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LEONOR GREYL! AWARD WINNING MASQUE QUINTESSENCE! OR MY FIRST PRIVATE FLIGHT-SAME. GIVE AWAY!

Wed, 04/11/2012 - 2:03am
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leneorgreylmasqueMeg hair, I am going to make you want to throw up reading this (Happy Humpday.) I want to throw up writing this because I know there's a great chance I'll never experience this again in my life. I'm going with the whole "It is better to have loved and lost than never loved at all." Replace "love" with "flying private." That doesn't even sort of make sense. Once you are lucky enough to "fly private" even first class is a bummer. I'm not saying I don't love it. These days I'm in the coach cabin, I'm just saying, there is nothing like flying (as a guest) on a private plane.

No security, no check-in, no rush. The car drives right to the plane and no one is taking off until you get in. Then once you're in your seat you have your own personal stewardess bringing you mimosa's and omelette's and really anything you could ever want. Your chair lounges out full sleeping size and you're covered in cashmere blankets and comfy pillows and spoiled beyond. It really is the only way to fly. I mean the only way if you have 100mm in the bank but why put a price on happiness? Disclaimer, I have traveled that way four times in my entire life. I hope to double that number at some point but right now I'm an orbitz.com member looking for deals. Times change, it's important to be able to roll with current situations. But DAMN, that was awesome!

I only put a lot of stock into money in the way it can open up new experiences. God knows I don't cling to it. God wishes I did a bit. I used to argue with my ex husband "But Jason, I could be hit by a bus and dead tomorrow! Why wont you let me enjoy it!?" He would just shake his head and say "Or you'll live to be 80 and be broke!" I always tuned him out after the 80 line.

We all work so damn hard! Why is it sinful to spend sometimes? What on earth is the point if we can't indulge in some fantastically over the top decadence? You work like a dog, I work like one as well (not my dog, she sleeps all day and eats amazing, catered S.A.D. Dog Sushi)

 

Really, last time I checked we had one go around. One go around. Let that sink in for a second. Excuse my reincarnation people, but we're not coming back. Soak in the sun, buy the pretty dress take the last minute change of plans. You don't know where that stuff will lead. I know where it's going to lead if you don't shake it up, you're never going as a guest ona private flight. You're just not. Those things only happen to people willing to talk to strangers, willing to be spontaneous and willing to step out of convention. Come join me. You'll like it here!

Much like stepping onto a private plane, Leonor Greyl Mask Quintessence is not subtle in letting you know that you've "arrived." On presentation alone you know you're dealing with a fine piece of art. The packaging is no joke. It looks and feels like fine crystal. I would put this on my mantle...Except, my mantle isn't fancy enough. Leonor Greyl Mask Quintessence is "ooh" and "aah" worthy.

I had a tough boy and work week, both were severe pains in the ass (OK, you may not have been on a private plane but I'm guessing we've all had THAT trip.) On top of it, my hair was looking pretty dull and dried out. Being a Catholic with severe guilt for reasons I don't even know (I bump into furniture and apologize...to my couch.) I couldn't open this $141.00 mask unless I could share it. It has nothing to do with Easter, I think I'm Jesus all year long.

Seriously, I couldn't indulge it all for myself. This coming from a woman that not only used to get bummed out over first class but thinks Chanel is quite "reasonable." Why was Leonor Greyl intimidating me with this fabulousness when I think of myself as fabulosity squared?

I thought it may be psycho symatic. I know this mask costs ONE HUNDRED FORTY ONE DOLLARS. Did it smell better because I knew? The scent (and I have no sense of one-yet it came back when I put this on, so now it works sense miracles) The floral bouquet of rich blossoms invigorated my scalp and yes, my scalp had a scent that can only be described as "filthy rich."  I applied this thick, buttery lotion to my tresses and waited the 20 minutes. All the while I felt like Oprah (I know weird, but I imagine this is the stuff she uses everyday.)

After I showered and blew dryed my tresses, the rich, floral scent still lingered. Is part of the price never having to buy a perfume again? I don't know, but they should add that to their sell. I don't want to blow my own horn, but I looked totesamaze! My hair was a dream! I did what any good reviewer does. I looked for new opinions. I asked my roomies to try. I didn't tell them the price. I just handed it to them. Here's KristenOsborne88 review, not knowing anything about price or Leonor Greyl.

