Archive for June 2009

MAC Style Warrior Collection

The Style Warrior collection from MAC Cosmetics, which launched this past May, exudes warmth and features so many perfect for summer shades. But don’t be afraid, because it’s not all about warm skin tones and bronzers. The collection includes lots of neutrals and bolder shades that will work on a variety of skin tones.
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Bliss Ingrown Hair Eliminating Pads

Ingrown hairs can be a pain, in both the literal and figurative sense. The unsightly red and itchy lumps and bumps are undoubtedly a regular occurrence for those of you with skin that’s sensitive to shaving. But Bliss is here to save the day and banish those bumps with their Ingrown Hair Eliminating Pads. The [...]

BareMinerals SPF 30 Natural Sunscreen

Because of the ingredients that are typically in mineral makeup, it is often advertised as containing natural sunscreen. However, BareMinerals has taken the next step and made an oil free, preservative free, SPF 30 Natural Sunscreen that can easily be applied everywhere, from head to toe. Micronized titanium dioxide is the mineral which physically protects [...]

Urban Decay Eyeshadow and Pigments

I always feel like a kid in a candy store when I check out Urban Decay. Their eye makeup, in particular, gets me going because they just have so many product options, and the spectrum of color in which their eyeshadows and pigments are available is mind-boggling. You can find everything from deep violets and [...]

Love and Luck Fragrances from Ed Hardy

The Love and Luck men’s and women’s fragrances from Ed Hardy by Christian Audigier sport some kickin’ packaging. The scents and the packaging are highly influenced by Japanese pop culture and certainly appeal to the hip youth market in Japan, but these influences have seeped into the US over the past couple of years, as [...]

Lancome Bi Facil Eye Makeup Remover

With all of the stay put, long lasting, water-resistant, and waterproof eye makeup on the market today, it can be a rather difficult undertaking when you’re ready for eye makeup removal. Everything wants to stay on your eyes, so with lesser eye makeup removers (or none at all), you might have to scrub and scrub [...]

CARGO Water Resistant Bronzer

Beach weather is here, and it’s time to give your skin a little color after months of cold, sunless days and hours spent sitting at an office desk with nary a ray to the face. But, even if you swear by the SPF, you can still give your skin a sunkissed glow with CARGO’s Water [...]

Origins Clear Improvement Activated Charcoal Mask

When I think of charcoal, my first thoughts have nothing to do with skin care; however, activated charcoal is actually a very potent detoxifying agent. It acts much like sponge to soak up impurities and toxins in your skin, leaving it bright and refreshed. Origins’ Clear Improvement mask incorporates activated charcoal as one of its [...]

Bath and Body Works Semi Annual Sale, Summer 2009

It’s that time of the year again, time for the Bath and Body Works Semi-Annual Sale. The sale started online yesterday, and it starts today in BBW stores. Just from a brief perusal of the website, it looks like they’ve got a lot of great deals going on: $5 on select Wallflowers, $4 Signature Foam [...]