If you do colorful hair dyes…

by Mir | Jan 2, 2015 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk

… then you know that the biggest trick to great color is getting the hair really well stripped of color before you dye. I myself am merely rocking my gray at this point, but my daughter has joined many of her peers in rotating through a rainbow of bright colors...

Another chance to Ninja!

by Mir | Dec 30, 2014 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk

If you missed it back in October (or the timing simply wasn’t right), don’t worry, it’s back—you can get a $90 refurbished Ninja Cooking System again today at Home.Woot. The Ninja remains my favorite cooking apparatus, bar none. And...

Light your Kindle Fire today

by Mir | Dec 8, 2014 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk

Here’s another great example of how patience and not needing the very latest/greatest can pay off: Today Amazon has prior-generation Kindle Fires in the Gold Box for half-off. Is it the fanciest and the latest model? Nope. Is it a heckuva deal? Yep! These deals...

If you need a passable little camera

by Mir | Dec 3, 2014 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk

I got a reader email with a camera question last night, and I love it when people write to me about cameras and ask me to ask my husband. (Seriously!) I like to tell him that’s why I married him; I needed a photographer to field questions for me. Anyway,...

If you love Otterbox…

by Mir | Dec 3, 2014 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk

… it turns out that they extended their Cyber Monday savings, which means you can still get some deals through midnight, tonight. Just go to Otterbox and shop; most products are an extra 25% off, automatically, plus you can apply coupon code OTTER10 for an...

Xbox One Deal? Check!

by Mir | Nov 28, 2014 | For the kids, Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk

If you’ve got an Xbox One on your shopping list (several of you have mentioned this being the big ask from the kids this year), make sure you hit up the Microsoft Store for their Black Friday deals. You can grab a fantastic value bundle from them—get a...