Spring Kisses

We are unrepentant lip gloss addicts. It's nothing we're ashamed of, (except for that incident last summer at Sephora) like say, an addiction to tanning beds or American Idol, but we're addicted nonetheless.

Come this summer (okay, next month) we know we're going to have a hard time resisting Prescriptives Colorscope Lip Gloss which is the perfect mix of subtle colors with over the top sexy shine.

Our fave shade is Sassy- the ultimate pinky neutral with just enough shine to be really interesting, but no over the top gloop factor..... though for under $20 a pop- we're tempted to stock up on every shade.

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Smile!

So winter never really ended.
And your roommate just got engaged.
And your jeans don't fit anymore-
-Because winter never really ended
and your roommate just got engaged.
(which inspired the incident with the cheesecake
okay, the cheesecakes)

So you haven't had much to smile about.
Until now that is.

Arm & Hammer have just released a new line of tooth pastes, which is pretty cool, but their Whitening Booster is even cooler. You use this clear, peroxide based gel along with your regular toothpaste for an almost immediate whitening boost. (2x more whitening power than tooth whitening strips alone!). $4.99 at drugstores

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Hilary And The Scorpion

Better than crabs, right?

For those of you who haven't seen the clip on YouTube yet, there's a sneak peek from a new movie called War, Inc. directed by NPR darling Joshua Seftel in which the formerly sugar and spice Hilary Duff pulls an Aguilera and drops a live scorpion down her pants.

No, for real.

We noticed John Cusack (sigh. we love us some Johnny Q) looking kinda queasy during the scene as Ms. Duff writhes and shakes and bellydances with the carnivorous arthropod (No silly, we mean the other carnivorous arthropod).

So are we meant to be shocked or awed or a little confused by the girl who used to make us all go awwwwwwww? No clue. But the vid has had nearly a million viewers so far.

Also, Hill's character is named Yonica Babbyeah, and we're extremely disturbed by the fact that we're digging the name Yonica in a big way.


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Take A Powder

We heart organic products. From chocolate chips to veggies and dips, we're so over pesticides. So does it make us shallow that our favorite organic product ever just happens to be a hair product?

We'll explain. For days when you're too tired to rinse, lather, repeat, you can just shake some of this heavenly scented stuff into your tresses for instant shine, instant clean, instant smells so heavenly that you feel like singing like Princess Gisele in Enchanted. Only you don't.

At $40.00 Lulu Organics ain't cheap - but then neither are you, no matter what that beyotch cousin Margaret says about you.

Buy some now (we recommend the Lavender & Clary Sage- pure bliss!)

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Girly Toys

No silly, not *those* toys. We're talking about our new Asus Eee itty bitty computer. It's definitely sans bells and whistles but at 7" and 32 ounces it's easy enough to throw into a purse and use to take notes or send e-mail. It's small, cute and gets the job done. $299.00 on Amazon.


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Editor's Note

We've gotten a lot of e-mail since our re-launch from cosmetic companies, designers, studios, publicists and pretty people wondering why we sometimes update every day, sometimes not for weeks and sometimes after the fact. Well, while we like to keep our beauty secrets to ourselves, we do think you deserve an explanation.

You see lovely ones, we're not strictly a beauty site and we're not quite a beauty blog either. Over a decade ago when most beauty companies barely had e-mail we launched as PlanetPretty.com one of the most popular beauty and entertainment web sites for young women. So popular was the planet known as pretty that Netscape (the Google of its day) chose us as the top site of the day- for 31 days running. Times changed. The bubble burst. And PlanetPretty was no more.

Like the Bionic Woman we've reformed. We're better, stronger, prettier- but we're still not quite your traditional schilling for beauty products site. We cover things that we hope interest you- like makeup and books and movies and more. We also work with our corporate clients on finding out what makes both you and them tick. For that reason we've got a database and e-mail list that's just over 100,000 strong nationally in different age groups and demographics, and before you ask, no, you can't join that list just yet, though you will be able to sign up for a new and different prize list in a few weeks. Anyway back to the nitty and the gritty. Our carefully chosen list receives advance and popular product information and advice. Sometimes they love it, sometimes they hate it. If they love it a lot we'll usually feature the products here. Sometimes they're given mad money to spend at places like Sephora and all they have to do is tell us what was on their wish list and what they ended up with. Sometimes we'll tell them that we'll pick up the tab on their eBay purchases for an entire day- as long as they let us surf along with them. In other words, we love our makeup, but we also analyze, advise and indulge our clients and readers.

If you've read this far, you deserve a great big Air Kiss for your trouble. If you're a cosmetic company or fashion brand interested in finding out more about our services, please write to us at info [at] airkisses.com and if you're interested in the best of beauty, trends, styles and substance- well then- you've come to the right place.

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Fashion Week Trivia

It's Fashion Week this week- you know, those seven days when fashionistas totter through arctic weather clad in stiletto flip flops, resort wear and zillion dollar handbags while flitting through the tents and bestowing airkisses on all and sundry.

Forbes.com has a fun story on 10 things you didn't know about Fashion Week - though of course, we already knew it all. Okay, we didn't know that the tents in Bryant Park take up 65,000 square feet- isn't that the square footage of the *entire* island of Manhattan?

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