Fava Beans and a Nice Chianti

"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti." --Hannibal Lecter



no!no!--famous for their hair removal device that is painful or not painful to use and works well or doesn't work at all depending on who you talk to--just came out with something to help tone your saggy, wrinkly face. Like a Total Gym for yout face, the FaceTrainer is supposed to provide resistance training that gets your face muscles in shape.

Clinical studies have shown that 10 minutes a day through 30 days of use will result in 71% reduction in sagging and 42% reduction in wrinkles. The FaceTrainer™ enhances the muscle activity by up to 93%. ... Facial exercising has been proven clinically for many years to help tone the underlying muscles of the face and neck, increase blood flow and reduce wrinkling and sagging.

While I appreciate anything that helps me stay looking younger without surgery or injections, this contraption scare me and reminds me of something else entirely ...



It's already on HSN and is selling for $200(!) and, personally, I think that if I want to try the whole face muscle workout thing, I'd much rather try the Facial Flex from the Q. It's only $30 and it's far less scary looking. Ridiculous looking, yes ... but not nearly so terrifying.

If I help you, Clarice, it will be "turns" with us too. Quid pro quo. I tell you things, you tell me things. Not about this case, though. About yourself. Quid pro quo. Yes or no? --Hannibal Lecter

I can't wait to see them demonstrate the Hannibal Lecter mask live!!!

Blue Plate Special Daily Round Up

QVC's TSV are some practical (i.e. hideous) old-lady Clark's sandals. I'm sure it's very comfortable. I can't think of anything else nice to say about it ... oh wait! It looks as durable as a Lock & Lock container. I bet you could run a truck over it and still wear it to Sunday school. Ahem. Anyway, I'm just going to close my eyes and pretend that Adi Paz has the TSV today--it is their first anniversary, you know! (BTW, search for the secret word "gemdrops" on the QVC site!)

ShopNBC has a Croton watch as their OTV. It's made out of tungsten and ceramic, so it's very trendy. Not bad. Not bad. They should have done this before Father's Day so they could attract those ladies wanting to buy for all the men in their lives (and get one for themselves while their at it, of course), instead of those no-good wham! bam! thank you, ma'am (buy one item and never call again) men that they've been getting lately.

HSN has the infamous no! no! hair removal kit for their TS. I've heard so many differing reviews on this that my head is spinning! spinning! So let me put this as plainly as I can: I hate to shave. I really hate to shave. And if this really worked--really, truly, honest-to-God made it so I wouldn't have to shave anymore--I wouldn't care if it hurt like hell fire and damnation and I wouldn't care if I had to spend a long time doing it (while being certain to carefully hold the no!no! at the precise angle).

I would suffer just to not have to shave again. Honestly, it would totally be worth it. Totally. But--and this is a big butt like mine!--I will not spend hundreds of dollars to spend hundreds of hours suffering only to have those hairs sprouting up again, needing to be shaved again. No! No! I won't! I won't! Jury is still out on this one, chickadees!

BTW, use the code NEIGHBOR on the MAC website today for 15% off!