Free shipping and free samples!

Free shipping and free samples are magic words for me! What better way to try out a new site and new products. The most recent site I was introduced to with these offers, is the amazing SkinStore.com. This great site carries high quality brands like Kinerase, SkinCeuticals and Philosophy skin care products. When you read [...]

Erase stretchmarks?

After my first pregnancy, I was left with some lovely reminders of the weight I’d gained, in the stretchmarks on my bum. I heard they’d fade with time, but time isn’t moving fast enough for me! My husband has stretch marks on his legs from when he was a teenager and hit his growth spurt [...]

Great Deals worth hunting for

I know there are certain sites I can go to for a specific product that I want, but sometimes I like to poke around deal sites and see what they are offering.  Generally they have limited stock, so they won’t always have the same products, but they sell them at phenomonal prices. One of the [...]

Strangest product I’ve seen yet

A miracle ingredient that can fix just about every skin issue under the sun?  It can stimulate collagen regrowth, clear up your acne, fade your stretch marks and more?  The answer: emu oil I was sceptical, but after seeing the testimonials, it doesn’t seem so out there.  We use lanolin, a fatty substance that comes [...]

Beauty on a budget – hair care

More fun and free stuff to try at home! Dry shampoo: If you don’t have time to wash, dry and style, and just have some oily roots that you don’t want to hide in a ponytail, try one of these: Baby powder Corn starch Stand in your shower or bathtub before you get dressed (it [...]

Customized skin care

With the plethera of skin care products available out there, it’s hard to try to decide what to buy for your skin.  I don’t want to spend money on some fancy moisturizer that ends up clogging my pores or a face mask so strong that it causes irritation.  I really like products that are clearly [...]

I’m in love! $1 cosmetics!

A friend recently showed me this site and I think I’m in love!  What have I been missing out on?  $1 cosmetics!  What a perfect way to try out colors without a huge money commitment!  The company is e.l.f., which stands for eyes, lips, face, but also has great beauty tools and cosmetic bags too.  [...]

Finding award winning products

I was reading Cosmo’s Beauty Awards in the October issue and saw some great products I want to try.  I love the idea of having readers test out the products so I can know whats best to try amongst all the products offered out there.  I’m always on the hunt for a scrub that’ll help clear [...]

Beauty on a budget – facemasks

Growing up I longed for all those fancy products that you see in magazines, but didn’t have the money to buy them.  My mom and grandma’s had some great tricks up their sleeves for homemade beauty recipes.  Check out some of my favorites below: Face masks – wash your face and smear one of these on.  [...]

Deals I found!

I’m so excited to share these deals I found with you!  I don’t know about you, but I love all the beauty sites on the web where you can buy specialty products.  If you don’t live in the city, how else are you going to be able to get these products!  And even if you [...]