My friend, Laura, has been gluten-free for a few years now, and she feels better since she gave up eating foods with gluten: wheat, oat, barley, and rye. A while back, she told me that she started having the old symptoms that she used to feel when she ate gluten but couldn’t figure out why. …
Estee Lauder Lilly Pulitzer Summer Gift at Macy’s
OMG, now here’s another one! The Estée Lauder Lilly Pulitzer Summer Gift begins at Macy’s on Memorial Day Monday in the U.S., May 27 and goes through June16, 2013. In order to qualify for the gift, you must spend $35 or more on a SKINCARE or FOUNDATION purchase. The promotion is quite similar to the …
Estee Lauder Lilly Pulitzer Summer Getaway Gift: Photos of My Gift
I think the Lilly Pulitzer lovers among us like to get all the info on the Estee Lauder Lilly Pulitzer gifts for 2013 that we can find. So here’s an update with details on the Summer Getaway Gift. Just returned from a business trip to Houston, and I found the Estee Lauder Lilly Pulitzer …
essence Coverstick Concealer
A couple of weeks ago at Ulta, I picked up another bargain, essence Coverstick concealer. Down at the bottom of the essence display, I spied testers with three tubes representing three shades of concealer. The lightest shade, 01 Matt Sand, was a perfect match for me. I tried the tester, and I was happy …
Estee Lauder Lilly Pulitzer Dillards Summer Getaway Gift May 2013
Kimberley has alerted me to the fact that Dillard’s is doing the same Estee Lauder Lilly Pulitzer Summer Getaway Gift now, May 2013, that’s running at Lord & Taylor. And she found the Dillard’s website much easier to negotiate. Please see my post from last week for the details on the Lilly Pulitzer seashell print …
Estee Lauder Lilly Pulitzer Lord & Taylor Summer Getaway Gift May 2013
I just discovered there’s a new Estée Lauder/Lilly Pulitzer gift with purchase for Summer 2013 at Lord & Taylor, and I want to tell you about it if you haven’t heard. The Estée Lauder Lilly Pulitzer promotion that’s been going on since the end of December 2012 has been a big one, and I’m glad …
Hydroxatone Anti-aging BB Cream
I’ve been searching for a BB cream that suits my dry, sun damaged skin, and I think my long search may be over. I ordered a product called Hydroxatone http://bit.ly/14Ms2mZ from iFabbo, a website for beauty bloggers, in exchange for the “currency” I receive by reviewing products. I’ve been really busy traveling on business lately, …
essence I Love Extreme Mascara
For the last month of so, I’ve been getting ready to conduct a market research project for a new cosmetics client. The brand was new to me. It’s called essence. It was created by an American woman, but the brand is based in Germany. It’s sold all around the world, and it came to the …
Too Faced La Creme Color Drenched Lip Cream Lipstick
Oh, I love this lipstick! Too Faced La Creme Lipstick is my favorite, without a doubt. Beautylish, a new website for beauty tips, reviews, tutorials and shopping, had a $10 coupon for first time buyers last month, and I took advantage of it to try Too Faced La Creme Lipstick. I like all of the …
Physicians Formula Happy Booster Glow & Mood Boosting Blush
Hearts are in in makeup design this year. Lucky me, the heart collector! I’m traveling on business this week, and I needed a more portable blush than my go-to heart-shaped Too Faced Flush Blush. I love the shade, the shape, but I don’t like how big it is and that I need to carry a …
Total Beauty’s Revlon Pacific Coast Collection
Here’s a fantastic deal for all you color lovers! Total Beauty (the beauty site, totalbeauty.com) is offering a beauty box, Total Beauty Collection Revlon Edition, featuring Revlon’s brand-y-new Pacific Coast Collection, created by Revlon’s renowned makeup artist and Artistic Director, Gucci Westman. Unlike a beauty box subscription, this is a one shot deal. And just …
Estee Lauder Lilly Pulitzer Promotion 2013: Bloomingdale’s Gift with Purchase
My post on the Estée Lauder Lilly Pulitzer Spring/Summer 2013 Promotion has driven the most traffic to my site of anything I’ve written. The promotion that consists of makeup bags in different shapes and Lilly Pulitzer historic fabric patterns with different Estée Lauder skincare and makeup products has clearly been a success for both brands. …
Too Faced Shadow Insurance Lemon Drop Color Correcting Eye Shadow Primer
This is a strange way to start off a post on a beauty blog. I have blepharitis, a fairly common chronic inflammation of the eyelid that may be due to blocked oil glands in the eye. It is related to the dry eye condition that I also have. The symptoms are dry, reddish looking eyelids …
Tarte LipSurgence Lip Tint
At the lovely Easter lunch we attended on Sunday, my cousin gave me a gift. Woohoo! Tarte LipSurgence Lip Tint, a cute lip tint that’s part of Tarte’s High Performance Naturals line. It looks like a big fat crayon, one of the new-ish trends in makeup. As the color gets used up, you just dial …
NYX Eye Pencils & Reminder about Ulta’s March Promotion
During a recent trip to Ulta, I noticed a “Buy One, Get One for 50% off” at the NYX display. NYX is a brand of affordable Korean cosmetics that the young saleswoman told me were similar to Urban Decay in terms of colors and products. What a find! I was looking for eye pencils in …