Nuddle

  Mmmmmm Nuddle...... yes this is the classy version of the Snuggie and it is wonderful! Named Nuddle (Nap + Cuddle = Nuddle) it is crazy expensive, yes BUT how nice this time of year to curl up in front of the tv with a glass of wine, or two...or three...remember, don't judge me... And curl up in the Nuddle and let the snow fall outside. As the web site says "The Nuddle was designed to be the most luxurious, warm, comfortable & functional lounging blanket you will ever own. This double-sided, super-plush blanket was designed with an exclusive foot pocket, outer hand pouch and openings to keep hands free to read, type, snack or just nap!" The only draw back is that it just has slots for your arms and if it's really cold your arms get cold as well. But it feels soooo soft and you don't look like something on a two a.m infomercial. Now I'm not hating on the infomercials cause God knows at three a.m I feel I desperately need the salad shredder and want to cut up some pop cans with a Ginsu knife that very minute, but this is something you don't hide in your closet when guests come over... just saying. I got the latte colour and it washes up really well as I found out after my French bulldog Archie decided to pee on the Nuddle. He probably just wants his own right? It isn't cheap to say the least and as I'm writing this I feel kinda stupid for spending that much on a classy Snuggie...but if you are one of the crafty sewing people out there you could make this for next to nothing and stick out your tongue at me over your craftiness if you are so inclined but with my sewing days far behind me I forked out the $69.99 to nuddle just like Kelly Rutherford of Gossip Girl, Rebecca Romijn, Lauren Conrad and Debra Messing. Yes this could have been a drunk purchase of mine as I do drink and then go on the Internet and decide to shop... NOT a good idea by the way. I do really love my nuddle and if you have the money to spend or are Rebecca Romijn then Nuddle away! Heck buy a Nuddle for all your friends BUT if you are watching your budget then find one of those crafty people and force them to sew you one.
So for the ask Aimee review I give this a comfy 3 stars because it is really nice but way too expensive for a souped up Snuggie.

DiorShow 360 Mascara

  I want to start out by saying that I have beauty product sucker written all over me like the wall of a New York subway station sooooo it's no shock that when Dior's new mascara Dior Show 360 came out I was priority shipping mine asap from Sephora. It's not available where I live so that made me want it even more. I HAVE TO HAVE IT!!! I didn't care that it cost $44.00 Noooo it promises to lengthen and curl my lashes like they have never been curled before. It's so high tech that the brush spins with a turn of the button. Oh yes my friends I did say "it SPINS!!!" I was waiting every day at the door looking for my trusted post man to bring me my spinning bottle of eyelash perfection. I had dreams of people being mesmerized by my perfect butterfly like batting lashes. People would stop me and ask..."Were you born with those thick long perfectly curved unbelievably amazing lashes???" OK I know I am getting a little overly dramatic but truly if we believe all the beauty hype which totally does work...after all I did say I was a sucker right? This is a very nice mascara AND having a rotating wand is quite fun and different BUT my lashes aren't any longer than the $10 mascara and I don't have people stopping me entranced by my lush long luxurious lashes. I have always and will always fall for the newest and latest beauty item because I am that person that is pulled in by the pretty packaging and claims to make my skin look like it did when I was twelve. Don't judge me.  It could happen one day when I am cryogenically frozen with Walt Disney maybe.... but if you are by chance a little less gullible than I am then I would pass up this mascara and keep on the look out for the fountain of youth... but don't forget to email me when you find it Pleeaase! Cryogenics isn't my first choice.
 So for my Ask Aimee review I give this a lash spinning 2.5 Stars. It's way to expensive but it is a nice mascara and if price is not a concern then go for it.

Ddrops The Sun Vitamin

  Ddrops are easy easy easy! I am one of those people that my girlfriend Kelly makes fun of because I am avoiding the sun at all costs. The sun causes wrinkles and sun spots you know! She seriously laughs at me when we golf because she is out there soaking up the sun and I am slathering on SPF 90 under my golf umbrella. I do have to say that when I did tan I could stay out in the sun all day with my bottle of oil mixed with iodine (come on all you 1980's people remember that trick ) and get just burnt or a different form of white maybe eggshell? So fast forward a decade plus later and I have learned to embrace my extreme whitness even obsess over it a little bit. SO I obviously don't get a lot of vitamin D ( the sun vitamin) as a result there enters the Ddrops a handy little way to get your D vitamin without all the pill taking effort. You can drop theese easy little drops on the back of your hand and take up to as many D vitamins as your doctor wants you too. It sooo simple you wish everything was this easy. I just put one drop on the back of my hand and lick away and ther is no taste and I have my 1000 iu's of vitamin d faster that you can say it D vitamins. You can buy Ddrops at any pharmacy or vitamin store.
So for my ask Aimee D review I give this a sunny 5 stars!

