Bobbi Brown Soothing Cleansing Oil

I love to self tan. (Shout out to St. Tropez!). I was born brown, but during the summer, I want to be as bronze as possible. But when I self tan, I can't use my beloved Clarisonic so much, because it exfoliates so well, it removes my tan within a day or two. So during the summer, I use my Clarisonic about once or twice a week. In the past, I used these so called,  "Gentle Cleaners, but I found that I had to wash my face like 10 times before all of my makeup was removed. Step in my beloved Bobbi Brown Soothing Cleansing Oil. It's from Bobbi's latest collection, and I'm really loving it. The oil contains Jasmine Flower extract, Kukui oil, and  Jojoba oil. With all these oils, you'd think your face would break out. Not at all. What it does do is remove every single trace of my makeup. And believe you me, Milly wears a lot of makeup. I can only use this at night because the scent is very calming and soothing. It smells like there's a hint of lavender in it. If I used this in the morning, I'd probably fall right back to sleep.  I actually take a bit of the oil, press my hands together to warm the oil and then mix it with some water,  massage my face with it. As I do that, not only am I giving my face a good facial massage and warding off wrinkles, but I'm taking all of my makeup off as well (including my waterproof mascara). Make sure you do a facial massage three times a week, you'll see a difference in your face.  What I love about this also, is that it takes very little to remove my makeup.  I then wash the oil off of my face with warm water.  I'm left with super soft, hydrated, smooth, and makeup free skin, and with the slight scent that lingers, I find myself sleeping like a baby.

All in all an A+ product.

Do you like oil cleansers?

What are your faves?

This product retails for $42.00 which may be a lot, but this oil is so big, it will last forever. 

By the way: did you guys catch my bestest on Single Ladies yesterday? Wasn't she amazing. So proud of her,

Hugs,

Agadir Argan Hair Oil

I’m loving products that contain Argan oil in them, and I had to let you girls in on Agadir Argan Oil. I was introduced to Agadir Argan oil when I attended the IBS (International Beauty Show.)   At the Agadir booth, I ran into the lead hairstylist of Monroe Brushes,  also head hairstylist of Alonzo in Miami, and he was getting boxes of the stuff. He claims that he notices such a huge difference when he used the Agadir Oil  on his clients as opposed to the other argan oils. He said that many times the other argan oils can stain the hair, but not this one.

The line offers shampoo/conditioners/argan oil/and a leave in treatment.  I was pleased to see the Agadir shampoo was sulfate free (DE hates very few things in life, but one of them is  sulfates) and the products smell delicious. Although the shampoo is sulfate-free the owner claims he has found an ingredient that makes it foam without using sulfates. I didn’t try the shampoo, but I did try the Agadir conditioner. It’s a daily conditioner so it’s not as moisturizing as I’d like it to be, but the product that made my world rock, my head spin, and had me doing somersaults (well I didn’t do all that, but you know what I mean) is the Agadir oil itself. 

I applied the oil before blow drying my hair and wow.  First off I noticed my hair dried a lot faster than normal. But also, this left my hair feeling as if Rapunzel herself had spun it, and placed it on my scalp. It was so silky, shiny, lustrous, so healthy looking and not oily or greasy at all. And did I mention that my hair was super easy to style that day.  This product does contain silicones so if you hate silicones, you may not like this. Mr. DE always buries his face in my hair when I have this on because he can’t get enough of the delicious scent. If I keep getting a reaction like that from him, I may start using this on my whole body. lol,

All in all, the oil rocks my world.

Have you tried Agadir products?

What were your thoughts?

Also, have you heard about the Eat Pray Love Trailer. OMG, I'm so excited about this movie. I read the book two year ago on a trip to Jamaica, and I have been so anxious for the movie to come out! And Julia Roberts is in it! I love Julia! .Are you an Eat Pray Love fan?

Hugs,

DE

Biore Makeup Removing Wipes Towelettes With Green Tea - Almost Perfect

A few weeks back, Biore held this seminar where they introduced to beauty editors/bloggers their new Biore Makeup Removing Wipes Towelettes with green tea. Now I love a good makeup removing wipe. When you work late hours like I do, the last thing you want to do is come home and wash your whole face. Usually you just want to rip your clothes off, sleep naked and wake up the next day. Also, since my hair always seems to be done, I hate washing my face because I always end up ruining the front of my hair somehow. Anyway, I was really impressed with Biore’s demonstration. They compared their makeup wipe with a leading one. They placed them both in water, and the other one left a greasy foggy film in the water while the Biore wipe’s water was just as clear as before they put it in. That basically means the other wipe was loaded with grease and will leave that on your face, while the Biore wipe will truly clean your face without leaving any film behind.

