How Much SPF Do You Really Need?
by Amalah
When every product you own brags about SPF coverage, is it too much? Or still not enough?
Get the Red Out: Color Correcting Your Complexion
by Amalah
Amy, Ok. First off you are so right about the Philosophy line with Hope in a Bottle and the face wash stuff. It actually has got down on the flakiness I have been seeing this winter. Actually I had a co-worker comment on how pretty my skin looked today. So, thanks for constantly referring to [...]
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 [...]
Your Guide to Photo-Friendly Cosmetics
by Amalah
Dear Amalah, Oh my holy hell. I look like washed-up crap in photographs. Why is this? Why can’t I have skin-colored skin? I didn’t used to be so ghostly whiiiiiite! Okay, background: I am a natural strawberry-blond (glad you didn’t take the fake red route with your hair, which looks fab, BTW), pale-ish skin, some [...]
The (Halfway Through) 2007 Smackdown Hot List!
by Amalah
Yet another break in format! A few people have emailed requesting the complete lineup of products I use, or a best-of list, or something along those lines. So…in honor of the somewhat randomly selected date of June 1st, I present: the complete best-of list of things I use, covet and maybe also a thing or [...]










