Vote for JSG!

With Super Tuesday behind us, and election fever heating up, it's JSG's turn to join the campaign and we need your support! We were so excited to have been asked to enter a travel blogger contest: Color Me Martinique! If you vote for us, you could win a trip to this gorgeous French Caribbean Island. Full disclosure: if we win, we get a week in Martinique ourselves.

Our Entry is "Making Friends the Old Fashioned Way" and is written by Anne Fritz. We won't give too much away, but it does involve a drinking contest in Munich. Vote now! Tell your friends! The contest is open through March 1st. We appreciate your support!

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Better Than Naked

JSG sits in front of a beautiful collection of muted colors, created to bring out all our natural beauty. Usually we turn to Bobbi Brown for our "everyday woman" look and save MAC for the impact, going out, vamp look. But Mac has out-done themselves with their new N Collection (N stands for nude). You can wear these colors during the day, like Bobbi's, but the bonus is they have a little extra punch--kinda like wearing your favorite pair of jeans with a rockin' pair of heels. Our favorite of the bunch is the Nanogold eye shadow--it's pinkish-goldish and fantastic. Wear it as a highlighter near the brow or over the whole lid.

The standout lip colors are the N2, pale with gold tones, the N3, a rich, fleshy petal pink, and the N5, a transluscent plum-brown similar to everyone's old favorite Blackberry from Clinique. And both creme stick lip liners are standouts that look great with all the lipsticks, changing and complimenting each color. If you're a fan of the Lip Glass, you won't be disappointed either. Our favorites are the 3N, plenty of color to wear over lipstick or liner, or by itself and the AA7. (True story: When we wore it out to a bar recently, three of our friends borrowed it and it looked great on ALL four of us!)

One complaint: We would prefer if the colors had catchy names, which we think are easier to remeber than numbers. Though, when we mentioned this to our friend Julie from All About the Pretty at dinner on Saturday night, she disagreed, saying the numbers are easier to remember than the names. You tell us!

Available now at department stores, mac stores and on-line.

Like Seeing an Old Friend

Clinique was the first skin care line we ever used. Remember how carefully we all followed the 3 step program? Cleanse, tone, moisturize. Somewhere along the way (and it's been a long road) we lost our connection with Clinique. This product brought us back. It has a wonderfully smooth texture and it's very moisturizing, just perfect for our dry winter skin. We even used some on our cracked hands. Can't confirm that it has erased any lines; but it has left us with dewy,fresh, healthy skin, which is hard to come by this time of year (think pale and pasty). If it had SPF 15, we'd give it a 9 or 10.

Cost ? find it ?

Ready, Set, Book Your Ticket

Imagine this: a friend calls saying she hooked you up with a great deal at a 5 star hotel in Miami next weekend. All you have to do is book your airline ticket. Pretty sweet, right? We just got that call and it sent us into a flurry of computer searches: Travelocity, Orbitz, Jet Blue, Southwest Airlines. All promising to get you out of the freezing weather at home for $400+ (more than we'd like to spend on a quick two day trip). When all hope is you remember to check all combinations of the airports in our area and the two airports near Miami, and cross reference that with different date combinations (Friday to Sunday, Saturday to Monday, Thursday to Saturday). By this time you're so confused you can't remember which was the best deal; but one thing is certain- none of them was great.

Then there's a beacon, something called Spirit Air can get you down there for $250. You never heard of it, so you check out the reviews. One was literally, "Spirit Air is the worst airline in the world!!!!!" Feeling a little nervous, you go to their website where booking there saved an additional $50. It can't be that bad, right? Plus, there's something on the screen about big, leather seats. Just book it now, worry later. Important part is you'll be in Miami this weekend without breaking the bank.

Afterwards we spoke to a friend who said they'd used Spirit to get to the Caymans and had no problems. Good enough for us. Turns out they bill themselves as an ULCC (ultra low cost carrier) and service vacation destinations predominately. Cross your fingers.

Remember, even though Travelocity and Orbitz- type search engines offer the lowest prices, check the airline's homesite. You could get lucky and save yourself some $$- not quite enough for dinner at Nobu; but close.

On Our Radar: Super Bowl XLII Bound?

The only people we know who are going to the big game are on some type of corporate boondoggle, but in case you're lucky enough to be one of the chosen few, we wanted to share some of our recent posts on Scottsdale:

The Mondrian is all booked up, but it's worth it to stop by to check out Sky Bar or Asia de Cuba--especially to crash the Creative Artists Agency party where JSG fave, Cameron Diaz, is rumoured to be hitting. It's just too bad you won't get to peek inside their minibar.

Need a good place to eat? We found this awesome steakhouse. All booked up? Check out our friend Seth's blog, Feasting in Phoenix. He knowas all the trendy spots as well as those off-the-beaten path gems where you can still get a ressie.

When you're all pooped out from tailgating, head to the Spa Avania at the Hyatt Gainey Ranch for an energizing treatment.

Finally--cheer for the Giants! While our hearts will always belong to the Redskins, you gotta root for the underdog (which also happens to be our home team)! Editorial note: We JSG agree to disagree here: one will be rooting for the underdog, the other will be rooting for Mr. Perfect.