 

I was just home visiting my mother for Easter. At dinner she told me (amongst other things) that I need to lose some weight, get engaged, move back to NY and CUT MY HAIR. She said it was, and I quote “dead and scraggly” looking. Oh mothers….

Anyhow, imagine my delight when I came home and Meg had just gotten one of her many shipments which included a super duper luxe hair mask by Leonor Greyl.

 Thinking of my mother’s kind words I decided it was worth a try.

 So, a few things, I’ve never used a hair mask before and I’ve been using horse shampoo for the past month or so to try to help my split ends.

 Okay, so you can put this mask on wet or dry hair. I like this option because it means I don’t have to take two showers. (We had two hair masks and a dye job going on in the house at this time, so the shower was in high demand)  Loved the jar, super fancy and looks very expensive. The product felt like a rich, buttery body lotion, I was tempted to put it on my fat thighs (thanks mom). The thing is, it takes a lot of lotion to cover my whole head and I felt bad using too much because it looks like you could only get about 4 masks out of the jar – so I’m not sure of the overall bang for your buck, but keep in mind, I have SO much hair. It's past my boob. Way past.

 I covered my hair, especially the ends, and then tied it in a loose bun at the base of my head. The instructions say to leave it in for 20 minutes, I did 35 just for kicks. It smelled delicious. Like vanilla meets floral meets cake batter – and 24 hours later I still smell like a rich spa. I washed the product out and let it air dry. What I LOVED about this is that my hair dried with zero frizz….it looked so pretty and still does. It also feels softer.

I was so glad I got to be Meg’s guinea pig again. She just told me how much it costs. I'm getting another job. I love this! Maybe my mother will lay off me if she can just smell my new, rich and amazing hair! I mean new and rich? Maybe that will let her dream of prospectives?

Thanks KristenOsborne88! if you're going to win your mother's love through a hair mask it might as well be from the top one in the world! Leonor Greyl's Award Winning Masque Quintessence Doesn't mask issues! It heals them!

What is your richest experience and how amaze is this mask? We're sending one to the best answer!!

 

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Wed, 04/11/2012 - 7:09am
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KayMack

My richest experience was when I got an upgrade to a high-roller suite in Las Vegas (thanks to my boss). I had a hotel room that was about twice the size of my two bedroom apartment - the BATHROOM was bigger than my bedroom. But the nicest part was I had my own personal elliptical machine in my own personal workout room. Is it sad that I liked that best?

Anyway, I can't imagine spending $140 for something I put on my hair and wash out. Must be nice to be rich.

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Hazel Brunette Oily 46
Wed, 04/11/2012 - 8:09am
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Aud

My richest experience would be going to Italy on a work trip, with airfare, local transport accommodation and most meals paid. We got to hit the Michelin starred restaurants in Rome, Florence and Milan, get driven around in a Mercedes limousine, stayed at the Four Seasons in Milan (which had the most awesome of bed, toiletries and even a comfy massage chair - which I didn't get to use as I was too busy working!!!). Plus, the trip coincided with the SUMMER SALE in Milan. OMG OMG OMG. So while we were busy working and having meetings, there was a 2-hour free time where I did the fastest and most decisive shopping of my life for clothes, jewellery and BAGS! Wooooooooooooooooohoooooooooooooo!

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Brown Black Combination 32
Wed, 04/11/2012 - 11:20am
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clarabroo

This sounds awesome!

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Brown Black Oily 18
Wed, 04/11/2012 - 12:34pm
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metisse1

Never had that privilege but hope so someday!

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Brown Black Oily 21
Wed, 04/11/2012 - 8:18pm
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dandy

i don't have many rich experiences, but the best i can give is when i run my trip to scotland - being scottish and a professor has some perks and one of them was to come up with a international field trip in edinburgh during the height of summer and international fringe festival.. i got my whole trip paid, tickets to everything and i got a salary for doing it, hahah jammy dodger!!

