Dear CC Moderators,

Please keep my thread open. I've seen a new batch of infomercials lately and I'd like to discuss them.

With gratitude,
OTW

HA! That is exactly what I thought when i read that post too! :D Great minds!

Thank you very much - I have been looking for a new signature!

I'm glad you admit it. :)

Was there an info-mercial about Post Toasties? Really?

I thought that link was wildly off topic, but maybe I was wrong.

She was a hussy and needed a scarlet letter sewn on the front of her shirt, pronto.

33girl, I haven't used the Sheer Minerals, but this person has:
http://www.girlsinthebag.com/?p=1415
"jane Says:

August 30th, 2005 at 10:03 pm
I bought their powder foundation (i.d. bareMinerals Foundation - SPF 15 Sunscreen), their loose powder (Mineral Veil), and one of their lipglosses and all of it sucked.

The foundation gave shitty, orangey tan coverage and the lipgloss, after twenty minutes started to like, okay, you know how a sweater will start to get those little balls on it? that’s what the lipgloss did. on my lips! it was sooo nasty.

I would say their loose powder was okay, but didn’t offer any “airbrushing.” I had to apply it all over my face like 10 times just to get the effect of what a normal presssed powder compact would do.

What I ended up doing was not wearing any makeup on my skin for 4 months and now I look killer."

My boyfriend's mother took me out for a makeover (she has no daughters and likes girl stuff) and we went to the BareEsscentuals place in town. I bought the stuff and I love it. The foundation powder (it's not powder it's minerals!OMG) matches my skin tone well and really does give the look of no makeup and feels very very light.

I don't know about the other brands though.

I'm really glad you told me that about the lipgloss. They have some really pretty colors, but the last thing I need is more lipgloss.

A couple of the girls I work/ed with wear Bare Minerals. Maybe it's OK when you're out in the sun, but it definitely doesn't help keep you from washing out under artificial light.

My sister used to be obsessed with the Food Saver infomercials that used to be on. And then when it came into stores she had some kind of homing device where she could locate the Food Saver within minutes of arriving at whatever store we were shopping in, if they had it. So, we got her one for her 30th birthday a few years ago. She uses it all the time. I've never actually bought anything like that directly from TV though.

I tried the Bare Minerals makeup and I wasn't too happy with it. It was really cakey on my skin. Maybe I was just too heavy-handed with it. I probably need more practice.

I used to use Bare Minerals and have switched to a more healthy alternative from beautyblisscosmetics.com. They have a ton of colors so I can avoid the orange colors....and I think it goes on really light. I have actually been able to sleep in it without it causing breakouts.

My sister in law hiked for 6 months a few years ago (she did the whole AT) and my brother used the food saver to pack a lot of the stuff he sent her
so it would be water tight in her pack til she needed it. He couldn't stop raving about it. He said it was the best investment they ever made. They both like hiking and such and use it all the time for that.

I tried going to the website you mentioned, but it was a "Coming Soon" page. Can you PM me the link? I have been thinking about trying something similar to Bare Minerals.

I am sorry--since I have it bookmarked I forgot the whole address. Its www.beautyblisscosmetics.com

i previously bought the little touch light thing; it seems to work pretty well

Please explain how it operates:)

Dude you need to watch more tv, the magic bullet infomercial rocks so hard. I seriously stop to watch the whole thing whenever I find it on. Basically it's a mug sized blender and you just press down and it blends.

Why thank You So Much Dudette!

I see an Informercial, I change the channel and get something that is good like History Channel, HGTV and News.

If your life revolves around this, well, Hm, makes one wonder?:(

Did I spell everything to your satisfaction?:rolleyes:

My life doesn't revolve around it-if I'm watching tv, I generally have nothing better to do anyway. And yes, nice job on spelling. It's just an entertaining infomercial unlike the hundreds of others that really suck.

So, there is not anything else to watch?:confused:

Thank you, I do not have time to check the web site or link.

Can you just give me a breif rundown on how this thingy works?

I am a very busy person and do not have time to check every link unless I deem it Importat!

Its Important spelled right and tight? I never know!:o

You are most helpful as some others are not!:mad:

10am on a Saturday morning, no.

Ah No, I work 6 days a week, so what the heck do you do or are you refering to your self?:rolleyes:

Oh, I forgot, You are special and with the herd and a follower!:(

God you are to cool!:D ;) :rolleyes:


I love smilies don't you!:rolleyes:

And now I need Drolefille to come translate this.

Translation
 

At your service, mum.

I completely missed the point of your post which is difficult because it was a response to me. I work 6 days a week and give homeless people wine in exchange for the food they get from good samaritans. Call me an enabler. I like having the homeless on the street as they help me watch my store from burglars.

You're a very special person. Someone taught me this new thing of calling people "followers" and since then I've just been using it non-stop. Nevermind the fact that it doesn't make sense. You must be the leader of this "herd"
To cool or not to cool, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; (to cool)
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action. - Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember'd.

Also I <3 God... sorry I got distracted.
OMG I So totally love these little pictures of people by the side of my posting screen because they like totally express how I feel at any given sentence. :) :cool: ;) It's like so totally amazing how well they capture my inner self:D :o :eek:

Note: Some Earp smilies removed so that the translator could fully express the feelings coming through the post within the 10 image limit

I loves me some Hamlet.

Does this confirm that theory of about how monkeys typing for so many years would eventually . . . ?

Has anyone tried "The Gazelle"? Its that workout machine with the really annoying host (Tony Robbins I think is his name?).
One of my sorority sisters is moving and told me she would sell it to me for $35. She's only used it twice and basically has to sell everything she owns because the U-Haul would cost $1500.
I've seen the Gazelle retailed for over $200.00 so if it sucks I figure its just $35 and I'm helping a sister out.... but it would be really nice to have a good piece of exercise equiptment in my apt since my biggest problem with exercise is the lack of motivation to go to the gym.
So has anyone used it or heard stories?

Related site - http://www.infomercialscams.com/