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Giveaway! Huge Lips Skinny Hips Lip Gloss from PurpleLab *CLOSED*

February 7, 2010 By

Chic color, luscious volume and a slimmer figure for those skinny jeans are all just a wave of the lip gloss wand away with an exclusive formulation—including plump-prompting Vitamin B3 and the natural appetite suppressant Hoodia—in six universally-flattering, high-gloss hues. Imagine, weight management and gorgeous lips in just one product. Seriously it’s like a miracle!

Each shade comes with a little story behind the name of the color. They all have their own distinct personalities, inspired by Karen’s favorite icons and philosophies.Love Your Thighs (Karen’s mantra for all of us girls) to Red Sole (a nod to her fave shoe designer, Christian Louboutin).

My favorite shade is Worship Kate. A beautiful a rose/mauve color with a hint of shimmer. Sheer enough to layer over your favorite lipstick, but also great worn alone on naked lips…

I am a huge fan of Huge Lips Skinny Hips so I can’t wait to try out some of Karen’s newest beauty products that are about to launch on the Home Shopping Network. The fabulous debut will air February 18th and 19th, and they’re doing FIVE different live shows. I can’t wait!!

I am also super excited to be a member of Purple Lab’s Blogger Mafia! Not only did they send me this product for free to review, BUT I also get to give away Huge Lips Skinny Hips “No Panty Lines” to one of my very lucky readers!!

TO ENTER:

Leave a comment and tell me why you want to win!

Last chance to enter is Feb 14th at midnight EST. Giveaway open to US residents only. One lucky commenter will win a tube of “No Panty Lines” from Purple Lab!

Giveaway is now closed! Congratulations to Zhush for winning the giveaway!

Thank you to everyone who entered! If you want to purchase a tube of Huge Lips Skinny Hips for yourself, please visit Amazon.com for $25.00.

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Sensa Weight Loss Twitter Party!

November 11, 2009 By

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What is Sensa?

Sensa is unlike any other weight-loss program. It is a 6-month system of Tastants that are sprinkled on your food to help you feel full faster, stay satisfied longer and lose weight.

It is not a diet. You can continue to eat all your favorite foods and still lose weight. There are no prepackaged meals, stimulants, drugs or diuretics.

It uses your senses of smell and taste to control appetite. Although many people think the feeling of hunger or fullness comes from your stomach – it is actually governed by the satiety center in your brain. When Sensa Tastants are sprinkled on food, it triggers this satiety center, so you feel satisfied with less food.

To learn more about Sensa visit www.trysensa.com.


We’re having a Twitter Party with over $4,000 in prizes!!!

WHAT: Sensa Twitter Party with an iPod giveaway and 6 month supply of Sensa!

WHEN: November 18th from 7:00pm – 9:00pm EST.

WHERE: Use Tweetgrid, Tweetdeck or Twhirl that can easily filter hashtags. (Use hashtags #sensa and #weightloss)

WHY: Because Sensa is amazing weight loss system that helped me lose almost 25 pounds and get back down to my pre-pregnancy weight!

FOLLOW: Be sure to follow @thehousewife, @fashionablegal, @sensaweightloss

We’re going to be giving away some AMAZING prizes including an 8GB iPod and 6 months of Sensa!!

PRIZES:

  • Grand prize: 8 GB iPod and 6 months Sensa
  • 10 people will get a 6-month supply of Sensa
  • 10 people will get a Sensa Weight-loss book

RSVP: Please leave your Twitter ID in the linky below to RSVP to this event! Use your Twitter name (like @thehousewife) in the TITLE box and then put the URL for your Twitter page in the URL box. Done!


We recommend using a third party application like Tweetgrid, Tweetdeck or Twhirl that can easily filter hashtags, making joining our little twitter party easier than you thought!

Tweetchat is recommended because it updates more quickly, doesn’t require downloads, installation etc, and automatically adds the hashtag command to the end of every tweet – a nice little feature!

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Giveaway: Pulse Yoga Express DVD

September 1, 2009 By

Congratulations to Sarah Z. for winning the Pulse Yoga Giveaway!

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If you are trying to lose weight or stay in shape, this is your lucky day because we are having another bonus giveaway this week! One reader of The Fashionable Housewife will receive a copy of the new Pulse Yoga Express DVD!

pulse_yoga_expressPulse Yoga is a combination of yoga flow, Pilates, core fusion and weight training, created to be an easy, quick, and fun way to incorporate multiple fitness disciplines into your everyday workout.

