The latest hype for the best concealer is the one recently released by NARS. I purchased it for $28. I thought the packaging looked familiar as I was checking out at my favorite makeup store, but I persevered on, because the sales clerk told me I would love it, and that it would make my under eye area look amazing.

Well, I do like it, but I am still on the quest for the miracle concealer that will not emphasize my lines after a few hours. Maybe I will never find it.

Doesn’t the packaging above look very similar to the NARS? The Maybelline Fit Me Concealer is $5, and it is one of my favorite concealers too. I have been using it for about 5 months and really like it.

In my very unprofessional opinion, I would say that the Maybelline Fit Me Concealer is just as good as the NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer. The applicator is the same, the consistency of the product is the same, and the result is the same. The only difference is that NARS is $23 more. So which one do you think I will repurchase?

I am not a big cook or baker, but I love having all the tools to be one. Because occasionally, I do break out the pan and the whisk and get down to bidness.

Chefscatalog.com is a great place to shop for all of those things. Also a great place to send a link to someone who wants to get you a gift to make it easy for him or her. I like to help people. I like presents. I like to make sure I get what I want, don’t you?

I love the Le Creuset line and am lucky enough to have the dutch oven. I use it more than I ever imagined I would. It is crazy expensive, but it will last me a lifetime. It has already lasted a long, long time with nary a scratch or chip. It cleans up spic and span, not like those messy, icky cast iron dutch ovens.  I know, I know, some people swear by the cast iron. I was never a fan. I like shiny things. Chef’s Catalog has every color and size of Le Creuset imaginable.

They also carry every color imaginable of the KitchenAid Stand Mixer. I have one of these too and trust me, it is worth the money. I have blogged about my love of the KitchenAid Stand Mixer in the past.

So whether it’s a pot or pan, cutting knife or can opener, toaster oven or fancy utensil, you will find everything kitchen related at chefscatalog.com. The site is very easy to navigate. You can find customer favorites, and customer reviews of products. I also like the free return shipping on all purchases. Finally, you can always find a coupon code out there in the world wide web.

What is your favorite tool in the kitchen? Leave me a comment and let me know.

I love these little pods from Tide! No more measuring and pouring. I simply just drop a pod into the washing machine and let it do its magic. I’ve been using the pods for over six months in both hot and cold loads and have not had any issues with any residual product left in the machine or on the clothes.

I read that you can use two pods if you have an extremely dirty load. The pods come in three scents: Ocean Mist, Spring Meadow and Alpine Breeze. I think the cost comparisons I have read make them only slightly more expensive than the liquid, and the convenience factor is worth it for me. Plus, I have no upper body strength so I like plopping a little pod vs. picking up a large full bottle of the liquid soap.

After I bought the first plastic container, pictured above, I thought I could just refill it with the pods that came in a little pouch.

Guess what? The pouch was actually more expensive than purchasing the container again? At least at my store it was.

Here is one of those things I only learned late in life, so if you have known this since you were a wee child, the rule is you are never to tell me. I like to feel smart. See the label above? Not the best example, but in trying to explain I had to find a stock photo. If you look on the shelf at your supermarket, the store always prints the cost per unit, or cost per serving size. They do this so you can compare brands to make sure you are getting the best price. An item may be cheaper in price, but if you look at the unit price, it really isn’t because there aren’t as many servings, or in the case of laundry soap, it would be units. So, when I first went to buy a refill pouch of the Tide pods, the unit price was actually cheaper getting the big plastic container again, which of course goes against my thinking of  the bag couldn’t cost as much to produce as the plastic container, so the bag has to be cheaper. Not so. The bag was the same price as the container, except the container had 72 pods, and the bag only had 60 something, but the cost was the same. Am I making sense? I sure hope so.

Anyway, back to the subject. Which in a nutshell is me likey Tide Pods. Convenient and mess free.

If you like Twitter and YouTube, I think you will love Keek. I would call it the Twitter version of YouTube. Short little videos from which are usually less than 30 seconds in length. Instead of “tweets” you view “keeks”.

Social media is booming, and it is so hard to keep up. Remember MySpace? Jeez, who ever thought that would be replaced by Facebook. So do you think Keek will replace Twitter? Who knows!

From the developer:

Capture, watch & upload short video updates with your smartphone, tablet or laptop. It’s simple to use, extremely fast and 100% free. Instantly share video updates on Keek, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Email and SMS.

Features:
✓ Crazy fast – capture, record & share video updates in seconds!
✓ Watch & share videos with users from around the world
✓ Extremely fun, free and easy to use
✓ Post text and video comments
✓ Customizable activity stream
✓ Notification center
✓ Klusters (trending topics)
✓ Subscribe to favorites
✓ Top 100 leaderboard
✓ Unlimited free video uploads
✓ Full front and back camera support
✓ Import video from camera roll
✓ Instant sharing to popular social networks
✓ 100% free app

You can subscribe to your favorite channels, much like YouTube. The Kardashians seem to be the most popular on Keek at the moment. So much so that I had to look to see if it was their creation. It isn’t. They just seem to know that social media is their bread and butter.

Keek is also smart in making sure that if someone on Twitter links their Keek, you can’t view it without the app. This is how I discovered Keek.

Let me know if any of you already have a Keek channel so I can subscribe!