Calvin Klein – Secret Obsession

This giveaway was originally posted at  my home site.  This Giveaway is closed

What’s your Secret Obsession?
Well, i’ll tell you one thing, that sexy pants Eva Mendes is one of my secret obsessions. Seriously. Look at that hawtness. And do i detect a hint of Nipple there? yes. yes i do. Thank you Eva, thank you.

It’s hard for me to really divulge what my secret obsessions are, mostly because i’m fairly open to what i’m into, so that doesn’t make for good reading.

Here are a few things, that – yes, i am about to divulge to you internets – consequences be damned.

1. Boybands. I know, it’s totally, like, everything i’m against in popular music, like, y’know? But OMG they are just, like, so totally cute and junk. But for serious, i do have a secret obsession with boybands. I admit it. I am a little ashamed, but it’s true. See, as a woman – they are well groomed handsome, seemingly romantic and polite gentlemen…. and as a musician – i’m a sucker for anyone who can sing – especially when it’s in 4 part harmony. I KNOW, i know. I know that it’s not what you would expect from a die hard TOOL fan.

well, maybe OBSESSION is kind of a strong word, but you know what i mean.

2. Hands and Wrists. You could be deeeeaaaaad sexy, but if you’re a man and you have prissy girly hands, well then i’m sorry, it’s a no go.. What it takes to make this motor run are manly hands with the perfect accenting accessories. A perfect example of this is Big Chunky Rings, or wrist bands, or sometimes even nail polish (in a rare case i found my self attracted to Dave Nevaro because of his hands… but i got over it, don’t worry) Johnny Depp has this down to a science and his hands and wrists are a large reason why he is in my top five Fuckable Men list. Yeah….

And conversly, if you’re a totally hawtness lady and you’ve got the curves and the sex appeal and general hot factor – but your hands are manish and veiny, that can turn you from a hero to a big fat zero…. case in point: Angelina Jolie. What the hell happened to her? She used to be the number one on my Doable Dames list, but then she got all uber skinny and her hands got all skinny and old looking, seriously she looks like she has the hands of an 80 year old man! No matter how sexy her sex appeal is, the thought of those hands anywhere near me make me dry up like an raisin in the sun my friends.

ahem. okay.

So another thing that i’m secretly obsessed with?

Currently i’m obsessed with:
3. anything deep fried or smothered in cheese. But i blame that on the gallstones. B-rad and i have decided that once i have my sugery (which i have on good athority is being scheduled for early January… Hopefully in the first week of January) we are going to have what B-rad has been calling: “Laura the Great’s Glorious Gluttonous Revenge on those GallDanged Gallstones Gala…be there” which will be a celebration of all things fatty and delicious that i have not been able to eat but have had to watch everyone around me eat. That’s right, i’m going to fill a kiddie pool with french fries and cheese curds and smother it with gravy and then roll around in it in my underwear. Oooh Lordy.

4. Vampires.
The thought of letting some sexy vampire bite me in the throes of passion make me a little tingly in my lady bits… yeah, you could say i wanna be a fangbanger – a la True Blood style. Something about the highly unattainable sexy undead….something about ‘em. sigh

5. Paper Supplies
Whhhaaaa??? yeah, i know. it’s a weird one, but i’m an odd duck. Ever since i can remember, i’ve had a love affair with paper supplies. I love the feel of a notebook in my hands. i love the way the perfect pen glides across the surface of the page. Sometimes i love watching the ink dry from glistening black to a matte. Oh, for the record, it’s Black for rollerball ink pens, and Blue for ball point – and always medium point.

So, what’s the point of all this? well – here’s the thing. The good folks at Calvin Klein want to know what your secret obsession is, and frankly so do i. So, why not fess up and tell me? c’mon, i’m a good listener and i’d never judge you. If your obsession is dressing up like a pony and having your partner ride you around the living room, that’s okay. Of if you’re into squishing vanilla pudding between your toes i can get behind that. Lemme know. And if you DO let me know YOU could win!

The giveaway package will include a full size bottle of Calvin Klein’s Secret Obsession, a coppery/bronze metal charm necklace with a clasp at the back and two handcuffs joined in front, and a Secret Obsession sleeping mask.

So what do you have to do to win this giveaway? Simple, just tell me what your secret Obsession is in the comments, or by email at madam_diva [at] yahoo[dot]com… (put Secret obsession in the subject line) and you will be entered to win. For another entry, post about this contest on your blog (make sure to leave me a comment with the url of that post). Good times all around. This contest will close Thursday December 18th at midnight so i can get it shipped out ASAP.

 

Good luck.