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Blue Brunette Combination 35
Wed, 04/11/2012 - 8:29pm
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darkhairedgirl

I can't think of the richest experience I've ever had.... that's probably pretty sad. LOL! Glad you enjoyed. :)

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Brown Black Combination 27
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 2:13am
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Elena Endless Summer

The richest experience in my life was when I have won a gift basket full of cosmetics worth $800 + another one to be given to my friend (it actually is going to be a birthday gift for my mother-in-law). Can you imagine this?! Cosmetics worth $1600... I was like  a child in a candy shop ^_^

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Other Brunette Oily 26
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 2:44am
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kbmeow

SOunds nice but Wow is that pricey 

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Hazel Red Combination 38
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 12:59pm
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RoXySurFinGrL28

My richest experiece was going to Italy for my 18th Bday/ Graduation present! Verona, rome, venice, rome, florence and pompaii ... Clearly that is a once in a life time vacation! BUT i feel as if one day ill be able to do this again! This sounds like something i need! ive been high lighting my hair since i was 14! 11 years.. YIKES! hhaha

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Brown Blonde Combination 25
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 12:59pm
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RoXySurFinGrL28

My richest experiece was going to Italy for my 18th Bday/ Graduation present! Verona, rome, venice, rome, florence and pompaii ... Clearly that is a once in a life time vacation! BUT i feel as if one day ill be able to do this again! This sounds like something i need! ive been high lighting my hair since i was 14! 11 years.. YIKES! hhaha

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Brown Blonde Combination 25
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 2:16pm
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wishfuleyes

my richest experience....well, I can't honestly say i've had a single one. but since i'm asked to choose one, i'll go with my first cruise. the best part about it was that I won it. from coca-cola. when I was 7... I was on a trip to the grocery store with my dad and saw one of those tell-tale boxes with the slot on the top and a small pad of paper next to it with a pencil. I was quite sure that whatever was up for grabs was mine as long as I managed to get my name in that box. well, my luck worked and I was the luckiest little girl ever to win a trip for my parents and I for a short cruise to the bahamas. what was most memorable about the whole experience was that I was the ONLY child on the entire ship. it afforded me a fair bit of extra attention from the staff who, by the end of the trip, knew that when I walked in to one of the bars and ordered "my usual, but with two umbrellas this time" that I was having a taste for another kiddie cocktail. it was one of the more formal cruise lines, which meant we had to dress for dinner each night and had assigned seating and such..our tablemates were a n arrangement of glittery older couples, the women all draped in large jewels and heavily perfumed.....my family was clearly more of the carnival fun ship ilk...we spent one day docked at a private island where, on the other side was docked another ship....a star trek theme cruise. the entire original cast from the show were playing beach volyball with everyone ... it was a fabulous experience for a little girl from the midwest.

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Green Red Dry 33
Fri, 04/13/2012 - 10:35am
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sherri sharp

Never had one but would love one.

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Brown Brunette Normal 41
Fri, 04/13/2012 - 6:16pm
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kanga

my biggest splurge was going to Atlantis paradise island in Dubai with my family for christmas.. it was a world of wonder!! everything was sooo lavish yet so classy..

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Brown Brunette Combination 29
Mon, 04/16/2012 - 8:32am
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francivusk

OMG. If only I had $141 to spend on this I definitely would!! 

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Hazel Blonde Combination 17
Tue, 04/17/2012 - 12:09pm
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nbomski

Wow, very expensive product but at least it works, ha!  My richest experience so far has been going to Orange County, CA with my friend who's from there.  His friends are all rich compared to me and made me feel like a princess, taking me out to the clubs and showing me around.  I had fun driving their brand new Benzs, shopping with them, and getting pampered.  I am perfectly happy with my means, but every once in a while it's so fun to act like you're loaded :)  It was also a rich experience for me as a person and emotionally because it was my first big trip away from home and I was there for 11 days.  I learned a ton about Vietnamese culture (my friend is Vietnamese so we went to Little Saigon almost every day and I tried TONS of delicious Vietnamese food and loved the shopping), and I also just generally learned about how places other than where I'm from are.  It was such a great experience on both levels!

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Blue Blonde Combination 27
Tue, 04/17/2012 - 2:49pm
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wishfuleyes

awww...I like your story! that sounds like so much fun....I would love to experience different cultures and be pampered at the same time :) I hope you get to have that experience again some time.

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Green Red Dry 33
Wed, 04/18/2012 - 12:58pm
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furynsnoopy

*looks up to the sky* i wish i could fly private like meg one day. That is better than finding new awesome makeup...one day one day.

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Brunette Combination 20
Thu, 04/19/2012 - 8:24am
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KathyK

$141 ??? I would never spend $141 on a  hair mask.