Kiss Me Mascara

  Ohhh kiss me mascara we have been together forever! Yes I am one of the first kiss me mascara devotees. I have always loved loved loved the tube lashes! As their ad says "Kiss Me Mascara. No running, No smudging, No flaking, No clumping, No make-up removers… No Compromise." Pretty convincing huh? Now as I try more and more mascaras I realize that mascara is really a very personal thing. What works for one person doesn't necessarily work for the next. I have always loved kiss me mascara but I would bet there are as many people who didn't find it to be their particular cup of tea. I definitely find that my preferences have changed since using Latisse. My lashes are LONG! Really long! So I don't need a mascara that makes them longer but instead I need something that makes them stand out and look thicker. Latisse has made them longer but not thicker unfortunately. So Kiss Me works perfectly to make me look like I am not wearing any mascara but instead have freakishly long eyelashes.I also like that there isn't a chance to get that mascara smudge under your eye with this mascara but if you do get them wet people will think your eyelashes are falling out  The tubes come off looking like your eyelashes if you didn't know and it could freak people out. Anyway I would always recommend you to give this mascara a try. It is natural looking and I personally love it, so what more do you need... right? If you have short sparse lashes then don't try it but if you have normal lashes this is a great mascara to use during the day that won't make you look like you have that clumpy tranchilla eyelashes YUCK! I really hate that! You can find kiss me mascara at any beauty supply store or on their web site www.sephora.com one of my favourite sites to buy all my goodies because of the samples you get. I love love love samples!
  So for my Ask Aimee review I give this a lash lengthening 4 stars. It makes your
lashes look naturally long but on the downside it doesn't give you any thickness.

Mystic Tan...yes I did pee!

  Well just one of my most embarrassing stories includes a visit to the Mystic Tan and since this is the NEW Mystic Tan HD and the other one is no longer at that location I feel that I can share my embarrassing story with you. But you promise to keep it just between us right? I went many years ago to the Mystic tan (the old one) and thought to myself ..... I don't need to go pee before I go in... "Im good" well.... I got into that damn thing and stood their naked waiting to get sprayed and it was soooo F****** COLD. I mean REALLY cold take your breath away cold. When it sprayed you it was like pure ice water spraying you from head to toe! Well you guessed it I started to pee. I tried with ALL my might to stop but I just couldn't!!!! so as the self tanner is being sprayed over my whole body this pee was dripping down my legs. CRAP!! I thought two things, First: I am mortified and Second: Im OLD yes I am now some old woman who cant hold her pee. Not only am I fat and getting a spray tan to cover up my fatness and cellulite BUT now I cant hold my own bladder. What's next? Depends for Gods sake? Ok well the spray tan was over and I was desperately wiping up my pee dribbles and thought that this was just something that no one will ever know and I will put this whole experience behind me and forget it ever happened. I was tanning for a trip we were taking and the next day I started to notice these stripes along both my legs. Yes I now looked like a spray tanned version of a zebra....I tried to add self tanner around it. I also tried to rub it off but there was no way around it my legs looked like a zebra.