The holidays are almost here and as part of the season of giving, we would love to offer you a Calvin Klein Secret Obsession giveaway for your readers.

Harujuku Lovers

This review was originally posted on my home blog. This contest is now closed

Remember when i was given a Free Zune to try out and review? well, that same company has sent me another package of goodies to review! This time it was Gwen Stefani’s Harajuku Lovers Scent line….

When i opened my package – there was goodies GALORE inside!!

What i received was a bottle of each of the fragrances to try, Love, Lil’ Angel, G, Music, and Baby. as well as 30 sample cards to give away to all my friends and family that have all 5 scents for them to try.

i love perfume, but i don’t wear it often because b-rad doesn’t like a lot of scents. so i was pleased as punch to have a reason to wear it. The thing about reviewing a scent is, that everybody has a different taste in smells, and every ones body chemistry will react differently… so while one scent might smell one way on me, it might smell completely different on you! I found that the great thing about this line is that with five different scents, you’re bound to find one that works for you. As for me, my personal fave is “G”, the “Gwen” scent. It has a very summery smell, kinda like coconut. mmm. and it’s really light too, so the sexy hubby doesn’t mind it. My mom relly liked “Love”, although when she first put it on i thought: “whoah! that is strong!” but all it needed was to breathe a bit and it was sweet and delicat and very pretty.

i found that was the case with some of the others as well, that as they had a little air they really were quite nice, and i found myself loving the “Lil Angel” as well. “Baby” is very sweet, almost candy like, and “Music” is also quite nice, although not my favourite – it’s a bit musky for me.

So, now on to the free stuff, cuz what kind of a reviewer would i be if i didn’t share the love with y’all?

Along with all my super cool stuff, including a sweet carry bag and a makeup bag, they also gave me a small bottle with the Harajuku Lovers doll, not just the sampler, of the fragrance “Music” that could be yours!!!

and how do you win such a FABULOUS prize you ask?? well, it’s simple. First head on over to the Harajuku Lovers website and look around, then come back here and tell me which your favourite HL fragrance is in the comments! That’s it!

Be sure you leave a valid email and stuff… cuz otherwise i can’t get a hold of you to let you know if you won!

But wait!!! there’s more!! Put up a link to this contest on your blog and you’ll be entered again. Please make sure you come back and leave a comment with a LINK to your post.

The contest will end Sunday night at midnight CST and i will be randomly choosing a winner and i’ll announcing it sometime next week. i wish i could give you a definate date, but the baby is priority number one. I would say if you’re entering to watch your email. i’ll give the winner 24hrs to get back to me before i move on to the next person.

Oh and for the gents, this could be an easy christmas present for a lady friend…. free free free!!

rock on, smelly people!!

Zune

This review was originally posted on my home blog.

*This contest is now closed!*

i’ve been working on this post for a while, so i’m just going to jump right into it, or it will never get done! y’know?

So, back in May i was contacted by a company called Match Stick asking if i’d like to participate in a word of mouth campaign about the new MP3 player from Microsoft; ZUNE

of course, i jumped at the chance to check it out!*

* i should note here that Zunes are new to Canada as of this Summer, and that’s why they wanted a Canadian to do a review on one

So, i received the news that i was being sent a Zune on July 3rd (for those of you who’ve been following along, i went into labour 8 weeks early and delivered my son on July 5th and spent the first two and a half weeks of his life going back and forth to the hospital) so when my nifty new Zune arrived i didn’t really have the time to do the zune justice, and it stayed in the box while my life settled down. Anyway, now i have some time** – so here we go:

**thanks for those of you who’ve asked, my son is doing wonderfully – growing and eating and generally being an awesome baby!

When i received the zune in the mail i was pretty excited!
it came with an adapter and headphones.
fancy and prettyMicrosoft’s answer to the iPod, it’s sleek and sexy – with a full colour screen and pretty cool looking touch scrolling mechanism
the 8G Zune is so slim, much slimmer than my 60G Video iPod. It will hold Music, videos, pictures, plays FM radio, podcasts, is compatible with xBox 360 – has wireless connection to your computer, and you can send songs directly from Zune to Zune. Cool, no? Yeah.

A downside being the amount of packaging there is for the accessories, i mean – how big of a box do you need for earphones? but that’s a small thing.

