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June 3, 2010

Uriage Bariéderm Cream is Like Caviar on the Lips & Elsewhere Too {Beauty Product Review - Skin - Lips}


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anapurna.jpgBariéderm by Uriage (US$24,95) is by a French skincare brand typically sold in France in what are called "parapharmacies" which look like pharmacies but are really beauty product stores with a health-conscious slant. They usually sell brands which look clean and clinical with a minimum of fuss over their packaging. They also sell dietary supplements, health books, fresh, toiletry-oriented perfumes and lately have started to carry more and more organic and natural products to keep up with the demand from the public. The sales assistants welcome you wearing clinical outfits reminding you of the medical, pharmacological mystique which Helena Rubinstein famously exploited to sell her beauty creams.

Uriage is named, like many other such parapharmacie brands, after the name of a thermal station and source of water which contributes its unique mineral and oligo-element properties to the products, like say, La Roche-Posay, Evian etc...

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June 2, 2010

Olay Definity Self Repair Serum: It Works Folks {Beauty Product Review - Skin}


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As I was fiddling around in my stashes of beauty products looking for a lighter cream or lotion to help me transition from colder to warmer weather, I happened on this little number, Olay Definity Self Repair Serum, which I had picked up during a previous drugstore run and never used it. I decided to give it a go. My main concern here was to find a moisturizer that would be light enough to use with sunscreen on top without it all becoming a stifling barrier for the skin. 

After a week or so later of (interrupted) use, I had to notice not only the immediate effects but the medium-term ones, and they were good...

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June 1, 2010

OPI to Launch Burlesque Collection Inspired by the Movie {New Beauty Products - Nails}



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OPI is preparing to launch a new collection of glittery nail polishes to coincide with the release of the movie Burlesque by director Steve Antin featuring Chistina Aguilera, Alan Cumming, Stanley Tucci, Cher, among others. As a beauty and perfume blogger I can add this tidbit: Christina Aguilera, Alan Cumming and Cher all have had or still have fragrances in their names. Aguilera is the champion in the category with XPose; Christina Aguilera; Inspire; Christina Aguilera By Night.   

The range is likewise entitled Burlesque and will comprise 12 different colors. Some of the as-usual playful names are Bring on the Bling, Extra-Va-Vaganza (this makes me think of the newly coined beauty term "vajazzling") and Rising Star...

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