Respect My Face!

(Unfortunately this is the only clip I could find of the episode… I will update the video link if I come across the full clip/episdoe.) I’ve heard about this episode of The Dr. Oz Show before, but I finally got to see it today…  In this “Dangerous Beauty” segment, Dr. Mehmet Oz singled out 3 [...]

Multipurpose balms are all the rage in beauty magazines now, and Beauté Minéral have one of the best out there!  A must-have for jet-setting beauties and everyone else, BM’s Beauté Balm is handcrafted with rich, nourishing and all natural ingredients.   Organic shea butter, jojoba oil, rose hip oil and evening primrose oil moisturize, beeswax [...]

How’s your New Year’s resolution going?  Are you keeping up?  And I hope you have been taking good care of your skin with the simple steps of cleanse  ~>  tone ~> moisturize. But sometimes the simple 3-step regiment is not enough.  “Sometimes” means whenever you wear makeup; and “makeup” means anything that’s not your skin [...]

Remember a couple of years back, Environment Working Group (EWG) and Campaign for Safe Cosmetics (CSC) published a report on lead in lipsticks?  I was really happy to see that report and the spotlight it shined on cosmetics product safety.  It was definitely informative and eye opening…

Q: Can I mix skincare products from different brands/regiments? Or is it better to use a matching products from one brand or one regiment? It depends. Most cosmetics companies offer different regiments (complete sets of matching products) for different skin concerns and needs, and they claim that you get better results when you use the [...]

Almost as bad as not doing anything for your skin at all, using the wrong products for your skin types can cause just as many problems.  Many times I have heard clients say, “Oh, I don’t use (name your type of product here) because it makes me (name your type of problem here)…”  In many [...]

New year, new decade, it’s time to take up some new ways to take care of ourselves.  Since great skin is the basis of looking beautiful, let’s start with steps  to taking great care of our skins. There are many ways and many things you can do to take care of your skin; but I [...]

Recently I came across some mineral makeup ads in magazines featuring “freshly shaved” mineral powder foundations.  Essentially it’s a pressed powder makeup with a built-in grinder to scrape the surface of the powder block, one thin layer at a time.  These “freshly shaved” mineral powders, offered by a couple of department store brands, are claimed [...]

I came across this beautiful photo of Keira Knightley recently… It’s a shot from her latest Chanel COCO MADEMOISELLE ad.  And I thought, Oh my goodness, Keira looks hot!  And that’s one sexy shoot…