Lip Treatments -Sally Hansen - Volumizing Lip Shield With SPF 15 - Just Swell

wendi6716 4/27/2008 3:04:00 PM

a nice lip balm with SPF 15. the packaging is slender, like Clinique's almost lipstick. the product is moist and has a slanted tip. did it volumize? maybe a little, but not much. however, it is just the right amount of moisture plus SPF protection. nice. i got the 'just swell' and one of the colored ones in a 2-for-1 package at Ulta. like them both, though prefer the 'just swell' . anyway, i think the name of the colored one was 'fanci full' or some such and it would probably look nicer on someone fairer with pinker tones to the skin. i'm asian, so the colored one wasn''t so great - but the 'just swell' transparent one i would definitely buy again.

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Shampoo -L'Oreal - Vive Pro Glossy Volume Shampoo

wendi6716 4/27/2008 2:58:00 PM

meh i too got sucked in by the notion of volume + gloss. i didn't see much increase in either. nothing wrong with it, per se, it is a shampoo and conditioner and it acts as a shampoo and conditioner. smells fine, cleans your hair, conditioner doesn't seem to weigh hair down -but it was little different from any other shampoo and conditioner combo for volume. for me, the most noticable shine + volume comes from the brilliant brunette volumizing line -when i use that, i can see a difference. this? don't waste your money (not that its a lot of money to waste -but still, any waste of money is a waste). am bitter i boguth this cmombo instead of just restocknig the brilliant brunette combo. to the back of the closet it will go -and i'll be running out to the drugstore now to pick up some more brilliant brunette volumizing

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Blush -Smashbox - Skin Tint in Smashing Infrared

wendi6716 2/4/2008 11:47:00 AM

love love love! great totally natural color . i look like i'm naturally healthily flushed from activity - like i've just finished a run, or a yoga class, or um, more horizontal active pursuits. lovely. plus, i love it as a lipstain - it wears perfectly evenly and gives your lips a lovely natural looking "bitten" flush. finally, i cannot imagine EVER running out -because it takes such a tiny amount to get realistic healthy natural color . my new HG blush and lipstain. oh! and it hasn't broken me out . love love *love*

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Moisturizers -Olay - Definity Deep Penetrating Foaming Moisturizer

wendi6716 2/4/2008 11:40:00 AM

i wanted to love this. i was prepared to love this. i seemed the perfect demographic for this - am 39 with sun damage/spots, only need a light moisturizer, etc. alas, i hated this. it never absorbed fully into my skin (no matter how little i used it left a waxy/unpleasant coating on my skin). worse, within 4 days, it broke me out, horribly and it took me almost 3 weeks to get my skin back to normal. now i have even MORE discoloration than before. thanks olay, not only for failing to reduce my sun damage - but for adding scars. oh, and a high price to boot. i mean, i don't mind paying $20 (or more) for a moisturizer or treatment that's great - but for this drugstore "breakout in mousse form" i think not!

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Lip Gloss -Sally Hansen - Diamond Lip Treatment in Honeymoon Red

wendi6716 12/23/2007 8:01:00 PM

Like all Diamond Lip glosses, this is an extremely sheer color. That said, if your'e looking for a sheer true red gloss (I was), this could be for you. I love the diamond glosses -have the ever-fabulous neutral ylbb royal romance, as well as the "just bitten" always ascher. when i saw hneymoon red, i thought it might give that "in from the cold" reddish-pink lip -and it did :) happy happy -and so cheap! i would take a lippie off for staying power (almost none), but then, for lipgloss this cheap-i'll reapply.

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Lip Gloss -Burt's Bees - Burts Bees Lip Shimmers

wendi6716 12/10/2007 11:45:00 PM

in general i love BBs lip balms-even the MUAreviled honey one. that said, i HATED these. waaaaay too shimmery (like metallic paint) and opaque and worst of all -DRYING every lip wrinkle showed, even those i had no idea i had -i think this product may have creatively invented some new lip wrinkles, just for fun. tried it in papaya and raisin. both horrid horrid horrid ugh.

