I used to work in a large department store that sported a great Clinique counter. Because I was the one that used to make the store-wide announcements (ie. “Attention customers, Clinique is now offering a gift with purchase….” etc) I would always get little freebie samples from them as …

The ponds oil control crème is what I use to protect my skin during the summer. Normally our skin becomes or looks more oily in summer and it also looses its natural glow. Due to a lot or oil on our face, we may also have to face …

Bath and Body Works Sweet Pea body sprays is one of the classic Bath and Body Works body splashes. It has been around for at least several years and, to the best of my knowledge, has not been discontinued unlike some of the my other favorite Bath and …

After hearing the lengthy history, characteristics, needs and requirements of my skin, the lady at the Clinique counter at Macy’s suggested that I use their “rinse-off foaming cleanser mousse.” I have normal skin with an oily T-zone.
I love this product for removing make-up and dirt at night, before …

When I gained ten pounds back in college, I got nasty stretch marks on my inner thighs and at the back of my knee, they were red and extremely long and puffy. Nivea Firming lotion was indeed a savior for me, cause all my red stretch marks are now …

Every Christmas, our family would have this tradition that we would exchange gifts with each other. We would often pull a name out from a box and then we would give this person a gift they want from the wish list. All our wish lists would be hung on …

Though I really love Frederic Fekkai hair products, I rarely purchase them because they are so expensive. I just do not have the money to shell out on the entire line of products, but occasionally I will purchase one or two things from the collection. I recently purchased the …

This comes in a small 10 ml tube. It says Rimmel on a silver lining and sweet jelly in red.
This lip gloss is really great. It smears on smoothly and you only need a little bit to add the shine and moisture to your lips. It even tastes good. …

I discovered a company called Yves Rocher about 6 months ago after a friend introduced me to their beauty products. Ever since I discovered just how amazing their items are I have been stocking up at every opportunity and my latest find is a foot cream called ‘12 …

7 years ago my hair was very short ( it hardly touched my shoulders) but now I’m on my way to grow very long and healthy hair.
My hair care routine changed several times but there is always a good conditioner and a mask. I use my conditioner every time I …

I have really ugly heels. I’ll admit it. I am always running around outdoors and they experience a lot of wear and tear. This is okay when I am wearing flip flops and hanging out with friends, but it can be quite embarrassing when I have to put on …

The anti-aging night cream brand I am using became unavailable in the branch store near our home. So I look for alternative anti-aging cream for the mean time. So I tried to scan the available anti-aging cream being sold at Mercury Drugstore. I am looking for one an anti-aging …

I recently tried Fake Bake self tan - I paid approx gbp18 for a bottle which is good as it should last me about 3 to 4 months.
I have heard lots of good things about Fake Bake, lots of celebs use this brand and its suppose to give one …

Aveeno Active Naturals Daily Moisturizing Lotion is the perfect solution for my dry skin or for any dry skin, for that matter. I am a busy mom and my skin, especially my hands, has the tendency to go dry easily because of several chores like washing the dishes, doing …

When I went to high school, I depended on one brand, and one brand only. That brand was Wet n Wild. I suppose, on a high school girl’s allowance, this was the only brand that I could afford, and because it has so many colors, I went gaga over …

I am not a hand cream user normally, mainly because I dislike the greasy feeling of most creams, and I also wash my hands so much that it seems like a waste to put cream on. But I may be evolving into a hand-cream user. First of all, this …

I really like Schwarzkopf products because they don’t cost much, about 3 euros for 250ml and they are really good. My favorite one is Shauma Colour Shine and I use it very often but sometimes, just for a change I buy the other ones too. You can get all …

I watched that episode of Oprah where Ellen and Portia were guests. Ellen bragged about Covergirl’s sales that it catapulted when she endorsed it. I saw Ellen’s ad before in an American Vogue magazine but I was not really into it. While shopping for this cosmetics brand, the only …

I have been using Pantene Shampoo since I was in high school because this shampoo is creamy and even if I put small amount of water it coated evenly my hair. It helped manage my hair free from entanglements brought by environmental pollution and summer days. Pantene has different …

During the past week, my Accutane has been really drying out my lips. They aren’t severely chapped, but they feel and look dry, and if you get up really close to hem, you can really tell that they need some moisture, so I got E.L.F.’s therapeutic conditioning lip balm, …

I recently purchased the Clinique Superbalanced Liquid Foundation. I have tried the powder foundation version from the Clinique Superbalanced line in the past and thought that it was a good quality product, but I have always preferred liquid to powder foundation so I was eager to try this out. …

I have come to the conclusion that it is impossible for me to find a curl gel that will not make my hair feel hard and dry. Even worse, I find that most of the hair gels that I have used only seem to help to define my …

I tend to have a lot of Lip Glosses and balms around my house. I like to have colour and or shine on my Lips but I don’t really like proper Lip Sticks. I don’t want to have all that colour on them so therefore I find that a …

I had never even heard of HerCut hair products before I purchased the HerCut Normal-Oily Shampoo. My hair tends to get very oily, especially when I spend a lot of time outdoors. Summer time is really crazy for my hair. I’ve been looking for something to help control it …

Product: Maybelline ExpertWear Eye Shadow Quad
Color: Sunlit Bronze
I really only use two colors in this quad; they’re the two lightest colors, and I use them for my eyelids, cheeks, nose, chin, and forehead to create an allover dusting of gold. The result is shimmery and pretty, and gives …