Pulse Yoga was created by Argie Tang and Prisca Boris, both accomplished yoga practitioners. Four different DVDs are currently available, each offering a different twist on traditional yoga workouts. Pulse Yoga I: Basic, Pulse Yoga II: Balance & Tone, Pulse Yoga III: Stamina & Strength, and Pulse Yoga Express. Each DVD features challenging and fun workouts ranging from 30 minutes to 1 hour in length.

How Does Pulse Yoga Compare to Traditional Exercise Routines?

Heart-pumping, cardiovascular exercise has not often been linked to yoga, due to its gentle, slower approach to fitness. For this reason, many people doubt the effectiveness of yoga as a main form of exercise. According to Prisca Boris, co-founder of Pulse Yoga, “the combination of free weights and micro movements in yoga create a more intense, full-body workout. It strengthens and tones key areas such as the abs, lower back, upper arms, and glutes, all while teaching core awareness.”

In an eight-week study conducted by Dr. Paul Arciero Head of Exercise Physiology at Skidmore College, participants who practiced Pulse Yoga three times a week, for 60-75 minutes a day, experienced positive results in the form of decreased body weight, hip/waist circumference, and cholesterol. The study also found Pulse Yoga to be as effective as functional training when it comes to total body fat loss, and aerobic fitness levels.

According to Dr. Arciero, “Pulse Yoga is a scientifically proven fitness concept that provides numerous benefits to one’s health. After the conclusion of my eight-week study, I had many participants ask to continue the program on their own, because of their fantastic results and experience.”

What Makes Pulse Yoga Different?

“Pulse Yoga is a new concept that adds the elements of toning and strengthening the muscles, targeting specific trouble spots, and defining the arms and glutes,” says Argie, “I wanted to create one, great routine that is light and fun.” Pulse Yoga is Argie’s new way of looking at postures, and adding new dimension to yoga for fitness.

“Through the four different DVDs, which are all on the same skill level and difficulty, you can choose to mix and match your routines, depending on which workouts you like best,” says Argie, “it is perfect for people who want to build bone density, create firm, sculpted arms, toned buttocks, and a flat stomach without having to go to the gym.”

Who Can Benefit from Pulse Yoga?

    Prisca notes that Pulse Yoga is great for anyone who is interested in increasing their strength and wants to improve their overall bone density and health. Argie and Prisca have introduced Pulse Yoga to everyone from professional athletes to young adults, noting each group gains something different and important from the class. “For athletes, Pulse Yoga can help lessen recovery time and improve performance. Young adults enjoy the class because they learn about their own bodies and understanding balance,” says Prisca, “women of all ages, especially those who are older and concerned about their bone health, are perfect candidates for the system since it incorporates weight training in a gentle way.”

We’re giving you the chance to win the Pulse Yoga EXPRESS DVD so you can keep your body healthy and looking great in only 30 minutes a day!


Wanna Win?

1. Leave a comment with your name, valid email address, and tell me why you want to win!

Extra Optional Entries: (Leave 1 comment for each extra entry.)

(Note: if you’re already subscribed to our RSS or following on Twitter, leave a comment and tell us. It still counts as an entry!)

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Details

Contest runs from September 1st till September 6th. Last chance to enter is Sept 6th at 11:59pm ET. A winner will be contacted on or before Sept 7th, 2009 and asked for full name, along with their mailing address. If no response is given within 24 hours, a different winner will be chosen, so please be sure to check your email. Must be 18 or older to enter. Contest open to USA and Canada!!


About Pulse Yoga

Pulse Yoga is a result of Yoga Instructor Argie Tang’s personal quest to find yoga routines that accomplish much more than other yoga styles. After being diagnosed with osteopenia, Argie began incorporating weight training into her yoga practice, in an effort to add more toning, strengthening, and muscle definition without using machines in a gym. Pulse Yoga combines all of the best elements and disciplines of Pilates, Weight Training, and Yoga. It includes micro movements that primarily target areas such as the gluteus muscles, abdominals, upper arms and lower back. These micro movements within the yoga postures are highly effective with results that are noticeable immediately. Pulse Yoga DVDs are available in I (Basic), II (Strength & Stamina), III (Balance & Tone), and Express Versions, for $14.99 each. For more information, please visit www.pulseyoga.com

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Need to lose weight?