Now I know what you are probably thinking...what Mystic tan was that and I am NEVER going there! but rest assured that Mystic Tan is gone and there is a brand new Mystic Tan HD with a warming spray YES I did say warming spray. So when I went on our last cruise I decided to give it another try. I know after my zebra experience I didn't have much hope but I went to the bathroom and peed my little heart out! The highly tanned man behind the counter assured me that this is the latest and greatest in spray tanning ( well he was very tan so he should know right? ) and with my cellulite butt cruise just a few days ahead I said what the hell. So this is a whole new Mystic Tan experience if I do say so myself. First it talks to you and in an animated voice it told me it is warming the unit...that made me feel better right away! I first put a lot of cream on my nails, hands and feet because it will make you look like you got in a fight with the self tanner bottle if you don't so really lather it on. I also put on a hair net and decided to keep my underwear on minus the bra this time (attractive huh??). I wasn't going to have a repeat of last time if I could under any circumstances help it so I was counting on that underwear! well the first spray came out and it was nice and warm yayy!!! no pee so far so good! So I listened obediently to the voice and put my foot on the numbered pads and turned myself around when told. I also put a piece of paper towel under each foot because the bottom of your feet get orange from the floor. This actually worked really well! After you are finished you just towel yourself off and a day before you shower and wait for your tan. I have to say that this was a really great natural looking tan colour. I picked medium because the "tanned guy" said that the light doesn't event show up and the dark is really dark. I really looked very natural for my whole seven day cruise. I did keep lotion on but other than that I didn't feel the need to apply more tanner throughout my trip.

 I know after this post you are probably asking yourself why on earth would she share that embarrassing story with us? Well I now feel that I need to laugh at the crazy things that happen in our life and this was a long time ago.... I mean seriously it was really funny wasn't it? and now you and I can have a good laugh and hopefully next time you have a self tanning peeing zebra striping experience or something just as funny you will share your story and we can have a good laugh and realize not to take life so seriously.

 So for my Ask Aimee D review I give this NEW Mystic Tan a pee free 4 Stars because it gives you a great sunless tan but if you don't load a lot of cream on your hands and feet you could look like you got in a fight with Snookie and her bottle of self tanner.

Tory Burch Reva flats

  Since I don't live on a private island or own my own yacht I still think its important to wear good accessories that make me look like I live on a private yacht near my own private luxuriously tropical island. I truly believe that you can wear a whole outfit from Joe Fresh or the Gap and just add good quality accessories that make you look like the luxury jettsetting island owning yacht living person that you want to be, or like me, wish you were. Remember???....."Don't judge me" 

 Anyway, they come in a tonne of colours from patent to zebra and every other colour under the sun even rubber for those rainy days! They are the chicest things ever. They were even one of Oprah's favourite things this year so its not like I'm not already preaching to the converted. I found mine on Ebay at half price. I love love love Ebay! They range from $235.00- $195 on her web site ToryBurch.com but I found mine on Ebay for $95 You really have to like that!!! I have both the zebra and the black patent. I also love love love her clutch that matches although I haven't found one on Ebay that I like at the right price yet but I do like the thrill of the hunt!!!

So for my Ask Aimee review I give this a very chic Oprah loving 5 stars!

That's My Pan!

  Christmas just passed and like everyone I have a few people who I don't have a clue what to get but I am sooo filled with.... you've done a tonne of stuff for me all year and I need to equal that with a thoughtful Christmas gift . Well this is a GREAT gift for all the people who you want to remind that you put some thought into their gift by personalizing something JUST for them. Thats My Pan! at www.thatsmypan.com is a web site that customizes baking pans with the name of the person on it. Cool HUH? you also add different artwork next to it like spoons, flags, baskets and a whole lot of other stuff. That way when you bring over your grandams old brownie recipe the person doesn't keep your pan AND take credit for your brownies. I think this is a great gift anytime of the year and at $25.95 the original 9x13 pan is one gift that is always a big hit!

So for the Ask Aimee review I give this a freshly baked 5 Stars!

Batisete Dry Shampoo

I have to confess that I now hate doing my hair... Yes I have become one of the women in a swimming pool who can swim and keep their head hovering above the water simply because they don't want to rewash their hair. One of my guilty addictions (and I am only just admitting ONE in this post at the moment...) I go every week at least and get my hair washed and blown out by my hairdresser. Now I am going to say what I say to everyone one... "don't judge me" and feel free to use that anytime someone gives you a hard time about any of your own guilty pleasures. It actually really works.  People are kinda stunned when you say it and don't really know how to respond.
So in between my visits to my hairdresser I will sometimes spray dry shampoo on my roots. Now my hair is really dry and I don't have to wash it more that twice a week and that isn't the case for everyone. But this is a great thing to have in your beauty arsenal for the times you have put in too much of a shine product or just in between washings. This stuff is a little scary at first let me warn you because it really is just baby powder in a spray can. When you spray it on your hair your whole head can look like you dumped baby powder on it so my advice is to go light at first and to try it at a time when you aren't going out. What happens is that the baby powder absorbs all the oil in your hair and then you take a natural bristle brush (not yor favorite one because you will now have baby powder in it) and brush through your hair until you don't see any of the white powder anywhere. Once you have used it a few times you will be able to just spray on a small amount. I also use this when I have been out somewhere where there is a lot of smoke because you know how cigarette smoke just clings to your hair and this takes the smell right out.
So for my Ask Aimee review I give this a grease hair stopping 3 stars because it works in a pinch but can be a little hard to use.

