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Beauty
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If you’re looking for a natural-looking lip product that also adds protection to your lips and has a lovely scent, Vaseline Lip Therapy in Rosy Lips is an excellent drug store product to consider. It adds a subtle pink tint to your lips and smells absolutely divine, with a light rose and herbal scent. This is a new (to the US) scent to the current line-up of Vaseline Lip Therapy products you can find at most drugstores. (The UK has had this product for a while, but it is packaged in a small tin instead of a tiny plastic tub.) Continue reading
I’ve always had sensitive skin. But for unknown reasons, my legs decided to stage a revolt against the Tyranny of Shaving sometime in college and started to break out in awful bumps every time I shaved. Thus began years of searching for a razor burn cure.
I tried switching to Veet. I tried shaving with the grain. I tried shaving with baby oil instead of shaving cream. No matter what I tried, a day or two later, my skin was still prone to breaking out in those oh-so-attractive red razor bumps. With Labor Day weekend coming up, there’s a few more weeks to bare those legs on a beach somewhere, so I thought I’d share the shaving routine I’ve found works best for me to prevent razor burn and get rid of razor bumps if they do appear. Continue reading
If you’re looking for some simple, summery nail art, here’s an easy step-by-step tutorial for a strawberry manicure. Continue reading
Sephora can be pretty pricey but if you’re like me and enjoy browsing the sale items and the little “impulse” bins in the front, you’ll find there are some sweet inexpensive items to choose from. Continue reading
If you like pampering yourself with beauty treatments but hate spending tons of money on product, you might be excited to learn that there are a ton of beauty products just waiting to be created in your kitchen and home. Here are a few of my favorite recipes for beauty treatments with ingredients found in most kitchens.
Egg Yolk Conditioning Hair Mask
This is an easy and nourishing hair mask that helps condition your hair, helps prevent breakage and increases shine. Continue reading
If you want to take care of your hair but hate spending tons of cash on beauty products, don’t fret. There’s actually a ton of amazing stuff at your local drugstore that can often do the job just as well as any high-end product, if not better. Here are a few of my favorite tried-and-true drugstore haircare products. Continue reading
Now that June has hit, for many of us that means that it’s getting kind of hot. It can be kind of tricky to pull off makeup when you’re sweating in the heat, so here are a few tips and tricks (and product recommendations) that I’ve found to be especially helpful when wearing makeup in the warmer months. Continue reading
St. Tropez, the tanning brand that apparently also doubles as an enchanted witch’s mirror, has released a study that claims every Wednesday afternoon women look their worst due to all the carousing and boozing they’ve done over the weekend. Nice that they can pinpoint it to the exact minute, eh? Continue reading
If you’re seeing the inevitable signs of aging in the mirror and have an extra $350 then Tata’s beauty treatments might be right for you. Continue reading