 

I used the makeup wipe for one week, and was super pleased. I hadn’t been this happy about a makeup wipe in years. With one swipe of this, my waterproof mascara was gone, my foundation, gone, my lipgloss, gone. I was in heaven. With two wipes, my face was completely clean. I truly loved this stuff, and planned to buy it in bulk. The fact that they also contained green tea, which is a very effective antioxidant, made this product a serious dream- until I found out this product contained parabens. For many people parabens are not a big deal, but for me now, they are a pretty big deal, especially in anything that I apply all over my face, so I’m trying to avoid them. So I passed these on to my cousin. And she can’t get enough of them. She actually just purchased three more packages.

If you’re looking for a great makeup remover wipe and don’t care about parabens, Biore’s are not only wondrous, but super inexpensive.

As for me, I’ll keep washing my face until I find the best paraben-free wipe.

Hugs,

DE

Lavanila Deodorant is Rocking DE's World

 Why couldn't Lavanila Deodorant be around when I was a teen?

When I was sixteen, Mommy got really into the natural lifestyle. No longer did my diet consist of plantains, fattening meats, and greasy food but raw green smoothies, salads, fish, and brown rice. That was great, but mommy also removed anything with too many chemicals in the house as well, including deodorant and replaced them with natural alternatives. One of the things that she replaced was my drug store deodorant for a 100% natural one. I remember the day she made me try the new natural deodorant. I think it was some sort of crystal one that claimed to work the entire day. I applied it and left for school. By the end of the day, I was scared of walking too near anyone for fear they’d get a whiff of me, and after school ended, I ran to Duane Reade to get some deodorant that worked. Since then I’ve been kind of skeptical about natural deodorant. But as you guys know, ingredients are extremely important to me now, especially when it comes to my deodorant. Recently I got the chance to try Lavanila Healthy Deodorant in Vanilla Lavendar. It is 100% natural  The scent of this is wonderful, a true powdery, calming and feminine combination. I tried it on in the morning, but I was skeptical and brought the deodorant to work just in case I had to reapply. During the day, I was paranoid and would constantly take a whiff of myself to see if I needed to re-apply but  no, I didn’t. This 100% natural deodorant lasted the entire day, smelled wonderful, and it contains No Petrochemicals, No Phthalates, No Propylene glycol, No Mineral Oils, No Silcone, No synthetic Dyes, No Sulfates of Parabens.

Have you tried Lavanila Healthy Deodorant?

If  you haven’t, it’s a must try especially if you are being careful about your ingredients like I am.

Hugs,

DE

CoverFX Bronzer, Weird Habits & Winner of Facial.

How was your weekend girls? Mine was crazy. I worked in this horrible wind and rain, and sadly, an umbrella that I had just purchased last week was blown away by gusting and bustling winds. I tried to run after it for two blocks, (not an easy feat considering I had a huge bag of heavy books with me) but the wind prevailed, and after a while, I bid adieu  to that brand new umbrella and walked to work a soaked, annoyed mess.  (I had just done my hair with a great new argan oil product and the beauty of it was completely destroyed by the rain.) But, I’m alive, so I feel good!

After weather like this weekend, I can’t believe spring/summer is close by, but it’s coming. And it’s during this time that I really concentrate on my bronzer collection. Recently I got the chance to try Cover FX bronzer, in Garnet, and although Garnet is described as a bronzer, I do think it’s more suited as a blush, because it’s such a  shimmery, rich, baked, pink/brown shade. I must  discuss it because the shade is just so gorgeous.

I’d heard great things about CoverFX but had never tried them. The company makes products for sensitive skin, and their products are wax-free, paraben-free, oil-freee and fragrance-free (music to De's ears). When I first opened the pan of Garnet, the amount of sparkle kind of turned me off. I like to glow, but I don’t want to look like a solid gold dancer. However, when I applied to my cheek, the sparkle greatly diminished. The shade in my opinion is too close to a pink to be used as a bronzer, but as a blush, it’s just radiant. It gives my cheeks a beautiful, healthy, pink golden flush, and I’ve gotten more than my share of compliments when I've had it on.

Have you tried Cover FX bronzer?

Have you tried any Cover Fx products at all?