August 31, 2009 By

I know that for women who work, take care of the house, kids, and much more is hard to find time for work out. But if you want to lose weight in a healthy way, you should try to work out. Believe me, I was never much a fan of working out – although I always loved to practice sports like Kickboxing, boxing, jogging, swimming, and many others. During my pregnancy I got about 65lb heavier. Can you imagine that!? Not even moms of twins get that much weight. But I got too comfortable, just eating and watching tv all day. I decided that if I was going to get fat anyway, then the heck with it! I’d get fat and happy.

The problem was to drop all that weight off after the baby was born. But one day I was watching the tv (one of those infomercials really early in the weekend morning ) and saw the P90X commercial. And I thought “I’m gonna give it a try”. I made my research online and loved what I read. So I went ahead and got me the P90X dvd’s.

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Believe me when I say “It works like magic!”. All those people in the commercials where, indeed, telling the truth. This is the most amazing workout I’ve seen -and I’ve tried Hip Hop Abs and many others. Nothing gets even close to P90X. I lost over 40lb in less than 3 months. My body had a beautiful definition and the muscle definition was so perfect as I’ve never seen on my body before.

Today I don’t work out anymore, but I can’t wait to go back to P90X. No diet pill worked 1/10 of this workout. Plus, it teaches you discipline and to eat healthy.

Give it a try! Or if you’ve tried it already, let me know the results. :)

Jackie Ayres – jackieayres@aim.com

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Giveaway: Tight Curves Perfect Protein for Women

August 31, 2009 By

Congratulations to Huguette E. for winning the Perfect Protein Giveaway!

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Finally there’s a perfect protein product for women only. BodyWell Nutrition introduces Tight Curves and readers of The Fashionable Housewife have the chance to win it!!

They call it Tight Curves because, in conjunction with proper nutrition and exercise, that’s exactly what it will give you. It will also give you eight other benefits that virtually every woman wants.

Tight Curves is a heart healthy protein that delivers 15 grams of lactose free high quality protein per serving and causes no bloating! Tight Curves is also fortified with additional calcium to support bone health to help those susceptible to osteoporosis, and Black Cohosh and St. John’s Wort for mood management, a concern of women dealing with hormonal changes.

Tight Curves protein contains Heart Healthy ingredients. Diets low in saturated fats and cholesterol that include 25 grams of soy protein per day may reduce the risk of heart disease. Two servings of Tight Curves protein provides 30 grams of high quality soy protein and only 4 carbs.

With your overall health, fitness, and well-being as our goal, BodyWell Nutrition and its team of scientists, and researchers formulated Tight Curves to deliver the benefits women want most. Daily use of Tight Curves promotes toned muscles, enhanced fat oxidation (fat burning), regulated moods, increased endurance, and decreased recovery time from exercise or other activity. You can even use Perfect Protein in your cooking. Click here for recipes.

Tight Curves –Retail Value $59.95

We’re giving you the chance to win Tight Curves so you can keep your body healthy and looking great!


Wanna Win?

1. Leave a comment with your name, valid email address, and tell me why you want to win!

Extra Optional Entries: (Leave 1 comment for each extra entry.)

(Note: if you’re already subscribed to our RSS or following on Twitter, leave a comment and tell us. It still counts as an entry!)

If you have trouble leaving a comment and our Spam catcher is giving you trouble, please email me and let me know!

Details

Contest runs from August 31st till September 6th. Last chance to enter is Sept 6th at 11:59pm ET. A winner will be contacted on or before Sept 7th, 2009 and asked for full name, along with their mailing address. If no response is given within 24 hours, a different winner will be chosen, so please be sure to check your email. Must be 18 or older to enter. Contest open to USA and Canada!!


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Lip-Gloss Gives Perfect Pout and Curbs Your Appetite!

August 10, 2009 By

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InStyle Magazine posted about my fav lipsgloss, Huge Lips Skinny Hips!!

