Archive for the ‘Beauty bits’ Category

Do-Gooding Made (VERY) Easy

1. Free Kibble will donate 10* pieces of kibble to animal shelters for every correctly answered trivia question per day (you can only play once per day).  If you can’t manage to click a link and pick an answer once a day, may God have mercy on your evil soul. 
*I like to imagine helper monkeys counting [...]

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The Dollar Makeup Store

I know that nowhere is the adage “you get what you paid for” more true than when it comes to makeup.  But sometimes it’s very easy to be seduced by a bargain.  Enter E.L.F.  (eyes lips faces – clever, no?)  Most products are a mere dollar.  Now, disclaimer: I have not yet actually tried any [...]

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Quickie – today only, free shipping from Kiehl’s

Something about saving the environment, blah blah blah.  Today, April 22, only, free shipping for orders over $45 at Kiehl’s.   Enter code “paperless” at checkout.  Sorry for the late notice but there are 7 shopping hours left in the day!

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Origins – free shipping

The wonderful Jill reminded me about Origins, another skin care line that tends to get rave reviews and very devoted users. I have yet to try their products, especially since I’ve been liking the Mario Basedcu line, but I’m quickly becoming a product whore and am looking forward to trying their products.
While Origins offers [...]

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Pretty Pretty Princess

I’ll be honest – it’s only recently that I’ve developed what could be called a skin care routine. For the majority of my life, my skin care regimen consisted of washing my face in the shower (if at all) and Oil of Olay moisturizer. I often slept in my makeup and rarely used things like [...]

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Mineral Makeup

I love collecting little pots of makeup (like I’ve said before, I’m a hoarder of sorts).  I started using mineral makeup this past summer (thanks, L-Dawg), specifically Bare Minerals.  I recently found out that Bare Minerals contains bismuth oxychloride, which can cause problems in sensitive skin (not to mention the idea of it is sort [...]

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