City Beauty has just launched another winning skincare product! City Beauty Skin Perfecting Daily Veil SPF 39, just in time for summertime primetime. I got it a few weeks ago, and I’ve been reaching for it almost every day. Like so many of City Beauty’s skincare products, it’s a multitasker: anti-aging plus mineral based sunscreen. …
My Favorite Skincare Essences and Are They Necessary?
I probably have too much time on my hands because I am often a believer in more is better. Several years ago, I discovered the Korean 10 step skincare regimen. And though I don’t follow it all the time, I have adopted some of the steps. Using a facial essence is one of them. In …
Mudmasky Aftermask Vitamin Serum: Silly Name, Terrific Serum
Over the years, Ipsy has introduced me to some terrific products that have become part of my regular routine. Last month, I received another new-to-me skincare brand that, when I first saw it in my Ipsy bag, was kind of a turn-off. Its name was Mudmasky. Kind of a dumb name, I thought. Turns out …
Project Pan Update: May 2020 Beauty Empties
May was a good month for using up some beauty products that I had had for quite a while, and a few that I was sad to see go. I confess I wasn’t in purging mode, regrettably, and I only have one product that I am tossing. Maybe next month I’ll do better. Bath & …
Theraderm Peptide Repair Eye Cream
For the past couple of years or so, I was completely devoted to Belif Moisture Bomb Eye, an excellent gel cream for firming above the crease and under eye alike. But around the beginning of the year, Belif Moisture Bomb Eye was not available on their website, at Sephora or Ulta. It was listed as …
Glyderm Gentle Face Cleanser: Brightening Cleanser for Sensitive Skin
A couple of years ago, I got a tube of Glyderm Gentle Face Cleanser in a goody bag/gift with purchase at dear departed Barneys NY. I put the tube in my travel bag and got to use it every now and then when I was away from home. Not long ago, I finally used up …
Tony Moly Chok Chok Green Tea Watery Special Kit: A Korean Antidote for Dry Skin
Green Tea is the perfect spring time ingredient. The freshness, the green color give me a lift just thinking about it. As a skincare ingredient, the antioxidant green tea extract has been shown to provide many benefits: e.g. helps diminish the signs of aging, is an anti-inflammatory that calms and soothes redness and swelling, evens …
Peach & Lily Glass Refining Serum
How embarrassing, it makes sense to read about a product before buying it. Ya think? About a year ago, I heard about Peach & Lily Glass Refining Serum and the Korean “glass skin” phenomenon. Glass skin is skin that appears poreless, smooth, translucent, and glowing. Who doesn’t want that, right? In my mind, I decided …
Theraderm Clinical Skincare Anti-Aging System
I’ve been using Theraderm Anti-Aging Lip Complex for a couple of months now, and I’ve had such good results with my finicky dry lips that I was eager to try some more of dermatologist Dr. James Beckman’s skincare products (see my earlier post for more information on Dr. Beckman and the Theraderm brand). For the …
Upping My Firming Game with New UpLift Firming Serum from City Beauty
You probably know by now that my key beauty issue is firming. I have been working on firming the loose skin under my brows and above my crease since I was in my 40s, and it has definitely made a difference. A while back, I got serious about firming the skin on my jawline. I’ve …
My Five Favorite Facial Sunscreens for Skin Cancer Awareness Month
Although many of us wear sunscreen year round, it’s always good to have a reminder. May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and though we’re all aware of skin cancer, the focus on it during the month of May provides us with an opportunity to check our sunscreen stashes and make sure we’re ready for more …
Derma E Vitamin C Bright Eyes Hydrogel Patches
A month ago, I wrote about the Derma E Vitamin C collection’s Concentrated Serum and Cleansing Paste (here). Since then, I’ve been using the third product in the trio, Derma E Vitamin C Bright Eyes Hydrogel Patches. Over the years, I have had other eye gel patches, but I have never really gotten into them …
Project Pan Update: April 2020 Beauty Empties
This past month I did much better using up beauty products than I did in March. In particular, I used up quite a few large bottles and jars that I will be happy to recycle. While I often use up more facial skincare products than any other category, in April bath and body came out …
Multitasking Blue Defender: Derma E Blue Light Shield Concentrated Serum
As we spend more time at home, some of us (I’m talking about myself here) are spending more time on our computers and phones. And we are exposing ourselves to more blue light from our screens. Back in October, I wrote about City Beauty Blue Light Defense (reviewed here), a moisturizing gel to screen out …
Graydon Super Sensitive Skin Stuff Face & Eye Ceramide Cream
Graydon is a fabulous Canadian brand of cruelty-free, natural, plant-based, reasonably-priced skincare products that I’ve written about in the past. I love Graydon Face Glow Multi-Purpose Tinted Moisturizer (reviewed here). And I have a couple of other serums that I’ll be writing about in the future. I’ve been using Graydon Skin Stuff Face & Eye …