Sunday, November 27, 2011

Review+ Mini haul: Shu Uemura, revlon

!±8± Review+ Mini haul: Shu Uemura, revlon

Hello everyone. I have a review + haul today. I just reviewed some skincare and hair products I have been trying. Also, a quick shu uemura + revlon haul. Hope you enjoy! Disclaimer: All things metioned are purchased by me. Products mentioned: Skinfood black sugar scrub Aveeno positively radiant cleanser Essential nuance airy conditioner Beauty hair thickness supporter Revlon crimping iron (amazon.com) shu uemura UV underbase mousse shu uemura unlimited rouge PK 332 (LE sakura collection) Thank you for watching and have a wonderful week!^0^

Review+ Mini haul: Shu Uemura, revlon

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

REVIEW :AVEENO- POSITIVELY RADIANT DAILY MOISTURIZER !!!!!

!±8± REVIEW :AVEENO- POSITIVELY RADIANT DAILY MOISTURIZER !!!!!

I AM REVIEWING THE AVEENO POSITIVELY RADIANT DAILY MOISTURIZER WITH SPF 30. THIS MOISTURIZER HAS LIGHT DIFFUSERS IN IT SO, IF YOU HAVE OILY SKIN THIS WILL MAKE IT LOOK WORSE :( :(. IF YOU HAVE DRY TO NORMAL SKIN THIS WILL WORK BETTER FOR YOU. I LOVE THAT IT KEEPS MY FACE SOFT THOUGH.I MIGHT USE THIS AS A HIGHLIGHTER INSTEAD :)

REVIEW :AVEENO- POSITIVELY RADIANT DAILY MOISTURIZER !!!!!

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Friday, November 18, 2011

Amazing Aveeno Skin Care Products

!±8± Amazing Aveeno Skin Care Products

A skin that is radiant and healthy is what all of us are aiming. Everyone seems to envy a person who has beautiful skin. The skin has great impact on our physical appearance that is why you need to do everything to keep it smooth and glowing.

Aside from having a good lifestyle, there are also several skin care products on the market today that can help you with your skin problems. One among these is the Aveeno skin care products that have been in the market for more many decades now. The company starts with a soothing bath treatment which contains oatmeal which heals dry skin. As years pass by, Aveeno have keep on introducing wide variety of products to the people. From a soothing bath treatment, they add some products that cure chapped lips, sores, blemishes and other products for other skin problems.

Aveeno skin care products are very reliable and have already been trusted by a lot of people worldwide. Even dermatologists and doctors have been recommending these to their patients. In the year 1999, Johnsons & Johnsons, a multinational company which is very popular, acquire the Aveeno skin care line.

All of the ingredients that Aveeno is using to their products are all natural that is why you don't have to worry that it might cause damage to your skin or to your health. Some examples of ingredients are soy for skin toning, feverfew for irritation and redness of the skin, oatmeal which soothes dry skin, chamomile, lavender and other aromatherapy ingredients which help give you a very relaxing effect. It does not only include products for your face but also products for your body as well. Some or their products are good for the delicate skin of babies.

Aveeno skin care products are suitable for all skin types. The proof of their products excellence is the awards that they have already received and some of these are Allure Best Beauty Award for their Aveeno's Positively Radiant Daily Cleansing Pads, Best Body Moisturizer for their Aveeno's Daily Moisturizing Lotion, Best Oily Skin Clenser for their Aveeno's Clear Complexion Daily Cleansing Pads, and Best Body Firmer for their Aveeno's Daily Firming Moisturizing Lotion.

If you have been looking for the solution of your skin problems or if you just simply want your skin to experience the things that it truly deserves, then try using Aveeno skin care products now.

Amazing Aveeno Skin Care Products

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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Dirty Pretty Things

!±8± Dirty Pretty Things

On our very first date (which I asked him out on), my husband and I went to one of the foreign film nights at the Paramount in the next town over.

The movie playing was Dirty Pretty Things.

It's a flick out of the UK and the most recognizable stars are Chiwetel Ejiofor and Audrey Tautou. It's directed by Stephen Frears and written by Steven Knight. It was released in December of 2002 and is Oscar nominated.

Contrary to what the title implies, the movie is not about sex. The phrase, 'dirty pretty things' refers offhandedly to the illegal trafficking of human organs; in this case, the organs of illegal immigrants. Ejiofor stars as Okwe, a Nigerian who was a doctor in his homeland. Tautou plays Senay, a housemaid in the hotel where Okwe also works the desk clerk midnight shift when he's not at his cab driver day job.

Dirty Pretty Things was and is an amazing film - I've seen it probably an additional 10-12 times since the theater and it hasn't lost it's quality in the least. It is rated R for disturbing images and languages as well as sexual content. Run time is 97 minutes and spoken in English with some Somali.

This post however, is not about the foreign flick Dirty Pretty Things...

It's about how dirty the things you use to make yourself pretty are.

I was reading one of the blogs I scan everyday and in the comments of that day's article (regarding beautifying oneself), a reader recommended that we have a look at a website called Skin Deep: Cosmetic Safety Database. A few days beforehand I had actually been wondering if Cover Girl tests on animals...so I took this as a sign and told myself to check out the website when I had a chance.

