If you're not comfortable with the title of "vixen," just know you're a beauty queen through and through. To keep you reigning in pride, True Blue Spa gives the best hand jobs with their Beauty Queen Wave Moisturizing Gel Gloves ($25).

Since this past Labor Day weekend signaled the official end of summer, I knew it was only a matter of time before my hands and feet would start to look ravaged, even with my biweekly mani/pedis.

I bought the Beauty Queen Wave Moisturizing Gel Gloves and Moisturizing Gel Socklets months ago at Bath and Body Works along with the Just a Minute 60-Second Manicure Scrub. It so happened that Bath and Body Works was having a sale and since I didn't have enough pampering products, I figured that I take advantage of the savings.

So far, I've been pretty happy with the results from wearing these gloves. The first time that I used them, the inside of the gloves were quite cool - it kind of felt odd slipping them on.

I think I get the best results when I slather pure shea butter on my hands before I wear them. Sure, the natural oils and the Vitamin E is nice but I found that these ingredients do not compare to the level of satisfaction I feel when I use shea butter. And even though these gloves come in one size and my hands are quite small, they fit snug and stay on the entire night.

I say if you don't want to risk staining your favorite mittens/gloves, wait until Bath and Body Works has another sale so you can snag these. They're nice to have but I personally feel that they are not worth $25, even though you can reuse them up to 40 times. Of course, if you're in the habit of taking meticulous care of products like this one, you can reuse them until they come apart by the seams!

Now that Operation Palette Pusher is on the backburner (for now), I figured I would instead focus on one of the newest editions to my blush collection: Fashion Fair Beauty Blush in Golden Sunset (regular price is $17 for 0.13 oz but I bought it for $13.50 at the PX here on Fort Sam Houston). Unfortunately, I wouldn't dare wear it now with my skin issues but I always remind myself that one day, I will. But for this post, I decided to swatch it on my cheek.

Golden Sunset in the pan.

Golden Sunset in the pan.
Golden Sunset swatched on back of hand (left) and on cheeks (right).

I originally didn't want to post pictures of my new hairstyle because (1) I couldn't really capture the color and (2) I didn't want to do a full face of makeup in order to show it off. But I figured what the hell because I'll be seeing a dermatologist soon anyway in Washington (state) and I look kind of cute here. I told myself that this was the last time that I'll be cutting my hair in a while. I never realized how hard it could be to maintain a half weave when your own hair is considerably short at the top!

Right after I took my half sew-in, I figured that I dyed my hair. I just happen to have a box of Dark and Lovely Permanent Haircolor in Sun Kissed Brown (377), which I found out was so similar to my own hair color. My hair usually turns brown in the summer anyway but not as brown as the shade on the box. That was until the sun hit it though. My mom remarked that my hair looked red in the back. In a couple of weeks, I'll be adding some auburn highlights.

In her latest video, "Holding You Down (Goin' In Circles)," Jazmine Sullivan is wearing the Bad Bitchez Bomb First Necklace in Mirror Gold ($38) and the Lightning Bolt Earrings in Gold Mirror ($42) from two of our favorite designers -  2 Bitchez Deep and Melody Ehsani. I'm not too sure about her ring - even though I took hundreds of screenshots from the video, I couldn't quite catch a decent photo. You better believe that I have this song on repeat - I adore the song, but I adore the video more!

However, a part of me hopes that it might be Melody Ehsani's The Lightning Bolt 3-Finger Ring in Gold, which is now on sale for $37.95. However, you can save 20% (for new Karmaloop customers only, $30) or 10% (for returning Karmaloop customers, $34.16) when you use our rep code BLAQVIXEN at checkout.

Editor's note: The products mentioned in this article were sent for editorial consideration.

From left: Ick-A-Bod-y, Zombie Zest and Mummy May I.

I admit that Halloween is one holiday that hasn't been on my radar for years but China Glaze's Awakening Collection has me chanting "Everybody knows I'm a mothersuckin' monster!" I have a feeling that I'll be rocking Ick-A-Bod-y more than the others since it reminds me of Sleepy Hollow but Zombie Zest will be in constant circulation as well. It doesn't exactly scream "All Hallows Eve," does it?

Before I swatched each shade, I made sure to apply VB Cosmetics Cuticle Oil with Shea Butter  and for a base, Seche Clear Crystal Clear Base Coat. No top coat was used but using a thick coat of Seche Vite should suffice if you choose to wear any of these shades.

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