Ooh also, this week I went to a girlfriends house, and she served me some ice cream. It’s so interesting the weird habits we develop and don’t even notice. As I was eating the ice cream (dairy free because DE and Dairy have a hate relationship) she noticed that everytime I would put the spoon to my mouth,  I would blow on the ice cream as if it was hot. I never even noticed that, and what a discovery that was. Then I noticed, I did the same thing when my mom gave me some apple sauce the next day. Lol, Not sure why I do that, but do you have any weird habits?

Winner of Facial is Raaya Lewis. Raaya, please get back to me before 2 days or we'll have to give it to someone else. 

For those who didn't win book an appt with Cecelia anyway and say you're from beautylogic. You'll get 20% off and one of the best facials you've ever had.

Hugs,

DE

Self Tanners That Work

Yesterday on the subway, I spotted this girl who clearly had gone through an incident I went through two years ago. Obviously she had used a tanning cream that had left her with a Jersey Shore orange color. I empathized with her big time. I'm already a tan-skin woman. But during the summer, I like to become a Bronzed Goddess. Around two years ago, my brother had a huge birthday party. I was super excited. My brother is one of my favorite people on earth. Anyway, since I’m a beauty blogger, I’m always trying out  new product to tell you guys about it,  and a tanning company had  sent me their newest self tanner. They claimed that it would leave me with a  “Bronze Golden, Caramel Glow.” Well Holy Crap!  The pics on their  brochure were amazing as well. After I put it on, I was mortified.Words can't describe my face and how loud my screams were when I looked in the mirror and saw my image. I yelled, cried, threw myself on the floor, even begged my roomate to run to the Korean store to pick up some lemons so we could try to remove this horrible color, but after two hours of trying, nothing could get this orange shade off of me.  Here I am  that night. This pic doesn't show the true orangeness of the skin but you get the idea.

The product had sworn amazing results and I was left with a “tangerine glow.”I wasn’t going to go the party for fear of embarrassment,  but then I remembered that this was my brother's big day and nothing would stop me from missing it. So I held my head, and my orange skin up high, and walked into that party.  Of course my orange glow was the talk of the party, but hey, DE will never ever miss a family member’s special event for anything. Anyway, my brother  (biggest joker on earth) has never let me live down my orange skin of that night, and for a while his nickname for me was “O” for orange. Since then  I have stuck with 3 *(updated to 4) self tanners that I know work, but won’t give me the Jersey Shore Glow. I'll share them with you now. Always remember to exfoliate well before you use self-tanner. It’s a must or you will have streaky skin, no matter how well the tanner works.  

 Bath & Body True Blue Shade To Order

I reviewed this around two years ago, and still say it’s amazing. Doesn’t leave me streaky, nor orange, just with  gorgeous tan skin. The smell of this is not as bad as other self-tanners either.

  

L’oreal Sublime Bronze 

One of the better self tanners I tried. This truly leaves me brown, with amazing glow. However, this product doesn’t smell so great, so wait after you can take a shower to go out.

Clarins Self Tanner Gel                                                                            

If you're willing to shell out a little more moolah , this leaves the skin with a great tan, with minimal streaking. Better for overnight application though cause this smell aint pretty.

   St Tropez Tanner

(This is why I love my readers) OMG, I totally had forgotten about how much I adored St. Tropez Tanning. But one of my readers "Anonymous," reminded me of how amazing the results were.   I used it last year when I did my headshots and got some amazing and natural color. Thanks lovely reader. I def recommend this too.











Do you recommend any great self tanners?

Have you ever gotten an orange Jersey Shore glow? 

Have a great weekend.

Hugs, 


DE

Lili Nail Polish

At IBS, I was introduced to a company called Lilli Nails  The first thing I noticed about the collection were the stunning beautiful and bright colors. So many gorgeous shades.  The next thing I noticed about the collection was that they  were  Toluene, Formaldehyde, and DibutlPthalate Free.

Lately I’ve really been into Phthalate free nailpolish so I was really interested in learning about them.  Here is one of their best sellers-Coral . Such a beautiful bright peachy pink. Perfect for the spring! 

The color is very thick, so it takes a little time to apply but once you master it, you’re good to go. The drying time was very short, I’d say about 5 minutes after I got my nails done, I was pretty much completely dry.They also offer a 2 in one, base and top coat.

Check out http://www.lilibeauty.com/ for more info on their 78 other shades. Each polish is priced at $5.95

Have you heard of Lili nailpolish?

What were your thoughts?

Hugs, 

DE

New Belvada Mascara is rocking my world.

