As if my list of cosmetic ingredients to avoid to prevent cosmetic acne wasn’t long enough already, I have a few more ingredients to add to the list - cornstarch (also called Zea Mays or corn starch) and rice starch. According to Cosmetic Cop Paula Begoun, some food-derived cosmetic ingredients should be avoid if you [...]

I think I have finally found a face highlighter/illuminator than I can wear without getting clogged pores. I wrote about how sad I was that I had to get rid of my Benefit High Beam because it has pore-clogging ingredients, and every other similar product I have seen recently contains problematic ingredients for acne-prone skin.
Origins [...]

Even though I’m obsessed with skin care, and knowing everything I can about it, I don’t know quite as much about makeup. For the last month, my fellow beauty bloggers have been reporting about the new Fafi collection for MAC Cosmetics. The collection looks great, and I love the look of the products. I just [...]

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, it’s time to get perfect, lucious lips! MAC has a little tutorial about how to achieve the “perfect pout” (which you can see in this picture). The lipgloss in the picture is Plushglass, which I now have to try!
Philosophy Candy Hearts is a super cute trio of lip [...]

I’ve mentioned my favorite makeup in various posts, and my favorite skin care products, but here’s a complete list of the makeup I wear on a daily basis:
Maybelline Pure Makeup in Nude
Ths is a great liquid foundation that happens to be really cheap too. This comes in lots of colors and doesn’t clog my acne-prone [...]

Mineral makeup has become all the rage lately, and I see infomercials for it constantly, stores devoted to mineral makeup that have sprung up, and now most of the mainstream drugstore companies have launched their own mineral makeup lines. All I ever hear about mineral makeup is that it’s the best thing ever for skin, and [...]

As you read in my previous post - Acne Treatments That Didn’t Work - I had bad acne, and it wasn’t going away, no matter what I tried. After two years of the acne, I was 30 and I’d had enough! The last Dermatologist I visited in LA gave me a prescription for Differin cream, which again, [...]

People often say I’m neurotic. I have no idea why. I used to constantly try out new products, always trying to find something better, since I was never satisfied with anything. But there are a few products I now love, like the blue ChapStick, and that makes me constantly paranoid that the product will be [...]

I’ve been using the same type of eye shadow for ten years - Hard Candy Eye Shadow Quartet. I know most people are always trying out the newest makeup and testing everything that comes out, but once I found this eye shadow, I was hooked! I think I own about 8 different quartets, and they [...]

I love the website MakeupAlley cause it’s saved me tons of money! Before I buy any new makeup or skin care products, I search on the Product Reviews on MakeupAlley (you might need to register for a free account before you can see them). A lot of popular products will have tons of reviews, so you can [...]