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Lip Treatments -Fusion Beauty - LipFusion XL 2X Micro-Injected Collagen and HA Lip Plumping Therapy

wendi6716 12/10/2007 10:56:00 PM

this is an INSANELY expensive, yet sadly HG product for me (sadly only because of the insanely expensive part) i liked the 'normal' lip fusion fine, but this stuff really kicks it up a notch. use it every night as a bedtime treatment, drink your water (heck, drink your water anyway, its healthy) and at some point within, oh 10 days or so, the angelina jolie lip fairy will come while you are sleeping and plant some big full lips on ya. no, really. the tooth fairy has got nuthin on the angelina jolie lip fairy -although if she'd leave money under my pillow so i could afford more of this, that'd be even better.

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Lotions/ Creams -Soap and Glory - The Righteous Butter

wendi6716 12/9/2007 9:20:00 PM

so -long long ago i was a huge fan of Benefit's "touch me and then try to leave" cream. BUT - i don't really have dry skin and couldn't justify spending alot on something that wasn't a 'need' but merely a 'want' for the way it sunk into my skin, smelled luscious, and made me soft. Enter Soap & Glory's righteous butter. This is CLEARLY a knockoff of "touch me and then try to leave"-and its a successful knockoff at that. It too smells good, sinks right in, makes me soft -all for pennies at Target. All hail Target. *sigh*

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Scrubs -Unlisted Brand - Soap and Glory - Flake Away

wendi6716 12/9/2007 9:17:00 PM

meh - this was nothing special. smelled ok, scrubbed ok, but left me filmy

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Scrubs -Philosophy - Amazing Grace Olive Oil Scrub

wendi6716 12/9/2007 9:04:00 PM

I received this in a kit and although i love the smell -its not scrubby enough. I use it as directed - on dry skin before the shower -and it exfoliates a tiny bit, moisturizes alot, and smells good, then rinses away. NOT what i'm looking for in a scrub. Definitely not my HG, merely pleasant at best. Sadly, also expensive

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Lips -NARS - Lip Stain Gloss in Indian Red

wendi6716 11/21/2007 8:59:00 AM

This review is for the new lip stain/gloss duo in indian red + moonfleet. As other reviewers have mentioned, indian red is a perfect, warm red lipstain that can be worn subtle or bold. Moonfleet is a clear gloss with tiny gold flecks (not glitter, just subtle sparkle). The two together are AMAZING. I use lip balm, wipe it off, then use the stain as a stain (tiny amount on lips, rub in, blot), then layer a tiny amount of moon fleet on top. You get what looks like naturally flushed lips with a bit of shimmer -gorgeous. PLUS - you need such teeny amounts, it will last a long time making the price ultimately less expensive. It wears off when you eat or drink -but fortunately, wears off rather evenly.

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Skincare - Body -Avon - Bust-Sculpt

wendi6716 11/17/2007 10:52:00 AM

Am a 34DD and sagging . Hoped this would help -and it didn't with the sagging, but it did make the girls a bit 'firmer.' I'm givnig it 4 stars because the change in firmness is noticeable but not 5 stars because it is extremely subtle -so subtle that you may be the onyl one who notices it on yourself :) It firms, but does not do anything for sagging (at least for me). Firmer but not perkier is ok, but not great

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Lotions/ Creams -Avon - ANEW CLINICAL Lift and Tuck Professional Body Shaper

wendi6716 11/17/2007 10:47:00 AM

Surprisingly, this stuff works REALLY well. I never would have purchased it (given how I have tried other, body sculpting creams that did nothing) BUT after readnig the reviews I tried it. I'm 39 and have started gettnig that horrific age related thickening at the waist -every bit of fat seems to gather there for me. Anyway, diet + exercise = ok , but diet + exercise + this stuff appied twice a day = WOW. I lost 2 inches in my waist after adding this into my regimen. Seriously. Its kind of creepy because i don't know WHY it works. If i had to guess mechanism, i know other waaaaay more expensive creams (like the ones form Bliss spa) work because the active ingredients release a bit of fat from the layer beneath the skin - BUT -then you have to burn it off or it comes home to roost. In other words, i think this may help with the ever elusive "spot reduction" idea as well as skin tightening. Whatever. I don't really care, I"m just happy it works. Note: I don't work for Avon and indeed, don't like many of their products (sorry avon) but this one is a WINNER

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