Sensodyne Iso-active Foaming Gel Toothpaste

The purpose of my blog is to tell you about all my likes and dislikes from the outrages to the mundane. Well here we are at the mundane I guess.....toothpaste. Everybody uses it (I hope!) and we have all found ourselves in front of the toothpaste isle at the drugstore staring at all the different types of brands trying to choose which new one to buy or to just stick with our old standard. Well I found myself somewhat giddy when I saw the new Sensodyne foaming toothpaste. I know I am easily excited but I threw it in my cart and off I went with thoughts of tingly foaming action later that night when I brushed my teeth. My first impression of it was pretty good. It foamed a bit and tasted fine and initially I liked the new funky looking container. the next day I went to use it and there was a little bit of the toothpaste that seems to leak out of the spout from the night before. I threw the clump in the garbage and and didn't pay much attention to it. Well 30 days have past and that damn clump is driving me crazy!!!! Yes you heard me CRAZY! ( I'm also easily driven crazy too) let me say that it is like having some toothpaste fairy come every night and take the top off your toothpaste and squeeze some out. I have put the cap on thinking that would fix it... NOT. I have run the top of the toothpaste container under hot water to make sure there is not any toothpaste left in the spout to see if that would fix it...NOT... Ok maybe I am being a little dramatic here and for those people who don't mind to brush their teeth with a wad of hard dried up chuck up toothpaste attached to their toothbrush then this is certainly the right toothpaste for you but for me this is just annoying. So I am not saying I don't like Sensodyne because I do, just not this new foaming one in the poorly designed space age bottle they were trying to go for. But also, as a fun side note, and nothing to do with my personal angst against the new Sensodyne bottle but my father was the inventor of the flip top that goes on shampoo bottles, ketchup bottles and anything that has that hinged flip top. Cool Huh? Now don't get all excited thinking I am living on some yatch near my personal private island next to Oprah and Richard Branson counting my roalities from every bottle with a flip top out there...I'm not.
( even though in my fantasy world I am. That and being super slim and able to eat anything I want) actually my dad had it pattened and then sold the patten a few years later before I was even born. So i don't live on a yacht or my own private island and have never met Oprah or Richard Branson........And it was funny but my Dad told me that most companies thought it was a ridiculous idea can you believe that? I wonder what they told the Velcro man...you'll have to ask him if you are ever driving by on your yacht next to his private island located right near the man' private island who invented the pet rock.
So for my Ask Aimee review of Sensodyne Foaming Toothpaste I give this a solid " its enough to drive me crazy" 1 Star!

Snap Tell app

There are certain things that in my gadget geek filled world still make me feel like we are in some Star Trek episode and SnapTell from the iTunes app store is still one of them. This is not a new app but with new people getting iPhones everyday I feel I should still sing the praises of SnapTell! With this app you take a picture with your iPhone of a book cover, DVD or CD and then it will automatically take you to the name of the item and check the lowest prices for it online, look it up in Wikipedia, Google and Amazon. From the Amazon button it will tell you the price, description and details about it and current reviews. You can also buy it right there as well, once you have a Amazon account. I read a lot so when I am in the book store I also take pictures of the books I am interested in and keep them in "my snaps" so I can remember them later when I am looking for a book I might like to read later.  I use this mostly for books because I am addicted to reading the book reviews by the people on Amazon. I even use this at my book club when we are picking out our next months picks. Everyone always says "Aimee did you read the reviews on Amazon?" so if I haven't, I just pull out my iPhone and take a picture of the book and it takes me to the Amazon reviews and I fill everyone in. There are a million apps out there and sometime the newest and latest ones get all the attention but if you haven't got SnapTell yet go download it. And you know what's even better?? It's FREE ...yes it's free...Yay!
So for my Ask Aimee review I give SnapTell a Snappy 5 Stars