How To Clean a Hairbrush?
by Amalah
Hello! Love the column! Obsessively dig through your archives whenever a new question occurs to me, usually on a Saturday night about an hour before I have to walk out the door to my next shindig, leaving not nearly enough time to go buy the recommended product or experiment with the latest featured hair styling [...]
Does Preparation H Reduce Puffiness Around the Eyes?
by Amalah
This is a serious question. Not global warming serious, but you know… Does Preparation H reduce puffiness around the eyes? Does it shrink things other than butt pustules? Amy, I know that you are a cause-driven individual. I’ve seen your pink hair. We’ve all seen your pink hair. I think it’s time for you to [...]
Beauty on a Budget: I Was Told There Would Be No Math
by Amalah
Amy, I love your smackdown advice – but often times the products you recommend are too rich for my cheaper than 2 coats of paint blood. I value a short beauty routine & want to spend as little money as possible on it; I also want to look like I’ve been pampered by a professional [...]
Cover(your ass)Girl
by Amalah
Dear Amalah, Please oh please help me understand something. Why in the world do some daily moisturizers that contain SPF come with a note that sez you should wear a sunscreen while using the product and avoid sunlight for a week during and after using it? Whhhhhyyyyyy?? I guess this is a rhetorical question, because [...]
Smackdown Field Trip: Makeover on a Budget
by Amalah
Amy, Alright, here’s the skinny. I decided around the new year that a woman quickly approaching 30, who has a professional-type job working with the community (I’m a newspaper editor) should sort of look like a grown-up. You know the deal, jewelry every day, clothes that match (the horror!) and are at least a little [...]
Stopping the Slippity Slide
by Amalah
Dear Amalah, I consider myself a well educated consumer of “the product.” You know, anything that can be purchased on the ground floor of a department store, at Sephora or in aisle 3 of your local Walgreen’s. I am currently a devotee of Laura Mercier and have had great success with the www.acne.org “regimen” (a [...]
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