My friend recently gave me one of the Burt Bees Pink Grapefruit Natural Lip Balm to try out and I have been using it for two weeks now and I love how soft it makes me lips. I even like the lovely grapefruit scent it has too.
Another thing …

American Crew Firm Hold Styling Gel is a hair gel that I tried once but I will not purchase a second time. The reason that I was unhappy with this hair gel is because of what it did to my hair. This hair gel really made my hair hard …

Being the out there person I am I decided I needed bright pink hair. After shopping for some products I decided on Manic Panic Hair Dye. I’ve used this product on both natural and bleach hair neither got the desired results. When the hair was a natural color, it …

I was concerned about the amount of unnecessary chemicals I was subjected myself to so decided to try organic natural hair care. My hair is difficult to say the least: very fine, often frizzy, oily at the roots, generally unruly so I was a little skeptical …

I usually hate putting lotion on because of the feeling of it. This lotion feels great when you put it on though. I thought that all lotions were pretty much the same until I tried a sample of this stuff. It feels great on your skin, it dries up …

I have used St. Ives exfoliating scrubs from time to time in the past. I am most familiar with St. Ives Apricot Exfoliating cleanser as that is the one that I used the most. I saw this product a few times at my local Walgreens and decided to try …

If you don’t have a lot of money but need a good, light face powder i suggest getting the color wheel mosaic powder from N.Y.C. The N.Y.C brand can be found in most pharmacies at a fraction of the cost of other cosmetics. I bought the mosaic wheel number …

Even at the age of 32 I still get blackheads from time to time. I hate when my face isn’t clear and I hate when bumps arrive on my skin. I’ve tried tons of different things for my skin and one of the things that I have tried is …

When I am shopping for lotion or creme I try to find something that can hydrate my skin 100 percent. I can get really dry most of the time. My skin turns white and starts to flake if I do not get the right amount moisture in it. This …

I have been hearing so much about the Papaya Soaps that I was determined to try one for myself. I do like to use Papaya extract on my face and it does make my skin soft and supple but the idea of Papaya soap does sound convenient and …

After working in the cosmetic industry for nearly five years, first at Ulta and then at Sephora as a make-up artist, I find that many people overlook the company Cargo. In fact, many people have never even heard of it and since brand recognition is such a predominant component …

Recently I was surfing the net and ran across an advertisement for a product that delivers younger looking skin. I initially discarded the ad and continued on with my search, but along with the claim, came before and after photos that drew me back to the web page …

When I realized that my old facial wash and my previous moisturizer caused my skin to get more oily, I was trying to look for a new facial wash. I really have oily skin that whatever face moisturizer I use it makes it worst. My dermatologist told me to …

I have used Maybelline Great Lash Mascara for so many years, that I cannot even say how long. The familiar hot pink tube with the lime green cap has been a part of my daily makeup routine since I was a teenager. I do on occasion like …

When I began working for the school system in 2004, one thing I had to cut way back on was my use of department store cosmetics. I’d tried adding water to my creams and foundations to make them stretch but there was only so much that could be …

I really love this body lotion. Pink Grapefruit by Bath and Body Works, is just perfect for a hot spring or summer day. I love getting out of the shower and putting this all over. It makes my skin feel so soft and the smell lingers all day too. …

I’m one of those poor saps that have had to deal wtih blemishes just about my whole life. And, now that I’m in my thirties, this has become a tiresome issue. Granted, when I was a teenager and the hormones were raging, the blemishes went from an annoying inconvenience …

This is one of the Cargo “duo lipglosses” that all have interesting names such as Baden Baden, Bora Bora, and, in this case, Machu Picchu. The are lipgloss duos because each lipgloss container contains two different colors. For example, Machu Picchu consists of a rosy medium to …

I stopped using anti-dandruff shampoos for a few weeks, believing dandruff was a thing of the past. Since I’ve been getting a dandruff-free streak for months, I thought it was okay to wash my hair with anything (even skipping shampoo when needed). Then my scalp relapsed …

I was looking for an organic lip conditioner and came across the Softlips Pure Organic Lip Conditioner in Peppermint. I have now been using this lip conditioner for over 3 weeks now and I really like how it has softened my chapped lips right up.
The organic ingredients in …

The Nail Vita by Skin food debuts in my small nail polish collection. I’ve been buying nail polish brands from overseas. From now I’ll be conquering asian brands of nail lacquers! First of all, they are cheaper in price. And more decent than the stuff …

I am a student and I have long hard days at schools due to being a full time student. I spend most of my time at school attending classes or studying. I also work two jobs, and both of them are rather demanding. In between all this, I don’t …

Arbonne is a skincare/wellness company that sells various products from anti-aging to babycare to mens line and cosmetics.
First, Arbonne cannot be purchased in a store, you must either purchase it from a consultant or become an independent consultant/customer with your own membership.
The products I am speaking of today are …

The essential things I learned about brows in my recent beauty undertakings still remained fresh, but I thought it would be worthwhile to step away from all that fuss from now and just go back to basics. It’s not a secret I’ve been so obsessed with putting up …

My money was wasted in this product. I was very disappointed with Navores whitening cream that we purchased in a certain online store (website). This is falsely advertised as seen in the beauty channel here in the Philippines and the other countries as well. According the advertisement, once you …

