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 [...]
Smashedbox
by Amalah
DearAmy, I have a question about the Smashbox Primer (because I know you haven’t talked about the stuff enough.) Anyway, I don’t have the one with the special anti-aging (ageing?? whatever.) chemical…you know, the one that is kind of rosy colored. Mine is just the plain old clear-ish photo finish one. I really wanted to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Unmasked, Part II
by Amalah
Hi Amy, your friend turned me on to your website about a month ago and I’ve no idea how I’ve survived without it all these years. Here’s my dilemma, birth control pills have caused dark spots OVER MY TOP LIP. And my gosh, it is so irritating. I was recommended an insanely overpriced product, I [...]
Unmasked
by Amalah
Amalah, I am pregnant and just starting my second trimester (yay). I am very fair-skinned and the sun is very strong here in Tennessee. I am worried about developing the dreaded “mask of pregnancy.” And advice on how to avoid this? Any products you recommend? Many thanks, Laurie Melasma (or chloasma — a darkish skin [...]
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