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During the summer, I got a chance to try out City Lips Lip Plumper (reviewed here), and it has become one of my favorite products of this year. I just finished up my first tube of clear, and started my next one. I have since purchased more clear that I wear every day and night, …
I love serums, and I never get tired of trying new ones. I use them at least twice a day. I practically drink the stuff 😉 For the past month, I’ve been trying out a serum from a brand that was new to me, Foxbrim. The product is Foxbrim Hyaluronic Acid Serum with Vitamins C …
Recently, I received Teadora Rainforest at Dawn Nourishing Lip Butter to try out. The packaging is very well done: modern, attractive, and it reinforces what the brand stands for. Teadora celebrates the Brazilian rainforest by using natural, anti-oxidant rich ingredients from the rainforest in their bath and body products: acai: protects skin from environmental stress buriti …
ipsy completely surprised me this month. Why? They delivered my ipsy bag early, like the earliest I’ve ever gotten it. They sent me a notification yesterday saying the bag had shipped. I didn’t even bother to look at the tracking info since it usually takes a week from that point to get delivered. Well, yahoo! …
Remember a few weeks ago I crowned myself the queen of Vitamin C serums? Well, I’m adding another jewel to the crown with Kleem Organics Intensive Rejuvenating Vitamin C Serum. There are a zillion vitamin C serums on the market now. They certainly have taken the skincare world by storm. I’ve had good …
Unfortunately, breast cancer hits close to home for so many of us. I have several friends who recently battled breast cancer and won, thankfully. Twenty years ago, my dad wasn’t so lucky. He was one of the 2% of men, at that time, who developed breast cancer. He was shocked. Back in the early ’90s, …
NeoCell Biotin Bursts & Hyaluronic Acid Giveaway The giveaway results first! Woo hoo! Congratulations to Melissa C., the winner of the NeoCell giveaway in which the winner can choose either Biotin Bursts or Hyaluronic Acid Blueberry Liquid. In her comment, Melissa chose the Hyaluronic Acid Blueberry Liquid. Awesome! I have notified the winner by email, …
This past year, two different market research consulting projects took me to San Francisco. San Francisco is one of my favorite cities. We were conducting our research in an office building south of Market Street, so I got to stay at the nearby W Hotel in San Francisco twice. I love that hotel because the …
Groupon and Living Social both send me all kinds of deals on massages, facials, botox, manicures, pedicures, laser treatments, hair cuts and color. Lots of different beauty services. But lately I’ve been noticing more beauty products being sold at good prices. Last winter, I bought a Michael Todd KNU product at a deep discount. Even …
Sometimes I carp about an item or two or three in my monthly ipsy bag, but this month ipsy hit it out of the park. Score! I liked and will use everything in the bag. Woohoo! The September bag was called “Street Style”, and I think it was supposed to be in tune with New …
Recently, I had the opportunity to write my first guest post on another beauty blog!! I got to try out and review a new product and write a guest post on Tips For Natural Beauty, a blog by Dima Al Mahsiri in Amman, Jordan. When I first started blogging almost two years ago, I found Dima’s …
A few months ago, I introduced you to Fish Collagen Capsules and Beauty Bursts from NeoCell (reviewed here). Now, I’d like to bring you two more products from their amazing lineup that I’ve been using for a couple of months. NeoCell Biotin Bursts Like the Beauty Bursts with hyaluronic acid, NeoCell just launched new chewable fruit-flavored …
For some time, I have wanted to try a skincare product with reservatrol. I first heard about reservatrol in conjunction with red wine. It’s an ingredient in red wine that is supposed to prevent damage to blood vessels, help reduce cholesterol and prevent blood clots. That’s why I drink red wine every chance I get …
I’m the queen of the Cs. Vitamin C skincare products, that is. I’ve tried vitamin C serums with a water base, with a thicker base, in a powder format. I use body care and nail care products with vitamin C. I believe in vitamin C. Since I started using it on my face several months …
Finally, I received my Ulta 21 Days of Beauty sale catalogue yesterday afternoon. The day before the sale starts is kinda late! I took a drive over to Ulta on Saturday morning to ask for a catalogue, but they didn’t have any they could give out. Weird. Anyway, I was happy that it arrived just …