Sometimes, after experimenting with new choices, it's best to go back to old standbys. Though I love trying out the new brands on the market--AWAKE, Napoleon Perdis, InsertHotMakeupBrandHere--I'm reminded every so often that the reason such brands as Estée Lauder are still around is that they make really quality products. I've almost never been ( Read more... )

When purchasing Christmas gifts, I usually tried to take advantage of sales going on to pick up brands of cosmetics I might not have tried previously. Such was the case in this purchase, a gift-boxed collection of AWAKE Cosmetics' Stardom Color series. The box, a fiberboard box with a slab of cedar in the base, covered with metallic red and silver ( Read more... )

I've become something of a lipstick snob during this hunting process, I'll admit. I miss the old days when I thought of "lipstick" as just something you pick up in aisle 15 along with the rest of the health/beauty supplies. There are some great lipsticks in the aisles of Target, Walmart, grocery stores, etc. But most of them can't hold a candle to ( Read more... )

My StyleFeed Icon is attached. Yes, I really do shop for stuff like what's in here.


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I'll admit it. I get fooled by online advertising too sometimes. I buy stuff that I look at and say, "Now, wait, that's not what the description said it was..." all the time. Case in point: Three lip glosses from Avon's "Flavor Savers" series. I bought them even though their tube looked just like a Chap-Stick tube ( Read more... )

Didn't hear anything from doctor yet. Will call when the office opens at 0830.

Meantime, here's my latest lipstick reviews for M-A-C's "Fanplastico" Lacquer and "Russian Red" Tinted Lipglass.

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As the end-of-year holidays approach, cosmetics manufacturers roll out new products, new colors within their regular product line, special product gift sets, etc., as well as clearance sales on their summer lines. So, I'm going to do several mass updates on a number of lip products I've run across these past few months, starting with Rimmel London' ( Read more... )

Over the hunt for the perfect lipstick, my opinion of lipgloss has changed significantly. While I'm still not wild about the sheer, sticky, shiny glosses of old, there are new categories of lipgloss that intrigue me, particularly the category of "liquid lipstick", opaque lipgloss products that provide coverage similar to a lipstick but with the ( Read more... )

Normally, in this column, I'd tell you all about how I found Avon's mark. metalluscious lip cream collection, which shades work, which shades don't, etc.

Not today. Today, I'm telling you: If you love dramatic lip color with metallic highlights and really like the convenience of a lip gloss, buy mark. Metalluscious Lip Cream Hook-Ups. All of ( Read more... )

I reviewed a Playboy Beauty lipstick I'd gotten as a freebie from Beauty.com way back when I started this hunt. It was their "Calendar Girl" line, and frankly, it sucked. Worst lipstick I'd ever tried ( Read more... )