The makers of the super popular skin care line Bliss have a new cheaper line of skin care products called Soap & Glory. Here in the US, the line is sold at my favorite store - Target. I’ve been excited to try the line since I haven’t purchased any Bliss products because they are a [...]

Whole Foods Market doesn’t just sell groceries - they have a Whole Body department in their stores that has natural cosmetics, hair and body products, and they even sell mineral makeup. Mineral Fusion is their exclusive mineral makeup line. As part of their “Be Good To Your Whole Body” campaign, during the month of October, [...]

If you have dry, chapped hands, have you tried Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Hand Cream? Since I’ve been living in a dry climate, I have had terribly dry hands, and I’ve tried probably 10 different hand creams, none of which worked well, or lasted more than 10 minutes. A few years ago I bought a little travel size [...]

When I wrote Top 10 Signs You’re A Beauty Junkie, viewers submitted their own take on the whole beauty junkie theme. Here are the viewer submitted Signs You’re A Beauty Junkie:
• If you collect anymore lip balm, you will have to register with the government as a petroleum storage facility. (Carleen @ Girl Gloss)
• You [...]

There are several types of alcohol that appear in cosmetics and skin care products, and most of them are extremely irritating and drying to the skin. If you have any problems with acne, wrinkles, dry skin, or oily skin, it’s best to avoid skin care products that contain SD Alcohol, Alcohol, or Alcohol Denat as [...]

What are you favorite self tanners, and which ones smell the best? In the summer, I use self tanners every day, but have a hard time finding ones that smell good. It seems like it’s super hard for beauty companies to come up with fragrances that successfully cover up the unpleasant scent of DHA (the [...]

Here is my attempt at some humor… If you have any “signs that you’re a beauty junkie” you’d like to add, leave me a comment with your idea/joke. If I get enough responses, I will make a separate post with people’s responses, with a corresponding link to their site.
Top 10 Signs You’re A Beauty Junkie
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Since I live in Las Vegas, I’m taking a vested interest in MTV’s Video Music Awards (VMA) this year because they will take place live from Vegas on Sunday, September 9th. I used to be obsessed with MTV when I was a kid, and even though I’m “too old” for it now, I still watch it [...]

I’m so used to seeing beauty/skin care products with super expensive price tags, that I sometimes forget that few people would actually pay $100 for a jar of moisturizer. The most I ever paid for a skin care item was about $100 for something by Dr. Perricone. It was a total waste of money, because [...]

Prevage MD
When I worked at the Medical Spa, we sold Prevage MD, the 1% Idebenone cream that is made by Allergan, the makers of Botox. This normally retails for about $150 (although we were selling it for $100 for some reason), so I was excited that we had a tester to use since I was [...]