I like to use lip gloss a lot and have several differing types. One I recently was given was Max Effects by Max Factor in a color called rubylicious. The wrapper is really pretty simple which is nice it is just plastic and I love that the …

I recently purchased the Mary Kay Timewise Microdermabrasion Treatment. I normally shy away from products from brands like Mary Kay and Avon, but a friend of mine was raving about this one so I decided to bite the bullet and purchase this treatment. So many women buy super expensive …

I’ve always loved the Montagne Jeunesse range of face masques but hadn’t tried many of their other treatments, until I received a selection for Christmas and fell in love with this gorgeous Chocolate Infusions Intense hair masque.  I have long hair which needs a lot of TLC, using this …

You won’t need a magnifying lens to zoom in to my blackheads. And worse, blackheads are competing with my large pores for visibility. Black or white, these comedones just keep coming back. I’m too squeamish to extract them manually. B.liv by Cellnique came up with a …

This Concealer hasn’t been out all that long and is part of the Ideal Flawless range which includes this Concealer, Pressed powder and Liquid Foundation. There is so many different Foundations and Make Up that comes out in Avon and already another brand has come out, but this review …

When choosing a Montagne Jeunesse face masque I usually look towards the fruity or chocolate inspired ranges, but sometimes reach for this Virgin Olive mud masque as it may not be the most gorgeous masque to use but it leaves my skin looking and feeling fantastic.
 
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As a contact lens wearer I sometimes suffer from sensitivity resulting from certain eye cosmetics, for this reason when I find a product that doesn’t adversely affect my eyes I tend to stick to it - and Lancome’s Bi-Facil Non Oily Instant Cleanser for Sensitive Eyes is perfect.
It’s a …

I’ve been using this Montagne Jeunesse Very Berry Face Masque exclusively for a few weeks now; having successfully treated dry skin with it last year I didn’t hesitate to buy it again when my skin felt dehydrated after a snap of cold weather.  It comes in what is supposedly …

I saw this concealer at my local Wal-Mart and I decided to go ahead and try it. This product is a little different than what I am used to in that the tube looks exactly like mascara. I think that is what intrigued me the most is the different …

I am usually a big fan of brown eye shadow, I love the dramatic dark look that it gives my eyes and it’s perfect for date nights. Lately though I have been increasingly drawn to eye shadow trio palettes especially those that complement my eyes with earthy or …

I purchased this product not too long ago from Walgreens for about seven dollars ($7.00). I had tried the previous version of Revlon’s Photo Ready foundation and received pretty good results from using it. I was not aware that they made a mousse version of the foundation …

Since I am getting older I have become more and more aware of what types of chemicals are added into the cosmetic that I use. While I have not cut out all synthetic cosmetics I have begun to adopt more natural products into my beauty regimen. One …

I use a lot of different lip balms but I think that for the most part Burt’s Bees is one of my favorite brands. I saw this particular lip balm at Walgreens for about four dollars ($4.00) and I decided to get it. While it’s true that Burt’s Bees …

A friend of mine gave me this and I cannot say that I particularly enjoy it. This product is somewhat odd in that it is a foundation that starts off as a liquid but as it dries on the face it is supposed to give a flawless powder …

I purchased this product a few months ago at Wal-Mart for around five dollars ($5.00) and it has been a staple in my make-up bag ever since. I think what attracted me most was that it was water-proof. I don’t really cry a lot but lately I have …

I am obsessed with lip glosses that looks natural on my lips and my favorite lip gloss has always been Nichido lip gloss followed by the one that I discovered recently; MaxFactor Max Effects Lip Gloss 14 Rubylicious. For sometimes now, I have been thinking that I have enough …

I find myself worried so much about my hair that most of the time I am willing to spend a little more for a product that seems beneficial to my hair. When I first spotted Tigi Bed Head Urban Anti-Dotes Shampoo at a Salon, I was like, this is …

Before applying lipstick I like to apply a primer product, at one time I would simply use a quick drying moisturiser as a base for my lip make-up but since discovering Lancome’s Le Rouge Moisturising Absolute Base I haven’t found anything better!
The basic premise of the product is that …

Wearing lipstick can fall in and out of habit, but I will never get tired of putting lip balm every night. One time, though, the tides changed, and I was to be found wearing a lipstick nearly every day since it came along. I was too fond …

I have a bit of a addiction to shopping and I can’t resist buying beautiful toiletries and beauty items though because my bank manager has given me the hard word I’m trying hard to curb my spending. Because I feel that buying nothing just wouldn’t work with me …

Being a big fan of beauty items I’ve been trying to curb my spending recently as it was starting to get a little out of control. To pacify myself though I have found that if I buy something cheaper then I’m still technically spending yet saving at the …

I fished demolition from an Urban Decay set my sister purchased. There was a dead-on black shade, which of course was my sister’s first choice, and the less fancied eyeliner was mine, because beggars couldn’t be choosers. The fact, however, that these pencils were the storied Urban …

I adore beauty items of all decrees and my most indulgent purchases these days due to budget restrictions are from Avon and Yves Rocher. I first came across Yves Rocher through a friend last year who recommended a face cream and from there I was simply hooked. …

I like my nails to look neat and am not being particularly concerned about what shades are deemed fashionable, instead choosing to paint my nails in colours that I (and not the latest supermodel) like.  I bought a bottle of Chanel’s Le Vernis Nail Colour in Blue Satin as …