I love innovative beauty products-that work. Recenlty at IBS, I was introduced to a new mascara that rocked my world and  I had to let you girlies know about, because I think it's a great concept, and a really good product. I'm talking about Belvada Mascara.

 

You use this mascara with one hand. It has  slider that you push up, when you want to release the mascara wand and when you're done with the mascara, you push it down so that it can retract back into the tube. This is supposed to prevent the mascara from clumps and drying out.
 

The brush is pretty big, with very thick, and long bristles.
 
I applied to my lashes, and wooh! I was loving this.

Without Mascara


This gave thin sparse lashes some serious volume and length (check out pic below).

With Mascara



My ony gripe with the mascara is it's a pretty long product and it may be hard to fit in your makeup bag, but the length and volume that I got from it, was no joke with absolutely no clumps, or flaking.






For more info, check out www.belvada.com

Avalon Organics Facial Cleansing Gel with Lavender

Since I’m not really using my clarisonic anymore (because as a beauty blogger, I have to try different skin care regimes out) I need to make sure that my facial wash is incredibly effective. I absolutely hate sleeping with any trace of makeup on my skin because that leads to fat cystic zits on my face the next morning. (I have super sensitive skin.) Recently I got the chance to try Avalon Organics Renewal Facial Cleansing Gel with Lavender and I can't get enough of this. 

First of all, you guys know how psycho concerned I am about ingredients lately so this is great. It doesn't contain any SLS, Parabens or Harsh Preservatives.  This is a  lightweight fruit based cleanser, loaded with Licroice root, organic lavender, and organic white tea (did you know white tea has way highter antio-oxidant properties than green tea). It also contains Organic Flax and Borage Oil. Flax oil is an Omega 3 and Borage is an Omega 9-two oils known to work serious hydration magic on the skin. When I applied this to my face in the evening, the first thing I noticed was the scent of lavender. Lavender can always calm my mood down, so that was a pleasant feeling. After washing my face with this, (keep in mind, I had Foundation, Eyeshadow, eyeliner, and blush on) my makeup was completely gone and my skin was not left with that super tight feeling at all. It actually felt very moisturized and oh by the way after washing my face with this,I had such an amazing sleep. Usually I wake up in the middle of the night, not at all with this. That lavender did something serious to me.

Have you tried this line?

Are you becoming more concerned about your ingredients?

Hugs,

DE

BENEFIT STAY DON'T STRAY PRIMER

As I’ve mentioned to you girlies before, I’m a huge eyeshadow maven. With all these youtube tutorials, I think I have different eyeshadow looks for the rest of my life.  As many of you know when you first apply that fresh coat of eyeshadow on your lids, the colors looks great. Amazing pigment! Bold and strong! But by the end of the day if you have oily  lids like I do,  your eyeshadow colors can look a hot greasy mess and plain old ugly. Primer is key. Anyway, I’ve been using the Two-Face Shadow Insurance for years, but  recently picked up Benefit Stay Don’t Stray Primer

This is a little heavier than my Two-Face Shadow Insurance.   It kind of felt as if I was putting a concealer on my lid. I followed the instructions and applied three dots to each lid and waited for it to dry. 

3 Dots

You can also put this under your eyes, and it promises to adhere to your concealer but I didn’t do that. Anyway, I applied my eyeshadows and walked out the door. Around 3 hours later, I looked in the mirror, and my eyeshadow colors were still going strong. No creasing, and no oiliness at all. Six hours later, there was slight oiliness, but nothing that would make me want to break out my eyeshadow brush and reapply. By the end of my 8 hour day though my eyeshadow still looked pretty good. There was definitely oil present, but it wasn’t necessary for me to break out the eyeshadow brush. I do like this. and I'll definitely use it till it's finished. Not sure if it will be replacing by Two Faced Shadow Insurance.   The thing that bothers me about this product though is I feel like I’m wasting a lot of it. 

The pump pumps out way too much product.

It’s annoying because I had to throw the excess out. Nothing annoys me more than being wasteful (actually that's not true, people who blast their ipod music on the subway thinking the whole train needs to hear their playlist,  really annoy me).  At $24.00 I don’t want to waste any of this primer.  This gets about a B in my book.

Hugs,

DE

STILA SPRING 2010 COLLECTION JEWELED EYE PALETTE & SPECIAL THANKS

A huge trend I saw this year on the runways was the re-mixed smoky eye. I say remixed because the “smoky eye” is no longer just boring shades of gray and black, but different hues of colors. Recently I got my hands on the Stila Spring 2010 Jeweled eye palette, and I’m already envisioning creating a gorgeous sparkly purple smoky eye with this palette. The colors are so pigmented, and bold, and oh so sparkly (I love sparkles) Any shade of purple on the eyes is always a gorgeous for brown eyed women, and this palette feels like it was created just for my big brown eyes.

