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Just a quick update for everyone who has been asking me. YES all BB Couture nail polish colors are now back in stock! And yes there are major rumors going around about brand new collections. Looks like there are two in fact.. One if for the fall.. The fall collection will be seen in a up coming nails magazine. Not sure if its NailPro or Nails.. And the second collection, well its not for sure yet.. Probably within the next couple of weeks we will have more up to date news on that..

Posted: July 2nd, 2009 under Home base.
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Overall Beauty and Natural Empathy have team up so that we can offer their amazing products to the US market. The press release below talks about their amazing launch they are having in the UK tomorrow. If you are in the UK:

Natural Empathy natural British skincare range launches tomorrow in Selfridges Oxford Street.  The stand will be located in the main beauty hall – come through the Oxford Street entrance, walk through fragrances towards the information point and walk round to the right hand side of the escalators, we will be on the left hand side between the escalators.

Now for those of us here in the USA we don’t know why this launch is so amazing for just a young skincare company. Think of it this way, Selfridges in the UK is like Saks Fifth Ave or Triffany & Co. is here for us.  So you know its a great honor for them as well as for us. Overall Beauty is the first company in the US that has been given the honor of carrying most of their product line. Visit here: OverallBeauty.com or NaturalEmpathy.com to view all their products.
Media Release

Countryside meets city – British formula natural anti-age range launches in Selfridges

Combining a love of the British countryside with a passion for natural anti-ageing skin and hair care, the Natural Empathy range of luxury products launches in Selfridges Oxford Street store on 2 July.

Made with extra virgin, cold-pressed rapeseed oil grown from a single seed variety at Yellow Fields farm in Northumberland, the paraben and sulphate free Natural Empathy range of skincare products combines specially blended pure organic essential oils – up to 12 per formulation – with naturally derived vitamins and clever natural active ingredients.

Britain’s superior answer to olive oil, rape seed oil is one of the most natural and healthy oils in existence - richer and more nutritive, easily absorbed and wonderfully softening – even the farmers on the Yellow Fields farms use this natural product to protect their skin from the elements.

Designed to both pamper and protect, the range includes natural anti-ageing facial moisturisers including a men’s moisturising skin conditioner, hand and body washes, body butter, bath milk, shampoo and conditioner.

Selfridges, impressed with the quality of the ingredients, British-made ethos and performance of the products, will include the range in their main Beauty hall for two weeks from 2 July, and from there will be housed in the Living Beauty section for at least three more months.

The Natural Empathy range is produced by the Stuckey family who live in Northumberland close to the Yellow Fields farm where the main and key ingredient, rape seed oil, is grown and pressed for the products.

Mother and daughter Beverley and Maddy Stuckey of Empathy Skincare, who together with polymer scientist husband and father Philip, personally formulated the often complex blends of essential oils which make each individual product work in harmony with the body and senses to create a feeling of well-being inside and out.

The range’s stunning designs are inspired by British legend William Morris, who famously said “Have nothing in your home that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”

Natural Empathy Range available at Selfridges:
Skincare:
Clean & Green – floral cleanser £12.50 200ml
Care & Repair No 1 Signature Day Moisturiser £25 50ml
Care & Repair No 3 Signature Night Moisturiser £25 50ml
Bathing Beauty – bath milk £15 200ml
Botanical – bodywash £10 200ml
Everybody – hand & body lotion £14 200ml
Herbal – handwash £8 200ml
Luxury Body Butter £18 200ml
Men’s Skincare:
Care & Repair Signature Moisturiser for Men £25 50ml
All-in-one hair & body wash £12 200ml
Haircare:
Natural Zing – grapefruit & rosemary shampoo £12 200ml
Pure Luxury – jasmine & lavender conditioner £12 200ml

You will find at OverallBeauty.com a lot of their product line that is easy to ship to us and doesn’t cost you the customer outlandish shipping. I would personally love to offer their candles, but the shipping for them is just way too high at this time. I have heard that they may come out with candles that are smaller and in doing so makes them more cost affective as well as brings the shipping prices down as well.

