I was browsing the LL Bean catalog when, lo and behold, my eye caught sight of a pair of bowls that initially attracted my attention because they look like an American adaptation of the personalized bowls found in Brittany, France...
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MAC Cosmetics Suntints SPF 20 Liquid Lip Balm in Lilt of Lily (2009) {Beauty Review} Reviewing Lip Balms {Beauty Notes}
My method for reviewing lip balms is simple: buy, try, stash, live with it, conclude. What this means is that it is very easy to impulse-buy lip balms at every turn of your busy life because you forget them at...
Winter Skin On My Mind: Caudalie Moisturizing Cream-Mask Face & Eyes {Beauty Review} {Beauty & Olfaction}
In this series, Winter Skin on My Mind, I will look at hydrating products that are hopefully efficacious for women, men or children. They are not necessarily the same, but looking at a jar of cream from a family perspective...
My 2009 Halloween Shopping List: Ambiguity {Beauty Notes} {Perfume List}
To help you out make that mad dash to the beauty and perfume counters for Halloween 09, here is what I think will help you prep in the most ghoulish yet stylish way and usher in The Moooood.Also, bonus, see...
Improve Health & Winter Skin with Houseplants Selected by NASA (Beauty & Health Tip of the Day}
Image © CdwheatlyThank god for NASA the beauty literate can exclaim. Imagine the utterly frivolous, at first glance, thinking that one unforeseen upside of space exploration is the diverting of science resources to application in the cosmetics industry. But it...
Think Pink: Butter London Pink Ribbon Lacquer, Mango & Peach Hand & Nail Cream {Beauty Shopping Tip}
More picks for the pink month. Butter London, which is well known, at least in my book, for its recherché library of nail polish colors, will donate 100% of the proceeds coming from the sales of its two Breast-Cancer-Awareness products...
2 Love My Lips Lip Glosses are Secret Weapons Against Date-Raping {New Beauty Products}
A British brand called 2 Love My Lips have come up with the idea of empowering women by turning traditional tools of coquetry, their lip glosses, into weapons against date-raping. I initially imagined that the gloss itself might turn into...
Estee Lauder Your Beauty, Your Style, Your Profile Free Events -- In NYC on Oct 16, 2009 {Beauty News}
"If you are on a social networking site like Facebook, your profile photo can be seen by millions of people every day - wouldn't you like to put your best face forward? Instead of posting that snapshot from last...
Think Pink: Yankee Candle Breast Cancer Tumbler & Car Jar {New Beauty Products}
For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Yankee Candle is scenting the month of October 2009 in mandarin and cranberry, two fall fruits, with the tag line, "A light of hope." If you want to support breast cancer research with their two...
Think Pink: OPI Pink of Hearts, the 2009 Edition {New Beauty Products}
Continuing our shopping-tip series on pink products that support breast cancer research in the dedicated month of October, we now bring to you the new 2009 edition of OPI Pink of Hearts. This is the third time in a row...
Think Pink: 2 Estee Lauder Pink Ribbon Lip Sets by Evelyn Lauder & Elizabeth Hurley, & More {New Beauty Products}
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and many in the beauty industry are taking this opportunity to send a pink message of hope. For the occasion, Estée Lauder have pledged to give $500,000 to fund cancer research. To help them...
For a Change, The Natural Look at Balmain RTW 2010 {Beauty Notes} {Look of the Day}
Exactly the kind of look one wishes to see on a Friday: Balmain went for a very natural look for its show for RTW 2010 to contrast it with ornate outfits. MakeupTom Pecheux said "We are working and playing with...
Lancome Deluxe Brush Set & Fashion Case (2009): Purple Love
Following its limited-edition Declaring Indigo brush set which updated the badger-brush look by dying part of the brush in a beautiful dusty royal blue, Lancôme just released another, new tantalizing set called the Deluxe Brush Set & Fashion Case. This...
Cheryl Cole Just Got Hired by L'Oreal & Would Love To Have a Sig Perfume {Fragrance & Beauty News} {Celebrity Perfumes & Beauty}
Some people like Justin Timberlake and Emma Watson simply hate the idea of offering their perfume incarnations to the public, but singer Cheryl Cole of Girls Aloud begs to differ. Like several other WAGS before her (hubby is football player...
Miss Oops Rescue Sponge {Beauty Shopping Notes - On-The-Go Beauty}
Miss Oops has apparently designed the beauty version of Mr Clean Magic Eraser, that most indispensable house-cleaning tool, and in this case you don't even need to be near a water source. Troubled by slight mishaps while on the go...