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Prescription cosmeceuticals on the internet: purchase at your peril
Manly Man Husband emailed me a link to a website that sent me into a rage. It was selling Obagi C-Clarifying Serum, and a quick google search showed that loads of internet retailers were doing the same. What's the big deal, right, it's just a serum. The big deal is that it contains 4% hydroquinone, which is a prescription strength cosmetic [...]
FCC Disclosure. Or, I buy my own crap.
I am guessing ya'll heard about those new FCC rules re: bloggers and disclosure? So for the record... At this point, I buy all of my product. I am not swanky enough to get inundated with swag (please oh please click the link PLEASE), and I am not chasing it either. Although it would probably be more financially responsible for me to ask for [...]
Invitation to beauty, once again revoked
There was another beauty event today at CVS, and this time I was THERE when it was actually going on! And apparently I was the only one. The cosmetics aisle was deserted. A person who I think was one of their famous beauty advisers walked past me while I was poking around, pleasantly said hello, answered the phone and then promptly disappeared. [...]
Calling out sick
Been sick. Very very sick. Day job nutso and then Spa Week hit. I am crappy blogger once again, but real posts to come soon. One worth reading on tips for Spa Week. I PROMISE. In the meantime, love on this puppy!
Rockin the tartan
With 80s beauty on my mind since this post, I looked up the Queen of Punk Fashion, Vivienne Westwood, who recently had her Red Label Fall 09 ready to wear show in London, to see what she was up to. And there is no better time to discuss Westwood than the kick off of Tartan Week here in NYC. Her Fall 09 collection was a "school girl" theme, with [...]
I have seen beauty heaven and it is on Sky Digital
QVC is launching a dedicated beauty channel in the UK. That’s beauty products 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! On Tee Vee! Makes this Anglophile long to move to London even more.Update! You can watch online! Between my laptop and wireless internet, I am never getting out of bed.
Six bucks buys a whole lot of retro glam!
Anyone who loves vintage makeup glamour should point and click their way to Besame Cosmetics. Influenced by the Art Deco movement and inspired by classic beauty icons like Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn, Besame’s luminescent cosmetics come complete with stunning retro packaging. Now is a good time to try them out. They are having a [...]
Limbs don't re-grow on trees you know
Damn there are some good stories floating around today!Check this one out from Wired about using stem cells to regenerate human muscle and bone. Vets have apparently been doing it to horses for sometime now, with some amazing results. One of the vets cited has a horse jumping in the Olympics who had the procedure done.I have been reading a [...]
Tuesday morning link dump
The New York Times' Science section was a good read this morning.First, there is an article by Nicholas Bakalar on scientifically proven wrinkle reducers here, based on a study in The Archives of Dermatology, with a good explanation on what fibroblasts do and info on the enzyme matrix metalloproteinase, which basically eats your damaged [...]