I will have to say I am so blessed and lucky that I get to work with Natural Empathy. They are one of the few companies that even as they are getting bigger and more out there, still believe in good ingredients make an amazing product. They do not use ingredients that are in anyway bad for us, you got to try their body lotion!!

Posted: July 1st, 2009 under Friends.
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Celebrate with SHI Symbol and Overall Beauty with a lovely package valued at US$50 being given away. Now come on, who doesn’t love a free giveaway?? Great way for you to get your hands on BB Couture nail polish if you win, the trendy coolest brand out there today!!

4th of July Giveaway!

Overall Beauty has got together with BB Couture to offer this 4th July an amazing red, white and blue nail polish giveaway! Included are:

1 x BB Couture Nail Polish in Fairy Blood (our red)
1 x BB Couture Nail Polish in Pixie Dust (our white)
1 x BB Couture Nail Polish in Karibbean Kiersti (our blue)
Plus a neat manicure gift set
And a Reflexology Foot Massager
All beautifully presented in a handcrafted 4th July themed make up bag by SolSisters. (Makeup bag is not in the image)

You don’t need to be an American to value your freedom, liberties and rights. True freedom belongs to all mankind.
From today  thru July 10th 2009 this free giveaway will be running.
Our amazing partner in this special will be showing off this special giveaway as well another one we will be doing later on in July. Their eMag is offered all month long for you to view and enjoy. Worth checking it out even if you are not at this time single!!
To win this gorgeous pack, all you have to do is sign up for the newsletters at Overallbeauty.com and when you do the same with SHI Symbol, check out the promos that are always being offered by them too.

For those of you who are Single and wish to be amongst the trendsetters in America to wear this recently released amazing jewellery, check out www.shisymbol.com to get yours. They have an amazing packed eMag that you just have to start reading! And Kim at OverallBeauty.com is now their featured beauty columnist.

Quick note: If these BB Couture nail polish colors aren’t what you are looking for, or just want to see other colors offered? Visit http://overallbeauty.com

Posted: June 26th, 2009 under Friends.
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I little behind in my reviews again. I got to test this brand a few weeks ago and just haven’t had time to write up my review. An amazing company  called Bee Gorgeous Organics out here in California with great organic products made with bee products.

Susan of Bee Gorgeous was kind enough to send me a few samples of some of their best selling products. I got samples of:
Whipped Shea Rose Butter
Sugar Scrub
Salt Scrub
Lip Balm
Meil Hand & Body Veil
Chocolate Body Bar

The whipped Shea Rose Body Butter is just amazing! It has a light scent, my skin just drank it in!
The Lip Balm well I am always looking  for a good natural lip balm that doesn’t smell or taste like peppermint. That comes in a tube not a tub and won’t melt in my pocketbook. Believe me I have had ones that are organic only to have a mess in the bottom of my purse cause they melted. Thank goodness Bee Gorgeous Lip Balm did not of that! I am not one to fuss about products that are made with bee’s wax, I know some of you are. The lip balm is the closest to natural you can get.
Bee Gorgeous Lip Balm fit all the little things I want from a lip balm, for once! Its totally worth checking out!
I also got a sample of their sugar body scrub and their salt body scrub, both organic of course.  Anyone of you that have read my reviews before, I happen to prefer sugar scrubs over salt scrubs not in this case. Bee Gorgeous has scrubs that are created with dried flowers and other natural products. Personally I don’t care for dried flowers in my scrubs that are in big pieces, but that’s just me!
The chocolate body butter bar, on my gosh!! I smelled in the small tin that it came in and I had to call, I thought for sure it was a piece of chocolate!! In fact Bee Gorgeous has been kind enough to give us to giveaway a Lip Balm and a Lavender scented Body Butter Bar.
Their list of  Ingredients: Pure Organic Hawaiian Beeswax, Pure Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Apricot Kernel Oil, Shea Butter, Coconut Oil, Essential Oils of Lavender, Ylang Ylang, Frankincense and Rose Absolute just to name of few.

If you are into chocolate you can have one of those instead. I love the texture of the body bar and the cute tin it comes in. Having it come in a tin is a great idea specially if you were getting it shipped somewhere. Really helps keep its shape and not melt. But boy does it have that melt in your hands feel! We have a $30 giveaway just for you!

