So…No Bikini Wax Then?
by Amalah
Hi Amy, I actually have a question that I think you might not be able to help me with since I imagine that you have no experience with it. But! I hope that you will be able to help through your keen insight, razor wit, and network of intelligent ladies. On to the issue at [...]
Price Tag Cage Match: Sunscreen
by Amalah
Ladies and Probably No Gentlemen, meet today’s contenders: Please note we actually have TWO Cage Matches going down today: one for stand-alone sunscreens and one for moisturizers plus sunscreen. Also note my cheap-ass use of free samples. In the pricey fancypants corner, we have Philosophy’s Pigment of Your Imagination SPF 18 with kojic acid and [...]
Bacne, Shmacne
by Amalah
Dear High Priestess of Beauty & Skincare Amalah, After recently discovering you and soaking up your advice like a sponge, I have recently switched from using the Proactive skincare system to using Philosophy Purity Made Simple for cleansing, thus drastically reducing the number of skincare products I am using. My face is perfectly happy. The [...]
The Great Outdoors
by Amalah
I might be camping this summer and I am already stressing about being make up free for a few days. I don’t normally pile it on, but I’m pretty dreary looking without anything. Are there any products out there that could do double duty – like a sunscreen / moisturizer / light foundation or lip [...]
Lessons from Laura
by Amalah
Pictures! So on the plus side, the (flat! stringy!) pink hair was really not that noticeable*. However, I’m surprised I did not blind anyone with the force of my forehead glare. Oh, and that is not a shirt poking out of my sweater. That is my bra. I am spectacularly awesome. By the way, Laura [...]
The Sephora Shoppers’ Handbook
by Amalah
Hey Amy! I’m going to Vegas baby! Which – more importantly – means, I’m going to Sephora baby! Now you may think, yeah, and? Perhaps you don’t realize the good life you live being in the vicinity of actual stores that sell useful, beloved – nay, coveted – products. See, I’m from a smallish town [...]







