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August 4, 2014

Bioderma Hydrabio Brume - Mist for Dehydrated Sensitive Skin {Beauty Review}

My Best French Pharmacy Find as Far as H20 Spray Mists Go

Bioderma introduced this new mist Hydra Bio Brume - Soothing, Refreshing Water / Eau Apaisante, Rafraîchissante towards the end of 2013. It's fairly new and I've been wanting to call attention to it for a while...

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June 19, 2013

Senteurs du Sud Beurre d'Argan / Argan Butter (2013): An Excellent, Natural Brow Tamer {Beauty Review + Brows + Skin}

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This post is dedicated to girls with lovely big brows, those brows that need extra taming. Cara Delevingne, Kate Middleton Duchess of Cambridge, here is a product that will help you smooth down and keep in place your thickly endowed brows. The product is called Beurre d'Argan - Argan Butter by Senteurs du Sud. I picked it up initilally because I was looking for an organic, all-natural version of Josie Maran Argan Butter, which is great, but well, not all-natural...

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June 3, 2010

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

Bariéderm 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}

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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December 3, 2008

Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream 1950s Vintage Set (1930/2008): Rediscover Your Classics! {Beauty Review - Lips - Skin}

This year's Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream 1950s Vintage Set is absolutely darling to behold as a vanity item. The set immediately caught my eye with all its apricot-y hues and pretty Atomic-Age feel. For Arden, it is "...the first in our "Celebration of the Decades" series."

The cream was originally created in 1930 and reportedly developed by founder Elizabeth Arden to nourish the hoofs of her Kentucky horses to prevent them from cracking.

In the past it was advertised as a highly medicated cream, capable of repairing blemishes and taking care of rashes for all the family, not just women.

According to the ad copy today retelling a founding tale, the cream earned its name due to its remarkable healing properties reported by a loyal client who had used it to treat her child's skinned knee, "...and "eight hours later" the skin was all better."

And 8 hours later, my lip balm was still on, and 18 hours later my skin was still exceptionally soft, are my own twists...

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September 19, 2008

Patyka Organic Face Scrub - Gommage Visage Bio: How Organic Is It? {Beauty Product Review - Skin - Face}

Patyka is a French brand established in 2004, after having taken over the originally Hungarian label meaning "apothecary". It is known for its line of organic perfumes, and in 2006 had decided to diversify and reinforce its beauty offerings with a collection of organic skincare products developed in conjunction with laboratories Cosnessens. In October 2008, Patyka will also start proposing a makeup line answering to organic standards. Continuing to grow, it is set to open its first boutique in the US next month, a 450-foot-square space located in Manhattan's West Village.

Today, I would like to review their Organic Face Scrub. What drew me to this scrub was the name-recognition of a rather confidential perfume brand I know, the petite-sized bottle packaging which is unusual for a face scrub (and very cute) and the mention that it is fragrance-free. I am always on the lookout for perfume-free skincare and body products as I do not need any more sensory overload that I already get from my involvement with fragrances. In a sense, and for this reason, you could see Beauty and the Salamander as the reverse and complementary side to The Scented Salamander (don't worry, we are not going to just cover scent-free products in beauty)...

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Monthly Archives from March 2006

Latest Posts from Beauty And The Salamander

August 4, 2014

Bioderma Hydrabio Brume - Mist for Dehydrated Sensitive Skin {Beauty Review}

My Best French Pharmacy Find as Far as H20 Spray Mists Go

June 19, 2013

Senteurs du Sud Beurre d'Argan / Argan Butter (2013): An Excellent, Natural Brow Tamer {Beauty Review + Brows + Skin}

June 3, 2010

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

June 2, 2010

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

December 3, 2008

Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream 1950s Vintage Set (1930/2008): Rediscover Your Classics! {Beauty Review - Lips - Skin}

September 19, 2008

Patyka Organic Face Scrub - Gommage Visage Bio: How Organic Is It? {Beauty Product Review - Skin - Face}

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