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Sticky Caramel
100% Pure Cashmere
Long Island Iced Tea
Open Says-A-Me
Although we’re looking at a rack of pastels for spring nails, a little bit further along the calender is the whole nude nail trend. I love nude nails…they’re just so elegant. Right now, while our skin tones are paler than normal, it’s fine to [...]
Clarins Summer 2010: First Look!
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Instant Smooth Crystal Lip Balm £15.50 (in 3 shades)
Instant Smooth Compact Highlighter £23.50 (in 2 shades)
Click & Gloss SPF6 £15.00 (in 3 shades)
Eye Quartet & Liner Palette £29.00
On this cold and gloomy January day, these pics from Clarins have got me channelling Pucci maxi dresses, Ibiza beaches and coral pedicures. The [...]
American Apparel: Beauty Fail
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Whoops…despite the rumours of toxicity concerning the withdrawal of the very newly launched American Apparel Nail range, it is apparantly (according to Jezebel.com) the bottles causing concern rather than the polish within. So, your nails won’t go gnarly and drop off, but you might end up with a ton of shattered [...]
Do Baxter and Min Hair Products Block
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Jim’s Jaunty Request… Are Baxter of California Shampoo/conditioner worth it, and how would you compare it to MiN New York. I am looking for a shampoo that would clean well, and at the same time, it says it is a good DHT blocking agent, how do the ingredients help in the Baxter [...]
Dolce & Gabbana Lipsticks - First Look
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Coming on counter on February 1st, a new range of lipstick shades from ultra-glam brand, Dolce & Gabbana. All named for vintage rose breeds, they’re shiny-chic and ultra-wearable. From Selfridges and Harrods.
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Are Shampoos for Colored Hair Different Than Regular
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Arlene Asks…I have been noticing lately that shampoos are made for different hair colors. Such as John Frieda and Pantene Pro-V Expressions. How are these shampoos any different from regular shampoos and do they really work?
The Right Brain’s Rapidly Written Response:
The trend toward different shampoo formulas for different hair colors appears [...]
The Beauty Brains Blog
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It’s a Friday focus on our favorite fashion and beauty friends. Click away!
Stylebakery Beauty is excited about new scents for 2010. Check out her list of fragrant faves.
Talking Makeup is talking about Vera Farmiga’s golden globes.
Temptalia asks “What’s your philosophy on makeup?”
The Beauty Stop has a big M.A.C. attack.
The Beauty Brains [...]
Bath Bombs – How To DIY
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After our post on the Top 5 Bath Bombs, we had a follow up question about how many bath bombs would it take to make you float in your tub. Since then we’ve had several emails asking how you can make your own bath bombs. There’s a ton of info on [...]
Beauty Science App For Your iPhone
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I’ve been more obsessed than usual lately with beauty science gadgets. So of course I have to blog about this new iPhone application that warns you about ‘dangerous’ cosmetic ingredients.
iPhone ingredient info
CosmeticsDesign reports that the app, from the firm Cosmetifique, has a searchable database of over 5,000 ingredients in the International [...]
Lisa Hoffman Lip Polisher
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This is my most recent star find…I already use the Lisa Hoffman Lip Moisturiser and find it a bit on the vanilla side for my taste - it is good and glossy though. I recently bought the Lisa Hoffman Spa Facial Packette in Harvey Nichols which has small vial sizes of [...]
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