Some products purchased by me. Some products sent for consideration. All opinions are my own. This post contains affiliate links. Happy Friday everyone! Today I’ve got a tutorial for you with the sizzling Summer collection from Laura Mercier called Folklore. I have Sun Glow eyeshadow, Earth Glow eyeshadow, and Folklore lip crayon. If you have never tried the Laura Mercier Illuminating Eyeshadows before, they’ve got a wonderful, buttery smooth texture. They’re very pigmented and [...]

Eyelash growth serums are all the rage, but they don’t necessarily all work. Recently Rimmel released Rimmel Lash Accelerator Mascara with Grow-Lash Complex ($8.53, amazon.com) and Rimmel Volume Accelerator Mascara ($13.89, amazon.com), which contains hair-growth ingredient Procapil™ along with other ingredients intended for conditioning and moisturizing. While it might seem promising at first, Procapil™ doesn’t seem like it makes for the best eyelash growth serum (and it’s hardly been proven for hair growth). However, Rimmel’s latest [...]

Summertime is the best season to sample the lights and brights of the nail polish world, from electric teal to sunflower yellow. So Pixi Glow’s Pirouette Pink Nail Colour ($8) is a wonderful color for summer, just the right combination of youth, vivacity and cheekiness to be an awesome hot weather nail polish. Pixi’s nail polish is known for not including what’s come to be called the “Toxic Trio”: Toulene, Formaldehyde, and DBP. However, [...]

For those of us lucky to have combination skin, the looming summer temperatures leave us with one nagging question — how do I take care of my increasingly oily skin without irritating the dry spots? The answer comes in the form of Primavera Clarifying Face Scrub ($26), a balancing scrub that promises to minimize pores while giving the user a smoother, shine-free complexion. It’s comprised mostly of plants, some of which include… Salvia officinalis: [...]

Once in while you need something a little decadent in your beauty routine just to pamper yourself – perhaps a day at the spa or pedicures with your girlfriends. Déjà Vu Dead Sea Minerals Caribbean Mist Body Lotion ($28.34, amazon.com) utilizes frankincense, olive oil, and minerals to keep skin moisturized, supple, and soft all day long. Frankincense: A Fragrant Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Carcinogenic Derived from the Boswellia trees of India, Ethiopia, the Arabian Peninsula and [...]

Having worked in the service industry for six years, I know what it’s like to have tired feet and legs; forget going out on weekends — after pulling 12-hour doubles, I usually come home on a Friday or Saturday night, legs aching, to quickly catch up on sleep, only to wake up and do it all over again. Just look at me on a Sunday night, and you can tell my legs are exhausted. [...]

As if the stress of school didn’t already wreak havoc on your skin, finals seem to amplify that. My senior year at college I had some of the worst finals assignments I’ve ever had, and it definitely showed in my skin. Let me be a cautionary tale in saying that eating and drinking a ton of sugar — sour Skittles and Mountain Dew Throwback were my jam during that week — and not sleeping [...]

Now through May 31, receive a free $10 Sephora gift card when you try our FutureDerm Time-Release Retinol 0.5 Treatment or our new FutureDerm CE Caffeic Serum! Our FutureDerm Time-Release Retinol 0.5 Treatment has been getting rave reviews from bloggers, editors, and customers alike. It is a lightweight gel treatment that absorbs into the skin within less than a few seconds, but that works for up to eight hours. Studies have shown retinol at 0.5% [...]