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Beauty Month In Review: Skincare Bonanza

January 31, 2011 Beauty

{Vintage Pond’s ad via The Vintage Mama} Readers, we’ve reached the end of skincare month. I’ve tied all my favorite products for sensitive, dry skin into one neat post. Do make sure to scroll to the end, you wouldn’t want to miss new recommendations for the body. What’s your can’t-live-without-it skincare product? MAKEUP REMOVERS Garnier [...]

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Beauty All Stars: Lip Scrub + Moisturizing Mask

January 28, 2011 Beauty

Whew! What a month! I hope you enjoyed January’s focus on skincare. Pardon me as I sneak two products in under the finish line. They’re both personal favorites for soothing winter skin blues. Stay tuned Monday for a super huge skincare wrap-up, including my favorite products for the body. Thalgo Melt-Away Mask, $43 A trusted [...]

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Beauty All Star: Makeup Removers

January 25, 2011 Beauty

Garnier Nutritioniste Nutri-Pure Detoxifying Wet Cleansing Towelettes, Oil Free, $5 With the advent of the facial wipe, there’s no excuse for going to bed with a full face of makeup. I keep a pack of these in my bedside table, along with travel sizes of toners, serums, and night creams. Even on the nights when [...]

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Beauty All Star: Brazilian Peel

January 24, 2011 Beauty

Brazilian Peel, $78 for four applications at Sephora When skincare month started, I talked about how a move from New York City to the burbs coincided with stepping facials down from once a month to once a season (cleaner air, yadda yadda). Back in Manhattan, I coupled facials with monthly microdermabrasion treatments, and those went [...]

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Beauty All Star: Daytime Moisturizer

January 21, 2011 Beauty

Dinur Glyco Complex Hydrovital Day Treatment with AHA, $37 Are you detecting a theme in this month’s skincare-centric posts? Are you sensing how much I love Dinur’s products? For me, they hit all the right notes: They don’t irritate my sensitive skin with fragrances and additives. The prices are reasonable. Yes, they’re more than drugstore [...]

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Beauty All Star: Night Cream Edition

January 19, 2011 Beauty

Luzern Force de Vie Pure Oxygen Crème Luxe, $125 Well, lookie here! Beauty and Travel earned their very own category tabs way up top. Now you can jump to them directly. So here’s the thing about night creams. I’m not convinced everyone needs one. When I travel to warm, humid climes my skin is perfectly [...]

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Beauty All Star: Dinur Chinchilla Eye & Throat Cream

January 18, 2011 Beauty

Dinur Chinchilla Eye and Throat Cream, $29.95 Allow me to introduce my very favorite eye cream: a rich, fragrance-free concoction that moisturizes and freshens the eye area. Every morning and night I pat a few dabs under my eyes and spread it out towards my cheekbones. If I’m being extra conscientious I’ll put some on [...]

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Beauty All Stars: Serum Edition

January 14, 2011 Beauty

Skin care is intensely personal. I’m writing these recommendations based solely on my experience (as a product junkie) and skin type (dry, sensitive). I could cut and paste dozens of scientific reasons why you a should add a serum to your routine, but I’m more comfortable saying this: They work wonders for me. Olay Regenerist [...]

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Beauty All Star: Cleanser & Toner

January 12, 2011 Beauty

Today’s Beauty All Star is . . . ra-ta-ta-TAH: Philosophy’s Purity Facial Cleanser. Previously, I was in the camp that cleansers don’t matter too much. Cleanser is only on your skin for a minute or two, and then whoosh! Down the sink. Why spend more than a few bucks on it? Back in those [...]

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Beauty All-Star: Clarisonic Mia Facial Brush

January 10, 2011 Beauty

The travel-sized Clarisonic Mia ($149) Readers, so many of you responded positively to last week’s Beauty All Stars that I’m making it a recurring blog feature. This month’s theme: skincare. After all, even the best makeup can’t beat clear and healthy skin. Today’s entry may seem farcical to some – a sonic brush for your [...]

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