Category: Product Reviews

Product Review: Lipstick Queen Chinatown Lip Gloss Pencil in Pink Bluff

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Time flies. I can’t believe it’s been four-and-a-half years since I reviewed Lipstick Queen’s Chinatown lip gloss pencils for my dear friend Annie’s beauty blog, Blogdorf Goodman (one of the first! one of the very best!). In that review (which you can read here), I raved about Chinatown’s smooth application and sophisticated, sheer shine.

I still love the Chinatown formula and pencil design, but my tastes have shifted and I don’t wear such bright colors anymore. That’s why I was glad to read this release last year:
“The original chubby lip pencil that inspired a thousand imitations, Chinatown is the pioneer of gloss-on-the-go, combining effortless application, a deliciously moisturising texture and sheer shades in vibrant brights. Now and right on time for the new season’s pastel trend, Lipstick Queen presents three new Chinatowns in ultra-wearable, soft pinks and nudes.”

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Product Review: LUSH Curly Wurly Conditioning Shampoo

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As much as I love LUSH’s body lotions, fragrances, lip balms, and other assorted product collections, I’ve never had much luck with their haircare. Sea Spray Hair Mist is one exception; Curly Wurly Conditioning Shampoo is another. It’s a shampoo designed for, yes, curly hair, and it’s packed with typically LUSH ingredients like lemon juice, papaya, eggs, several nourishing butters (cocoa, shea, avocado) and lots and lots of real shredded coconut.

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A Few Favorite Beauty Products from 2013

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I’ve been reading “best of 2013” posts on a few friends’ beauty blogs, so I thought I’d join in by posting a short list of my own. These are a few “new-to-me” products that I used for the first time in 2013, often as samples or gifts-with-purchase. Of course, I’ve enjoyed (and reviewed) many other makeup, skincare, and haircare products over the past year, but these are seven highlights that that have left an especially positive year-end impression on me.

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Product Review: Aveda Dry Remedy Daily Moisturizing Oil (Updated, with Ingredients)

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According to Cosmetics Business, Aveda has just reformulated its Dry Remedy haircare range, designed “to quench dry hair, tame frizz, tackle flyways and add shine. The key product—Daily Moisturizing Oil—is a bottle of the oil itself, intended as a daily leave-in treatment, harvested from the fruit of the moriche palm tree.”

I received a tiny, trial-size tube of Daily Moisturizing Oil the last time I shopped at Aveda, and I’ve been finding it very useful and effective in my efforts to protect my hair from cold, harsh winter air and dry, over-heated interiors. Aveda isn’t the first brand to incorporate buriti oil into its products—L’Occitane offered buriti-enriched skincare and haircare in 2008—but this oil appeals to me because it is so simple and focused.

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