besame muncho

Besame Cosmetics, which makes a line of retro/1940s-style makeup, has a sampling service. You can try any product for $1.50 and the shipping is nominal. You receive enough product for about three applications in a tiny jar, which will certainly let you know whether or not you like the color. Check out the rest of Besame's site to see the neat packaging - definitely rivals some of Benefit's cooler stuff, for example. (via MightyGoods.)

(I used to love to buy powder from another retro line called Body and Soul, because every compact has a metal insert with an illustration of a girl who looks like a mermaid... however, it's become hard to find in stores and a little ouside of my current budget.)

Over at Shelterrific, they're discussing the "perfect" recipe for chocolate chip cookies. Looks good to me. I have been wanting to make chocolate-chip cookies lately, but I never have any butter in the house... normally we use Smart Balance spread, which doesn't come in sticks.

Help divalea and family

(Reposted from Tom's LJ:)

Gail Simone says: 'Early this morning, the Texas home of award-winning writer/artist Lea Hernandez, my friend and co-creator of the graphic novel Killer Princesses, caught fire and burned. Half her house is now gone, and the rest is smoke-damaged. In addition, she lost at least six of her familys beloved pets, two dogs and four cats. If you knew Lea, you'd know how devastating that is.

Shes lost a great deal of her family's possessions, including irreplaceable art. She doesnt yet know the full accounting of what's been lost at this time.'

From the sound of it, it's pretty bad and some... cartoonist folk are one freelance check away from disaster. If you can help out Lea at all it would mean alot. Even if it's just $5. Whatever.

her LJ:

divalea

paypal:

divalea@gmail.com