I was sent a great set of samples of Gucci’s new fragrance line, Flora, which comes out this month so I was lucky enough earlier this week to be among a sample panel (I’m a BzzAgent) who were able to try the perfumes early on in it’s release.

I was sent samples of all three scents – Glorious Mandarin, Gracious Tuberose and Gorgeous Gardenia. All of them floral, sweet and watery and created to harmonize with one another – though I have to admit I’m too scared to mix perfumes and see if it’s possible to not die from the vapors, lol.

My favorite out of the three has got to be the Gracious Tuberose – it’s stronger than the others, with a bit of warmth and a nice bite at the end. Watery, but not too watery, with some white flower notes in there somewhere. Just lovely.

Want To Try It?

I’m giving away 3 sample files here, each 2ml, and all I need from you is to share this post then email me at faith AT beautifulsin.net and let me know where you’ve shared it – I’ll pick 3 people at random and send them their sample in the mail!

Tagged with: Flora by Gucci • Glorious Mandarin • Gorgeous Gardenia • Gracious Tuberose • Gucci Perfume Giveaway

Posted by Faith on at 10:50 pm

As I’m sure you noticed, for about two days BSNET was flagged for malware by Google. Obviously, it’s all back to normal but I’m still cleaning up the handiwork of a pretty ridiculously destructive hacking. The mode of hack was simple enough, somehow they got into my cPanel and uploaded file that changed the htaccess file in every directory, or uploaded a new one, that redirected to a site that was distributing the malware.

When I started fixing it, I asked a friend of mine if he had any idea how it could have happened – since I’m quite careful with my information, even when I’m not connected to the internet. He then asked me if I’d ever considered using an ad blocker software to keep me from accidentally loading ads that may download malware or viruses onto my computer.

Of course I do, I have a combination of popup blocker (which generally does the trick) and two different flash and banner blockers to cover those ads and even stop Youtube videos from automatically loading.

He said I should have been fine, and then asked – suddenly – if I watch any videos on Facebook. That was probably the thing that did it, because I’m not opposed to a funny political cartoon now and then. I’m thinking of looking into a new adblocker system like Adguard that has pretty much only one function – to keep the user away from malicious content and phishing websites that can hijack their computers. They do it via blocking unwanted ads, which is what I thought I was doing. Trust me, you want to really look at what you’re doing online!

No more Facebook videos for me. :/

Tagged with: adguard • Dealing with a hacking • malicious htaccess • pop-up blocking software

Posted by Faith on at 8:44 pm

We’re out of money for the month, I just paid my hosting bill and that about cleans us out. I get paid again in a week, but these last three months have been close calls. I’m finding myself working for a day or two straight, some days without breaks or food, just to try to keep up with the bills and it’s still not enough.

It drives me crazy when people like Republicans claim that poor people are all lazy and on welfare, or a drain on society, when I haven’t used any government socialized program (except for Social Security, which my Republican mother collected for me while I was in school for which I have never seen a dime – but it kept her and my stepdad from having to work, I guess) in my life. No Medicaid, no welfare, no food stamps. I haven’t been to a doctor or dentist in almost 13 years, which was when I had my last vacation. Laota and I work through sprains, bruises, broken bones and dislocated limbs as we sort of stay in limbo without the ability to move forward. I’m not a drain on society, I tread water non stop to keep from going under, but it’s just getting worse and I’m scared.

There’s not much to this post except for that I’m having a mini freak out and I needed to get it off my chest.

Tagged with: Broke • medicaid • poor • Republicans • social security • welfare

Posted by Faith on at 7:59 pm

I’m sitting here, at 6:17 AM, where I’ve been sitting for hours making ready for my Boss’s awful, ill prepared for and unbearable radio show. There’s a turkey in the roaster (huge 22 lb monster bird!) which should feed Laota and I for ages and ages. The puppy needs constant attention. My boss has poured more work on my shoulders and I’ve got 3 WordPress and Coppermine themes to finish before the week is out. That’s not counting customer support, shopping, cleaning this huge Edwardian mansion, cooking, laundry and all of the million other things I have to do in a day.

So, basically, I have absolutely no time and I’m stressed beyond the telling. And now it’s tax time, so it’s one hundred and fifty percent worse!

I have no problem with tax time, I don’t make much and my taxes are never a problem, always on time and I’ve never had any issues with them. It’s my Mom and Stepdad I’m worried about. They get lazy and put their taxes off then, at the last minute, it becomes OUR problem!

In their defense, I can see why they don’t want to handle it themselves, because it’s terrifying. All those receipts, no order to them! They spend money like it’s going out of style on everything but tax help. Because why spend a little money on accounting software when my sister and I can be bullied into doing their taxes and keeping their books for free?

It’s looming! I hate it when the extra work starts looming! I’m no good with accounting, anyway, and I’m always worried I’ll screw something up then there’ll be some big audit and it’ll be all my fault. That’s setting aside the fact that they have no business forcing their taxes down my throat, anyway.

It’s not like I don’t have enough to do, I sincerely don’t need their work, too!

Tagged with: Busy Girl • Tax Time • Turkey Dinner • Very Busy

Posted by Faith on at 6:28 am