A limited-edition Yummy Mummy gift pack, to be exact. The instructions are after the jump.The folks at Lush sent me a Yummy Mummy gift kit that includes a cocoa- and honey-scented Ma Bar bubble bar slice and a Honey I Washed the Kids Soap specially designed for the kit. To enter, click on this link to send me an e-mail with your name and mailing address, along with the subject line YUMMY MUMMY. And since these goodies smell so sweet, include the sweetest thing someone ever said to you.I’ll draw one entry from those received by Friday, May 4. Good luck! (And if you don’t win, you can pick up the kit at the Scottsdale Fashion Square store or at the Lush web site.UPDATE: Congratulations to Sue Dangelser of Mesa, whose winning entry included this: "A little girl told me I smell like Downy fabric softener. That still makes me smile."

Trying to select a fragrance as a Mother’s Day gift? What type of mom she is might help you narrow the choices. A few suggestions — and information about how to win some! — are after the jump.THE SWEETHEART: Bath & Body Works’ new limited-edition fragrance Sweet Pea might cost about $10 more than the store’s other scents, but it’s an eau de parfum, and still a bargain at $28. The scent is light and sweet from the get-go, with accords of violet leaves and red apple, middle notes of sweet pea and orange flower, and finishing with base notes of plum wood and heliotrope. Chandler Fashion Center and Scottsdale Fashion Square have bigger flagship locations with extra stuff, but there are a dozen BBW stores in the East Valley.

THE MULTITASKER: How about a fragrance that does more than just waft scent? Concreta perfume balm by Zents ($32) is made with a base of shea butter and beeswax, so it can be used to soften rough patches of skin, help mend cuticles, or control frizz and add shine to hair. Find all 10 scents at the Treasure Chest, at Market Street at DC Ranch, 20645 N. Pima Road, Scottsdale. (And if you can’t decide, the Treasure Chest staff can order a sampler that contains a vial of each scent for $7.) And while you’re up there, fill out a form at participating Market Street merchants like Croll Blue and Scarpe — or at www.beonmarketstreet.com — to be entered in a $2,000 shopping spree. The winner will be announced May 24.THE SEX BOMB: (Hey, moms can be sexy, too!) Lingerie company Agent Provocateurs first fragrance is a chypre throwback to classic floral aldehyde scents like Chanel No. 5 — expect woody cedar and warm musk to intermingle with florals like rose, gardenia and magnolia. Eau de parfum ranges from $55 to $110 at Sephora stores in Chandler and Scottsdale; shimmery Body Glamour lotion is $40 and a hefty container of Bubble Luscious bath foam is $45.

HOW TO WIN: I’ve got one gift pack of Agent Provocateur fragrance — an eau de parfum spray like the one pictured above, and one Bubble Luscious bath foam — to give to one lucky reader. To be entered, click on this link to bring up an e-mail window, then send me your name and mailing address, and the subject line AGENT PROVOCATEUR, along with the answer to this question: Which Australian pop star once did an ad for the erotic lingerie line that ran in theaters, showing her riding an electric bull — clad only in lingerie? (Hint: Sammit readers need only look back a few months’ worth of posts to find a photo of her.)

I’ll pick one winner out of the correct entries received by Friday, May 4.UPDATE: Congratulations to Cheri Severance of Mesa, who correctly identified Kylie Minogue as the singer.

Traditionally the emergency room isn’t the source of great style inspiration — the robes, the lighting … (When I was in recovery, I texted a friend that I was less worried about sitting across from a viral pneumonia patient than I was about being near his girlfriend, who had silver-glitter nail art on lavender toenails.) But surprisingly, I ended my trip to the ER on Monday — thanks, kidney stones! — with a few new ideas.

They’re after the jump … While I was picking up my prescriptions at Walgreens, I noticed the box of Burt’s Bees new Replenishing Lip Balm ($2.99) at the pharmacy counter. Although it also hews to the line’s all-natural dogma, it’s a far cry from the classic mint formulation: It’s lightly tinted with just a hint of shimmer, and the beeswax has been supplemented with pomegranate, anise and cassia oils for flavor. (No mint!) The line is now sold everywhere from AJ’s to drugstores.I spent my convalescent afternoon with the new issue of People en Espa

Want to win Deborah Lippmann’s new shades of nail polish for Spring 2007? Read after the jump…Nail care entrepreneur Deborah Lippmann will return to the Valley for an appearance April 28 at the Nordstrom cosmetics trend show at the Scottsdale Fashion Square store, 7055 E. Camelback Road. Doors open at 7:30 a.m.; starting at 10 a.m., Lippmann will discuss what makes a great manicure (and how to get a salon-quality one at home) and dish on her celebrity clientele. Make reservations at (480) 946-4111.