So, when i finally got my shit together to try it out – i learned that it is not compatible with Mac computers***. Gah. I thought maybe it would show up on my computer as a regular MP3 player, but no. it doesn’t. Boo. I think, personally, that if Microsoft was trying to compete with iPod, they’d make it Mac compatible. i mean, i understand that they’re made for PCs – but there are a lot of Mac users out there, that’s a pretty big market they’re missing out on. But, apparently they will be compatble with Macs… eventually

*** oh yeah, as someone in my comment section so lovingly mentioned, i actually DO have Windows for my Mac, and the Zune still doesn’t work…why? because the setup software that you have to download from the Zune website is not Mac compatible, and while i’m on the subject, i’m not really into the whole Mac vs PC on this blog, in fact i rarely bring up the fact that i work on a Mac at all. In this case, i was merely stating the fact that i work on a Mac computer and the Zune is not compatible – and that’s a shame. Cuz the zune looks really cool.

So, i went out to my mom and dad’s for the afternoon to set up my Zune on their PC and signed onto the Zune Social network – which looked pretty cool. But once i signed in, it started automatically converting all the music on my mom’s computer to the Zune format… and the computer wouldn’t recognize my Zune. I went to look for help on the Zune site, and found myself in the Forums where more people had the same problem i was having, their PCs weren’t recognizing their Zunes. i looked and looked – but everywhere i looked i found the same problem, but no solution!

Free time is something i don’t have a lot of, and after spending over a half hour trying to figure it out, i just gave up. Maybe the fault was mine, or maybe my mom’s computer wasn’t good enough, but i couldn’t muck around with it anymore. i had a baby to feed and take care of.

Long story short – it looks pretty sweet, but as my computer is an Apple, i’ll be giving mine away.

but wait!! THERE’S MORE!!!!

For participating in this program, they gave me a SECOND ZUNE TO GIVE AWAY!! and i want YOU to have it.

So, i’m having a contest. To enter, leave a comment telling me how awesome i am… and for a second entry, link to this post on your blog telling people about this contest and leave the URL in the comments section! The contest will close this Friday at Midnight (CST)
the winner will be drawn randomly from the entries some time next week.

If you don’t have a blog, make sure you leave a valid email address where i can get a hold of you if you win. And also, if you don’t have a blogging username, leave your name in the comment as well. thanks.

Good Luck!

Rockin’ the RockChick

This review was originally posted here at Saviabella.com when i did a gues post for her.  [Note: This review is completely unsolicited. I have not been asked to review this product, nor am I receiving any compensation for doing so.]  All that being said, carry on to read up on TheRockChick!

Some of you may have heard of this most amazing device called the Rock Chick. If you are a regular reader here at this blog, you’d know that Savia has practically married her Rock Chick (whom she duly named Hawksley) and has been on a One Woman Campaign to ensure that every woman at least knows about this fabulous purple device in the hopes that we will all someday keep one in our bedside toy boxes, and through the glorious earth shattering orgasms that they bring – will find a way to live in peace and happiness and end world hunger, war, and bitchiness. She’s a peach like that.

Some of you may know that i am a sex toy lady, meaning, i am one of those gals who will come to your house with a Rubbermaid container filled with lotions, potions, oils, and many many vibrating friendly titillating clit teasers, and various colourful, curved penetrators. I had never heard of this Rock Chick before, so when Savia returned from London and wrote about this magnificent piece of machinery… i was… intrigued.

After searching through the full-meal-deal catalogue that us sex toy consultants get, i was sad to see that my supplier does not carry this toy… and that if i wanted it… i would have to… GASP!!!! PAY FULL PRICE!?!?!??? So, as i hadn’t had the funds readily available, i waited.

My sexy hubby B-rad and i were hanging out on the couch one evening not so long ago, watching porn as we often do, there was an ad for a popular adult toy shop – my competition **EEK** who were advertising a 50% off sale. i thought to myself… “50% Off eh??” (Yes, Some of us Canadians do say ‘eh’, but with me it was more like… Sherlock Holmes… Eehhhhhhhhhhhhh??)

i picked Fiona, my laptop and life mate, off her resting place on the coffee table and entered in the URL – did a two word search for…ROCK CHICK and was ecstatic when that happy little purple curved dealie showed up on the screen…. and with the 50% off codeword i had snagged by watching TV porn… i whipped out the hubby’s credit card (he’s such a sweetheart) and purchased…my very own…. Rock Chick for the low low price of…$38.00 +S/H and Tax.

i was so excited, i practically giggled with glee as i emailed Savia to let her know of my new purchase! i had never seen this toy in person, but i knew that if Savia said it was worth fucking, then IT was WORTH FUCKING.

And then.

i waited.

And waited.

And waited…. until i thought – did i put my address in right? and i continued to wait, and eventually it was pushed to the side of my brain as the Tool Concert rapidly approached.

If any of you read MY BLOG, you’ll know that Maynard – the front man for Tool, is in my opinion – one of the sexiest men who walk the planet. Much the way Savia loves Hawksley.

