Cosmetics Reviews
Shu Uemura 8HR eye brush
My newest eye shadow brush is the 8HR sable brush from Shu Uemura, and it became one of my staple tools the very first time I used it. This brush is so incredibly superior to every other brush of its kind, I could barely believe that I ever managed …
Pantene Relaxed & Naturals: Daily Oil Moisturizer
I was inspired to try Pantene’s relaxed and naturals daily oil moisturizer, after reading about it one of the fall issues of Ebony magazine. I couldn’t help but notice the chick in the advertisement had shiny lustrous hair. I felt a little uncertain about buying the product since I …
Healthy Accents Skin Cream Cleanser
I typically use Noxzema daily to wash my face, but I was all out of it and on a tight budget so I decided to get a store brand that was similar to it called Healthy Accents Skin Cream Cleanser and I must say it worked just as well, …
Secrets D’Essences Iris Noir Shower Gel by Yves Rocher
I was introduced to products from the french beauty company Yves Rocher about a year ago now by a close friend and have been using their products on a daily basis ever since. They are not the cheapest of beauty items by any means, but I feel the …
Bench eight body spray
Almost everyone of us wants a body spray that stay long. I have been using this body spray for 5 years. Of course its obvious that I’m contented with the scent. Its because bench eight body spray has the scent of anticipation and infinite possibilities is mild and lasting. …
Lancome Juicy Tubes Ultra Shiny Lip Gloss in Glacier
First of all, I think this lip gloss shade has been discontinued. I managed to get a hold of it when I purchased Lancome’s Juicy Tubes holiday set a few years ago. This shade called Glacier was included in the set. The fun thing about this shade, and the …
Burt’s Bees Natural Acne Solutions Pore Refining Scrub
There was a time when I used to have tons of pimples on various parts of my face - cheeks, chin and forehead. They were big and red, and painful, when you had to feel them. I think they were worsened because I was not paying attention to my …
Dr. Miracles Hair Relaxer Kit
I h ave seen numerous of times the commercial for the Dr. Miracles Hair Relaxer Kit. The commercial was really funny to me and just thought the people in the commercial over did the acting and over exaggerated the product so I never paid to much to it. My …
Stila Kitten Eyeshadow
No Stila eyeshadow has received more hype than Kitten. I heard so much about this eyeshadow that I made a special trip to a Sephora while on vacation to buy it because it was not available at any store where I live. When I bought it, the …
Olay Complete Body Wash Unscented Sensitive Skin
I tend to have very dry skin, especially during the wintertime. I will admit that I am very cheap, which is why I usually buy the store brand of most products. However, there is one thing that I refuse to be cheap about, and that is Olay …
Make up For Ever High Definition Foundation
Make up For Ever High Definition Foundation is one of my favourite foundations and I always come back to it. I like trying out different products but this foundation is one of the best ones I tried in my life so far. I heard a lot of mixed comments …
Suave Professionals Healthy Curls Curl Enhancing Spray Gel
Suave Professionals Healthy Curls Curl Enhancing Spray Gel: For those who have thick/coarse or dry naturally curly hair, finding a spray gel that does not dry out the hair or make the hair stiff/crunchy can be a frustrating search. For many of us girls with curls, we are constantly …
Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Protector Finishing Powder
As a fair-skinned redhead who is prone to breaking out every time I try a new facial product, I have to say that Maybelline has given me reason to smile.
Maybelline’s Instant Age Rewind Protector Finishing (Pressed) Powder is everything I was looking for in a foundation. I wanted a …
Nair Facial Hair Remover
As much as I hate to admit it I ahve facial hair. I have medium colored skin but dark hair, so it really shows up on my face. I have been shaving it for a few years now and it started to grow back quicker and a little thicker …
NARS Daphne Single Eye Shadow
I am in love with NARS eye shadow. I have purchased a lot of eye shadows in my life, who haven’t. However, I must say, of all the brands that I bought, be it drug stores or established lines; NARS is one of my preferred choices due to the …
Avon Starry Night Blue Glimmersticks Eyeliner
I love eyeliners, they do define and accentuate the most important part of your face - the eyes, so it’s really important that you pick and use the right shade so that the look you want can be achieved by using the right eyeliner. I only do use a …
Kat Von D Painted Love Lipstick Set
Since Sephora was kicking off its annual friends and family sale I decided to bug my husband for an early birthday gift. So what if my birthday is two months away? Twenty percent off is twenty percent off.
