I can’t justify spending $178 on this Life Cycle Ring from Anthropologie but that won’t stop me from admiring it from afar!

I love the detail of the tightly closed flower buds to fully unfurled blossoms—all atop a sterling silver ring. Cute, cute, cute.

I got my hands on a sample of the new Clinique High Impact Curling Mascara last month and I’ve been so pleased with the results.

I’m rather finicky about mascaras; my skimpy Asian lashes don’t cooperate with just any ol’ mascara. However, this Clinique High Impact Curling Mascara gives me both length and curl.

I still use my Shu Uemura eyelash curler (the advertisements suggests you don’t need a lash curler, but they’ve clearly never seen MY lashes) before applying this mascara and my lashes hold their curl all day long. At the end of the day, it washes off with plain warm water. LOVE that.

I even bought a tube for my mom.

Clinique Hight Impact Curling Mascara is available online at Clinique.com.

Total Beauty is in a race to raise money for natural disaster victims — all proceeds fund this amazing program that takes washing machines to families hit by natural disasters. Go here for more! Or you can just go buy a cute “Loads of Hope” T-shirt here for $20.

I’ve found the secret to the smoothest shave ever. EVER.

Gillette recently introduced their newest razor, Venus Embrace, and I am in razor heaven. With five spring-mounted blades to hug every curve of the leg, the cartridge sits flat against the skin for the closest possible shave (also making nicks nearly impossible).

The Venus Embrace also has a protective ribbon of moisture that surrounds the shave, but I’ve been using my husband’s LAB Series for Men Maximum Comfort Shave Cream and my legs have never been smoother.

The LAB Series for Men Maximum Comfort Shave Cream is fragrance and paraben free and a little goes a very long way.

The New Gillette Venus Embrace (including a shower pod and two refill cardridges) is available online at Drugstore.com for $12.99.