Her spring 2007 line of colors, $15 each, was inspired by chic fashions such as white linen shirts and nude chiffon dresses. Reflecting Lippmann’s love of music, these color names (like all in her line) are taken from song titles: the bare beige You Can Leave Your Hat On; a light taupe, Fashion; a shimmery How Far Is Heaven; and the baby-doll pink Baby Love.

To be entered into the contest to win them, click on this link to send me an e-mail message that tells me which recording artists made the four song titles above famous. I’ll draw one winner from the entries I receive with the correct answers by April 27.UPDATE: Congratulations to Staci Severance of Mesa, who correctly identified all four artists: "You Can Leave Your Hat On," Joe Cocker; "Fashion," David Bowie; "How Far Is Heaven," Kitty Wells; "Baby Love," The Supremes. (I also accepted any entries who named Los Lonely Boys as singers of "How Far Is Heaven." But Severance’s name was the one drawn from all the entrants with the correct answers.)

OK, so maybe it’s not THAT big of a scandal, but still….

So, while I’m sitting here waiting for the CW to post this week’s "gallery" photos of the girls, I’m trolling through this episode’s action photos, including this one of makeup artist Sutan working on Dionne.

See anything weird? I mean besides his ring? Look close … or just look after the jump.

In a show constantly brought to you by Cover Girl cosmetics! Cover Girl cosmetics! COVER GIRL COSMETICS! — in fact, the girls were shooting a commercial for Cover Girl eye makeup and the Queen Collection — he’s using … Christian Dior instead.

This spurred me to take a look at the other shot included, where they’re touching up Renee in the field:

You know, that doesn’t look like any Cover Girl gloss in her hand … let’s take a close up!

That’s not even close to the shape of the products in the Queen Collection they were shilling last night. But (except for the metallic cap, which I’ve only seen on limited-edition shades) it does bear a resemblance to Lancome Juicy Tubes.

Anyone else want to try to guess the brand? How about that loose powder?

