Without all the above mentioned conveniences (Or shall I say necessities?), social networking would not be as important as is today! Businesses literally thrive on social networking. There’s even a movie/documentary about it, which I’m sure everybody’s heard of. Take one of my favorite online shopping sites, ShopNBC, for example. It’s literally a whole department store on a desk. In my living room. I can literally shop in my snuggie. The awesome thing about ShopNBC and most other retailers like them is that they like to connect themselves with us shoppers via Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. If I subscribe to the ShopNBC Twitter page, I can get daily deals and ‘best-sellers’ the second they come out. I don’t have to spend hours at a shopping mall searching through hundreds of racks at twenty different stores. If I go to the ShopNBC Facebook page, I can enter a bunch of promotions or giveaways. Free stuff? Who wouldn’t like that??? If I get a little iffy about a new designer or don’t know how to wear a certain something, I can go watch ShopNBC on YouTube and find out within a few minutes!

Seriously, thank the heavens that we are so blessed. I can shop online, text a friend across the country, email a blogger in Australia, Tweet what I’m eating, etc. I look forward to seeing what other new technological inventions we’ll be experiencing next!

Urbanears Platton Headphones come in a range of colors (I’m loving the seafoam-green-esque shade pictured sixth below) and has the classic look that makes us reminisce of days past before the invent of teeny earbuds. The sizing is adjustable and the headphones fold down to around fist-size for easy portability. The Platton Headphones even have an extra plug on the earbud for a friend to plug in their own headphones and tune into what you’re listening to. “You have to hear this sick bassline…”

If these are your new must-have, you can find them at UrbanOutfitters.com and at Urban Outfitters locations nationwide.

This app lets you browse over 280,000 unbiased consumer reviews and ratings on 45,000 beauty products — all with lightning speed. From skin care to curling irons and beyond, the new app gives you access to all the brands you know well; from department store favorites like MAC and Chanel to drugstore deals from Olay and Cover Girl. You can search for specific products and read reviews of them, or quickly browse a category or brand for top-rated products.

I have a BlackBerry, so consider me momentarily jealous Hopefully this app will appear in BlackBerry App World soon.

Download Beauty Product Reviews by TotalBeauty.com via iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/beauty-product-reviews-by/id368263738?mt=8

I’m Not Really a Waitress

Dell has teamed up with OPI to present notebook and netbook designs in shades from OPI’s line of lacquers. The current shades include I’m Not Really a Waitress, Kyoto Pearl, Big Apple Red, Rosy Future, and Strawberry Margarita. Take a peep at three more designs:

Princesses Rule!, Kyoto Pearl, Up Front & Personal

After debut, Dell /OPI will revise the collection based on popular demand and also include at least 26 additional OPI shades (word is, this will happen in November).

Shade options will be available in the Dell Design Studio at Dell.com and apply to Dell Mini, Inspiron, and Studio laptops.

Time to upgrade my Inspiron!

What another exciting moment in tech-meets-beauty. How cool, I’m thinking, would it be to tote my new lacquered up laptop to Starbucks or Panera Bread with a mani to match. Loving the idea!

The makeup button on the Casio EX-Z300 features a twelve-step function that corrects lighting and shadows on your subjects face and even smooths the skin. This camera also corrects over- and under-exposure in pictures.

I consider this camera a girl’s dream. It can capture all those special moments in life (as well as produce great digital photos of all your best makeup looks).

The Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z300 is available on Amazon for less than $300.

It’s pink, which is rad, but I don’t know if I could get over the fact that I’d be scared to pull the trigger every time I blow out my hair!

I just know that Alesha would love this.

Source: Oh Gizmo