The first item I put in my cart was the Kat Von …
Japanese Cherry Blossom Body Lotion
I once smelled the Japanese Cherry Blossom Body Lotion from one of my friendly client. She showed me the bottle and she said she bought it on The Body Shop. I visited The Body Shop one day and bought it. I am not happy with the price of less …
Ever Bilena Dip Liner
I remember more than a year ago, one of my office mates gave me this liquid eyeliner from Ever Bilena. It is called Ever Bilena Dip Liner. This is a local brand and I have purchased some Ever Bilena products in the past but not their liquid eyeliner. I …
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil
Best Eyeliner Ever. I have tried so many this one stays dark and stays put. I have spent so much money on eye liners. I wear a lot of it. I have tried MAC Eye Kohl (smolder) which is very dark, but by the end of the day you …
Yoko Spa Milk Salt
In my recent craze of milk whitening product, I have extend them to bathing product too. I saw this milk salt technology from an online beauty forum and decided to purchase one to try. The milk salt cost very little at $2 per pack.
I like how the packaging …
Sephora Mini Heated Eyelash Curler
When I was younger, I spent a lot of time watching my mom and my older female relatives putting on makeup, and was always appalled at some of the more painful procedures such as eyebrow plucking and eyelash curling. Obviously, makeup and cosmetics have improved over the years, but …
Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Powder Foundation
Giorgio Armani is an excellent company when it comes to quality of clothing, I am a huge fan of Armani, but sadly I’ve never tried their make up line! To be honest, I wasn’t even aware that Giorgio Armani had a make up line, so as soon as I …
Urban Decay Cream Shadows
I recently purchased a few of the Urban Decay Cream Shadows. Normally, I would have never bought these shadows. However, Urban Decay had a huge sale of these shadows recently so even though they are originally very expensive at 16 dollars each, I was able to buy them for …
Olay Natural White Healthy Fairness Night Cream
There are certain products my sensitive skin just can’t stomach. One product to add in my watch list (not wish list) is the Olay natural white healthy fairness night cream. It was my mom who bought this product for herself, but she sort of gave up using …
Bobbi Brown Extra Eye Balm
I am not sure if it is due to genetics or what, but the skin underneath my eyes has always been very dry and dark. I think one of the main reasons is that I usually do not get a lot of sleep at night. This also …
T.N. Dickinson’s Hazelets Witch Hazel Pads
T.N. Dickinson’s Hazelets Witch Hazel Pads cost around $2 when I bought it from a reseller, because I bought an astringent from her before. I did not know that it also had a line of cleansing pads which was actually pretty good and pretty impressive.
T.N. Dickinson’s Hazelets Witch …
John Frieda Precision Foam Extra Light Bege Blonde Hair Dye
I once saw this product being advertised and I decided to give it a shot. The color I got was 10B; Extra Light Beige Blonde, and that is what my review is going to be based on. There is a wide range of colors in the range, though, but …
NYC Liquid Eyeliner in Blackest Black
Given the choice I will, more often than not, wear black eyeliner. This is at least when I go to dinner or somewhere special. I really like black eyeliner because it helps to define the eyes and because my eyes are a hazel color it seems to …
Neutrogena Body Oil Fragrance Free
I was admittedly a little hesitant to try an oil, because I’ve had a run of bad luck with them. I purchased a very expensive bath oil from a vendor at a craft fair, and it ended up creating this massive mess in my bathtub that took forever to …
Radox Shower Smoothies
I got a sample of this in the mail and I simply love it so much I am going to pick up a bottle soon.
Texture 4/5
It’s a very rich shower creme, rather like liquid yoghurt in consistency. Feels luxurious but it’s a tad too thick to lather up well …
Body Fantasies Body Spray Fresh White Musk Fantasy
I love my body sprays and lotions and bath products, in general, no doubt about it, and I blame it all on my very best friend in the world who dresses like a tom boy but wouldn’t be caught dead without at least a dozen Bath and Body products …
Elizabeth Arden Pure Finish Mineral Powder Foundation
An excellent feature of this mineral powder is the grinder; it offers a solution to mineral powder which you have to keep tapping to get any out and others that poof in your face when you open them and all over your clothes causing a waste of product. This …
Glam GlowTingling & Exfoliating Mud Mask
If you know anything about Sephoa products, then you know that they have some wonderful items, especially for skin. I’ve been using the Sephora GlamGlow Facial mud mask for years and I would recommend it to older, aging women looking for a way to preserve their skin.