Skin Deep is a safety guide to cosmetics and personal care products created by researchers at the Environmental Working Group, a small non profit organization. They took on this massive project because the FDA does not require companies to test their own products for safety.

My reactions were similar to that of those when I found out what's in the cleaning products I used to use on a very regular basis. The Big Dirty (Clean, That Is) Pt. 1 and The Big Dirty (Clean, That Is) Pt. 2.

I myself use the following makeup products on an everyday basis:

Cover Girl Clean Pressed Powder - Score of 5/10 (moderate hazard). Ingredients in this product are linked to cancer, developmental and reproductive toxicity, violations, restrictions and warnings, allergies and immunotoxicity as well as other concerns for neurotoxicity, endocrine disruption, persistence and bioaccumu lation, organ system toxicity, miscellaneous and multiple additive exposure sources, skin eyes and lung irritation, contamination concerns, occupational hazards and biochemical or cellular level changes. Tests on animals.

Ingredients As Listed On Packaging:

Talc, Oat Flour, Polyethylene, Zinc Stearate, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Fragrance, Calcium Silicate, Quaternium-15, Eucalyptus Oil, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Dimethicone, Camphor, Menthol, Propylparaben, Clove Oil, Methylparaben, BHT, Lauroyl Lysine, Iron Oxides, Mica. May Contain Ultramarines.

Cover Girl LashExact Mascara - Score of 7/10 (high hazard). Ingredients in this product are linked to cancer, developmental and reproductive toxicity, violations, restrictions and warnings, allergies and immunotoxicity as well as other concerns for neurotoxicity, endocrine disruption, persistence and bioaccumulation, organ system toxicity, multiple additive exposure sources, skin eyes and lung irritation, enhanced skin absorption, contamination concerns, occupational hazards, biochemical or cellular level changes. Tests on animals.

Ingredients As Listed On Packaging:

Water, glyceryl stearate, ammonium acrylates copolymer, disteardimonium hectorite, propylene glycol, stearic acid, copernica cerifera (carnuba) wax, triethanolamine, acrylates copolymer, synthetic wax, lecithin, propylene carbonate, oleic acid, alcohol denatured, glycerin, polyvinyl alcohol, benzy alcohol, panthenol, phenoxyethanol, methylparaben, ethylparaben, sodium laureth sulfate, propylparaben, trisodium EDTA, xanthan gum, simethicone, iron oxides. May contain ultramarines, titanium dioxide.

Clinique Color Surge Lipcolor - Score of 2-7/10. I could not find my specific product so the following information is related to Clinique products in general. Ingredients used by this brand are linked to cancer, developmental and reproductive toxicity, violations, restrictions and warnings, allergies and immunotoxicity as well as other concerns for ingredients used by this brand are neurotoxicity, endocrine disruption, persistence and bioaccumulation, organ system toxicity, miscellaneous and multiple additive exposure sources, skin eyes and lung irritation, enhanced skin absorption, contamination concerns, occupational hazards, biochemical or cellular level changes. Does not test on animals.

Aveeno Positively Radiant Daily Moisturizer With SPF 15 - Score of 7/10 (not recommended). Ingredients in this product are linked to cancer, developmental and reproductive toxicity, violations, restrictions and warnings, allergies and immunotoxicity as well as other concerns for neurotoxicity, endocrine disruption, persistence and bioaccumulation, organ system toxicity, multiple additive exposure sources, skin eyes and lung irritation, enhanced skin absorption, contamination concerns, occupational hazards, biochemical or cellular level changes. Tests on animals.

Ingredients As Listed On Packaging:

Active: avobenzone 3%, octinoxate 7.5%, octisalate 2%. Inactive: arachidyl alcohol, arachidyl glucoside, behenyl alcholo, benzalkonium choloride, benzy alcohol, BHT, bis-phenylpropyl dimethicone, butylparaben, C12-15 alkyl benzoate, C13-14 isoparaffin, cetearyl alcohol, cetearyl glucoside, dimethicone, disodium EDTA, ethylene/acrylic acid copolymer, ethylparaben, fragrance, glycerin, glycine soja (soybean) seed extract, iodopropynyl butylcarbamate, isobutylparaben, laureth-7, methylparaben, mica, panthenol, phenoyethanol, polyacrylamide, polymethyl methacrylate, propylparaben, silica, steareth-2, steareth-21, titanium dioxide, water. May Contain sodium hydroxide, citric acid.

Mario Badescu Hyaluronic Eye Cream - not found in their system.

And to think I've been applying most of these products to my skin for better than 10 years. Is it also a coincidence that my son has endocrine issues? Something to ask the doc about, anyway.

To be honest, I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do yet. I have no idea where to start when it comes to 'going green' with cosmetics...but I'm going to be doing a bit of research for sure!

Dirty Pretty Things

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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Skin Care Routine: Radiant-Looking Skin

!±8± Skin Care Routine: Radiant-Looking Skin

This is just my everyday skin care routine using drugstore products: Pond's Refreshing Cold Cream for Oily/Combination Skin Garnier Pure 3 in 1 wash+scrub+mask Garnier Pure Astringent Toner Aveeno Positively Radiant Moisturizer Garnier Skin Renew Anti-Dark Circle Roller Aveeno Skin Brightening Daily Scrub Freeman Pineapple Facial Enzyme Mask