Huge Lips Skinny Hips is the answer to every girls dreams, and Nicky Hilton can’t get enough of it! The six sheer, long lasting glosses are packed with high levels of vitamin E to keep lips looking juicy, vitamin B3 which stimulates blood flow to the lips creating fullness and Hoodia extract (from a cactus like plant) which has appetite suppressing qualities. The product names are just as exciting as the idea, choose from Worship Kate (named after Kate Moss), Lychee Martini, Love Your Thighs, No Panty Line, Kitty Poledancer and Red Sole (inspired by the bottom of creator Karen Robinovitz’s Christian Louboutin heels). You’ll want them all.

—Samantha Dean

[Original Article on InStyle.com]

Price: $20

Where: purplelabnyc.com, AMAZON.com and b-glowing.com

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CelluScience Review: The Cellulite-Fighting Pill

August 5, 2009 By

celluscience_celluliteYou may remember back in mid June I said I was going to start taking the Summer Must-Have: Cellulite-Fighting Pill. It’s been a little over 8 weeks now since I started taking CelluScience as directed.

There was no noticeable difference at first, but I can definitely see a small improvement now. The back of my thighs are about 10-15% smoother and the lumpy hard cellulite near the top of my thighs (saddlebags) is much softer. Before if I pressed hard against my skin and dragged my hand upwards along the outsides of my thighs, I could feel hard bumpy lumps of adipose under there… Gross! Now, when I do the same thing, I still feel the fat, but it’s not hard and lumpy anymore, it’s squishy and soft. That makes for a much smoother appearance on the outside. I saw more dramatic results with this in 6 weeks than I did with any of the

I asked my husband a few days ago is my thighs looked “different” and he examined them closely for a few minutes, turned me around a few times, thought about it and then said “Yeah, they look a lot smoother… and more toned… have you been exercising?”

I haven’t been exercising (please don’t tell Gilad!) and I haven’t been using any cellulite creams or moisturizers on my legs. I’ve only used oil on my legs once or twice and spray on sunscreen once. Other than that, I’ve just been trying to remember to take my cellulite-fighting supplement every day.

You’re supposed to take 2 pills in the morning and 1 pill before bed and I have frequently forgotten the 1 pill before bed… So I must admit, my results with this probably would have been better thus far, if I had been taking the recommend amount every single day.

Most people do not eat healthy enough diets to get all the nutrients their body needs. CelluScience contains some extremely essential nutrients like Grape Seed, Ginkgo biloba, Olive extract, and Fish Oil that helps to prevent and reduce the appearance of cellulite.

CelluScience works in three different ways.

    1) Helps maintain healthy blood flow in the arteries, veins, and micro arteries, fostering optimum activity of the lymphatic vessels.
    2) Helps keep a strong cell metabolism to avoid “undercutaneous/trapped” fat.*
    3) Helps maintain strong connective fibers.*

*As shown in the UNIVERSITY OF SIENA STUDY (Siena, Italy), A three month, double-blind, randomized clinical study of 145 women, as well as the UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA STUDIES (Pavia, Italy), an 8 week, double-blind, placebo controlled study on 25 women, and Aesthetic Dermatology, Vol. 11, 85-90. Read more…

PROS

  • 69% reported seeing results within 30 days
  • 94% reported seeing results within 47 days
  • Easy to take and swallow
  • Attacks cellulite from the inside at the source
  • Reduces free radicals in the blood lipids by 36%
  • No need to change your diet or exercise regimen
  • Strong complement to procedures such as liposuction and liposculpture.

CONS

  • It’s expensive. (Approx $70/mo)
  • Needs to be taken on an empty stomach.
  • Should be used for a year to achieve full results.

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Does CelluScience Really Work?

Yes! I can say from my results after about 8 weeks of use, that yes CelluScience does work and I think almost everyone would see an improvement after at least 60-90 days of use. Yes, it’s expensive, but if you are looking for real results and can’t afford liposuction, I think this is a wonderful alternative. And it would work great in conjunction with a diet and exercise program or with other fat-fighting creams like Nude Smoothing Body Refiner or the Comfort Zone Body Strategist Cellulite Multiactive Remodeling System.

Visit celluscience.com to learn more and purchase CelluScience.

Just to be clear, I am not being paid to post about the product. They offered me a 90 day supply to start out with and try in hopes I would blog about the experience. And as always, I would never tell you to buy something I haven’t tried and achieved results with. I only blog about products I believe in. Otherwise, they go into the Don’t Purchase This! category.

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