Christmas Goodies From The Phillippines

Guess what came in the mail for me yesterday? An early Christmas present! I was really surprised to find out that it was a package of Christmas goodies from Nikki of Askmewhats! She knew I was raving to try out Paul & Joe products, and the darling girl sent me: Paul & Joe Dual Crayon [...]

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Amateur or Professional Photographs For Beauty Blogs?

I’m not going to do a poll today, but heck, it’s Wednesday, so I’d still ask you ladies a question of the week just the same :) There are hundreds, no, maybe thousands, of beauty blogs on the Internet, and so many of them are such great reads. Other than the words used in reviews, [...]

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Polyvore-ing My Christmas Wishlist

Gosh, I never knew that Polyvore was so much fun! So here I was, on a wet Tuesday afternoon, on the computer, and I thought I’d try it out. Ten minutes later, voila! I made my Christmas wish list. Okay, some of the stuff are way, way beyond my reach, but a lady can always [...]

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Decant Your Toner

Do you know that you don’t need a lot of toner on your skin? (there’s been a lot of talk on whether you’d actually need to use toner in the first place, but I’ll leave that to another post) I know of people who practically soak their cotton pads with a lot of toner, when [...]

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Ingredients Dictionary: Salicylic Acid

Salicylic acid is also referred to as Beta Hydroxy Acid (BHA). There are a variety of AHAs (see Ingredients Dictionary: Alpha Hydroxy Acid), but only one BHA – salicylic acid. It is a multifunctional ingredient that addresses many of the systemic causes of blemishes. For decades dermatologists have been prescribing salicylic acid as an exceedingly [...]

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