For the Product Junkie in You

I think I was better off staying away from my Google Reader.  Once I opened it up to check out the blogs I follow, I was introduced to these two:

 

Just great.

Another reason to cry broke. 

BUT 

In my desire to become a better blogger, I find they're a great opportunity to try new products and share my highs and lows.

(any excuse to feed my addiction plus it's always a good day when you get a package in the mail)

Basically, each box contains 5 or 6 samples of products based on a beauty profile you create when you sign up. (CurlBox is geared towards natural hair and Birchbox handles skin, hair, makeup, fragrance)  CurlBox hasn't officially launched yet so I don't know the price point but BirchBox is $10 a month which isn't too bad in my opinion.  

If you're interested, check out:

BirchBox / CurlBox

OR if you've tried Birchbox already, let me know what you think.

Holiday Sale: Miss Jessie's BOGO

While I'm on a strict budget because I have a move and a wedding to save for (yep I'm getting married, insert squeals and shrieks of excitement here) I am going to become the ultimate bargain hunter and will document all my shopping finds here.

First up I want to let all my #naturalhair readers know that my favorite time of the year is here.  Stores and companies are giving deep discounts and I couldn't be happier.  Let's start with Miss Jessie's. Their annual BOGO (Buy One, Get One FREE) is back from November 20th to December 20th.  As much as I adore their Super Sweetback Treatment, it's too damn expensive so this is the one time in the year I stock up.  And if I happen to run out like I did this year, I think I've finally found an affordable alternative (more on that later)

The BOGO sale didn't include Target stores or Target.com last year but this year it does.  If you are interested in giving Miss Jessie's a try, this is the perfect opportunity to do it, especially since Target's return policy is pretty good.

If you take advantage of the sale, let me know what you got and how you like it

Take Two!

If you've seen the final post I left on marcysuburbs.onsugar.com, you'll know that this is marcysuburbs' new home now.  I'm excited to revamp the blog and really put in an effort in making it successful.  Nothing comes without a little hard work. 

Rihanna- We Found Love

Rihanna on WhoSay

The first single from her upcoming album, Talk that Talk, I couldn't get into this song the first few times I heard it and I'm a die haird for anything RiRi.  But hearing it in a bar a while back helped me sorta, kinda tolerate it.  But this video... made me a believer.

It's intense.  While I'm sure everyone is gonna be talking bout the obvious CB lookalike. The message of addiction and abuse is what grabbed me.  Sometimes it's too easy to become dependent knowing that he/she/it doesn't contribute to anything positive in your life.  I didn't see this video coming to be honest but I couldn't be happier that it wasn't the typical dancing in the club, strobe lights pulsing to the beat.

Go ahead Rihanna, #talkthattalk

What do you think of the video?

Elle Varner- "Only Wanna Give It to You"

LOVE!

the song.

the wardrobe.

the hair.