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It gives me great pleasure to present to you one of my top three Holy Grail skincare products – Dr. Dennis Gross Alpha Beta Daily Peel (formerly MD Skincare, $80 for 30 applications). Believe me when I tell you, I don’t use the term lightly. As a beauty reviewer for close to four years, I…
Foundation has always been one of my favorite tools in my make-up arsenal. It has the power to even out my skin tone, give it a healthy-looking texture, and conveniently covers acne and all of its related grossness. Unfortunately, applying it can sometimes be tricky. I’ve seen many foundation foibles on my friends – the…
It’s hard to put a finger on my biggest skin issue; I’ve got them all! I’m a sufferer of crazy combination skin that changes with the seasons. One month I’m super oily, the next dry as a bone, and some months a little of both. I also fight acne, wrinkles and skin discoloration. Let’s just…
Now, everyone knows about wht’s love affair with British beauty products, but how about German ones? I can only name one Teutonic brand, but it’s a highly respected, holistic one – Dr. Hauschka, founded by the eponymous chemist more than 40 years ago. We got an amazing mix of goodies to sample, including a Soothing…
First up, in our overview of Zelens Skin Science is the truly remarkable Zelens Advanced Luminescence Serum. I could give you all sorts of reasons why this serum is so good, and I’ll get to that in a moment, but for now I’ll let you in on my secret. I’ve discovered my true test of the…
Everyone knows The Statue of Liberty, Times Square and The Empire State Building. But are you familiar with another famous New York landmark, Mario Badescu? I tell you, it will do you a lot more good than milling around with a bunch of tourists! Mario Badescu opened his skin care salon in 1967, and 40+…
It was the morning of Memorial Day, 2009. Normally, I’d be marinating the steaks, icing down the beer, and counting my packs of cigarettes to ensure enough for me and all my social-smoker friends! What was I doing that Memorial Day? I was doing what they call “nesting.” Eight months ago I would have thought…
I am beyond thrilled to review what I think is truly a groundbreaking product designed to fight the most underground of pimples – cystic acne. Renée Rouleau’s Anti-Cyst Treatment is the first topical product I have ever used that had a visual and healing effect on my cystic acne. I’ve suffered from this condition for…