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LUSH BB Seaweed Fresh Face Mask for Your At-Home Spa!

LUSH BB Seaweed Fresh Face Mask for Your At-Home Spa!

LUSH BB Seaweed Fresh Face Mask ($7.95 for 2.6 oz.) is an excellent all-types-of-skins kind of mask. It's friendly for both oily and dry skinned folks, and it works well even on sensitive skin. Lush recommends this mask for when you just feel like a treatment, but you don't "need" one for any...

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Simple Skincare Cleansing Facial Wipes + Chance to Win!

Simple Skincare Cleansing Facial Wipes + Chance to Win!

Simple Skincare Cleansing Facial Wipes ($6.49) make cleaning your face easy as 1-2-3. I do prefer to follow my nightly skincare routine, but sometimes I'm already half asleep and would rather just crash. It's nights like those that I keep a package of cleansing wipes on hand. Simple Skincare is a...

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Acne Spot Treatments: Mario Badescu Drying Cream!

Acne Spot Treatments: Mario Badescu Drying Cream!

Mario Badescu Drying Cream ($12.00)

When it comes to small, flesh-colored acne, this is the king for me. Whenever I spot any that crop up, I'll smear a little of the Drying Cream on the area before I go to bed. In the morning, they've totally vanished, and I mean vanished! I'm pretty skeptical about...

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Hide & Fight Acne with Mario Badescu Buffering Lotion

Hide & Fight Acne with Mario Badescu Buffering Lotion

Mario Badescu Buffering Lotion ($17.00)

The Buffering Lotion is formulated to help you cope with deep, cystic acne. It's sulfur-based coupled with allantoin (helps with inflammation). Mario Badescu recommends using this before/after their Drying Mask as well. It's good for combination and oily skin,...

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Acne-Prone Skin: Tone with Mario Badescu Special Cucumber Lotion

Acne-Prone Skin: Tone with Mario Badescu Special Cucumber Lotion

Mario Badescu Special Cucumber Lotion ($15.00)

After I use the Acne Facial Cleanser, I pat my face dry (with a towel used *only* to dry my face). I squeeze a little bit of the Special Cucumber Lotion onto a cotton round, and then I use apply it to my face. You basically apply it the same way you...

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Yves Saint Laurent Touche Éclat Radiant Touch for Concealing Under Eye Circles and Bags

Yves Saint Laurent Touche Éclat Radiant Touch for Concealing Under Eye Circles and Bags

Yves Saint Laurent Touche Éclat Radiant Touch ($40.00) is an often celebrated product for concealing and hiding under eye circles. Technically, it is called a luminizing pen that is used to help brighten and highlight the skin. They recommend using it between the eyebrows, along the sides of the...

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Lush Breath of Fresh Air Toner for Dry Skin

Lush Breath of Fresh Air Toner for Dry Skin

Lush Breath of Fresh Air Toner ($7.95 to 17.45) is designed to re-hydrate dry skin while restoring your skin back to the correct pH balance. What I really love about all of Lush's toners is that they come in handy spray-bottles. You can spritz on the go, on your face, or on a cotton pad--whatever...

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LUSH Coalface Cleanser for Your Anti-Acne Arsenal

LUSH Coalface Cleanser for Your Anti-Acne Arsenal

Lush Coalface Cleanser ($10.95 for 3.5 oz.) is a solid bar that has licorice root as its main ingredient (supposed to help the skin "heal naturally") and powdered charcoal to exfoliate the skin.  The first noticeable characteristic of this product is it has a distinct smell.  I couldn't quite tell...

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YSL Spring 2009 Makeup Collection Sneak Peek!

YSL Spring 2009 Makeup Collection Sneak Peek!

I got a chance to get an early sneak peek at some of YSL's Spring 2009 treats comin' at us this February! :) I played with Palette d'Artiste for the Complexion ($62.00), Gloss Pur #4 (Pure Raspberry), Rouge Pur #146 (Romantic Pink), and Nail Touch #5 (Tender Pink Touch).

I'm really lovin' the Gloss Pur...

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LUSH Sweet Japanese Girl Cleanser for a Facial Treat

LUSH Sweet Japanese Girl Cleanser for a Facial Treat

LUSH Sweet Japanese Girl Cleanser ($10.25 for 1.2 oz.) is quite possibly my favorite LUSH product of all-time. It's a "facial massage and exfoliation bar." I don't really say it's a massage bar (though you could, since it's grooved), but I love it for how it hydrates skin with a buttery goodness...

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