We Covet | Better Living Through Consumerism

Bastion of Blonde We Covet

I was born blonde.  I will die blonde. And in my lifetime I will spend buckets of dough to dye blonde.

But my boy Louis helps me out.  This shampoo is incredible for retaining salon color.  It's more expensive than Suave, sure, but it's way cheaper than going in for the foils all the time.

This shampoo keeps me out of the salon except for a few essential times a year and preserves the illusion of blondeur.   

Volumizing Daily Shampoo $21 @ Louis Licari

Coveting a Faster and Better Shave.

I cannot believe I am coveting something so "everyday" as a shave, but I just, like JUST used the Schick intution Plus razor and OH MY GOD.  There was no hold the skin taut, no carefully rounding corners of heels and knees and the bikini "area" (dude, I never wear a bikini), was easy to shave.  This thing gliding all over my bits and pieces like butter.  I mean is has Shea butter in it, but never did I think a razor could not leave a nick or a scratch or razor burn or anything.  The slippery surface enabled me to de-hair in no time flat.  I have the hair gene in my family and if I want to wear anything exposing ANY leg, I must shave or be nervous people think I am a hippy or German.   I bought it because my roommate Ariel had one last year at BlogHer and I was tempted but totally skeptical.  Okay, I just fondled my calf, it is like a baby's bottom. 

I used the Moisturizing Care Pack and honestly didn't even look at the price at the time, I was just packing in the toiletries for vacation whilst at the giganto drug store.

Shick Intuition Shaver, about $14.00 @ your local beauty supply or drugstore. 

We Covet Bouncing and Behaving Hair

Hair freshening pads by ted gibson (all the cool kids use lower case don't ya know?).  You can smooth one of these frizz taming pads over your windblown, tousled by the beach wind or who knows what other holiday activities  *wink wink*  and you should be ready for a post busy day dinner or cocktail party.  I am totally trying them, for I am the queen of frizz.   

Also perfect for traveling (very airport security friendly), or for those mornings when there is not enough time to "do" your do.

Ted Gibson Hair Sheets, 10 sheets $25.00 @ Sephora

Nether Region Hair Care Products That We, Um, Don't So Much Covet

Okay, so, am I the only woman in the world that didn't know that her nether regions should be referred to as 'Betty" (and, can I ask, does that make 'Veronica' the asshole?) And, also, am I the only woman in the world to whom it has never occurred to color the hair of her nether regions? Because, this product I just do not get. Who cares if the carpet doesn't match the drapes? Who even notices? And why on earth would anyone ever want their coochie to boast a 'novelty color'?

Here, I suppose, is where I show my age and general fustiness.  In my day, a Brazilian wax was adventurous. Keeping the fuzz and coloring it rainbow brite? YOU CRAZY KIDS.

Betty Beauty Hair Color For The Hair Down There, $19.99 @ BettyBeauty.com

Bizarre Stuff We Covet: Spazzstick Caffeinated Lip Balm

This product was, apparently, invented by an Alaskan police officer who was worried about staying awake during long shifts, and also about chapped lips. Which, I don't know, seems a bit too metrosexual for men who patrol the snowy tundra of the continental north. Alaskan cops should have chapped lips, to go with their wind-burned cheeks and polar bear pelt coats. I can't really visualize an Alaskan cop with a perfectly moisturized smile, which, when you think about it, is really only a few tiny steps away from the slippery slope to waxed man-brows.

The coffee thing, though, I get. There's only so much coffee you can drink before your bladder starts bursting, and I imagine that in Alaska the outhouses are pretty cold and uncomfortable. For me personally, though, the advantage of replacing coffee with lip balm has less to do with the temperature of the outhouses in my 'hood than it does with my inability, as a pregnant woman, to hold my bladder long enough to waddle quickly enough, after a few coffees, to said outhouses. So, sure, alternate means of caffeine-intake? Always good.

Spazzstick Lip Balm, $2.99 @ ThinkGeek