Price Tag Cage Match: Boots No7 Make-up Base vs. Everything Else
by Amalah
Review of Boots No7 Make-up Base So I was wandering the cosmetics aisles in Target the other day and came across what looked like one of my 2008 wishes come true — a drugstore-brand foundation primer. Specifically, Boots No7 Mattifying Make-Up Base, priced at a delicious $9.99. Now, Target brags that Boots is the U.K.’s [...]
Moisturizer Junkie: How Much Is Too Much?
by Amalah
Hi. I go through a small tub of moisturizer (nivea Q10) every 2 weeks and I’m beginning to think something is wrong. When I was at the Clinique beauty counter at a store recently, the saleslady tested the moisturizer by applying a teeny tiny amount to the tip of a Q-tip and then proceeded to [...]
Teenage Wasteland (of Stretch Marks)
by Amalah
Dearest Amy, I’m pretty sure you have probably addressed the issue of stretch marks due to pregnancy, but I have a different question regarding stretch marks. My 15-year old daughter has gained quite a bit of weight in the past year and has rather large, gaping stretch marks on the sides of her waist. They [...]
The (Minutes Into) 2008 Smackdown Hot List
by Amalah
(Previously: The Hot List of Six Months Or So Ago) I was hoping to mix the Hot List up a little more this go-round, but alas, I appear to be in a rut. But it’s such a pretty rut! Oh, rut, your skin is so pretty. La la la. Anyway, there are a few new [...]
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