Well, it’s not an American Cover Girl commercial, but it will have to do…This week monotone marble-mouthed Jael finally gets sent home, but not before we get to watch her drone her way through filming of a Cover Girl commercial — destined to be seen only down under! Because the girls are in Sydney, Australia!Annoying Jael quote #1: "I am the spreader of light."It’s that time of year again, when a young girl’s thoughts turn to interview season. Remember in the past when the coach was someone from "Entertainment Tonight," or even a full-blown crazy Janice Dickinson? This year it’s … April from Cycle 2, whose claim to fame now is that she’s a correspondent for "Miami Vibe," which according to my crack 30-second Web research appears to be a 1-minute, 40-second Cadillac promotion that ran before the Super Bowl. How the not-so-mighty have fallen!Anyway, April has the girls practice as interviewer and interviewee, and to aid in her efforts, she has enlisted her friend, the very wee Gary Riotto, who is billed as an "actor and comedian" but whose web site lists his top accomplishment as appearing on "Deal or No Deal," so we seem to be getting some conflicting information here. At least he has no (apparent) link to Tyra, like a CW show or 10-year history with her, which would allow her to flash a photo of herself when she was young and thin for the 90th time this cycle. ….(Jaslene’s goal: "I wanna talk good." It’s gonna be a long episode …)Gary plays the taciturn guest and the chatterbox guest, and at one point April does the worst interrupt ever seen on national television and tries to pretend as if it were a great stop-and-segue. No wonder these girls suck later on, with this as their examples. Up next: The blooper reel of news anchors on that Dick Clark series.Annoying Jael quote #2: "I am fearless and have a lot to say." Again, long episode ahead. You might want to get a beverage. With alcohol.After practicing and some brief girl-on-girl romping in the pool (Jael topless, again), April starts telling them about their challenge, but is interrupted by some giant leaping thing in a shabby costume. Seriously, I was like, "What the hell is that supposed to be?" when it’s unmasked as Tyra in costume as a … what is that?! Renee’s helpful interview: "She can have the rattiest, torn-up kangaroo costume on and still look incredible." You know Tyra laid down the law in the editing room: "That stays IN!"So, that’s when I learned it was a kangaroo costume. Because the girls are going to Australia! Yay! Everyone is jumping and squealing, especially Natasha — who has no clue what Tyra even said. She is making this noise that, seriously, is like some sort of radio emergency alert system — constant and high-pitched and really, really annoying. Tyra asks, "Did you even understand what I said?" and Natasha admits no, so then Tyra says again: You’re going to Australia! And the squealing starts all over again. It makes me want to change the station, just like I do in the car when that alert comes on the radio.The winner of the interview challenge, by the way, gets to be a correspondent … ON THE TYRA BANKS SHOW! Maybe it will be the episode where she goes undercover … as a woman who doesn’t annoy the hell out of me? Naw, that will never happen.(Awesome Jaslene quote: "I’ve never been anywhere but around the corner.")We see the annual cheesy graphic of the plane flying from Los Angeles to Sydney, with little cutout photos of the girls — from right after they had their makeovers — in each of the windows. Unlike past seasons, the photos do not bounce, perhaps because it implied turbulence.Natasha is still atwitter about the trip: "Some people are crazy about the Tibet," she says, but she’s crazy about the Australia. I am crazy about the Russian-American language barrier.At the airport the girls are greeted by "supermodel" — and we are using this term loosely — Erika Heynatz, who more likely got this gig because, as she explains she was the "original host" of "Australia’s Next Top Model." Here’s how low this gig is: She quit so she could go on the Australian reality series "It Takes Two," which is like the singing version of "Dancing With the Stars." (Which she won, by the way.) But there are apparently no hard feelings, because here she is, saying "nackered" and "straight into the hard yucca" and everything short of "crikey" and "throw another shrimp on the barbie." Even though it’s pretty evident what she’s saying: You must be tired, you’ve got to march onward, etc., the girls look blankly at her, which is convenient because their challenge is to use as much Australian slang in their interviews as possible! They’ll go out on the streets and ask Sydney folks what the American fashion faux pas is. Because Aussies are known for their superb fashion sense.Brittany decides now would be a good time to discuss her memory problems: Years ago she got hit by a car and cracked her head open, which required stitches and affected the part of her brain that handles short-term memory. So, at first I think: How could she be a good bartender? You’d order a vodka tonic and a Bud Light, and she’d come back with a Kir Royale and an order of nachos.Then I think: Why haven’t we heard anything about this before — say, during last week’s episode when they had to memorize an entire script complete with character changes? This is suspicious.Then I think: Actually, thank God. Because at least people are springing these things on us at the last minute, instead of like retinosis pigmentosa Amanda, who could not go five minutes without bringing up the fact that sometime down the road she would go blind. At least this is seven episodes I haven’t had to hear Brittany discuss the number of stitches (eight) or how many years it’s been (five). We’ll hear it enough this episode.Annoying Jael quote #3: "I think I’m really good about speaking with other human beings." Yeah, because keeping up a dialogue with fish and cats is pretty difficult.The girls go