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Bionic’s red lipcolor roundup for Valentine’s Day

by Bionic Beauty on February 10, 2011 · 6 comments

Regardless of how you’ll be celebrating (or not-celebrating) Valentine’s Day, women everywhere seem to go on the quest for the ultimate red lipstick.

To help you wade through the masses, I’ve come up with a Bionic Red Lipcolor Roundup that has a little something for everyone…

elf cosmetics cherry bomb candy shop lip gloss

elf's Cherry Bomb lip gloss

For the budget-conscious, and just a twinge of redness- e.l.f. cosmetic’s $1 Candy Shop lip gloss in Cherry Bomb.

L'Oreal Cherry Freeze lipstick

L'Oreal Colour Juice lip stick in Cherry Freeze

Love haunting the drugstore beauty aisles? L’Oreal Colour Juice Stick in Cherry Freeze is a cool-toned red that can go on super sheer, or be layered for a much deeper red.

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Half off mineral makeup sale at elf!

by Bionic Beauty on November 11, 2010 · 0 comments

E.l.f. Cosmetics (also known as Eyes Lips Face) is holding a brand new, splendiferous sale. Simply use the coupon code MHHALF at checkout to receive 50% off your E.l.f. Cosmeticself cosmetics mineral makeup order!

Half off mineral makeup sale at elf cosmetics with coupon code

Breaking news: Brand new mineral makeup sale at elf!

Elf makeup, brushes, and cases make excellent stocking stuffers for the upcoming holidays. And now it’s even better since you can save a few bucks.

Valid only on orders over $20. You can buy other items besides mineral makeup, of course, but the half off discount will only apply to the mineral items in your “shopping cart”. Offer expires on November 14, 2010 so shop quickly!

Bionic Boondoggle: From the land of ferns

by Bionic Beauty on August 30, 2010 · 4 comments

Welcome to another installment of the Bionic Boondoggle! It’s basically a “best of” roundup from the perspective of moi.

My snake-bitten ankle is finally healed and I’m doing strengthening exercises daily. I’m still visiting north Florida and loving the area here more and more! For a little get-outta-the-house time, my friend and I headed to the Devil’s Millhopper park in Gainesville. We packed our cameras and a few of our Moleskine journals and sketchbooks. I also wore tall, heavy leather boots. I have vowed never to hike without leather boots on again. No more snake bites for me, thank you very much.

Bionic Beauty visits Devil's Millhopper state park in Gainesville, Florida

Devil's Millhopper - One really old sinkhole!

I love greenery, shade (as you can tell by my paleness), and humidity. The Devil’s Millhopper suited me perfectly. There were teeny waterfalls winding through limestone covered in liverworts, lichens, and mosses. The waters flow through the porous limestone, making its way into the Florida Aquifer, and finally… very very slowly flows towards the Gulf of Mexico.

Bionic Beauty's trip to Devils Millhopper - A trickling stream, limestone rock, moss, liverworts

A trickling stream through limestone rock covered with mosses and liverworts

On our trek, I spotted a few native orchids (unfortunately not in bloom), some really cool aquatic plants, tiny glossy mushrooms, and more ferns than I’ve ever witnessed in one locale. It was truly a fabulous day! The only mar on the day’s perfection… I seem to have dropped/left/lost my digital camera. So if anyone found a pewter and black Olympus digital camera at the Millhopper over the weekend, could ya please send it back to me? I’ll bake you brownies and my famous banana bread! I miss my super-macro mode already for taking makeup shots. Grrrr.

Bionic Beauty at Devil's Millhopper park - Moleskine journals

Writing in my journals + surrounded by greenery = Happiness in Bionic-land.

Anyhow, let’s get on Boondoggling, shall we?
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I’m thankful for… elf cosmetics

by Bionic Beauty on June 11, 2010 · 4 comments

Elf cosmetics is preparing to celebrate their two-millionth order! The theme surrounding this event is “Thanks a 2 Million!”… so to help get the party started, elf cosmetics’ asked me to list a few things that make me thankful.

You can view my submission here… leave a comment there if you wish, or here, and share what makes YOU thankful!

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Heading to a salon Grand Opening!

While it looks like not much happened on Bionic Beauty today, I’ve been working behind-the-scenes since 8am. Hopefully you all will benefit from the upgrades soon. I’m working on an improved navigation bar so everyone can find articles related to a specific topic in an easier and quicker manner. Also in the plans- a FAQ page and a page listing the most-popular tutorials. I’m open to other suggestions to improve Bionic Beauty, just leave your thoughts in the comments.

Now, let’s get down to a Bionic Boondoggle! For those of you who don’t know what a Bionic Boondoggle is… it’s basically a mash-up of wonderful things that caught my eye recently.

First up… the sales!

  • Get a FREE $5 gift card from e.l.f. cosmetics with a $20 purchasee.l.f. cosmetics and makeup gift card coupon code! Just use coupon code CINCO when you checkout.
  • From now through April 30th, get 25% off your entire purchase plus get FREE standard ground shipping at Sally Beauty’s website25% off coupon code for Sally Beauty supply!! Enter promo code 555919 at checkout. I know I’ll be stocking up on Ion Color Brilliance hair color! I just wish I could use this in their brick n’ mortar stores as well, but I guess we can’t have all our wishes granted.
  • YBF Skincare is celebrating their 3 year partnership with The Skin Care Shop. Between now and June 1st, YBF is giving away over $1500 of their incredible skin care products via Twitter! Head over to the YBF website for the giveaway schedule and learn how to enter!

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