Reviews are no fun if you don’t have anything to go with it to give away.. I love being able to give one lucky person a chance to try out Bee Gorgeous Organics products.. You are going to love the Lip Balm for sure!
They had one more product that the owner told me they usually don’t send out for sampling because well its hard to explain what it is and how you would use it. When they go shows or private parties its easy to show how it works and why its so amazing for your skin. Anyone of us who have been to a Spa and had a full body wrap would understand the amazing feel it is to have your body coated with a moisturizing skincare product that removes all the dry dead skin leaving your body baby soft.
Well Meil Hand & Body Veil can do just that. Without you having to pay someone else to coat your body, you can sit at home in your bath tub with good music and rub Meil Hand & Body Veil all over yourself. Some of us don’t care to go to the Spas and have strangers do what we can do ourselves at home for less. You really need to check out Meil Hand & Body Veil for youself. Even it you just get it for your hands, after trying it once your hands will look and feel younger. Its an amazing product, I think it should be in everyone’s bathroom.
Like their tag like says, what are you feeding your skin? Make sure its the highest quality products, Bee Gorgeous fits everyone’s budget and who doesn’t want a spa night at home? Check them out today!

Posted: June 22nd, 2009 under Home base.
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Healthy happy hair is full of bounce, and shine. It’s not sure much what your hair care routine is but instead about how healthy your hair is and also how healthy your hair looks. We all have ways of caring for our hair, some routines are more involved than others. Some just wash and go, others wash, condition, blow dry, curl and then go.

Good hair care is essential to keeping your beautiful mane looking beautiful, manageable, soft and worry free. Yet we have all had those bad hair days as well, when it just seems like our hair just doesn’t want to behave.
With everyone having different types of hair types, not all hair care routines are the same such as what I do for my thin blond hair isn’t going to work for all those blessed with curly hair. That’s just the facts. Despite the uniqueness of everyone’s hair we all seem to have the same concerns. What do we do to fix damage hair? What are the causes and how do we prevent them? A lot of damage control can be done by the hair care routine you follow.

Just what are basic hair care routines?
First off you need a good hair cut. And if you are growing it out or use your hair dryer and curling iron/flat iron most days getting your hair trimmed every 6 to 8 weeks is a must!
Your shampoo and conditioner should be chosen carefully based on your hair type, length, and other products and treatments you use.

For starters everyone washes their hair. Some do it everyday others do it every other day and some can go as long as almost a week before washing their hair. It depends on your hair type, hair length and the condition of your hair. Those with oily hair probably want to wash it more other than those with dry hair. Using luke warm water is better for your hair than hot water is.

When it comes to shampoos some brands are better than others. And they say that you should change your brand of shampoo up every so often cause your hair gets used to it. Don’t know if that is true or not. When you shampoo you don’t need more than a dime size amount or you are just wasting it. Also it makes a huge difference if you take the time to thoroughly ensure you wash out every last bit of shampoo.
Because I happened to have fine hair, I use a shampoo and conditioner that adds volume and even texture and thickness to my hair.

For those that color their hair, you’ll want a shampoo that will protect your color from fading when you wash cause if you just use a regular shampoo all that money you are spending on your color is wasted. Now if your hair happens to be very dry, you’ll want to avoid washing every day, as even a gentle baby shampoo will strip your hair of its natural oils. If your scalp is oily, however, daily washing with a shampoo specially designed to combat oil is a must. As you can see there isn’t just one type of shampoo that works for everyone.

Next comes your conditioner. There are the types you leave in or rinse out. There are also deep conditioners that you leave on for 20 minutes or so and then rinse out. It depends on the condition of your hair to know which conditioner to use. You don’t need more than a quarter size amount of conditioner. If you have fine hair like I do, then don’t put the conditioner right onto your scalp! Start at the ends and I personally flip my hair over and work the conditioner from the tips to almost the scalp. This way your roots don’t get oily faster.

