Okay boys and girls, it is 24 days til Father’s Day.  Today I’m going to give you some great ideas, all from personalizationmall.com, because you know I love a personalized gift!  I’m putting these up now so you have no excuses not to get a personalized gift in time for Father’s Day.

Photo collage tie

You can’t go wrong with a tie, right?

Collapsible Party Cooler

Grilling tools

Official Rawlings Home Plate Mouse Pad

Cigar Humidor

Photo Canvas Art

Travel Kit

iPhone Photo Skin

Seriously? Forget Dad someone order this for me!

There are hundreds of great gift ideas at personalization mall.  I hope this helps to give you the perfect gift for dad, or at least some great ideas!

If you are like me and have makeup brushes that after a while start to sort of wing out and lose their shape, have I got a deal for you! Do I sound like one of those late night infomercials? I started using these brush guards on my makeup brushes and it makes such a difference. The brush guard slips right over your brushes and keeps all the fibers tight. They are great to keep brushes in tact for travel, but I use mine every day. It just takes an extra second to slip the guard on and off the brush. They are not expensive at all, at $5.50 per pack, with shipping included in the price. I will tell you though that the brush guards designed for “eye shadow and eye liner” are too small. So I use the blush guards for my eye shadow brushes, the foundation brushes for blush, and any other larger shadow brushes, etc., and the powder/kabuki brush guards fit the largest size brushes. Here is their size chart to help you choose:

The brush guards are also great to slip on makeup brushes right after you clean them. And speaking of cleaning brushes, how do you clean yours? I use baby shampoo and just let them soak for a few minutes, and then rinse. I find that much more effective, not to mention cheaper, than a lot of the makeup brush cleaners.  I’m old, and that’s a tip given to me years ago before you could purchase any such thing.

Years ago I got this as a gift from a dear friend, and as usual, have since given it as a gift! Not only does pajamagram have a great selection of comfy adorable pajamas, but they also come with a cute organza hatbox, do not disturb sign, and bath confetti! Another great thing you can find on this website is family sets! Get matching pajamas for the entire family! They even have pajama jeans that you’ve seen on TV. Please let me know if you order a pair of those so I can make fun of you!

I am not embarrassed to admit that I have been a tweeter for at about five years. I started subscribing to hamsterwatch, which is a blog that gives Big Brother updates. I’m not embarrassed about that either! I didn’t even know it was called Twitter, but I would get these updates to my cell phone from hamsterwatch for instant info on what was happening in the Big Brother house. Now, years later, I find that I was on twitter before some techno people even knew what it was! I followed Paula Deen on twitter when she didn’t even have 25 followers. She now has almost a half a million. So, if you aren’t familiar to twitter let me explain it to you.

Twitter is like a mini facebook. Tweeters tell you in 140 characters or less what they are up to. I think the big difference for me between Twitter and Facebook, is that on facebook my personal account follows people I really know. On Twitter, I don’t know anyone who tweets.  But I “follow” several categories of people. My favorite twitter is @Breakingnews. I get immediate up to date information on everything going on in the world. I also follow my local weather. I follow certain celebrities, just for entertainment purposes. I follow some of my favorite stores, who tweet about coupons, sales, etc. I also follow some of my favorite bloggers.

Twitter works like this – you sign up and start searching for people or companies you want to follow. Once you find them, you “follow” them. There are lots of fake twitter accounts, so my advice to you is if you want to follow a high profile person you make certain that their account is “verified” by Twitter. You can tell if they are verified or not if there is a blue check mark next to their name. Or just read some of their tweets (the term for the 140 or less character messaging) and you should be able to tell pretty quickly if it is real or fake account.  You don’t have to tweet to twitter. On my personal account I don’t tweet at all, but follow over 100 twitter accounts. You can opt to have the tweets sent directly to your cell phone.  Be very careful about this or your cell phone will be going off 24/7. The only tweet I get to my cell phone is my local weather. I have a twitter app on my iPhone to check updates or I can check updates at twitter.com.

One more little tip. You may find that people start “following” you. I get a lot of porno peeps that attempt to follow me. All you have to do, unless you want some porno people listed on your site, is to block them. You can also make your account private, which gives you the option of approving anyone who wants to follow you.

So, does this help explain it? Once you have signed up for twitter, be sure and follow me on http://www.twitter.com/consumeraverage