out and discuss things. Dionne’s Aussie slang count is zero, while her "That’s cool, that’s cool" count is off the charts. Then they reconvene and in a moment that proves that bad overdubbing isn’t a strictly American phenomenon, Erika tells them again they must be nackered and off they go to their glamorous hotel! With pictures of Tyra and CariDee everywhere, which mitigates the glamour somewhat.The Tyra mail says "Get ready to put up your dukes!" and many of the girls realize this means, again, kangaroos, because what else is there in Australia besides kangaroos? (And aborigines, which you know will be incorporated into a photo shoot, and maybe travel into the bush a la South Africa.) Renee, meanwhile, is like, "Why kangaroos?" Apparently being nice has sapped her brain capacity.On location, Jay Manuel explains the stupid concept: They’re doing a Cover Girl shoot with a thick Australian accent. This makes me excited to hear Natasha’s rendition of an Aussie girl. We watch them get made up, including something that I learned from watching the makeup artists at one of our Trib fashion shoots: When you’re doing heavy eye shadow effects, put some loose powder under your eyes so anything that falls from above falls on loose powder, which can be easily brushed away and won’t require heavy rubbing or pushing. Thanks, Dionne!(Photos to come Thursday morning when the CW gets around to posting them..)Renee’s first, and Jay says, "Go over the top and let me pull you back!" This will prove a mistake later on. Dionne can’t remember anything and … remember when she decided to use a Jamaican accent last week? It shows up again here. Jael … ah, Jael. What’s funny is that on the regular footage she actually looks kind of pretty, but in the well-lit "this is what we’d use in the commercial" footage she looks horrible. And she’s all over the top, looking goofy and ugly and kind of making me feel sorry for her, and simultaneously cringing because I’ve been on TV and refused to watch the footage afterward for fear I came off exactly the same way. Only with better diction, of course.Jaslene decides that "Australian accent" means "speak one octave higher than usual." Brittany starts to cry because of her short-term memory loss, blah blah blah. Natasha has such a strong Russian accent that anything Australian is lost on me. Pretty much everyone thinks they did badly, except maybe Renee — who is very sweet to the other girls, which is kind of nice and makes me like her more. In the van back home, Brittany’s crying again, and Natasha says, "You look so gorgeous, it doesn’t matter how you did." Uh, don’t bet on that, Brit.Annoying Jael quote #4, about not wanting to go home: "I’m not through spreading joy to the universe."Panel! In honor of Australia, Tyra is wearing what appears to be Chinese silks and a giant blue belt. G’day, mate! If only they had taken away J. Alexander’s ruffles at customs, but no, he’s still there, with Nigel and Twiggy and Erika. This is when we hear that "America’s Next Top Model" is now in 120 countries — and according to Wikipedia there are now 20 different countries doing their own "Top Model" competitions — including Russia! Poor Natasha could have saved herself a mail-order marriage and just competed at home.We see the completed commercial, then individual takes. The judges say they are "shocked and amazed" at how well Natasha did, which I am going to interpret as at least they could understand her English. But no, they say that she "rocked that commercial" and sounded authentically Aussie. I think they are sleep-deprived.Tyra suggests to Dionne that because this commercial would be geared toward a younger viewer, she should be more animated. And of course she demonstrates, which is awesome because it’s completely over the top with GIANT! FLASHING! EYES! that remind me of a ventriloquist’s dummy with the eyelids snapping open and closed. Yes, by evoking horror films and Edgar Bergen, that’s how you get the teens.They make fun of Renee’s brusqueness, even though I think she did the best job of the bunch — her accent was authentic and she looked awesome, when you take away the stupid outfit and hair combo, which is not her fault, TYRA.They’re silent when they look at Jael’s footage, but Tyra says she looks like an anarchist making fun of being a Cover Girl. Brittany starts crying when she watches her footage, and when she brings up the whole short-term memory loss J. Alexander barks out, "Fashion has no sympathy or empathy!" which seems kind of mean, considering what a mess he is — you’re telling me he didn’t get some job early on due to pity? And, really, what kind of commercial is delivered in a single, 30-second-long take, anyway? This isn’t the beginning of "Touch of Evil" — this is TV advertising.Judging: They’re unimpressed by Dionne; Renee is consistent; Jael is endearing or boring, depending on who’s talking; and Jaslene needs to pull it back. Wasn’t that Jay’s job for her and Renee? Aw, never mind.Natasha gets called first — and she also wins the challenge, perhaps because as an immigrant she’s the only contestant who would have been excited about appearing on Tyra’s show. Then Renee, Jaslene and, thankfully, Dionne are safe. It’s down to Brittany and Jael.Brittany is apparently not fierce enough to power through blunt force head trauma, and Tyra says in all seriousness that "delivering a Cover Girl commercial is one of the most important things" about this competition. Really? Because we never see them on actual TV except during this show — and not even as a commercial, but as part of the program itself.How Jael presents herself on film is "ghastly," according to Dame Tyra, and is the one who must pack her bags and go home. True to her nature, Jael does so wearing an electric blue bob wig and a red tutu over her regular clothing, which gives her final walk a very "Alias" vibe.Don’t think of it as not bringing joy to the world — think of it as not inflicting it upon it, instead.

