I’ve launched a new poll on Bionic Beauty: “What topics would you like to see more in Bionic Beauty’s future?”

The new poll is available in the right sidebar of Bionic Beauty (under the appropriately labeled “Vote Now!” section).

I have set this poll up to allow you to vote for as many of the subjects as you’d like.  I really want to get your ideas on what you want from Bionic Beauty in the upcoming year!

Please also feel free to elaborate on your vote in the comments section below.

Below are the results of the previous Bionic Beauty poll…

What is your favorite eyeshadow color?

• Brown/Taupe/Tan (44%, 201 Votes)
• I wear and love ‘em all! (18%, 82 Votes)
• Black/Gray (16%, 75 Votes)
• Purple/Lavender (16%, 75 Votes)
• Greens (9%, 40 Votes)
• White/Pearl (8%, 36 Votes)
• Pink/Mauve (8%, 35 Votes)
• Blue/Navy (6%, 26 Votes)
• Orange/Coral (3%, 15 Votes)
• Yellow (1%, 5 Votes)
• Red/Magenta (1%, 4 Votes)

Total Voters: 460

Thanks for voting, everyone!

I know y’all have been wondering where the *beep* I have been for these past months… well, I have a ton of excuses I could dish out, but mainly I have been working offline on getting fresh ideas for Bionic Beauty. There are so many beauty blogs out there, and I want to get back to BB’s fun roots. Offline life has been hectic too. I’ve been having some small difficulties (money, like most of us these days), writer’s block, and new websites to design for clients. I have done some blogging at my dog’s blog, and my “fun blog” so be sure to stop by there occasionally too!

Anyhow, it’s definitely not fair to just let my baby sit here unloved. So I’m going to start posting some short articles to get back into the swing of things now that life is settling down a bit.

So here we goooooooo….

How to Get Healthy Color-Treated Hair

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This is a TotalBeauty.com hair color article You aren’t doomed to choose between having healthy hair that’s a boring color and having fabulous color with damaged ends. According to the experts, it is possible to have glorious color and shiny, healthy hair. See how here. Find out

I’ve launched a new poll on Bionic Beauty: “What is your favorite eyeshadow color?”

The new poll is available in the right sidebar of Bionic Beauty (under the appropriately labeled “Vote Now!” section).  Go on… and vote! And please feel free to elaborate on your vote in the comments section below.

Below are the results of the previous Bionic Beauty poll…

What is your favorite article series at Bionic Beauty?

• I love ‘em all! (49%, 21 Votes)
• I prefer reviews, swatches or other articles. (21%, 9 Votes)
• Bionic Homemade (16%, 7 Votes)
• Powerful Beauty (9%, 4 Votes)
• Bionic Boondoggle (2%, 1 Votes)
• Bionic-onomics (2%, 1 Votes)
• Bionic Asks (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 43

So… since Bionic Asks isn’t too popular, I will try to get more articles up on Wednesdays to go along with that series.  That way the people who do not enjoy the the less popular features will still have something to read. As always, I am open to any suggestions you have for the Bionic Beauty blog!

Thanks for voting, everyone!

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is the season to reflect on what is most important in our lives, what has changed us, and that which has forced us (good, bad or otherwise) to grow. There’s really too much for me to list in an article, and not bore you all to a tryptophan-coma, so here is my tippy-top “I’m Thankful” list…

For scenery such as this... and experiencing it with the most important people (and dogs) in my life.

My dream Bionic-land: Mountains, trees, trails, wildlife and cabins.

My Willie Woo. I’m glad he’s never stopped woo’ing (or blogging) and has stubbornly refused to grow out of his puppy-hood!

My Wilfred Orvill Oliveira (aka Woo) - Three years old, and yet stuck at six months!

Woo’s new best friend and my second favorite dog in the world, Sylvia McFroggus. Thanks for the girl time, chica!

Nothing perks you up more than dog hugs and bunny ears!

My sister (y’all know her as Joycey Couture), my parents, my grandmom and the rest of my family unit.

An impromptu performance with Elvis (notice I'm not singing).

To all my online, blogging, and twitter friends: Kelly Gould (blogger extraordinaire and fellow Klutz Klub member), Robyn B. (from Purely Cosmetics and another Klutz Klub gal), “fried madness“ Mo, Tashi, Erin (the famed Cheap Chick), Stacy W., Robyn (in snakeless Hawaii), Paula (muy excellente blogger), the mysterious and incognito WidelyRed, Kimberley and Darrell (from YBF Skincare), Stacey (from Lexli), and Micheal (from Jeune D’Age Organics). Thanks for sticking with me through thick, thin, endless emails, twitter rants, and all the other drivel. You’ve picked me up more times than you realize.

Last and certainly not least- I am thankful for the person who made this the best year of my life. Even snake bites and my beloved computer dieing (RIP Phoenix – you’ll rise again!), could not alter my happiness. Everything changed last November and I’ve been floating beyond cloud nine since. Thank you for coffee, books, movies, geeking out, dropped walls, and having my back.

With tomorrow being laden with cooking, family, friends, and hopefully a bit of relaxation; take some time today to think back on the year. What, and who, makes you say a big “Thank You”?

Have a Bionic Thanksgiving!

