At The Bodega With Mrs. Beck!

Hi love muffins. Been a long time. I shouldn’t a left you…without a dope beat to step to. Speaking of stepping…

Today’s tip won’t really involve beauty products so get okay with us venturing outside of the bodega. However, today’s tip will save you lots of money this summer.

Summertime is all about wearing flip-flops. I wear them all summer long as actual shoes and by the time summer ends, my feet are so flat and fat that when it’s time to put a high heel back on I ought to be adamnshamed of myself. But whatever, comfort is key out here in this humidity.

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So one time I fell down a flight of steps. Right after I’d gotten my braces off too. Dude, I was tripping. Cracked my tooth all off, bruised my legs all up and scabbed my knees too. My tights were stuck to my knees with blood. The worst! You can read all about it on PrincessMelissa.com. It’s buried in there somewhere. A friend of mine recommended that I buy Vitamin E capsules, break them open and apply them to my banged up knees so I wouldn’t scar. Because, as corny as I was, I was still sometimes invited to go down red carpets for movies that went straight to DVD like Dirty Dancing Havana Nights. Read more

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Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeey love muffins! I am busy this week getting my husband ready for life on the international road so I can’t chit chat for too long. But as I am trying to get his toiletries together in the hope that he will moisturize and protect without my supervision (doubt it), I reminded myself again about the famous cocoa butter stick. A bit ago I let you know about my obsession with Queen Helene products and packaging. The Queen Helene Cocoa Butter Stick deserves so much more praise than a mere passing remark, but I’ll give the quick breakdown on why it’s the best.

1. It’s cheap! Cheaper even than Mr. Softee ice cream cone. Cheaper than a Big Mac! And it’s for beauty purposes. Come on! That’s insanity. It’s 99 cents! I’m dead serious. These days, you can’t get much for less than a dollar unless you’re in the dollar store. But this is a dollar at the regular corner store. The miraculous cocoa butter stick is a straight up dollar? Yes. That’s what I said.

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As you probably already know, a person’s pheromones affect how a certain scent will translate. I love to use Fresh Lemon Sugar perfume and a girlfriend of mine was always like, “I need that!” And so for a gift, I gave her a bottle. I normally do not like to just dole out what I deem to be my signature scent, but I made an exception. She reported back to me within the week and said she wasn’t a fan of it on her. So when I ventured into the store to buy my husband body wash, I had to find something that was fresh and clean that I too would be able to use in the summertime. Something that worked equally nicely on both of us. Of course, he doesn’t give a damn. That fool will wash off with Gojo if you let him. Google it. He has a tub of it in the shower as we speak. Ugh.

Back to what I was saying…

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Love muffins, here is another fun filled read from the super duper splendiferous Melissa Beck!

Sometimes when I’m aimlessly shopping, I can make a decision based on packaging alone. My husband said that I’m every marketer’s dream because I am very much swayed by the sight and sound of a product. For example, I totally bought carpet from Empire because I believe the “eight hundred five eight eight two three hundred empiiiiire” song is, quite frankly, a well-written jingle. I like to sing along with the commercial like a freak. I’ll eat a gang of cheese just because it’s “crumb-elievable” which is so stupid, but that’s who I am. I have brand loyalty and if you can get me on the page and your product works, then I’m in for life.I’m a diehard Queen Helene fan and it all started with the packaging. There’s something really retro, power to the people, 70s about it. When I am at the CVS and I’m looking to solve all my ashy needs, I go straight to Queen Helene first. From pure cocoa butters in stick form (ooh, we have to discuss that) to the gigantic barrel of the lotion, I am so in based solely on the khaki box with the red stripe and the cursive “Queen Helene” across the top. Swear on my ovaries, I have been known to pump a black fist, all giddy, when I am purchasing. I have no idea why I associate it with ethnic pride, but it keeps me happy so whatever. I know. I should get a life, totally.

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Love muffins, you probably noticed that I did not post Melissa’s beauty column last week. Unfortunately, I will not be able to post it again this week because of some unexpected events. However, she will be back up next week, and I can’t wait. I truly love her post, because I feel like I am actually there as she tells the story. In case you missed her last three post, please be sure to visit them below.

Mrs. Beck: Baby Powder
Mrs. Beck: Backing Soda
Mrs. Beck: Neutrogena Sesame Oil

At The Bodega With Mrs. Beck!

Love muffins, it’s that time for another wonderful splendiferous super duper exciting read from Mrs. Beck!

The hibernation is coming to an end. As B would say, so splendiferous!

That means no more hiding behind black leggings, under jeans or thick tights. It’s time to prepare your hidden skin for more day-to-day exposure. This may very well be scary. No one is trying to look at a long set of scaly, pale, ashy and hairy legs. Oofah. I know all too well the drama that goes with looking down at a frightening milk white ankle. So sad.

Mere lotion cannot eradicate the winter dryness. I have to layer lotions with oils.

Have you tried Neutrogena Sesame Oil?

I discovered it by being good old fashioned nosy. I was looking through a friend’s medicine cabinet actually. I flipped the cap and the smell was just crazy delicious. Loved it. I brought it out of the bathroom and I was like, “What’s this!”

And she said, “You don’t know nothing about that…” and she jokingly snatched it out of my hands.

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Read this: Love muffins, here is another column from Mrs. Beck!

So last week at www.princessmelissa.com, I divulged that I am having a bit of an issue with hormonal acne. The combination of turning 31, knowing my ovaries are rotting inside as we speak and the general depression that comes with waking up to gigantic zits that have been brewing just beneath the surface for weeks – oofah! Enough to make you stab somebody. I decided to go to my dermatologist and after the hot melting chemical peel, she told me that once the peeling subsided, I should exfoliate. Duh. I started the monetary calculations in my mind and I knew that I was not going to be able to get the Balenciaga gladiatior sandal knockoffs at Nine West. Yeah, it was that deep. Damn the real Balenciagas. Those are but a dream, but a dream. But now, with whatever I was going to have to spend on the miracle exfoliation in a jar, the knockoffs felt all too faraway as well.

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