Two Thousand Things : March 2010

Hot Deals this week: Ugg Boots = comfort meets fashion

I found these fabulous photos of Gossip Girl beauties in buyitrighthere.co.uk website, both looking very chic in their...(gasp) Ugg Boots!! Yes, those are Ugg boots and they look quite stylish in it (not to mention comfort!), so these pics prove that Ugg Boots are no longer a fashion faux-pas. It's comfortable meets fashion!

I know there's been some debates about Ugg boots in the fashion world, some people think it's a no-no but I'd rather think Ugg boots are a necessity. And why should we not buy them? besides the fact that they are necessary object, they are comfy and keep your toes warm during cold weather and they are quite colorful too so they could be mixed n' matched with the rest of your wardrobe staple. Well, looking at the pictures below don't you wanna take your Ugg boots out and challenge yourself to look good with them if incase it gets cold again outside?

I love what Blake Lively did here, she looks so chic. The trick is to match your Uggs with a similar shade on your top, then add a matching-color jacket and bag. Or when in doubt, just choose a black Ugg because it's the most versatile and doesn't really look like an Ugg boots especially when you wear it with black opaque tights, just like Leighton Meester wear here.

Buy It Right Here website also has other useful articles such as "how to clean your Uggs" or "How to tell fake or replica Ugg boots". This is important because when it comes to Uggs you might want to buy the real one because the fake ones would just wrinkle your toes in winter because they don't have the same material or quality as the original Ugg boots.

And Good news!
If you love the feeling of comfort on your feet or if you live in Europe which you might already have some Ugg boots in your closet or if you just simply love Uggs, now is the best time to buy them because at buyitrighthere.co.uk their winter Ugg boots SALE has just started!

I know it sounds a bit confusing, why buy Uggs now when it's not winter anymore, but when you think about it this time of year is actually a good time to stock on some Uggs. That's because in winter demands for Ugg Boots are high so the chance are you'll get into those long backorders when you order it then! And Uggs are almost never on sale during winter too because of the rising cost of leather during those cold months. So yeah, you might probably wanna consider stocking on Ugg boots now while it's on Sale, especially if you live in the colder climate such as UK/Europe where you probably need it almost year round.

SWEET DEALS!
I have 100 gift certificate that you can use for $30 OFF / around 19 GBP at Buy It Right Here website. And yes, you could use this as an additional discount to the already discounted price! It's a DOUBLE DEAL!
Since I only have 100 of them so if you want it please email me and I will give you the gift certificate code.
VALID FOR ONE WEEK ONLY!

Happy Ugg Boots -ing! ^__^

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What To Wear

My Must-Have Dresses this spring

Spring means we can wear our flower prints again, yeay! :D And what I love most about flower prints is when they come in dresses! There's nothing more fun and girly than a flower print dress. It's feminine yet flirty and I don't know about you but when I wear a flower print dress I feel so pretty I wanna twirl around all day in it ^o^

Another wish list for this spring is dresses with lace details. I always love lace because it's feminine and vintage at the same time. But I tend to avoid a dress with both flower print and lace details in it because the overall look is "too feminine" for me so I either chose a lace-trim dress or a flower print dress. But it's just my personal opinion, you don't have to follow my guideline here.. ^o^

My must haves this spring:
the flower print dress and the lace-trim dress.
Ooh La La..!

Flower print dresses can be around knee-length with A-line shape or a mini dress with a straight cut (like the pic above). I also love maxi dresses with tiny flower print. Because I'm petite so I tend to choose a small flower pattern instead of big or full flower pattern. I also opt for flower print dresses in pastel colors because I think that's the best way of showing the prints ;)

And as for the lace-trim dress I tend to choose the ones with simple style in neutral color palette because I think that would make the lace-trim detail more eye-catching and noticeable. My best option is dresses with white or creme lace detail or black on black (black lace dress) because that would look gorgeous on everyone, just keep the dress simple without too many other details or prints.

Here are some of my choices on flower print dresses:

And here's my wish list of lace-trim dresses:

Above selections are dresses I found on Republic.co.uk, drooling aren't they? I know a big percentage of my readers are from Europe especially UK so I bet you must have already know about Republic.co.uk. If you don't then it's about time for you to visit their website cos they have absolutely fabulous choices of clothing items there. I just came back from their website and noticed that they have some SPECIAL OFFERS such as "2 for £10" or "2 for £30".
If I live in Europe I would definitely shop there because they have many cute brands to choose from such as Miss Sixty, Miso, Diesel, etc.. They also offer Men's clothing. And a SALE section!

Okay enough chit-chat.., now please excuse me...I want to continue browsing Republic website and drooling over the fabulous dresses again... Shall I?

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Giveaways

Rosy Handbags Giveaway! - CLOSED -

Okay, who needs a new bag? Yeah, I know you do ^o^ Heck, I always need a new bag myself. I bet every woman won't say no to a new bag. Well, here is your chance to win one.

