• Black Friday Fashion Blogging (post #2)

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    Fashion bloggers this week are sharing our “views on fashion, consumption, individuality, and the importance of fashion in our lives” through Black Friday. For more info and background see my initial post. http://clothingcult.com/?p=42 Today I’m going to talk about frugal shopping and alternatives to the mall – “RECYCLING”. Some of you may think that shopping…

  • Black Friday Fashion Blogging

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    I’m a little late to the game here but I definitely think it’s worth participating and a great idea. Here’s the deal: Julie Frederickson of Almost Girl has organized a week of frugal and political fashion blogging for anyone willing to participate. Read her initial post [here] We are sharing our “views on fashion, consumption,…

  • Just a quick update

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    My goal with clothingcult.com was to try and have one to two posts per week. I was out sick for over a week here. I just happened to have prepped the CoverGirl DIY makeup pallet review before I got sick (I just hadn’t published it because I hadn’t gotten the image off of my digital…

  • REVIEW CoverGirl DIY makeup palette

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    http://www.covergirl.com/cgcollection/custom/compact/custom_compacts.jhtml Here’s the thing, it’s drugstore cheap BUT it’s more expensive than buying a palette that they’ve preselected for you. At around $3 for a case (or $6 with two lipglosses already in it) and around $4 per color, it comes to $14-19. It’s still about half the cost of buying a department store brand…

  • St. Ives Hair Repair Intensive Conditioner

    St. Ives Hair Repair Intensive Conditioner

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    I wanted to post a follow up on my e-mail to St. Ives that I mentioned before. They wrote back in response to my inquiry of where to purchase the product. The news wasn’t good however: “…Unfortunately, due to low consumer demand the St. Ives Hair Repair Intensive Conditioner was discontinued, and is no longer…

  • FYI – if you’ve heard the rumors…they aren’t true

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    Walmart will not be carrying the Tommy Hilfiger clothing line. http://www.wwd.com/notavailable/dotcom?target=/issue/article/ 102355&articleId=102355&articleType=A&industryKw=issue