramic radiates far – infrared heat that is much gentler on the hair, preserving moisture in the hair shaft and protecting the air cuticle from damage. The floating plates adjust as you style which allows you to go beyond straightening and create wavy and curly styles, and present tugging and breaking.

Features: 100% ceramic styler with dual voltage for travel reaches 400 degrees. Perfect for bangs, touch-ups and face framing curls.

Includes: Mini Leopard Styler & Obliphica with Argan Oil Treatment for frizz free and nourished hair

Price: $25

Where to Buy: Sephora & www.sephora.com

Amika Silver Go-Go Set (available October 6, 2011)

A perfectly portable mini ceramic styler and ionic hair dryer set. Ideal for overnight trips or as a companion to the gym, this travel-ready set features a mini 100% ceramic styler with half-inch floating plates that allow you to create professional hairstyles or do touch-ups on the fly. The ionic hair dryer harnesses the unique ionic and infrared properties of the tourmaline gemstone which eliminate frizz, static, and drying time while infusing moisture into the hair shaft. This small but powerful mini dryer is 1,000 watts. The styler heats up and is ready to use in 10 seconds and comes with a one-year warranty.
Includes: Mini Ceramic Styler, Mini Ionic Hairdryer, Mini Diffuser
Price: $70

Where to Buy: Sephora & www.sephora.com

Amika Sultry Lace Mini Maxi with Oil (available October 6, 2011)

The stylers are 100% solid ceramic floating plates and heating elements, far-infared heat and negative ion technology. Can create straight, wavy and curly styles. Adjustable temperature. Engineered for all hair types.
Obliphica treatment is the ultimate nourishing and styling products. Feed strengths with vitamins nutrients while eliminating frizz and adding shine.
Includes: Sultry Lace Ceramic Styler, Sultry Lace mini Ceramic Styler & Obliphica treatment
Price: $125

Where to Buy: Sephora & www.sephora.com

Disclosure: A complimentary sample was sent to me for an honest review.

Popularity: 1% [?]

If you haven’t tried Zoya polish now is the time, this is the most beautiful color palette to date. I have been hunting for the perfect neautrals without luck I am dying to try the new Feel collection the colors are gorgeous. My favorite thing about Zoya polish is it super long wearing I even had a fried ask the other day what brand I was wearing she was shocked how long I had it on and it still looked great.

Zoya FEEL Collection
Kristen (ZP591): Full coverage, gull gray cream
Carey (ZP592): Full coverage, periwinkle gray cream
Megan (ZP593): Full coverage, taupe gray cream
Kendal (ZP594): Full coverage, rose quartz beige cream
Kennedy (ZP595): Full coverage, pale french beige cream
Avery (ZP596): Full coverage, blonde beige cream

Vegan friendly, ultra long-wearing, glossy nail lacquers by Zoya are free of harmful industrial chemicals like toluene, camphor, formaldehyde, formaldehyde resins or dibutyl phthalate (DBP) that are known to cause cancer and birth defects.

Find Zoya FEEL as well as over 300 other ultra high-fashion Zoya shades at
www.zoya.com. As always, each and every Zoya color is made for women so we
name them after women.

Sug. Retail $8.00 per 0.5 fl.oz. bottle (US).

Available / Shipping November 15, 2011
on zoya.com

Popularity: 1% [?]

I love Fall and everything about it the crisp air, colorful leaves, chilly sunny days and most of all the holidays. I have always loved big family meals and just hanging out with my family. With times as hard as they have been in this country the last few years more than ever I appreciate my family and their support. While our holidays may be more simple its the time together and tradition that makes them so special.

If you are a baker we have entered the big event! Most of  my favorite recipes are my Holiday ones. I was asked to share a special family recipe and I picked my most favorite of all, Nanaimo bars! My family is from Canada and growing up I remember both of my grandmas making Nanaimo bars at the holidays and they were always the first to be gobbled up. I have been perfecting my own recipe for my family and wanted to share it with you. If you have a favorite treat you want to share with us, you could win a $200 to Walmart just in time for holiday shopping!

Share your favorite treat and you will be entered to win a $200 Walmart gift card.

Nanaimo Bars

1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup white sugar
5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 cup shredded coconut
1/2 cup finely chopped almonds
1/4 cup butter
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
2 tablespoons vanilla custard powder
3 tablespoons International Delight Creamer of choice Irish Creme is great!
5 squares semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 tablespoon butter
Directions Mix 1/2 cup butter or margarine, white sugar, cocoa, egg and vanilla in a heavy sauce pan or double boiler. Stir over low heat until mixture is of custard like consistency. Combine graham crackers, coconut and almonds and add to the melted mixture. Mix well and pack into buttered 9 inch square cake pan. Cream 1/4 cup butter, confectioners’ sugar, vanilla custard powder and milk. Beat until creamy and spread over melted base. Refrigerate till hardened. Melt semi-sweet chocolate with 1 tablespoon butter and drizzle over custard icing. Refrigerate. When totally hard cut into square bars.

Capture the flavors of the holidays in every cup of coffee with International Delight Creamers. Available in a variety of flavors, such as, Pumpkin Pie Spice, Vanilla Spiced Rum and White Chocolate Raspberry.