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Smackages Give Away

By Stacya | Published March 21, 2011

Smackages is giving away free Beauty Alert! label packs to lucky winners.  You simply take a survey to see how old your make-up is, and you are registered to win! Smackages does lots of great cosmetic promotions, so this is a great site to hook up with.

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Miss Washington Outs Herself as Make-up Hoarder

By Stacya | Published March 19, 2011

Beauty Alert!  was  in a great MSNBC article on germs in cosmetics and make-up hoarding.  As a former hoarder myself,  I was in good company when Tracy Turnure, Miss Washington, also fessed up to being a person who keeps things for years on end. (photo: Carissa Ray/msnbc.com)

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Shi Shi Putter for the Glamorous Golf Gal

By Stacya | Published March 19, 2011

A few weeks back, I met the founder of a new golf magazine for women, Shi Shi Putter. Her name is Elizabeth Noblitt, and her concept is to put all the attire, accessories, and cool places in a magazine for women who like to golf….and look cute, too. Here is a link to her latest [...]

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Odacite

By Stacya | Published March 19, 2011

I heard once that Americans don’t like words they can’t pronounce. Whether it be personal names or business names, keep away from anything that isn’t easy to say or spell. Uh oh. My name is Stacya, pronounced Sta-sha. And this company I like Odacite…..I am not sure how to pronounce it, yet anyway. The company [...]

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Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon

By Stacya | Published March 19, 2011

The Beauty Alert! Facebook fan page just got this tip, Mark Di Vincenzo has a new book called Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon. On page 50, he lists when to toss out cosmetics. It is just a half pages of suggestions, but loaded with good information and guidelines. The book also includes [...]

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Best Article So Far!

By Stacya | Published March 14, 2011

Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

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Beauty Alert! Beginnings

By Stacya | Published March 11, 2011

*Technology Like This Keeps Business Fun and Exciting* “In 2007, my business partner, Alissa Schoenfeld, had this idea that women should have a way to know how old their make-up is, since cosmetics do eventually expire and have to be replaced. Having been a make-up artist for over 20 years, I knew that if there [...]

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Vivian Lee Cosmetics

By Stacya | Published March 5, 2011

Vivian Lee is a mineral based cosmetic line, created by a Seattle salon owner and beautician. The Sheer lip glosses have some amazing colors, with great names like seduce, princess and starlet. The Vivian Lee line has brow pencils that go on like a powder, gel eyeliners in the perfect amount (since we have to [...]

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Elizabeth Noblitt and Shi Shi Putter Magazine

By Stacya | Published February 6, 2011

A few weeks back, I met the founder of a new golf magazine for women, Shi Shi Putter. Her name is Elizabeth Noblitt, and her concept is to put all the attire, accessories, and cool places in a magazine for women who like to golf….and look cute, too. Here is a link to her latest [...]

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Actors, Throw Out That 20 Year Old Ben Nye

By Stacya | Published October 24, 2010

Why do so many actors have their stage make-up from 20 years back? I just hooked up with my college teacher on Facebook, Gail Holbrook. She taught acting, directed shows, but for me she will always be my stage make-up teacher. I ended up being paid to be a make-up artist for the theater, dance [...]

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