I have been using the Glory Girls Grapefruit Lip Balm for about a month now and I must say I am very pleased with how well it keeps my lips nourished and soft. I am also pleased with the lovely shine and grapefruit scent and flavor it adds to …

My favorite bar of soap to use when my skin and body is dry, irritated and itchy is the Kiss My Face Olive Oil and Chamomile Bar Soap. I like this soap because it is made with skin nourishing and soothing natural ingredients such as chamomile, olive oil and …

One of the gift set I received during the holiday season and just started using was the Biggs and Featherbelle Holiday Edition Soap Gift Set. The gift set contains four different natural bars of soap in citrus peppermint, spruce patchouli, baby rum lime, and pink grapefruit with sweet orange. …

I ended up buying this as it was recommended in a magazine 1 time so I thought I would try it. I do try to use Hand Cream every day but I do forget and also can’t bothered sometimes. It seemed a bit weird to use a Solid Hand …

This was the first Solid Shampoo bar that I tried from Lush. I have tried a few other ones but I got little lumps as freebies so that is why I ended up trying them as I wasn’t too big a fan of this one. It’s not that it …

I am a big fan of Avon products and more so recently as I have been trying to save money on my over the top spending habits on beauty items each month. I particularly like the Senses range and recently I have come across a fantastic item that …

I have been trying my best to save money on beauty items recently as the amount I spend per month on my credit card is becoming a joke. Because of my decision to start cutting back I have decided to start buying more cheaper priced items from the …

I reckon the wackiest thing I ever did for my hair was dust powder on top of my head. I was told washing my hair daily could be omitted by using dry shampoos, which were warranted to work like, well, “wet” shampoos for that matter, and it’s true …

I like to try different types of foundations and I have found that for the most part I like powder foundations as they don’t tend to clog my pores quite as much. My one problem with most powder foundations though is that they don’t really seem to give a …

I saw this product out shopping at my local Walgreens one day and considering I had heard so much about Maybelline New York’s new Expert Wear Cosmetic line I could not help but to purchase the product. It was only about five dollars ($5.00) so as far as Maybelline …

For the most part I am a fan of Maybelline’s Expert Wear line of cosmetics. This product however is not one that I can say I would purchase again. I got this at Walgreen’s and paid about two dollars ($2.00) for it. I was drawn to the product partly …

I got a bad acne problem about a week ago. I had always had the presence of some acne on mi face but I had never gotten as bad as it was getting. My cheeks where starting to get a lo of red areas, my chin was the most …

This Body Spray hasn’t been out all the long in Avon. I have tried most of the Body Sprays but I buy them when they are on offer as I really don’t think they are worth the price. Even when they are on offer they are a bit expensive …

A deodorant I recently tried was the Herbal Clear PG Free Deodorant in Wild Flower and I have to say it worked okay, but not the best. One of the reasons I was drawn to this deodorant was because it was made with all natural ingredients that helped keep …

A really enjoyable body lotion I enjoy using in the summertime is the Bodycology Cucumber Melon Body Cology Hand and Body Lotion. I like this lotion because it has a true clean, yet sweet refreshing summery cucumber melon scent and it is made with nourishing natural ingredients such as …

This is another Soap that I have been using for years and this one has also been out for years. I think that this Soap used to be sold when the company Lush used to be called Cosmetics to Go, but I cannot be totally sure of this fact. …

I had saw this in the Avon book and was going to buy it but when I saw that the scent in this was Lily of the Valley as well as Pear then I decided not to get this. Lily was listed as the first scent so I assumed …

I love Montagne Jeunesse’s range of chocolate based face masques, so as soon as I saw this dark chocolate Mud Masque I had to try it. What the packaging didn’t make clear is the fact that the masque actually has a chocolate orange fragrance, something that excited me …

I have been struggling to finish my Maybelline Pure Minerals 8 in 1 BB cream because I would like to really try different brands of BB cream. Not that this doesn’t work for me because it does work well and as promised, but I just want to see if …

I was looking around at Sasa for something to replace my eyebrow pencil. I didn’t intend to buy anything for my eyebrows until I saw the Fasio makeup stand and I checked out their products. I was able to zero in on the Fasio Eyebrow N number 1 eyebrow …

I recently purchased the MAC Cream Color Base. Rather than purchasing it from the MAC store, I actually found it on Amazon for just fifteen dollars. I also saw it at Nordstrom for slightly more but since I did not mind waiting for it to ship, I went ahead …

I recently purchased the Revlon Cream Blush that comes with the compact that has a pop up mirror. The shade that I got was “berry flirtatious.” Though I love the cute pun in the name for the shade, I do not think that it’s actually an apt description of …

This is a new Foundation out in Avon. I was lucky enough to try a sample of this a few weeks ago and although it only gave me 2 applications I felt that it done a good job on my skin so I decided to buy the full sized …

Buying the same lotion at a weekly basis was a source of exasperation for me. My lotion of choice ran out every week or so, always kicking my tired ass to the store for an unplanned errand; at the same time a sheer testament of my lavish use …

I have been using Soap (as well as other products) from Lush for years - perhaps about 12 years. I find that their product although a little bit more expensive are always good quality and I keep sticking to my old favourites as well as trying new ones.
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About two months ago I realized the skin on my neck was looking a bit like I had permanent goose bumps. Some minor lines were appearing, despite the fact that I always use a very good face and neck moisturizer with SPF each day. Finally I asked the Cosmetician …