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Green Brunette Combination 26
Fri, 04/20/2012 - 9:56am
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yukeying

Probably a great degustacion meal at a Parador in Spain :) Somewhere outside of Madrid.

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Brown Black Dry 26
Sat, 04/21/2012 - 6:27pm
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KingTaco

My richest experience was staying in a serviced apartment in Singapore in February. My SO's family was working there and had a corporate apartment - holy moley!!  It was like a hotel but more comfortable with a kitchen (that someone else cleaned everyday), gorgeous pools on the grounds, daily breakfast spreads, luxurious toiletries in the bathroom, a well-appointed gym...It was the LIFE!  I could have totally become used to that, but alas, I was there for less than a week.

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Blue Blonde Oily 39
Sun, 04/22/2012 - 5:38pm
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karen726

I think my richest experience so far has been the 17 day asian trip I just returned from.  Or maybe it was my poorest because damn I spent a lot of money!  I also won a touch screen laptop computer from HP two years ago!  That was cool.  But I am not spending 141 on a hair masque.  I do use a hair masque about once a month, I change among several I like and altogether they do not cost 141. 

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Brown Brunette Combination 47
Thu, 04/26/2012 - 7:46pm
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jennifae

It sounds amazing, but it's a bit too pricey for me.

My Beauty Blog: http://www.jennifae.com/

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Brown Black Combination 32
Mon, 05/07/2012 - 11:32pm
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reviewsbyruby

Richest experience: probably a facial in Thailand. Didn't know facials included massages on the shoulders and neck, soothing music, lovely smells. Man that was a bit spendy, but worth it for 90 minutes of nothingness and magnificence. (cucumbers on my eyes are always cute, too.)

My Blog: http://rubysrigmarole.blogspot.com/

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Blue Blonde Normal 30
Sun, 06/03/2012 - 6:29am
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KluvsBSG

wow, I'm officially jealous.

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Sat, 06/09/2012 - 9:36pm
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DeborahMorais

LOL you are so funny. I was looking for reviews of this mask just out of curiosity and came across you.I love how you write :D haha I agree, if you work hard, once in a while you should enjoy yourself and spoil  yourself with an expensive luxurious treatment like this one. But personally i can't afford it, maybe one day.It's very interesting what u said "I only put a lot of stock into money in the way it can open up new experiences" that's a very clever way of thinking.So, my richest experience has got to be when I got the opportunity to interview Hanson here in Brazil. I know it sounds childish but I have been a fan of them since forever, and I don't even work on tv or something like that. It was the richest experience of my life. Beauty related unfortunaly i have nothing :/ i've never even been to a spa.I feel rich doing treatments at home like hair masks and face masks. I love when I get to do lots of beauty treatments in a week before a trip or something. I cut my hair, get my nails done at a salon, do a face and hair mask at home and then put a lot of body lotion and perfume to go to bed LOL.I'm so sad i got late for the giveway, but at least now i know this mask is good!

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Brown Brunette Combination 21
Tue, 06/12/2012 - 7:35am
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AngelClarice

I think my richest experience was when I was in Brazil for a month on vacation, it was actually supposed to be 2 1/2 weeks but do to a hurricane in our connecting state, no flights were coming in or out so I was stranded. What a place to be stranded!!  It was amazing and I'll never forget it. Mask sounds great!

♥ Claire ♥  AngelClarice Beauty and Wellness Site www.angelclarice.com

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Blue Blonde Oily 35
Thu, 06/21/2012 - 9:23pm
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DeborahMorais

Wow your richest? That's nice. I live here in Brazil. What city did you stay?!I added you :)xo

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Brown Brunette Combination 21
Wed, 06/13/2012 - 9:59pm
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Joe Cat

My richest experience so far was staying at a fancy beach resort and getting spoiled by the staff because hubby and I had "connections." :)

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Green Red Combination 30
Sat, 06/16/2012 - 6:54pm
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wishfuleyes

i'm curious to hear what the lucky recipient of this special treat has to say about their experience with this mask...

http://wishfuleyesbeauty.blogspot.com

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Thu, 06/28/2012 - 7:14am
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ChristineLynnP

Don't think I've ever had a rich experience, lol! This sounds nice but the price tag doesn't interest me :-p

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Tue, 06/18/2013 - 12:28pm
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Shantiny

Ahah never had this kind of experience!

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