Category: skincare

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Birchbox: A Cheap Box of Love

Aug 11.11 / Lindsay

I finally broke down and signed up for the monthly sample-delivering club, Birchbox. When I first heard of it, I was super unsure… It could have been a scam, it could have been a rip off. But when I saw that one of my favorite PR girls took a job working with them, I knew [...]

Dedicated: L’Occitane

Apr 06.11 / Lindsay

I am a bit of a promiscuous skincare advocate. I am wishy-washy, non-committal, and generally very demanding with unusually high expectations. To butcher a quote from Cher Horowitz, “You know how picky I am about my [skincare products], and they only go on my [face].” That being said, the person brand I run to when [...]

Free^3: Facebook Giveaway

Oct 18.10 / Lindsay

To commemorate the official merger of the three most awesome websites on the internet – Awakened Aesthetic, The Demoiselles, and Broke & Beautiful – we (Lindsay and Jen) are holding three giveaways! Broke and Beautiful will be giving away a beauty gift bag, with products from Clinique, Smashbox and Stila! Stila “Blanc & Noire” Palette [...]

BeautyTicket.com

Jun 08.09 / Lindsay

Recently, I was introduced to an online shop called Beauty Ticket. Among the masses of Sephoras, Ultas, and a bajillion of independent resellers, I wasn’t really too excited to check it out. I get plenty of spam emails claiming they have “high end labels” at “rock bottom prices!” and all that crappy, cheesy stuff… So [...]

My Secret Weapons: Skincare (& Mom)

Nov 24.08 / Lindsay

Finding a good moisturizer, to me, seems to be a parallel of finding the perfect person to spend the rest of your life with. You’ll encounter some that are good for the moment, but not long term…. Some that only work out if you keep them around for a long time, and some that have [...]