The day of the concert approached… and when i arrived home from work, i found a package at my front door…What’s this?? TOOL, Maynard…ANNNND the Rock Chick all in one day?? The Heavens smiled at me. Thank you heavens. Thank you for this perfect day of Tool Concert + Vibrator.

But due to the concert-going festivities, i didn’t get to the package right away, other than to take it out of the envelope and take a picture of it with my Tool Tickets. Nerd.

My lesbian friend Muffy and i did take it out of the package to inspect it. First thought – it was a lot softer than i imagined it would be. It’s made of “medical-grade” silicone, and therefore it has a lot of movement and warmed to body temperature when you held it in your hand – which is a good thing. Nobody likes a freezing cold vibrator – unless you have an ice fetish. This was not your rock hard latex vibrator. “But how does it work?” Muffy asked. puzzled, we both stood in my bedroom, Rock Chick in hand, scratching our heads pondering the physics of this ergonomic design.

“My guess is, you stick this part inside…and then…uhm…”

“What does this do?”

“Hm.”

“What if you…what? Wait. Hm.”

After a few moments of pondering i realized there were instructions ON the package. Not only insertion instructions, but suggestions as well!!

This is what the package has to say:

Ways to Rock Out: Besides using your hand(s) to guide the rocking motion of the Rock Chick it is also designed to be used hands free. Position yourself comfortably on the bed with your legs extended and arms stretched out behind you. Now, slowly start to rock your body back and forth against the Rock Chick. Vary the position of your body until you find what works best for you. Vary the speed of your rocking to increase or decrease stimulation. Alternatively, use the Rock Chick while sitting on the edge of a bed or a chair.

And way on the bottom there was a website directing you to an online instructional video??? Unfortunately, the link was under construction… so i couldn’t watch it. The day came where i had a free evening, and a couple hours to myself to wine and dine my new Rock Chick…Whom i have duly dubbed: Maynard…natch.

At first go, i thought i would never figure out how to get it in at an angle that was hitting the Golden Spot. “Okay, Laura. Don’t get frustrated, and don’t get tense, that will only work against you!”. So, try again. This time i lubed him up but good before trying again. Okay, better.

i switched on the vibrating bullet – “HOLY JEBUS!!” i could scarcely believe such a wee little gaffer could spout out THAT much power. Due to the soft silicone material, the entire toy vibrated… from the G-spot curve, to the ridges on the other end which rubbed, quite delightfully, on my clit. Those British Silicone-Adult-Massager Crafters are brilliant, i tell you. It’s like the Dyson of vibrators.

Now for the ultimate hands free test…let’s start the ‘rocking’…

….

oh………

my…………

GOD….

Being a sex toy lady and due partly to the fact that i need to have some product knowledge of the items i sell – i have a fair bit of experience with vibrators, and masturbation… and nothing i have ever used has ever been able to make me cum… quite. like. this.

i’m not sure if it was BECAUSE of the rocking motion, or the fact that i had both my hands free, or a combination of the two and any other factors that i may or may not be aware of… but daaaaaaaaaammmnnnnn…

Since the first Rock Chick earth shattering orgasm, i have been privileged to have been able to take it for a few more spin-around-the-block…in different positions, on the edge of the bed, on a chair, straddling, laying down. The results are always high intensity spine tingling orgasms.

i wish,…i WISH that my company sold this toy. i wish i could give them out to random women on the sidewalk. A kinkier, sexier version of Santa bringing little bundles of Festivus joy to the nice girls, and even more so for the naughty ones.

Ladies, you owe it to yourself and your G-spot to own this toy. Partners, don’t be afraid. You can never be completely replaced…as far as i know, the Rock Chick doesn’t cuddle afterwards, try as i might.

It’s Official!

Hello little boys and girls!

This is it!  The official Review site for yours truly!  Oh, and there will BE reviews!  I’ve got a few cookin’ up in my  little crock pot of a brain… don’t  you worry!!

Because i am here to tell you what i think of things!  That’s right!! Cuz that’s what I do best.

I am a regular every day  normal dude(tte) who is a consumer just like you!

Reviews are here!

So, again, i’ve been thinking of using wordpress to host my reviews and giveaways.  i’m hoping that this works out well… we’ll try…

still trying…

If you are here, then you’re reading this

I’m testing this out for right now, possibly using wordpress to host my reviews and giveaways.  I’m not sure, at this stage, how my life on blogger will continue… maybe for now i will juggle my time between both platforms until i come to a better conclusion. 

 

WordPress takes a bit of getting used to.