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Bobbi Brown Extra Repair Moisturizing Balm & Moisturizing Balm SPF 25 Review

Bobbi Brown Extra Repair Moisturizing Balm & Moisturizing Balm SPF 25 Review

Bobbi Brown Extra Repair Moisturizing Balm & Moisturizing Balm SPF 25 Review

This past winter, Bobbi Brown released Extra Repair in balm-form.  (It seems like these were reformulated, because based on googling, these were out...

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bareMinerals Purely Nourishing Moisturizer Review & Photos

bareMinerals Purely Nourishing Moisturizer Review & Photos

bareMinerals Purely Nourishing Moisturizer

bareMinerals Purely Nourishing Moisturizer ($28.00 for 1.7 oz.) is a lightweight lotion for daily moisturizing needs.  The scent is the same as the rest of the product range--a subtle herbal scent.  I don't find...

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bareMinerals Purely Nourishing Cream for Dry Skin Review & Photos

bareMinerals Purely Nourishing Cream for Dry Skin Review & Photos

Bare Escentuals Bare Minerals Purely Nourishing Cream

Bare Escentuals Purely Nourishing Cream for Dry Skin ($28.00 for 1.7 oz.) worked so well with my normal-to-dry skin in the spring. I used it as my evening cream for about two months (which I finished at that...

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Benefit Triple Performing Facial Emulsion Review, Photos

Benefit Triple Performing Facial Emulsion Review, Photos

Benefit Triple Performing Facial Emulsion SPF 15 PA++ ($28.00 for 1.7 fl. oz.) is a new moisturizer from Benefit's b.right! Radiant Skincare line. It's designed to be lightweight while being oil-free. This moisturizer does have SPF 15 in it, and it uses...

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Bobbi Brown Hydrating Gel Cream Review, Photos

Bobbi Brown Hydrating Gel Cream Review, Photos

Bobbi Brown Hydrating Gel Cream

Bobbi Brown Hydrating Gel Cream ($50.00 for 1.7 oz.) is an incredibly moisturizing cream with the texture of a gel/cream hybrid but all of the hallmarks of a water-based gel. It absorbs within a coupleof minutes, and it never feels...

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Fresh Soy Face Cream Review, Photos

Fresh Soy Face Cream Review, Photos

Skincare: Fresh Soy Face Cream

Fresh Soy Face Cream ($38.00 for 1.7 oz.) is a lightweight face cream that moisturizes skin without leaving behind any greasy residue. To me, this feels and acts like a no-frills face cream, but it has a surprising amount of ingredients designed to...

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Burt’s Bees Pomegranate Night Creme Review, Photos

Burt’s Bees Pomegranate Night Creme Review, Photos

Quick Review: Burt's Bees Pomegranate Night Creme

Burt's Bees Naturally Ageless Night Creme ($24.99 for 2 oz.) is a rich, moisturizing cream that doesn't actually feel rich or heavy or much like a cream at all. It felt more like a gel cream, because of the lighter...

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MAC Cham-Pale: Complete Comfort Cream & Fix+ Lavender

MAC Cham-Pale: Complete Comfort Cream & Fix+ Lavender

MAC Cham-Pale: Skincare

There were two skincare products launched with Cham-Pale: MAC Complete Comfort Cream ($32.00 for 1.7 fl. oz.), which is permanent (except Asian locations), and MAC Fix+ Lavender ($18.00 for 3.4 fl. oz.), which is limited edition.  This post is more of a...

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Chanel Energizing Multi-Protection Cream SPF 15 Review, Photos

Chanel Energizing Multi-Protection Cream SPF 15 Review, Photos

Chanl Beaute Initiale -- Is it love?

Chanel Energizing Multi-Protection Cream SPF 15 ($75.00 for 0.1.7 oz.) is a quick-absorbing moisturizer with a cream consistency but the feeling and behavior of a lotion. It is designed to be used daily to "keep...

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Korres Watermelon Sunscreen SPF 30

Korres Watermelon Sunscreen SPF 30

Sunkissed Without the Risk: Korres Watermelon Sunscreen

Just in time for summer vacations, I've been roadtesting several face sunscreens over the past couple of months, and the first one I want to talk about is Korres Watermelon Sunscreen SPF 30 ($28.00 for 1.69 oz.), which contains the active...

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