As my regular readers know, every Friday at Bionic Beauty features the Powerful Beauty article series. There have been contributors from across the globe and from a variety of professions (models, artists, book authors, and makeup artists – to name a few).

I’d really love to open this feature up to my readers and anyone else who wishes to participate! Simply send me a two to four paragraphs telling me “How you achieve or define Powerful Beauty”.

You can use my Contact Form to submit your article. If you’d like me to link to your own blog or website, please include that as well. You can also send me a photograph of yourself, but that is completely optional.

One of the great things about this Powerful Beauty feature is that it is bringing women together under a common topic. These articles discuss feelings, physical attributes, tips and ideas that are important and common to us all. And each person’s view is so individual! I am honored to have such strong and confident women among my friends and readers!

By the way, there’s no cut-off for your entry… just type it up and send it along as your schedule allows and I’ll work your article into the queue.

Stay Bionic,

This week’s Bionic Asks… What are your favorite beauty blogs?

Out of the wide wonders of the blogosphere, which beauty and makeup blogs do you read on a daily basis? How did you find your favorites?

Unfortunately, I don’t make it to my favorite blogs everyday, but I do visit them weekly and catch up on articles by email at the end of the day. My “best of” list is basically the Bionic Beauty blogroll. And after you all share your fave blogs below, I can hopefully expand my blogroll with some new sites!

I’ve launched a new poll on Bionic Beauty: “What is your favorite feature article series here at the Bionic Beauty blog?”

The new poll is available in the right sidebar of Bionic Beauty (under the appropriately labeled “Vote Now!” section).  Go on… and vote! And please feel free to share in the comments section any ideas or suggestions you have regarding the current weekly feature’s at BB.

Below are the results of the previous Bionic Beauty poll…

What Summer 2010 movies are tops on your list?

• Eclipse (59%, 84 Votes)
• Iron Man 2 (18%, 26 Votes)
• Inception (15%, 22 Votes)
• Salt (12%, 17 Votes)
• Another one entirely… (12%, 17 Votes)
• A-Team (11%, 16 Votes)
• Sex and The City 2 (5%, 7 Votes)
• I don’t go to the moo-vees (5%, 7 Votes)

Total Voters: 143

Personally I voted for the A-Team, Eclipse, and Iron Man 2; but I also saw Salt. I enjoyed them all… but if you are an action-gal and like comedy, you’ve GOT to see the A-Team movie when it comes out on DVD. Absolutely, freaking hilarious!!

Thanks for voting, everyone!

If you tend to notice details, you might have seen some tiny changes on the Bionic Beauty website lately. I’ve added these new features in hopes of making things a bit easier for you – my readers.

The two main changes include the addition of a teeny MSK button and a Facebook Like button. These items will appear at the bottom of every article on the Bionic Beauty blog; located just below the “Share the love…” social media buttons.

What are the functions of these nifty little gadgets, you ask?

• The MSK button - Click this icon and you’ll be zipped over to the Moleskine website. The MSK application will automagically set up any Bionic Beauty article to print into your Moleskine journal. You can pick layout and design options such as pocket or large (regular) size, font variety, pictures to include, etc. Very handy if you want to make your own “beauty reference” book!
• The Facebook Like button - Use this button to help spread the word to your Facebook pals which articles you enjoyed. Selfishly, it helps me because I depend on you all to help Bionic Beauty grow. So I’d really appreciate you “liking” any of the articles you enjoyed reading.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on these new options! And if you have other suggestions for Bionic Beauty, please drop me a line in the comments below or use the Contact Form for a private discussion.

Stay Bionic!

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.

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.

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.

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

Anyhow, let’s get on Boondoggling, shall we?

Ever wondered what some of those big long tongue-tying names are in your hair care products? Beauty with Brains gives you a 101 course on Polyquaternium 11.

Beauty and Fashion Tech uses skin care products from Arcona and Peter Thomas Roth to help cure her adult acne.

My dog “The Amazing Woo” is holding giveaway for a pet goody bag from Chicken Soup for the Pet Lovers Soul. Y’all should enter if you’ve got any furry friends!

E.l.f. Cosmetics has some pretty fabulous discount codes that are available for a very limited time. Shop quickly, everyone!

• Get a free 3 piece back to school makeup set from e.l.f. cosmetics when you purchase $20 or more in their makeup goodies. Use code BTSAF. This coupon code expires August 31, 2010.
• Now through August 31, you can save 30% off elf’s Studio Makeup collection with a minimum $20 purchase. This offer is valid with coupon code STUD30.

Lastly, here is my favorite quote from the book I finished last week…

“Truth can never be defeated, Sarene. Even if people do forget about it occasionally.”
~King Eventeo in the book Elantris by Brandon Sanderson.

Have you spotted anything wonderful around this web this week? Feel free to share sales, favorite quotes, funny videos, or whatever strikes your fancy in the comments section below

Joycey Couture wanted to share her “thanks” for three years of Powerful Beauty with the Bionic Beauty blog…

A side note from Bionic Beauty: On a personal note, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Joyce for her entertaining and informing articles over the past three years. She selflessly dedicated her precious time and energy… which really helped take the load off my shoulders. Thank you Joyce! ~Jami