The first time I moved into a vintage apartment building was on the north side of Chicago when I was 23. It was a tiny little place with an exposed brick wall, exposed pipes, and a stunning wood floor. Sure, ...
Saison is a beauty and skincare brand that uses organic ingredients and botanicals to create season-specific skincare formulas. ...
Lumene sent me their Waterproof Eye Makeup Remover ages ago, but I am extremely particular about my reviews and demand long-term use of most products before I even consider reviewing them. I used this for the majority of 2014 and ...
Growing up is a weird game when it comes to beauty. My mom has encouraged me to moisturize with skin-protecting ingredients since I was about 13, but of course - like most advice I received in my teenage years - ...
One of you is just about 8 mouse clicks and one week away from an entirely new, free-of-gross-chemicals skincare collection from Earth-friendly & crazy ethical beauty brand, derma e. Haven't heard of them? Well they've been a family owned business for ...
To conclude the epic three-week party that is Ulta's 21 Days of Beauty, I figured we'd just go ahead and give away hundreds of dollars in high end cosmetics and makeup and beauty products and skincare. Sound good to you? How ...
It's never a good thing when your category title is consistently longer than the title of the brands you're featuring. "Affordable & Ethical Line to Love" - I mean it, I really do, but there needs to be an easier ...
Finally! Smart stores with gigantic online commerce are wising up to the fact that everyone hates paying for shipping. Hate it... a lot. Amazon tackled this issue by offering Amazon Prime, which gives subscribers free 2-day shipping on select products for ...
Last Sunday, Ulta kicked off their famous 21 Days of Beauty which chronicles three full weeks of daily sales on high end cosmetics and skincare. From March 15 - April 4, you'll find extremely good deals on familiar makeup brands ...
Obviously, I spend a lot of time sifting through websites, staring at products, memorizing inventory and making mental lists in order to write this blog with any kind of credibility or helpfulness, whatsoever, so I end up seeing the rate ...
I remember the very first concealer that I actually loved. There had been countless suitors before it - namely drugstore brands like Wet'n'Wild - but once I found theBalm Time Bomb Anti-Wrinkle Concealer, I was hooked. I picked it up on ...
If you've ever looked at a skincare aisle in a drug store and could only figure out what 1-3 of the products are used for (...which doesn't mean you know how to use them...), this post is for you. And by ...
While scouting around for a good (Almost) Daily Deal, I started noticing a trickle, then a stream, then a gushing waterfall of Burt's Bees products - one of my longtime favorite brands - on sale at Macy's. Men's products, women's ...
Maybe this is going to sound weird to some of you, but there isn't a day that goes by that I don't have deodorant in my purse. There is literally nothing worse than being somewhere important and smelling yourself. Purse deo ...
I am a huge stocking fan. I'm just a huge holiday fan, in general, but putting thought & effort into the tiniest gifts is so much fun, I get excited about it every year. I like to keep a stash of mini-gifts ...
No, it really is! I can't flip through a magazine without being bombarded with everyone's rekindled love for rose scented... things. What kind of things? All kinds of things. Candles, moisturizers, misting sprays, perfumes, cleansers... If you believe in all of that ...
I think a lot about my skin. I don't end up doing a lot of things about my skin, thinking about it at all is a pretty big deal for me. (Bear in mind, I'm the kind of person who ...
Okay, so before this gets crazy, I want to preface (for anyone who has read my blog since last November) that I rarely go outside my hardcore Clinique addiction when it comes to skincare. The reality of the situation, though, ...
"Training Wheels" is a column that introduces new fashion/beauty addicts to classic must-have items from various locations, featuring one merchant per post. If you're not familiar with Lush Cosmetics, I strongly suggest you climb out of the rock you've been ...