Hey Twin Cities ladies! Grab your girlfriends and join me at Corset Boutique’s Girls Get Styled event, celebrating the fashions, beauty, and amazing style of Sex and the City 2. I’ll be dishing out beauty tips from the movie, demonstrating some of my favorite products, and weighing the finer points of Big vs. Aidan. To get you primped for the premiere (or a particularly swell day at the office), eyelash extension expert Amy Presson is hosting a complimentary lash bar. Meanwhile, Corset stylists will be on hand to help you shop special sales throughout the store.

It’s going to be a fun, casual, and cocktail-laced event. My kind of party! Please drop by and introduce your gorgeous selves! I’d love to meet you in person. Oh, and free movie tickets with $100 purchases!

When: Wednesday, May 26, 5–8pm 
Where: Corset Boutique & Styling Studio, 715 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN
RSVP: Send an email to fashion@corsetstyling.com

Cheers,
Bets

I love them. LOVE them. Because I look wide-eyed at 6 a.m. spin class. Because I need less makeup. Because no one can quite put their finger on why I look so great. But I know. Oh yes I do. IT’S THE EXTENSIONS. No, they are not cheap. But if you want to treat yourself—or if someone wants to treat you—to the best thing that will ever happen to your face, then listen up: Amy Presson of Jett Makeup, is offering Beauty Bets readers 50 PERCENT OFF on extension fills through the month of March. That means that after you get your initial set for $250, she’ll replace them a month later for only $50! For appointments, contact Amy at 651-373-1702 or info@jettmakeup.com. If you’re outside of the Twin Cities, find a certified LavishLash professionals in your area here.

The next best thing to extensions is today’s giveaway: Maybelline Lash Stiletto mascara! I’ve waxed poetic about it’s powers before, so just picture false eyelashes and you’ve got the idea. To qualify for this freebie, simply leave a comment with your favorite drugstore beauty buy—the cheaper, the better!

Update: Congratulations to Alexandra, winner of the Maybelline Lash Stilleto mascara. I love her budget beauty tip: The $1 nail polishes by N.Y.C. at Target are perfect for when you want to try a bold shade!

I thought I had pretty great lashes before, but the extensions! They look like falsies, but feel completely natural. You don’t have to curl them or coat them with mascara. I hardly need a stitch of makeup because the extensions do all the work. I’ve never looked better. In fact, NUMEROUS people have said to me: “You look amazing. What’s different?”  UGH! It’s like my worst nightmare. Now I have to keep these bad boys up (re: have them filled in every month, which takes about an hour and costs $100). Or, I can return to my low-maintenance life of lash growth serums and Maybelline Lash Stiletto mascara. Oh to be a man.

NOTE: Amy Presson of Jett Makeup gave me my gorgeous extensions, but there are certified Lavish Lashes professionals everywhere.