Well, I’ve indoctrinated pretty much all of my relatives and friends as to the wonders of Philosophy’s Hope in a Jar moisturizer — to the point where some of my local friends have gone out and made their own Philosophy connections. Greg sidled up to someone at his church, Michael found someone through a politically active group … pretty soon they’re not going to need me to keep abreast of new releases. So I’m exempting them from this contest — nyah!

Everyone else is a contender in the latest reader giveaway: a Makeup Optional skin care kit, which includes (what else?) Hope in a Jar, among other things. (Hint: It would make a great Mother’s Day present.)

The entire package: full-size containers of (1) Purity Made Simple facial cleanser; (2) When Hope Is Not Enough facial firming and lifting serum with peptides and vitamins C and E; (3) the original formula Hope in a Jar; and (4) Hope in a Tube eye and lip firming cream. (4.5) The kit also includes three samples of the Microdelivery Peel, which uses vitamin C crystals and lactic and salicylic acids to exfoliate two ways.

To enter, click on this link and send me an e-mail message with your name and mailing address — and the subject line MAKEUP OPTIONAL — by Friday, April 27. I’ll select one winner then. Good luck!UPDATE: Congratulations to Cathy Johnson of Gilbert, who was the first person who entered and the lucky winner of the kit.

You know how Tyra always tells the wannabes that modeling is about taking it from here (insert Tyra face here) to HERE (insert slightly different Tyra face here)? This episode needed to take it from here to HERE, in everything from guest stars to photo-shoot concept to judging. Pretty much the only thing that made it worthwhile was listening to Dionne. Who knew she had a mouth like a Teamster?

The final two comes down to eloquent but generic Whitney or memorable but marble-mouthed Jael. This not being the spokesmodel portion of the season, they keep Jael around for at least one more week. (Please, PLEASE keep her until spokesmodel week!)Boy, this recap is going to be short — and not just because I wasted an hour watching the "Pussycat Dolls" reality show that airs right after "ANTM." (Which I totally did.) There’s just not really a lot that we haven’t heard of in previous episodes — or, as it turns out, previous cycles — of the show.

At a theater, the girls greet Tia Mowry — one of the "Sister, Sister" twins — with squeals and glee. Me, I couldn’t even tell you which sister it was (although only Tia appears on the CW program "The Game"). Tia tells them that models have embody different characters "through voice and movement," which will be great for those STILL PHOTOS THEY TAKE EVERY WEEK.

Anyway, the girls run to pick different hats — from witch to crown to bonnet — and then basically each goes into character to say why she should be America’s next top model. Each girl is pretty over-the-top, and Tia does a lot of, "That’s good!" Which proves she’s a really good actress.

Then they learn that they’ve got two hours to memorize a script in which they’ll segue from crybaby-sensitive to superdiva to perky-bubblicious, and when they’re lining up all I can think is, why does every single one of them have a knit hat and scarf on? Is one of the girls really bored? But it goes unremarked — instead, actor Efren Ramirez walks out onstage and Whitney screams "PEDRO!" at the top of her lungs. And I’ve got to say, that guy is screwed. I was watching a repeat of "Mad TV" where he was the guest star, and my reaction was the same as Whitney’s, albeit much quieter and less gleeful. He’s gonna be Pedro from "Napoleon Dynamite" forever. Maybe he can pull a Fred Grandy and become a senator in a few decades, but for now, no matter if he tries to change his look or act in different films, people are gonna say, "Dude, that’s the guy from ‘Napoleon Dynamite.’ "

The girls will be acting against him. (Remember when they used to get, say, Taye Diggs?) Renee does really well and wins the challenge. She gets to pick a friend. This is a challenge for her in and of itself, since she has no friends in the house, but she selects Dionne, who seems pretty enthused but wary about the whole deal. As their prize, they get … shirts that say "I voted for Renee" and "I voted for Dionne." In an interview, Dionne’s head is wagging from side to side as she says, "A T-shairt? What you gonna do with a T-shairt?" It cuts to the girls back onstage and Dionne saying, very weakly, "This is cute." Which proves she’s a really bad actress. But Renee is so happy she won a challenge, she’s even happy with the T-shirt. And really, she’s glowing.

Of course this is not the real prize, and when the girls get home, it turns out Renee and Dionne’s families are there: Dionne’s mom, sister and daughter and Renee’s husband and son. Dionne explains that her mother is in a wheelchair because years ago she was shot by a man who was jealous she was marrying another guy. She also explains that because her sister only has sons, she doesn’t know how to do girls’ hair: "What the (bad word) with my baby’s hair? She (bad word)ed my baby’s hair," she says. Soon she’s combing out her daughter’s do: Really, between the dentistry and hairstyling, if Dionne would just get an aesthetician’s license, she could do everything head-related. Who the (badword) needs Top Model, anyway?