There are many things …
Bath and Body Works Plumeria Body Lotion
I don’t go to the bath and body works tore very often. I enjoy their products but don’t always like the prices. One scent that I have always enjoyed form this store is Plumeria. I purchased the Plumeria body lotion because I needed a quality lotion. My skin was …
Benzoyl Peroxide Anti Acne Treatment From Acne.org
This is the only Benzoyl Peroxide treatment I recommend if you have acne. First of all, I bought this product along with AHA+ which is another product from the Acne.org website, and I like how fast they shipped the products, so I was grateful. The product weighed 8 ounces, …
Secret Anti-Perspirant Deodorant
I have tried a lot of deodorants before, because I was trying to find the best product which would really work for me. And one of the deodorant products I’ve tried is Secret Anti-perspirant Stick Deodorant. Honestly, I’ve used this kind of deodorant ever since I hit puberty and …
Ferity Lip Project Duet V-105
Ferity is rather popular among makeup groupies for their lip plumpers and enhancers. So I decided to see what the rave was all about.
The product has 2 ends, on one end is the conditioning primer (base) and on the other is the lipgloss enhancer. The colour I purchased was …
Dove Go Fresh Moisture Beauty Bar in Cucumber and Green Tea scent
Well, besides the sparkling bubbly shower gels sitting in my bathroom, I must say Dove bars truly make good soaps in the shower. The cucumber-scented bar will be my favorite amongst the bunch of sweet-smelling fruity soaps in their Go Fresh products. 2 months of lathering with …
Strand Sheen Cream Rinse Conditioner with Balsam and Protein
I bought this conditioner with a shampoo of the same brand in a bookstore. They cost me JA$90 each. At the time I was considering buying it, I was very skeptical that he conditioner would do much for my hair at all, since I never heard for the brand, …
Sally Hansen Gel Cuticle Remover
I seldom touch my cuticles. I get my nails spruced up regularly by a professional manicurist. I wonder how they do it. Removing that lump of cuticle seems an intricate job. I think of cuticles like seams in dresses. Some like their seams tucked …
Kelo-Cote Advanced Formula Scar Gel
About four years ago I had my gallbladder removed after a two year process even trying to find out what was wrong with me to begin with. The surgery was a simple forty-five minute outpatient procedure and it was endoscopic (I think I’m spelling that correctly), in which they …
L’Oreal Hair Expertise EverPure Moisture Shampoo
I go through these periods every couple years when I feel the need to dye my hair at every available opportunity. I figure that my hair is the one thing I can easily control, as far as appearance goes, and it stands to reason that when I’m looking for …
Benefit “that gal” Brightening Face Primer
This silky smooth brightening primer gives me wonderful and very natural pink glow. The product comes in a fancy tube where you twist the bottom dial to get the primer out.
It’s in a cotton candy pink color and it’s suitable for all skin shades. I’m a fair Asian …
Clean & Clear Invisible Blemish Treatment
Ever have that pimple pop up at the wrong time? I’ve got the perfect solution for the problem - Clean & Clear Invisible Blemish Treatment. I have tried several blemish treatments and most burn my skin and make the area where the product was applied red and scaly. Clean …
Bellagio fan force heater by Airworks
I am not usually a fan of electric heaters; I find them bulky, noisy, usually difficult to clean and very hard on my electric bill. One of the rooms in my house only has one heat vent, and when I discovered I was going to have to do some …
Remington DA-307
About a year ago, I switched to wet shaving on a regular basis; mostly because my wife made me (she likes the closer shave).
One thing I didn’t feel comfortable getting rid of until recently, however, was my Remington DA-307 rechargeable razor.
I got this product as a Christmas gift some …
Banana Boat Sensitive Skin Plus
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. …
Cover Girl Eye Enhancer 1 Kit Eye Shadow in Sterling Blue
One of my favorite blue eye shadows to use is Cover Girl Eye Enhancer 1 Kit Eye Shadow in Sterling Blue. The reason way is because it is very sparkly and is a nice light baby blue shade that makes my deep blue eyes pop nicely without being over …
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