My newest sponsor is Rosy Handbags. Rosyhandbags.com is a company that carries a large selection of hand bags for every occasion. I spend a few hours browsing their website, they have many style and color to choose from and the most important is: their price is affordable! With all the recession thing going on it looks like we might buy ourselves a new bag. I saw some beauties with price under $25 there!

Rosy Handbags has a range of everyday bags from clutches, pocket books, hobo bags, shoulder bags to elegant evening bags. All the bags have beautiful details and come in many different colors and prints, I saw one with a clock on it! So bold and unique!

They also have this cute pop-art jewelry case and a zebra double-handle fringe tote which i like. Their animal prints are quite savvy and they also have some bag organizer, you know...an organizer that holds all your essentials that allows you to move all your items at once every time you change bags. You know that one, right? it's all the rage right now, it's quite useful too.

So, if you're looking for affordable bags of any kind and for any occasions then you might want to visit Rosy Handbags for something cute and stylish. It would be great for a gift idea too. Perfect for your sister, mother, cousin, friends, aunts or even grandmas. Or maybe a gift for me? ;p Here's a hint on one of my fave:

WIN! WIN!
Rosy Handbags has kindly offer one of lucky TTT readers a $25 Gift Certificate to spend on their website!

Please pay attention to The RULES before you enter.

RULES :

(To be eligible for this giveaway contest you MUST do the MANDATORY below. You only need 1 Mandatory entry to enter, but you could also have Additional entries to maximize your chances, please remember to leave each entry in a separate comment box or it won't be counted)

To ENTER (MANDATORY) : You must visit Rosy Handbags, take a look around at the store and then come back here and tell me in a comment on this post, which item you would love to have. (1 entry)

For Additional entry :

Be a Follower of Two Thousand Things via Google Friend Connect - must be a visible follower. (2 entries, write a separate comment box for each entry)

Subscribe to my email subscriptions so you won't miss out on future posts and giveaways! (find link in bottom right side bar). (2 entries)

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Add Rosy handbags website link to your blog roll (please tell me the url). (1 entry)

Follow Two Thousand Things via these options: RSS / BlogLovin / Twitter then in a NEW separate comment write your id. If you're already a follower then just tell me your id/name and which subscription are you using. You can find all subscription links at the right side bar. (1 entry for each subscription)

Participate in the LuShae Jewelry Sweepstakes and leave the link to your blog/website where you put the LuShae jewelry badge. (Please note that the LuShae Jewelry badge that you put in your website must be originated from my blog and not from another blog) (3 entries)

Grab my badge and post it in your blog's side bar (find my badge at the bottom of the right side bar, just copy the html provided and paste it in your blog), don't forget to give me the link. (3 entries)

NOTE : Remember to include your email in the comment box so I can reach you if you win.
Your entries will be visible after my approval so All entries that does not apply with the rules will not be counted and I will not published the entry!

This giveaway will end on March 28, 2010 at 24:00 pm.
Yeah baby, this giveaway is open for WORLDWIDE!
Winner will be announced here on March 29, 2010.

I will use random.org to pick the winning number. If the winner does not respond within 48hrs then I will have to choose another winner and will announce it again in my blog. Good luck to everyone! ^__^

This giveaway is also featured on FreeGrechen.

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Beauty Stuffs

My Hair and Make Up inspirations

I have a new hobby now. Browsing youtube. I love watching youtube videos to practice on make up and hair dos. There are a lot of make up and hair do tutorials there that you can practice with. I love finding new styles and learning how to do make up properly as well as styling my hair just by looking and imitating the tutorial video. I do this almost daily, after my bath I would sit in front of my laptop with all my make up items and all my hair styling products and different combs and hair brushes, and then I will look for an easy DIY tutorial on how to do make up or a simple hair style and all I have to do is just do what the tutorial video tells me to do, right there in front of my laptop ^o^

One of my favorite youtubers is itsjudytime, her tutorials are easy to follow and she has a dark long fine hair like me and a tan skin that almost resemble my skin so I subscribed to her videos.
This is the secret if you wanna follow someone's make up / hair tutorial, you must try to find someone whose skin or hair resembles yourself so the make up and hair style would suit you too.
I learned how to do make up from Judy's video and I always love her hair style tutorials too! It's easy and you can do it yourself at home. If you're looking for some long hair styles then you might wanna see Judy's videos, I have one here, it's called the messy side bun. I have done this simple and easy hair do a couple of times and this is very do-able :

If you don't want to go to the hair stylist every time you go out or if you wanna reduce your expenses by doing it yourself then try to look for easy hair do tutorials from the internet just like I did on youtube, but youtube is not the only place to look for hair styles. You can also look in other places such as totalbeauty.com or In Style or just google it. Totalbeauty.com also has some hair styles for your inspirations, you can also read about celebrities hair styles and all about hair styles guide and information. There are also some step-by-step instructional videos and articles that you can watch and apply to yourself. It's quite simple too. I love reading the articles there, most of them are quite interesting such as: "Best and Worse celebrities up do for your face shape", "Find Your Ideal Hair and Make up Look", or "Sandra Bullock's Oscar 2010 vintage hair style and make up" to name a few.

