March 25th, 2006
Gail sent me a link to Acquarella, a water based nail polish that she saw Dr. Weil advertising in his newsletter. About the polish from the Acquarella website:
Acquarella makes nail polish fun and hassle-free. You can change nail color without the dreadful smell of chemicals since it’s the world’s only truly safe nail polish that […]
By Christina Jones -- 10 comments
March 24th, 2006
Please look to the right sidebar for a new poll!
The question is: How long does it take you to get ready for a really special event? Think an elegant party or even a really special first date. Something like a wedding could be stretched out over a week, so skip that […]
By Christina Jones -- 2 comments
March 24th, 2006
These were the results of the poll that just closed:
Do you drink green tea?
Yes, for the health benefits.: 51% (18)
Yes, just because I like it.: 23% (8)
No.: 26% (9)
Total Votes : 35
Now, other than that being a pitiful number of responses (my fault, boring poll…), I was really surprised and happy to see that […]
By Christina Jones -- 0 comments
March 24th, 2006
…to get ready to go somewhere? Do you spend hours in the bathroom doing all of your “girly stuff”? If you are like me, I can take all day to get ready for something really special, but can do it in an hour if I have to. For something not terribly […]
By Christina Jones -- 3 comments
March 23rd, 2006
I have done the Miracle Whip facial now for the 3rd time, and I swear my skin is looking a ton better - those pesky clogged pores are going away! Last night I got a little more brave around the eyes and put it a little bit closer, and did have to walk around […]
By Christina Jones -- 10 comments
March 23rd, 2006
I just got an email from a woman that about gave me a heart attack - it started out “I just read about your site in the NY Times.” What?? And upon a bit of a search I found a great article in the Times Style section about Kristen from BeautyAddict (who we […]
By Christina Jones -- 6 comments
March 23rd, 2006
I have been reading a lot of information about L’Oreal lately with their purchase of The Body Shop, and thought you might be interested in a list of other skin/hair brands, all owned by L’Oreal:
Maybelline, Lancome, Shu Uemura, Kiehl’s, Biotherm, Vichy, Cacharel, Armani, Ralph Lauren, Helena Rubenstein, The Body Shop (coming soon), Redken, Matrix, Biotherm, […]
By Christina Jones -- 3 comments
March 22nd, 2006
Smashbox has made yet another improvement on their hot-selling (and much loved by all) Photo Finish Primer - they have added sunscreen and a moisturizer. I wonder if it will change the silicone consistancy of the primer to one that is slightly more palatable to me? I don’t know, but I […]
By Christina Jones -- 1 comment
March 22nd, 2006
This is one reason I am so very fond of the internet - very easy to find the info you need without having to wade through all of that salesperson baloney. :)
5. I hate the way a product’s perceived value is raised by raising the price tag ridiculously high. Lancome is the […]
By Christina Jones -- 12 comments
March 21st, 2006
My husband surprised me the other day with a gift certificate for my second favorite thing to buy - new books! So I spent a couple hours at the bookstore yesterday looking at some of the new offerings in the realm of beauty books and ran across the new book by dermatologist Dr. Leslie […]
By Christina Jones -- 4 comments
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