It’s interesting how a make-up company’s description of a lipstick shade differs from my own description of it, once I put it on my lips. This lip color Dreaming Plum looks like a brownish plum color in the palette. (This is Sephora’s limited-edition lip palette that includes 15 lip …

I am in love with this concealer. I had been using two cheaper concealers with decent results, but neither perfectly matched my skin color. I’m a quarter Greek, and I have a light olive skin tone which is pretty hard to match, especially with drug store cosmetics. After trying …

I recently purchased the Philosophy Supernatural Poreless, Flawless Tinted SPF 15 and my overall impression is that is just alright. It did not blow me away by any means, but it worked well enough. I got it online through BeautyBar.com for about twenty five dollars. It comes in a …

I have recently come to find out that there are many uses for cotton balls around my home. I used to think that toilet tissue was the answer for everything, but now know I was surely wrong about that. I purchased a big bag of cotton balls, hoping they …

I was so excited when I saw the new line of Wet N Wild nail polishes in my local drug store. I love these nail polishes because they are extremely affordable (never more than $2.00), they dry very fast, and come in so many nice colors.
I immediately gravitated towards …

I bought a bottle of Barielle Porcelain Skin Brightening Cream, Advanced Formula worth $20 from a store a few months back, when I wanted to whiten the knees and other areas of my body. Because of it, I was able to whiten them a little, but not enough. And I …

This was the second mascara that I have ever tried my Revlon. I had tried the ED Extreme mascara, also by Revlon and I really liked that one. I saw and liked the commercial ads and magazine ads for this mascara (Although it’s not my favorite ad, in my …

I used to have rough and uneven patches all over my face because of the strong Benzoyl Peroxide treatment I was using to treat my severe zits back when the weather was host, and I suddenly had my monthly period. It was worse, I got breakouts and I got …

I was pretty skeptical of this kind of razor at first. It seemed like it was a little too good to be true, there’s no way something like that could work. Besides, I knew I was bound to miss a few spots if I didn’t have shave gel lather …

I’ve always favored the soaps that are colored white. Since they don’t have any coloring they are less harsh to the skin. That’s why I like Ivory soap Classic. It is so mild so I can use it to wash my face everyday. I also use it for other …

I love Suave products, mainly because they are always so inexpensive. I have tried so many of Suave’s products and every time I see something new, I give it a try.
So, I saw Suave Aloe Very Shampoo on sale recently and picked it up.
The shampoo is thick and …

I picked up this cream last Saturday while shopping for groceries. Although there were other hand creams from the same brand, I bought this one because it was nicely packaged. It looked like a premium hand care product so I decided to buy it to give my 47 year …

I recently purchased the Sephora Collection Long Lasting Eye Liner in four different shades. I didn’t mean to purchase so many products but when I saw that one only cost ten dollars, I had to get multiple. Also, this is the first time I have tried eye liner from …

My sister received a present during the holidays. She is known to be an overcompensate make up buff like me. And a generous benefactor gave her a lovely Stila lip glaze gift set from Sephora. I deemed the set was just too much, an overload of Stila …

I remember how I was won over by Nubar’s glitzy sparkles collection. I’m not really feeling for garish sparkles at the moment so I went for a pastel shade the second time around. My next Nubar experience is this Lemon Sorbet shade taken from their pastel collection. …

Murad is a moisture silk eye gel that works with your skin around your eyes, to keep your eyes looking young and exuberant. The eye area is, certainly, one of the most fragile areas we have, to keep looking its best. Not just everything can be thrown into the …

My hands used to be wrinkled and crumpled, with lines and folds all over even if my hands were not really old. I used some hand lotions in the past, but all they did was to make my hands feel soft again, which was not bad, but I wanted …

My children’s skin are very sensitive especially when exposed to direct sunlight. I need a total protection for them that is very gentle that I can still use it everyday when they go outside. I just found the perfect sunblock protection lotion for my children. …

There are some eye cream products that offers really whitens the eye area and at the same time protect but there are those which only whitens. It is difficult to find a product which can really comprehensively answer to your eye problems. If I get to find a good product, …

I have very fair skin and usually have trouble finding a foundation that suits my skin tone. I have been disappointed so many times when I buy a foundation and try it out only to find that it looks orange and gross on my skin. The lightest color in …

I actually found this incredible scrub at a local grocery store when I decided to browse a section of the store I rarely check out because I stick to my favorite products. I am glad I did though because I found The Healing Garden Products which are incredibly …

I am more of a casual person when it comes to makeup; I like really natural looks like “my face but better”, so I am always really interested when I see really pretty eyeshadows in brown/beige, champagne, and bronze colors. When I saw the Revlon mineral eyeshadow in Tiger …

For Christmas, I received two single eyeshadows from Prestige Eyeshadow. The colors are C-202 Flushed and C-178 Glisten. I did not know where these were purchased, so I looked it up online and it seems they can be found at Ulta for about four dollars for each …

Okay, this moisturiser is supposed to be for the man in your life but i’m a 27 year old female and I happen to love it. It smells AMAZING. The scent is very sweet and inviting, like a Chocolate Orange almost. The sweet scent is what draws me back …

This Lancome lipstick was one of several lipsticks that I received as a bonus item when I made a purchase at one of the department stores. And just like some of Lancome’s other lipsticks, this one has a name that makes no sense: Groupie. You don’t have any idea …