Product Review: John Masters Organics SPF 30 Natural Mineral Sunscreen

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Last week I mentioned my search for a new facial sunscreen-moisturizer and I described my trial of Pur-lisse’s SPF 30 Pur-Protect Essential Daily Moisturizer, which didn’t quite work for me. This week’s subject: John Masters Organics SPF 30 Natural Mineral Sunscreen.

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Bergdorf Goodman “Be Beautiful Event,” January 2013

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I just received a Bergdorf Goodman catalogue with details about the store’s upcoming winter beauty event. From Monday, January 14 through Sunday, January 27, shoppers who make a purchase of $200 or more on the Beauty Level will receive “a couture cosmetics bag filled with deluxe-sized must-haves of the season.”

The brands included in this gift bag include A Dozen Roses, AmorePacific, Antica Farmacista, Chantecaille, Ivo Pitanguy, Sensai by Kanebo, Kaplan MD, Kate Somerville, Kiehl’s, Laura Mercier, Natura Bisse, Orlane, Restoresea, ReVive, Sulwhasoo, Tata Harper, and Tom Ford.

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Quick Reads: “Anna” from Downton Abbey Discusses Beauty and Perfume in The New York Times

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My husband, who is just as much of a “Downton Abbey” obsessive as I am, just pointed out an interview with Joanne Froggatt, better known as housemaid and ladies’ maid Anna, in today’s New York Times.

In this interview, Anna—all right, Joanne—discusses her on-screen and off-screen beauty routines and names her favorite fragrance. Read here to find out more!

[Edited to add this possible perfume-spoiler: I sort of wish Ms. Froggatt’s fragrance pick didn’t happen to come from Downton Abbey/Masterpiece‘s corporate sponsor, but that’s the way of the world, I suppose.]