Yet another reason to looooove Target!

Hello, my lovely readers! I am SO sorry to have not posted anything new in the past day or so, but my computer problems are worse than I expected, so I'm only able to grab a minute here and there on a working computer. 

Hopefully I'll have my problems corrected very soon and be back to posting regularly (and responding to comments as well) so I thank you, both new readers and faithful readers, for hanging in and having patience with me! I miss you!!

So I saw this article today and I just had to post it--especially since sunscreen season is upon us!  Check this out (from Happi.com):

Consumer Reports Health has tested spray-on sunscreens —and has named four products that earned top overall scores.

Target’s Up & Up Sport Continuous SPF 30 was named a CR "Best Buy." The other three top performers were Walgreens Sport Continuous SPF 50, Banana Boat Sport Performance Continuous SPF 30 and Aveeno Continuous Protection SPF 50.

According to CR, these products provided “Very Good UVA protection and Excellent UVB protection and met their SPF claim even after treated skin was soaked in water for 80 minutes.”

Consumer Reports Health also evaluated how the sunscreens smelled, felt, and absorbed into the skin. Those tests were performed by Consumer Reports' trained sensory panelists. Overall, the top four performing sunscreens had a slight or moderately intense floral or citrus scent and left little residue on the skin, according to the publication.

As many of you know, I am a huge Lost fan (and yes, I loved the finale--but it took many hours for it to grow on me and at first I hated it).  So anyway, Target really outdid themselves with their series of three Target commercials that aired during the Lost finale (click here if you missed them--but warning: they won't make sense to you unless you're a Lost fan).  I think my favorite is the keyboard one!

Sorry, back to the sunscreen...I'm very happy to see that Target's Up & Up house brand ranked so highly in this report. In fact, everything I've tried so far in the Up & Up collection has been pretty darn good. Do you own any Up & Up products that you love? Please share your favorites with us in the comments! 

Quick post today...

Hi everyone! I hope you're enjoying the long weekend (I know I am!) and before I head off to lunch, I wanted to post a little rant about sunscreen for babies.

I took my toddler niece to the park yesterday with my brother and, before we let her out of the car to spaz out on on the jungle gym (and I say spaz out in the best way possible), my brother did the responsible, parental thing and loaded her up with sunscreen. The first thing I noticed was that this stuff is thick and GREASY. Since I don't have kiddies of my own, I'm wondering: Are all baby sunscreens this greasy? My bro uses Hawaiian Tropics (in the pink tube) and eesh, I know there must be a better sunscreen for babies out there. I'm looking for one that's made for babies (SPF 50 or higher) and doesn't turn them into an oil slick. Is that too much to ask?

Any ideas?

Thanks so much and I'll be back tomorrow with lots of new posts!

What's in my bag?

Another month has come and gone and it's time for another installment of "What's in my bag?"

Some items have remained since last month's post, some have been added to the mix, and some of these I've had in my bag forever (and I do mean forever).

Oh and that's my Nine West "The Greatest Find Small Tote" bag in the pic, except that mine is gray, not brown. I don't really like this bag because the opening isn't big enough; I can barely get my wallet out sometimes! But I do like that it's got a single strap so it's easy to sling on my shoulder and it holds a lot without looking like a huge bag.


1) Sally Girl Mini Squeeze Tube Lip Gloss in "Hoopla". I can't live without this thing! Seriously, I've been wearing it so much that it's probably the only lipgloss I can actually say I've used up...ever. (Click the link for my full reviews.)

2) Travel Size Kleenex in a pocket tissue cozy. I don't know about you, but I got so sick of my travel size Kleenex getting destroyed in my purse that I had to find a solution. How many times have you reached for a tissue in your purse only to discover that pieces of lint or a freaking penny have found their way inside of your mangled little packet of Kleenex? I bought a cozy very similar to this one in a cute, retro print for like 3 bucks on Etsy and I LOVE it. It totally works.

3) Suave Advance Therapy Moisturizer. Click the link to read about my love for this lotion. Seriously, I can't be without it. I transferred it to one of these cute bottles so that I don't have to lug that big ol' bottle around with me. Oh, and have you heard about these brilliant little things: Lotion Saver Bottle Couplers. GENIUS! It's basically a little band that takes your favorite bottle of lotion/shampoo/conditioner/soap and makes it super easy to attach to a smaller bottle so that you can get the very last bit of product out of the large bottle and use it up! What a fantastic invention and one that will surely save you money. I hope they make a coupler soon for wide-mouth bottles so I can use one for salad dressing :)

4) Cute Pill Box. I bought one very similar to this one on Ebay for about $5 and I LOVE it for my Advil. Previously I had been lugging around a travel size bottle of Advil and it was embarrassing because you could hear the pills swishing around in my bag and it made me feel like people thought I was some sort of pill junkie. Anyway, now I have this quiet little pill box for my Advil and it gave me an excuse to buy something cute.

5) Pink Victorinox Swiss Army Knife. Where would I be without you, my dear sweet Victorinox?! Honestly, I've owned so many of these things over the years it's hard to keep count. The number one reason I carry one in my bag is because no matter where I am, I seem to ALWAYS need scissors. Second, I know you're going to find this hard to believe, but the tweezers on this knife are the best kept beauty secret around. OK, maybe it's just MY beauty secret, but I'm going to now share it with the world. These tweezers work better for me than Tweezerman tweezers EVER have. They pick up the most fine of hairs with ease and I've been using them on my brows for over 15 years now. I will never, ever be without my Victorinox tweezers, I tell you!

6) Banana Boat Sun Wear Daily Sunblock SPF 50. For years now, my friend and I have been trying to find our holy grail sunblock and I haven't come closer than Banana Boat Sun Wear. I love this because it smells good, it's sheer, it's not sticky, it doesn't leave a white cast and it doesn't ball up. Oh, and it's photostable with high UVA/UVB protection, it's water resistant, it's never broken me out and you can find it just about everywhere.

Until next month, let's try to keep those purses clean, well-organized and useful!