 

Love Love Love 

What are your thoughts?

Do you love it too?

PS: I want to thank one of my eagle eyed readers Lovechild. The day before yesterday she e-mailed advising me that another blogger used my hair pics and was claiming they were hers.  After viewing the post, I was  appalled, shocked, and perplexed.

Because I'm not a mean person, I won't mention the name of the blogger.  I have chosen to contact the blogger directly and she is claiming that she doesn't have to remove them because they are not copyrighted by me. However, the thing that boggles my mind was that she clearly is saying that her hair came out like mine after she got it done, therefore totally misleading her readers.  I read all the comments and people were remarking how beautiful her my hair looked and she never corrected them. I showed the post to Luxetips who is my girl and is also a prominent attorney, beautyblogger and mommy,  and she was in shock as well. But, she  told me that I was in the right. So we'll see how it works out.  However, one of the reasons I started beautylogic was because I got tired of being misled by magazines, and I vowed never to mislead my readers. Any pic that you see here with a product review or salon review, that shows you a body part whether it's  eyes, lips, hair, nails, it's mine.

Hugs (even to the blogger who stole my pics )

DE

EOS ORGANIC LIP BALM

 

Lip balms are a  must have for these past harsh winter months. (So happy spring is clearly coming back.) The last thing you want to have is dry, flaky, peeling lips. EWW. But like I’ve told you before, ingredients-especially with lip care items are becoming so much more important to me. Recently I got the chance to try EOS Lip balm, and let’s just say I’m loving this for so many reasons. The flavor I got my hands on  was Summer Fruit. My God this taste delicious. And I’m not scared to ingest this because this product is 95% organic  and 100% natural. Loaded with Vitamin E, soothing shea butter and jojoba oil, this really smoothes and hydrates my lips. 

Have you tried these?

If you haven’t, please do. It comes in 5 different flavors, and for $3.29 anyone can afford it.

Yummy 

Hugs, 

DE

Lancome Oscillation Powerfoundation Rocks My World

I’m not really a mineral foundation lover. I’ve tried them before, and it’s always been ehhh. After 8 hours my face looks blotchy, masky and usually they don’t provide enough coverage. However, a few weeks ago, I got the chance to try Lancome’s Oscillation Powerfoundation and my opinion on mineral foundations has greatly changed.

My shade in this is Sable 20. First of all, I love the packaging of this product. The Foundation is encased in a jar, and the applicator is over it. All you have to do is push the button on the applicator (the button makes the brush move 7000 micro-oscillations per minute) and begin applying on your face.  The vibrations of the brush feel as if  I'm giving myself a facial massage. So wonderful!

I love that unlike other mineral foundations this product will not leave a powdery mess all over my house.  This product also has a very high amount of SPF-21. That’s high for any foundation, cream, powder or liquid. When I tried this, I couldn’t believe the amount of coverage it provided. Seriously, I didn’t have to use a concealer or anything for my hyper pigmentation.  The Sable 20 shade was an exact match to my skin. Lancome claims this will last for 14 hours.  I can attest that this lasted a full day on me without the need to re-apply. Also, this product is oil, talc, and fragrance free.

Me with this on.

What are your thoughts on mineral foundations?

Do you love them? Do you hate them?

Hugs,

DE

Urban Decay Ink for Eyes

When I was younger my eyes were my dreaded enemy. Because they were so big, I was constantly teased and called "Pop-Eye," "Eye-popper, "and "Crazy Eyes."  However, as I grew up, I learned to love how huge they were and realized that eye makeup looked absolutely amazing on these peepers so I have become quite the eye-make junkie. 

Anyway, recently I got the chance to try Uban Decays Ink for Eyes in Binge, and let’s just say DE is impressed big time.

The packaging of this is pretty stellar. It comes in a cute rectangular box with  2 columns. One column contains a huge amount of product and the other one has a quality brush to apply the eyeliner. 

This  product applies  effortlessly. The eyeliner seriously last all day (even with my insanely oily eye-lids) and for $22.00 this aint bad considering it comes with so much product, and a great brush. Binge is a beautiful mix of purple/and dark blue, just stunning for brown eyes.

Have you tried this product?

What were your thoughts?

Hugs,

DE