All these moms and their kids! Natasha was hoping it was mother/child reunion day and not, say, the reward for a challenge, and so was greatly disappointed when her own baby was nowhere to be found. She’s crushed and can’t sleep the whole night because she’s so down.

I think it’s right about here Brittany gets her weave taken out. They don’t do anything to fix her old hair, they just cut the weave out.

The next morning the girls show up for their photo shoot and Jay Manuel says it must be getting tough and that Natasha’s a gloomy girl. She just shoots him death rays.

And here is the conceit of the photo shoot. They’ll be portraying specific characters from past cycles of "ANTM." And shilling Payless shoes. I think they actually refer to them as "famous" characters, which is a little conceited. And after each girl watches the video of her "inspiration," the real live girl shows up to participate in the shoot. Surprise! Could it be coincidental that in the "My Life As a Cover Girl" commercial, CariDee also is paired with past winners Naima and Dani(elle), in a photo shoot by Nigel Barker? I can’t wait to never see that commercial aired!

As always, click on the thumbnail to see the whole photo.

Jaslene gets "who stole my granola bars?" Bre, who seems pretty good-spirited about the whole "I went crazy" thing.

Natasha, meanwhile, is still mooning over the lack of her child. But then, distracted like a shiny penny, she meets "flesh eating bacteria" Michelle, and suddenly she’s all smiles and grins, and rocks the photo shoot. Seriously, she has the attention span of a 2-year-old herself. We don’t hear about her missing her kid for the rest of the episode.

Whitney is "I can’t be nude" Shannon and gives a kind of lackluster performance. She really does have only one look, the one-eyebrow cocked, vaguely-sexy thing she used in the "Mean Girl" shoot.

Jael gets "fainting" Rebecca, who looks supercute. Jael has a push-up bra on, which is even more evident when she’s lying down and her breasts are being pushed out like pancakes. She doesn’t seem to get the concept of the shoot.

Brittany is with twins Amanda and Michelle. If they’re supposed to be triplets, why don’t the all have the same shoes on? They’re wearing the same stretchy dress. …

Renee gets Joanie, who got her snaggletooth yanked and veneers, and poses as the patient while dentitrix Joanie lurks with various tools. It would seem this would have been a good one for Dionne, no?

No, because Dionne actually gets lesbian Kim, who made out with a fellow contestant in the car. For a second there I thought this was going to be the uncomfortably homophobic shoot in which I turn around and hate Dionne, since she says, "holy crap!" watching the original footage and interviews, "I’m not no (badword)ing lesbo." My sweat is for naught, though, because although at first she’s "That kissing (badword)? I don’t even kiss my own damn boyfriend" (which makes me feel sorry for her boyfriend, whoever he may be), but by the end she’s very comfortable and "I’m actually enjoying this!" (Note to guys looking for girl-on-girl action: No actual kissing.)

After the shoot, they’re all standing around and I was looking at the different girls and I thought, "Whitney. What was her shoot again?" Not a good sign, since it happened about four minutes ago. I wonder who could be going home?

At judging, Tyra’s head wrap has now consumed all of her weave, and she spends the entire first portion of the session standing in an exaggerated pose — one hand on the back of Nigel’s chair, the other on her hip, which is jutted out under a big black belt that looks like it’s straining to hold in all that is Tyra. Seriously, it reminded me of someone who has a really bad back problem and is stuck in one position. She’s talking, she’s talking, she’s talking, she’s not moving from that position, and I flash back to when my back hurt for like two weeks and I realized I was standing weird with one hip higher than the other, and the doctor told me I had degenerative disc disease, and I’m wondering: Is that belt a truss? Can she not move?

Then there’s a badly overdubbed moment where she explains that they decided to do the photos comic-book style "because we know ANTM can be comical." And lame. Where’s the week where the photos are bandaged?

Brittany’s lower lip looks weird in her photo — extra wide this week or something. Tyra says what she likes about Natasha is that she gets a note, and then corrects the (mis)behavior in time for the next shoot. It gives her "75 percent more pictures to choose from." What, that means seven photos out of 50 frames, instead of four?

They say Dionne’s top looks "dumpy" because there’s too much fabric. (Tyra just hates it when other girls aren’t filling out every inch of their tops, too!) "I’ll hold it then," Dionne says, and pulls it back and fastens it. "You became my favorite girl of the day," says photographer Matthew George Smith. Get in line, mister. When Renee walks out wearing a babydoll dress and cowboy boots I wait for them to rip her outfit, too, and her helmet hair with bobbypins on the side, but … it … doesn’t … come. They’re talking about her photo and — finally, they say her hairstyle makes her look old. I was worried they were throwing in another distracting red herring, like the hats and scarves, and the (single, saffron-colored this week) head wrap.