Once you have rinsed your hair, do the final rinse with cold water. It really makes a difference!
At this point many just towel dry their hair and out the door you go! Others like myself blow dry and use a curling iron. There are products you can use to help keep your hair healthy even if you do use the hair dryer a lot! And there are even products that help your style hold and creates volume and shape. It all depends on what you do with your hair to know what works for you! I have fine hair I use mousse on mine and then a really good hair spray that holds! If I don’t then the curl just falls out!

If you take good care of your hair, there will be less bad hair days. And we all want less of those.

Copyright Kim Snyder 2009

Posted: June 15th, 2009 under Home base.
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Everyone loves a good candle. One that lasts as long as they say, smells yummy and burns clean. This week we got to test out just such a candle by Essential Stuff, as well as a sample of their body wash and body lotion.
The candle I receive to test out was one of the best smelling candles I have had the change to burn in a while. Its not soy based like I like but burn?? On my gosh! When they say it will burn for 130 plus hours they were not kidding!
The candle I received was from their Wick.ed stuff collection scent: orange-mango.
You can view their candle here: Wicked Stuff Collection by Essential Stuff
The company is called Essential Stuff and they are out of Los Angeles, CA area. When I talked with the owner Cameron Hall, he told me they had been in business for about 10 years now. So I had to ask why they went into the candle making business?
The company was started on the idea of offering a real smelling product, that wasn’t all flowery and over perfumed. We have all smelled candles like that, they make me sick and I have to leave the room when they are burning. (I have asthma and can’t handle a lot of candle scents) They wanted to offer products that were real scents and not sweet. Make sense.
I really love the candle, body wash was really good, didn’t care for the body lotion. Not the scent which was really nice by the way, but for the fact it was to me runny. I like body lotions that are a lot more creamer. When I tried it for the first time I got too much out of the bottle all over my hands. But that was just me..
Essential Stuff was even kind enough to give me a candle for you to try and win!
WE have for you another candle from the Wick.ed Stuff collection only this time the scent is fig in flowers. It’s a 3 x 3 square candle and you are going to love it!!

Check out all they have to offer by visit http://shopflick.com and don’t be surprised if you are there for a while. And watch one of his videos, it gives you a feel of what the company is all about. They do candles for big name companies as well. I got one of the nite in a can candle that is so cute!! It smells like someone just baked pumpkin pie!! They last longer than one time as well. Cute tins cost about $6.00 each.
All in all this is one candle company that is worth the price. I am busy drooling over another of their 4 x 5 candles, just can’t decide which scent!!

Posted: June 14th, 2009 under Home base.
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Amy owner of Mom Made That is off to BlogHer Convention next month. You can go here and read more about it. http://mommadethat.com
As much as I would love to be there, I can’t go.. So anywhoo I get email from my buddy Amy looking for samples/donations to take with her to BlogHer.  Wow I jumped on that!!  How could I not? If I had  had a bottle of BB Couture bottle of polish to send I would of send her one of those too.
I have send to Amy Magic Lash gift set with mineral eye shadow,  Overall Beauty Minerals samples in 3 different colors to give away and a really cute handmade gift bag for fun! I thought to pretty her self up (not saving she isn’t pretty, she’s beautiful!) but I thought she could have some fun with Magic Lash..

The samples are of Overall Beauty Minerals, three of the newest colors in fact! I send with her Cobalt Night, Treasure and Copper Petal. Colors anyone can wear and enjoy.

I didn’t tell Amy what color she was getting to try out, I hope she can’t tell in the image, I wanted it to be a surprise!

If you are going to BlogHer next month do look Amy up, I can’t wait to hear all about it!!

Posted: June 11th, 2009 under Home base.
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Ever wanted to do something  just for fun? Or do something because someone else thought you would be good at it?  Well it all started with Barbara owner of SlayAngels.com. She has this friend who has a really neat site for Singles based in Australia. Now before you get all trippy about it, its not a dating site!! What SHI Symbol is turns out to be a piece of jewelry! Now back to the story. Barbara and I was talking about Jan owner of SHI Symbol how they are a one of the major sponsors for Slay Angels and how they have this really awesome jewelry that isn’t known yet in the US and what could we do as friends that might help them out? Then Barbara goes oh I know, Kim! You write articles why not talk to Jan about beauty articles??

