Posts with tag skin care

Despite our natural squeamishness about needles and...ahem...other stuff, we feel compelled to share the latest in skin care technology: injectable baby foreskin treatments.

Regardless of what month is on the calendar, many of us like to have a natural-looking, sun-kissed glow. Especially those of us who live in southern states -- people expect us to be a little tan, you know? But, tanning beds are so last millennium -- we'll sacrifice a lot to look good, but risking skin cancer is more than we're willing to do.

Many women go to bed with their faces still painted. Is this okay?

This one is true.

Skeptics, take note: After the first application of this mix of 11 essential oils (jasmine, sweet almond, jojoba) your complexion will have a visible, healthy glow. Really. We've tried and tested it ourselves.

Apply a few drops in lieu of your regular moisturizer (or under it when your skin is really drab). The oil is all natural, non-greasy, and leaves skin supple and hydrated. Dab a drop or two on your elbows, hands and feet before bed and your rough, dry skin will be banished. Since it's pricey ($130 for 1oz; buy it here), mix it in with your regular face and body moisturizers to make it last and last.

Vogue is the Bible, so what Vogue says goes. This time the fashion Bible is declaring that freckles are officially back in. In the world of women who bake themselves for hours at a time by the pool, were they ever really out?

Celebrities may not be clocking the major fashion advertisements like they use to (Hello, supermodels!), but they're making up for it with beauty campaigns.

A couple of weeks ago, Revlon announced Jennifer Connelly would be its new brand ambassador. Basically, this means she'll be supplied with an enviable amount of mascara and nail polish for the next few years. Oh yeah, she gets a big fat paycheck for doing so, too.

And just a few days ago, Condé Nast announced that British soul songstress, Duffy, would be the face of an exclusive new Nivea ad campaign. The ads will only run in Fashion Rocks, a super-glossy 16 page supplement that explores the relationship between fashion and music.

Duffy will also be performing alongside the likes of Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, and Mariah Carey in the Fashion Rocks special on CBS that airs on September 9th. Meanwhile, if you haven't picked-up Duffy's debut album Rockberry, then you must get on it. The ten track disc is full of beautiful love songs that are not the least bit cheesy and are made even better because of Duffy raspy voice.

[via Fashion Week Daily]

The final installment of celeb favs. We know your sad that it's the last hoorah but don't cry, dry your eye because this one promises to bring a smile to your little face.

Here are the products that help get celebs body-ody-odies moisturized and looking right.

We've all seen celebrities doing product endorsement (Lindsay Lohan and her Ariva gum boxes) or swearing up and down they have never needed Botox at the ripe old age of 50 because of this miracle cream. Then there are the times when you catch them talking about a product out of the blue – one that they might actual use and not get paid for.

Here are favorite celebrity skincare products, you know, the ones that don't just pretend to use but actually slather on every day.

No we don't mean Jay-Z's record label or the Republic of China. We mean ROC skincare. As the website clearly states it has been "the skin care leader in France since 1957," and we believe it. Though many products come and go from our insanely full medicine cabinet, ROC has been a staple. Just stopping usage for a few weeks in between purchases we saw the difference and it wasn't pretty. Now we stockpile ROC and *fingers crossed* will look as good as those zexy French ladies do.

Here's a little taste of what this award winning (plenty of "Best of's" in Self, Allure, etc.) line has to offer you.

There are plenty of reasons to make your own lip balm. It's healthier than the more chemically processed stuff. You know just what's going in. It's easy. It'll help you go easy on your dough stacks (or lack thereof). They make a great gift. Yada, yada, yada.

Here are three tried and true recipes that we love to slave away over the hot stove for.

Ugh, waking up in the morning is a drag. Puffy under eyes and sometimes dark circles – ew! And the most common culprits probably aren't the ones you think they are. Let's take a look.

The nice folks at Stila sent us some samples so we could try their products first hand. We spread the bounty across two bloggers, Kristen Seymour and Cat Lincoln, who will share their reactions with you this week.

Stila's Perfecting Concealer is a semi-matte concealer designed to hide "under eye circles, scars, redness, and other imperfections."

We were really excited to try this out because, even after getting a full night's sleep, we tend to have under eye circles, but now that we're no longer 18, some concealers and foundations end up making our smile lines (because we do not have wrinkles -- our face is simply used to smiling and being happy) more obvious.