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Guest Blog by CartBox   CartBox specialises in cooking, baking and all things Asian :) Click the CartBox link to the right to see all of her other guest blogs. So recently I've run out of my favourite  perfume - Glow by JLO a nd unfortunately I haven't been able to find it anywhere. So I had to start looking for a new perfume and with some research I came across one I really liked -  Beyoncé  Heat. So all that was left to do now was to wait for it to come on special. While my sister was in town for a visit, we went to check out what sales were on. I found  Beyoncé Heat on a fantastic special and also found another great smelling perfume that was even cheaper - I ntimately Beckham. So I bought both. I'd have to say Intimately Beckham is my favourite, the smell is more suited to a younger generation, but I still love  Beyoncé  Heat, but tend to save it for special occasions.

Read the story here ! Great idea, we have terrible skill cancer rates. And we can't keep idiots out of the sun but we can definately get rid of solariums.

Just discovered Jeans West Online Clearance !! Wish I had seen it sooner. It has some things mega cheap because it might be on of the last few they have or are only available in one colour or size. If your lucky enough to find something you fancy and it's in your size you could be getting it at a mega cheap price!Some things I stumbled across include men's shirts as cheap as $12 and ladies tee as cheap as $9 and ladies jeans down to $15. Worth having a look anyway, might find some things to treat yourself with for Christmas :P

Recently I was looking for some more summer dresses to add to the collection and came across these two from Jeans West . I watched them online for ages when they first came out at $70 and eventually got them for $40 in a super members sale.    The pink dress is ' Heidi ' which also comes in multi-tone green. The blue dress is ' Estelle ' which also comes in orange (which actually looks really nice). Almost all of their dresses are lined and have adjustable straps. I'm not convinced on the measuring guide but I was able to get the right size because I had enough store bought dresses to be sure. Here are a few other dresses that I thought were really cute: ' Nicolette ', ' Clara ' and ' Annette '. There are also plenty of maxi dresses available but I almost never wear maxi because they are too hot. A good summer dress almost always needs a good waist belt. I had a brown one I got from Jeans West a long time ago (about $15) that...

The last ones in stock size 8 or 9 for just $5.00   Last two pairs are size 8 and 9. Here is a link to my ebay store . The last ones in stock size 8 or 9 for just $5.00

The clock on Click Frenzy still says an hour to go even though it is already 1900 AEDT and now I can't even access the website at all! Anyone else had success? This just in!! A facebook page dedicated to the Click Frenzy FAIL has been created. Check it out here . And on the Official Click Frenzy facebook they have posted that the website is working and thousand of people are already getting great sales - which is rubbish according to every single comment from consumers. ...more to come... UPDATE!  Here is a list of retail participants... This is a good laugh - Hitler finds out that Click Frenzy Crashed ....

I've already made my shopping list for my Christmas shopping at Click Frenzy !! Right now there is just less that 4 hours on the countdown to 1900 EDST (Sale starts at 1800 in Queensland). This mega sale only last 24 hours in Australia. To find out which retailers are involved check out this list . I'm excited about JeansWest, JAG, Co-Op Bookshop, Target... You don't actually buy the products from Click Frenzy it is just a place where retailers bring all their crazy sales to one place. You still order and pay through the retailers website (which is more reassuring). For questions about this first time event in Australia check out the FAQ. Happy Shopping!! Update - NOT happy shopping... check out the following updates and advice on how to still get access to some of those saving. Screw Click Frenzy - Lets do it without them   Click Frenzy Gone to Shit

I ran out of perfume ages ago and didn’t want to go back to my local Avon dealer because I thought she was a complete mental. And I have been putting off getting another on for so long because I didn’t want to get something I wouldn’t like. Finally got around to going shopping when I was on holidays and spent ages smelling heaps of different perfumes until I found a couple that I quite likes and then got Bede to decide (seeing as he has to smell it all the time). It was between Sara Jessica Parker Lovely and Mariah Carey Perfume for Women. They both smell really nice but Bede picked Mariah Carey (as pictured on the left). I love the smell, it comes in a cute little bottle and was only $29.95 for 50mL (at Chemist Warehouse).

I have super curly hair and when it’s dry it is frizzy, uncontrollable and CRAZY! My hair dresser recommended ‘Juuce Kinky' for my hair and she has recommended well! I have never left my hair down after washing it because I don’t like how puffy it gets but now I leave it down all the time. Juice doesn’t make my hair feel yucky or sticky; it feels soft and smells nice. But most importantly, instead of fuzz I get to enjoy my lovely long curls. I got it on special from my salon for $20 which I find to be quite reasonable but could probably hunt for a bargain online I think.

I have been trying to get this dress from everywhere and finally struck success today. Saw it on the Target Online store for $59.00 a few weeks ago, didn't have my size in stock so I went to a few different Target stores and they had everything except my size as well. Just to be doubly sure that I had missed out I visited the very first store that I check again and found it the second I walked in the store. So glad I looked again - its very cute. I even got it for $47.20 in the Melbourne Cup dress sale :D Very happy!

Have been using these Gillette razors for years now thinking that shaving legs was just always going to be annoying and painful....that was until today....I didn't have any razors left and the last one got thrown because it had cut me for the last time. So I used one of my husband's travel razors - they are just Bic Twin Blade disposables and they were amazing!!! Having a new Gillette never made any difference. Even getting one straight out of the packet still resulted in painful leg scrapings and rash from breaking the skin. I think it is just a shit razor and can't believe I put up with if for so long, buying the same thing. I recommend that anyone else having trouble finding a good razor to try Bic Disposable Twin Blade. So simple and cheap but it gets the best results - smooth, cut free, rash free, sexy legs :P

I have been using this moisturiser for over two years now and have never turned back. I starting using this because I was looking for something that was going to make my face feel greasy or look shiny. Can no longer get the ‘Sensitive Skin’ version from Coles but can get if from Woo lies and it also comes in SPF +15 which is great and there is another on e which I can 't remember .

After plenty of trials and fails I have finally come across a hair routine that I am really happy with. None of it is from the salon, it can all be found on the shelf at the supermarket. I have curly, frizzy hair which is a pain at the best of times. So I use a fair bit of product to get it to stay where I tell it to and it makes my hair fell yucky very quickly. Now that I'm using a good set of products, my hair is less frizzy therefore requiring less hair spray, it's much better at the ends, fells really good and their hair dress agreed that my hair smelt really nice :) Shampoo - Head and Shoulders It's a bit harder on the hair than normal shampoos which is great for me because it strips out the hair spray and stiffening product really well so that the hair and scalp is actually clean. Having clean hair also makes the conditioner more effective. Always get it when on special because it can be quite expensive otherwise. Conditioner 1 - Natural Organics, F...