You could call this experiment with the Neutrogena Triple Moisture Deep Recovery Hair Mask one of my many cosmetic failures over the years. I haven’t used a lot of Neutrogena products, and those that I have used have, ironically, not had anything to do with skin care directly, like …

I decided to try out this lipbalm because a certain medication I’m on tends to dehydrate my lips and it is uncomfy. So far this lipbalm has worked great for me; it moisterizes my lips well and it is lasts for a reasonable amount of time. Even though on …

I’ve been using cheaper priced beauty products more and more over the past year as I’m trying to cut my monthly spending in half. I’ve found that products from the likes of Avon, Yves Rocher and The Body Shop offer good quality items but with a much more …

If you have a problem with Bare Essentials mineral makeup then you really should try Everyday Minerals. I found that BE made my skin itch and was much too “dewy” for me. Then I heard about EDM and that they offer different versions of the mineral foundation …

This shampoo is probably one of the best shampoos I have tried over the years. I decided to try this in the trial size. I was pretty surprised to find it in the trial section at Walgreens. I am glad they make it in the trial size, so now …

To save or to splurge? When faced with an empty bottle of my favorite scented lotion, I said I’ll save for now and maybe splurge later. I just can’t afford to spend on another high-end moisturizer for my body after I ran out of it. Not …

I have been trying several moisturizers but I always come back to St. Ives Timeless Skin Collagen Elastin Facial Moisturizer.
It is humid in the Philippines and if I apply additional moisturizers or creams my face will definitely break. But with St. Ives Timeless Skin I really feel that …

I bought this facial scrub at Hypercity Mall in Malad when hubby and I are doing our weekly grocery. It was a facial scrub at the same time a mask that you can leave on your face to clean and revitalize the skin.
I like the berry colored creamy texture …

This won the “Elle Genius Awards” of 2008. This award is given to those makeup which introduces innovations in makeup giving the consumer the most convenient makeup which they almost have in one brand. I came across this mascara when I read it in Elle magazine. The innovation impressed …

I have very dry skin and I hate when I feel it tight, that’s why I use a lot of body creams. I tried many body oils but they would all leave my skin pretty greasy so I gave up even trying out body oils and I switched to …

Along with the other body mist from Bath and Body Works, I bought Dancing Waters body mist as well. It was in the back section, and a little hard to find, but that was only because it was really cheap, and there was their yearly sale going on, so …

I bought this product primarily to remove eye make-up gently and without stinging. However, the label says it also gently removes dirt and oil, so I have tried it as a whole face cleanser, as well.
In terms of eye make-up removal, this product works great. The consistency …

I caught the new t.v. advertisements for Revlon’s Colorstay Active Foundation. The commercials claimed a fresh light look that would last through sweating and rigorous activities and that would protect against the sun with an SPF of 25. I was intrigued. How could a “light” makeup really hold up …

Last summer, I bought Korres Evening Primrose Eye Cream for $40 from Amazon. Korres Evening Primrose Eye Cream was a good product which was not known to a lot of people. I tried it after learning it has a high rating, so I thought it might work.
It did …

I first saw an ad for this product in my Good Housekeeping magazine. I have used a variety of products to remove the scars and hyperpigmentation marks that I have, but I still have several scars that have not responded to the various creams at all. I was …

I had a hard time cleaning my eye makeup before with only using cold creams, so my mother suggested that I buy some eye makeup remover as they are much easier to clean thick makeup, and this double-action eye makeup remover seems to live up to it’s name as …

I’ve been wearing my hairstyle with bangs lately, so most of my eyebrows have been covered ie: hiding from the world! I haven’t gotten them threaded or waxed in weeks, about to be a month but I’ve been trying to grow them out more so they can take a …

This well-known skin care product is produced by a very respected cosmetics company, Dr Hauschka, and has been a favourite with many celebrities (I admit, I became intrigued by this well-known cream, and eventually bought it, precisely because I read many film stars are reported to use it.)
And so, a …

This product has been out for years. I can remember this when I was growing up and I often seen this in my magazines saying this was 1 of the beauty products that people couldn’t live without. I only ended up trying it last year though for some reason. …

This facial scrub from Pond’s was created to prevent acne problems. The common theory is that dirt and dead skin cells can cause skin problems and this what this facial scrub is trying to wipe out. It contains soft and small beads with combination of salicylic acid to clean the …

Apart from Pantene, there is one other shampoo which I like to use. This is Dercos shampoo which is made by Vichy Laboratories. The Dercos line has a whole range of shampoos which is suitable for all types of hair. I use the one which is specific for fine …

Over my lifetime I have used so many hair dresses. I need them especially because I suffer from dry scalp and hair. My hair is really thick and needs as much moisture as it can get. One hair dress that I have used in the past is the Johnson …

I first saw this product late at night, trying to fall asleep. As always, infomercials and their convincing ways caught my eye. I was currently seeking something to get rid of my acne, not cover it up. But this claimed to work on the worst of scars, but …

Before I moved to Missouri from California, I had never encountered really cold weather. Aside from enjoying the sight of falling snow, I was surprised by the effect it had on my hands. My skin got so dry that it actually started splitting and cracking. I …

I think Akamuti coconut oil is a relatively expensive skin care product compared to some of the more typical moisturisers and oils you’ll find in pharmacies… but hey, sometimes I think you get what you pay for. Akamuti coconut oil is not only organic, completely natural and chemical free, …