If you happen to know another source or hair and make up inspirations to share please kindly tell us, i would love to hear it ^__^

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Beauty Stuffs

Senna Cosmetics Review

I have been looking for a good quality make up brush set for quite some times now. I only own one good quality blush brush but that's not sufficient. I apparently needed some other type of brushes, especially with all the mineral make up in my make up box. I have quite a few mineral make up powders from foundation to eye shadows, blushes and so on.. And I need some new brushes to apply all that to my face.

This is where Senna Cosmetics came in. Senna Cosmetics is a make up company founded by hollywood make up artist Eugenia Weston. Eugenia is nominated for an Emmy award in 1993 and has been working with several celebrities including Bette Midler, Michael Jackson, and her Senna cosmetics are seen on hit TV shows such as 90210, Ugly Betty, Heroes, Scrubs, Private Practice and many more!

Her online web store sennacosmetics.com offer a range of make up essentials starting from skin care to make up brushes and complete make up line as well as mineral products. She got everything you need. Either you need a mineral foundation or a cleanser or sun protection lotion or maybe a new lipstick, look no further, she got it all on her website. You could also find her specialty brow shaper kit there.

Since I need some brushes to apply my mineral make up powder so I chose to review one of her brush kit which is the Natural Woods Brush Set. And this is what I got in the mail :

Allison McDonald, the lovely PR girl from Senna Cosmetics kindly include a personal note in the brush kit, how thoughtful! Thank you Allison!

The Natural Wood Brush Set is a set of 8 professional brushes packed in a tool bag. The brushes are made of beautiful lacquered wood and quality hair that will give excellent results for all make up tasks. The clear zip-up tool bag keeps brushes neat and close at hand. Here are what's in the brush kit:

From left to right, starting from top:

Large Tapered Oval Powder Brush for setting makeup and bronzers.

Medium Tapered Round Blush Brush is to apply blush powders precisely onto apples of the cheek.

Medium Tapered Oval Blender Brush is to blend blush and foundation.

Small Tapered Oval Eye Color Brush is to apply overall eyelid powders, to highlight cheekbones, or to clean up shadow dusting under the eyes.

Crown Eyelid Brush is for applying eye shadow to the eyelids.

Cubic Eye Contour Brush is to add deep eye shadows to the contour of the eyelids.

Precision Task Brush works for detailed tasks such as lining eyes with powder colors, smudging liner, or applying lipstick colors.

Stylus Eye Liner Brush works with cake liners and wet/dry eye colors for precise, fine eye lining.

And here's all the brushes that I received, they are as good as what the website describes. I put them in a container so you could easily see the details of all the brushes below:

What I love most from the brush set is they pretty much cover all the important brushes you need. You could never go wrong with this brush set, you buy this and you're all covered.

I also love that the set comes with an instruction card that help us know which brush to apply what make up. This is excellent for us who doesn't really know which brush to use for all our make up.

Don't be shy, I am one of those girls too ;p

I'm not an expert on make up so I learn how to do my make up from youtube, but all the make up expert gals on youtube used different brushes for different purposes, example: use this brush for applying eye shadows on your lid and then use that brush for applying dark shadows on your crease and then use this brush to put on some blush on your cheek and use that brush to apply bronzer along your cheek bone. So many different brushes to use. I already have several eye shadows and bronzer and blushes on my make up bag so all I need is the different brushes to apply them correctly.

Senna Cosmetics has made it easy for all of us to use their brush kit. All the brushes that Senna Cosmetics sent me has numbers on it's wooden handle and we can read from the instruction card according to their numbers which brush is the blush brush or which blush is the foundation brush and so on...

And now we're talking about the quality. Since Senna Cosmetics fans include A-list celebrities such as Anglina Jolie, Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Simpson, etc so the quality of the products are unquestionable. I have used these brushes since the day they came to my house (which is a few weeks ago) and I am very satisfied. The hair of the brushes are of great quality, you can really tell a difference between a cheap dept store brushes and Senna cosmetics brushes. And that's because Senna Cosmetics brushes are very professional. From their professional look to the application the brushes hair are smooth and soft to the skin while successfully applying make up to our skin. I love love love this product! This Natural Woods Brush Set costs $28.50 and you'll love the professional look of it.

So for all of your make up needs I recommend Senna Cosmetics to you. I'm sure all of their products are as good as the brush kit that I reviewed, or maybe even better considering that Angelina Jolie also used it!

Their newest product and most technologically advanced product is the HDEXTREME MAKEUP FOUNDATION, a breakthrough liquid foundation with patented HD light reflecting and line filling ingredient technology that gives youthful, flawless perfection with a remarkably light, weightless feel. It's also formulated free of : Parabens, Sulfates, Synthetic Fragrance, Mineral Oil and Triclosan. Oh how I love high tech make up ;)

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