Sounded like a great idea and after we got off the phone, I wrote it down to contact her and well I kinda drop the ball and lost the piece of paper. Anyway I get the call from Australia!! Jan calls me!!  We got to talking about beauty, makeup and ideas. She asked me if I would be interested in doing a beauty column for their eMag. Wow what an idea! So as of yesterday Kim Snyder is now a featured writer for SHI Symbol eMag!!

Now what SHI Symbol is all about is this, everyone has got out to a bar and wanted to just talk with someone. Not go home with them. Just be friends. That is how this beautiful piece of jewelry comes in. It shows everyone that you are interested, if you are interested in men or women or same sex. By wearing it you let the other person know that you would like to be friends. There is no pressure. And if you are someone who happens not to be interested in the opposite sex, there is one for you as well. Its a dating pendant that is really quite pretty. If you been following SlayAngels you see Scarlet wearing it.

There are the 7 ways your SHI Symbol helps you be recognized by other Singles as being interested in Love, Friendship, Romance or a Relationship. With your SHI Symbol you will find out:

• How you can easily be identified by other Singles in your day to day activities and attract a date 24/7
• How dates will be attracted to you by your sexuality, fashion and passion for life
• How love, romance or Meeting Your Match can simply just happen without really trying whether you’re a Heterosexual, Gay or Lesbian Single
• How by increasing your chances it will be easier for that Mr or Ms Right to find you
• How other Singles can instantly be attracted to you.
• How wherever they may be from – be it Australia, the UK, the USA or in fact anywhere at all, another SHI Symbol wearer can engage with you
• How your increased confidence and image will translate into more prospective dates, friends, lovers and potential partners being attracted to you.

Sign up for their newsletter and read part one Your Makeup — Naturally by Kim Snyder

Update:

I am very excited to be featured in SHI Symbol E-magazine for the June edition!! We are working with SHI Symbol, and incorporating the line into Slay Angels our new series of webisodes. www.slayangels.com

If you are single and this is something that interested you, check out their website at

http://www.shisymbol.com.au/

Posted: June 9th, 2009 under Home base.
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Due to the outstanding success of our Birthday Sale last week, I have been asked to put these BB Couture colors out of stock till further notice. We want to be sure all orders are filled with these most amazing colors! We have no idea how big of a hit this sale would be! Thanks everyone!!!
These colors are now out of stock:
Animal Instinct
Balboa Beach Bunny
Bind Love
Butt-Naked Bronze
Catalina Cutie
Coral Reef
Dark Knight
Dragon’s Breath
Eternity
Fatal Attraction
Fate
Feverish Fushia
Frosty Meadow
Glistening Sandz
Green GoblinM
Hermosa Surfer Girl
Iced Olive
Laguna Lagoon
Midnight Desire
Midnight Malibu
Moon Over Manhattan
Mystic Majenta
Obsession
Opposites Attract
Prenuptial
Psycho For Your Love
Santa Monica Sands
Sea of Cortez
Seashells
Spellbound
Til Dead Do Us Part
Venice Party
Venom
Zuma Wave Rider
I would like to thank everyone who make this the best birthday ever for me and Overall Beauty! We had no idea how well everyone would love our sale! I hope to be able to do it again soon!

Posted: June 7th, 2009 under Home base.
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Just giving you a update! So you know that tomorrow June 6th, 2009 this special deal that everyone is so enjoying is gone tomorrow at midnight my time. I know that there may be a few of you that have been on your no buying days or not sure. This is the biggest deal I have ever offered!

Buy 2 BB Couture Nail Polish get 1 FREE! Limit is 2 FREE! So what you are getting is a savings of $16.00! How is that for a grand deal?
We have other specials too but this one is the best one ever! And you have no idea how many have already taken us up on it!

Now don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter! WE are going to be giving away a special gift bag with BB Couture nail polishes in it with something else of course to one special person who signs up while our special deal is going on! Sign up is right there in the right hand column so don’t forget do it today! Members of the newsletter get  to hear about sales etc that are going to happen before anyone else. I am also going to be giving away goodies to those of the newsletter list!! So sign up today!

Posted: June 5th, 2009 under Home base.
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