When they’re giving out the photos, Tyra still insists on referring to some of them with their superselves nickname, so it’s still "Brown," not Dionne or — dammit! — Wholahay. Everyone gets a photo but Britney and Jael. They get the "each of you has what the other person needs" speech but Jael sticks around another week, and when she turns to hug Whitney I can see that the tattoo on the back of her neck says "Manifest." I wonder what that’s about, especially since it’s in a place she can’t see it.

"I think you learned a lot here," Tyra starts off her annoying "I told you so" speech to Whitney, and I zone out until I hear Whitney’s incredibly articulate, tears-free summation of her time in the house. And with one last flick of the weave, she’s out the door.

Next week, the girls learn which country they’ll be going to. They’ve already been to (in order): France, Italy, Japan, South Africa, Britain, Thailand and Spain. What’s left? Why, (highlight text if you want the spoiler) Australia, of course!

Last weekend we went to the Rembrandt/Dutch masters exhibit at Phoenix Art Museum,

which even has an audio tour that goes with it: You hold these big

phones and punch buttons when you stand in front of certain paintings,

and the narrator discusses facts and points out things you might not

have seen otherwise.There are two audio programs, one for adults

and one for kids. After a while we decided we’d just listen to the

kids’ one. I think it was in front of the picture of a still life: The

adult audio had the narrator’s introduction, a guest curator discussing

techniques and symbolism and way too many names pronounced inauthentic

Dutch accents; the kids one started off with, "Wow! That’s a lot of

fruit!"

Anyway — and bear with me now, there’s a train-of-thought thing going on here — they had a few cars on display as a preview of the "Curves of Steel" exhibit, and while we appreciated the Dutch masters, we enjoyed the automobiles more. I mean, look at this 1939 Delahaye Roadster. Beautiful! And we practically crawled over the ropes to get a look inside the Stout Scarab, with its forward/backward-facing seats.

And then we walked through the Fashion Design Gallery for the end of the "After Dark" exhibit of evening wear. But starting Saturday, that exhibit will be replaced by a companion exhibit to "Curves of Steel."

"Automotivated" takes a look at the streamlining of clothing, directly and indirectly inspired by the similar trends in the automobile industry. You’ll see everything from the dusters worn by drivers of the first cars to elegant outfits by French designers in the 1930s, who worked in tandem with automobile designers to create a whole lifestyle that had the same feel. (This smart ensemble from Lanvin is part of the exhibit, which runs through Sept. 2.)

A group of us are going back in mid-April next Tuesday night, when admission is free and the museum is open until 9 p.m. (Update: Museum admission is free, but you still pay for destination exhibits like Rembrandt and "Curves of Steel.")

Mascara wearers will welcome the single-sided wand in Far Out Lengthening Mascara ($11.50) by Flirt Cosmetics. Instead of a full-barreled round brush that makes it hard to coat lashes close to the lid without poking yourself in the eye, the rubbery tooth-style wand – click on the bold print to see a close-up — allows users to get close to the base and coat each lash up to the end in black, brown, indigo or plum. Flirt Cosmetics are sold exclusively at Kohl’s stores.

Last weekend I was already in Phoenix for the Rembrandt exhibit at Phoenix Art Museum, so it was only a short drive — OK, a 20-minute drive — to Arrowhead Town Center, home of the Valley’s only Melt store. What made it worth the trip? It’s the last chance to stock up on sugar scrubs (sold by weight, they average $16 per jar) and body lotions ($11.50 and up) in the winter-only fir/wintergreen scent Permafrost (which is now 25 percent off until supplies are gone). I grabbed triple-digit, LDS-larder quantities to last me as long as possible … or until I need a last-minute gift. Online, try Meltproducts.com.

Can’t smell Clean enough? The fragrance line inspired by fresh, clean scents has two new additions: Clean Lather and Clean Warm Cotton eau de parfums ($76). The former starts out a little aggressively but in about 10 minutes fades to a pleasant soap scent; the latter (which I like better) stays true to its fresh-from-the-dryer, fabric-softener roots from beginning to end. Sample both at Ulta, Sephora or Nordstrom stores. Buy online at CleanPerfume.com.