Remember this lovely-smelling baby shampoo? Well, apparently Johnson & Johnson has decided that kids should now stop getting pampered and face reality by unveiling a Nothing But Tears shampoo. It has an all-alcohol based formula, never been approved by leading dermatologists, and is best used with scalding hot water for optimal toughening-up of newborns. Don’t [...]
Poll: Favourite Type of Blushes
Happy Wednesday, ladies! Hope you’ve been having a good week so far. I’m nursing a bad cold which never seems to end. The local pharmacy’s quite in love with me with all the flu meds I buy so often. Gah. Anyhoos, onto something more uplifting (and less gross) than a red and runny nose. From [...]
My US Shopping List
Boy oh boy oh boy, my US shopping list is getting longer and longer as time draws near. Just for fun, I thought I’d show you a page of my shopping list. There you go. Page one of … let’s say it hasn’t reached the end of the notebook yet :p Hmm … I wonder [...]
Beauty Tip of the Day: Aspirin To Zap Pimples
To speed the healing of a pimple, crush an aspirin, and blend it with water to make a paste. Aspirin contains a high concentration of salicylic acid, the same beta hydroxy acid that’s in countless blemish products. Just be sure to dilute it with water to avoid irritation, and skip the trick altogether if you’re [...]
Don’t Go To The Cosmetics Counter Without Me
The first time I saw this book was about 5 years ago at Popular Bookstore. I remembered leafing through it loosely, and very quickly putting it away, putting it to another very thick, textbook-like book on product reviews. When I was at Borders over the weekend, I picked the 7th edition up and slowly read [...]