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Tips, tricks, reviews and rants from a professional make-up artist and former sales goddess.
07/05/2009 at 08:24PM
Originally called "Baby Gays" (seriously), Q-Tips entered the market in 1923. These days, you might find a cheaper cotton swab, but there's no substitute for the real thing. Fluffy tufts of cotton wrapped around a sturdy paper shaft. Genius. Over th...
06/30/2009 at 05:50PM
Skin care, anti-aging bargains, self improvement eyelids, moisturizing makeup and surgery: Whole industries have emerged to protect, maintain, enhance and even alter natural beauty. There is however an additional product that will create the desired ...
06/23/2009 at 07:47PM
L'Occitane Shower Cream in my favorite eye-opening fragrance, Verbena is a delicate, low-foaming, lightly scented liquid wash that softens your skin and gently cleanses your hair. Containing shea milk with its smoothing and protecting properties, and...
06/20/2009 at 12:47PM
Growing up, my grandmother always kept a tube or two of chapstick in her pocketbook. I can still remember the waxy feeling and slightly medicinal smell when she would drag it across my lips. Chapstick's come a long way since then. Even since the day...
06/07/2009 at 03:24PM
Just in time for summer, L'Oreal Paris has introduced its newest HiP (high intensity pigment) cosmetic launches: Color Presso Lip Gloss and Kohl Eyeliner. Color Presso Lip Gloss is a fun, innovative way to create your own signature shade. Available i...
06/07/2009 at 03:24PM
Just in time for summer, L'Oreal Paris has introduced its newest HiP (high intensity pigment) cosmetic launches: Color Presso Lip Gloss and Kohl Eyeliner. Color Presso Lip Gloss is a fun, innovative way to create your own signature shade. Available i...
06/03/2009 at 06:39PM
My absence has given me ample time to try out some new goodies from one of my favorite under-the-radar cosmetics companies, FACE Atelier. If you aren't familiar with this Canadian-based brand, they're all about unscented, cruelty-free products that ...
05/19/2009 at 07:16PM
With cucumber extract, hydrating squalane and hyaluronic acid, Revitalize cools and hydrates while aloe and linoleic acids condition and firm. And with all-natural goldenseal and juniper which offer a temporarily "lift" to those thin, delicate eye ar...
05/19/2009 at 06:05PM
I had the chance to try out the newest versions of Arbonne's NutriMinC RE skin care line. And what a nice, complete and simple 5-step system they offer! Chock-full of some of the best anti-aging active ingredients includes... * REnewing...
05/10/2009 at 01:21PM
Naturally occurring in the human body, HA production declines as we age. This contributes to the loss of moisture; the skin becomes thinner and less supple. The loss of HA may also impair the skin's ability to repair itself and possibly affects the s...
