Advice That Gets to the Point, More So Than Usual
by Amalah
(All this week I’m making a concentrated effort to clear out the question queue, so I’ll be posting questions that only need shortish kind of answers, which is why I’ve unfairly ignored them in favor of ones I can really blather on about for awhile.) I have a question for you. I have been looking [...]
Hands Don’t Lie
by Amalah
Dear Amy, I have seen the Curel light and love that it moisturizes without being sticky. But I have another more specific lotion question. I’m one of those people who started using anti-aging moisturizer by 20 because I figured that it couldn’t hurt and could only help. My face is still in good shape, but [...]
Price Tag Cage Match: Tweezers
by Amalah
Confession: When I answered this question, I did not base my recommendation for buying “a good set of tweezers” (translation! expensive!) on personal experience. My tweezers are both ancient and total crap. I swiped them from my mom when I left for college and have used them ever since. That’s…really pretty lame of me. And [...]
My Signature Colors Are Blush, Bashful & Philosophy
by Amalah
Amalah! A few months ago I took your advice and tossed out my microbead face scrubs and astringents in favor of the gentler Philosophy line-up. And oh. Thank you. My skin has never, ever looked better. But now I’m getting greedy. My skin looks good, but what if it could look even better?? I currently [...]
Burning Eyes of Hate
by Amalah
Hi- My eyelids are sensitive and have been for awhile. In the past I bought higher-end shadow and been ok. Until recently. The shadow I was using was making my eyelids red, puffy and itchy. So I stopped using it- problem solved. This weekend I bought new shadow -Clinique- and about two hours later- puffy, [...]
Playing Footsie
by Amalah
(First of all — look! One of our own beloved AlphaFoxyMamas got some good press for doing some good things. Way to go, Jessica!) Dear Amalah, If anyone can save my feet, it’s you. I used to have wonderful, perfect feet. After a trip to the desert courtesy of my Uncle Sam, my perfect feet [...]









