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QVC’s Today’s Special Value is a Bare Escentuals basic kit. Been there, seen that. My roomate is a Bare Escentuals junkie.She’s way past the starter kit, has tons of the stuff and it works great for her. If you’ve never tried it, give it a shot. I was a bit allergic to the stuff I tried at one of the Bare Escentuals stores at the mall, (don’t know why), but it looked real nice. Today’s 6 piece kit includes the BE foundation in a choice of shades, a lip gloss (big whup!), and three brushes. If you’ve never tried the product line, $32 plus S7H isn’t such a bad price point.

Wardrobe commentary: I was delighted to see that Leslie’s wearing a simple pink peace sign teeshirt tonight. Her fancy-shmancy dresses and  mega-bling overkill were pretentious and annoying.We know you’ve made money hand over fist on  your products, Leslie, must you flaunt it in our faces? During these questionable economic times, looking like one of the rest of us regular folk isn’t such a bad thing… 😉

Also on QVC, the TSV Extra is a 36 ” strand of teal n’ white or or violet n’ white baroque Honora pearls for $43 on Easy Pay. Nice. There’s also a set of 4 matching bracelets for $29.  I’d give those a pass. Be aware that stretch bracelets break. If you’re tough on your jewelry and think you can wear these everyday to do your dishes, think again. Baroque pearls are not symetrical and round, by the way. If that’s okay with you then these are very pretty, and the price is reasonable for a 36″ strand.

What can I say about MORE Invicta watches on Shop NBC? Watch Week. Zzzzzzzzzz… The Our Top Value is the Our Over-the-Top, and as for value? $737 on 4 Value Pays of $147? Not so much. The watches are both expensive AND unattractive. OOO, what a deal.

HSN regular and marketing genius, Esteban, has a new Today’s Special jumbo guitar  package, called, brilliantly enough, the “Amber Ice” Jumbo Limited Edition Guitar. $200 gets you the first from the new “Rock On” collection: the guitar, a case, assorted necessities (strap, allen wrench, polishing cloth, a set of junky strings, picks,etc), and a 10 DVD set of guitar lessons and a matching poster. And let’s not forget the Certificate of Authenticy, as if this package deal isn’t cheap enough… (Like somebody’s gonna try to make a cheaper one?) No matching amp with this package, this time it’s being sold separately for $50.  Guess our man Esteban has begun to figure out that there’s lots of folks who might have the sense to try this instrument through a REAL amp! LOL! (The Esteban amp isn’t horrible. But if you have a pre-adolescent kid on your gift list, it’s also mercifully not THAT loud.)

“Amber Ice” means that this limited- edition model Esteban guitar is red, and the ice refers to the fake crystal designs glued on the front and back.  It’s a bit Grand Ol’ Opry for my taste, but it would probably make a nice fashion statement with jeans and cowboy boots… 😉 I can not believe I heard the host make a big fuss about the five plastic tortoise shell guitar picks! You gotta be kiddin’ me, you can buy those for a few cents at Sam Ash or Guitar Center or Musician’s Friend! Once again I will quote the muppet-like character Hoggle in the movie Labyrinth, “Ooooo… PLASTIC!”

Esteban’s guitars are okay if you’re looking for a cheap starter package for you or your kid. (Have I mentioned I’m a professional musician, specifically a guitarist?). Esteban believes in his products, that much is certain. But if you yearn to own a guitar that ‘s so bright it probably could glow in the dark on its own, then this one’s for you. It’s definitely NOT for someone who wants to blend into the background… As for me, I’ll give this one a miss! 🙂 LOL!!!

Nite-nite, off to bed I go. 🙂