Archives for July, 2012

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Show us your Zbornack!

Honestly, I think Dorothy (the excellent Bea Arthur) was probably the least likely of the Golden Girls to have carried a sequined anything, it's far more Blanche's (Rue McClanahan) style...maybe a little Sophia (Estelle Getty)...but whichever of the original (talking ...
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Review: Maybelline Define-A-Lash

I’ve been hearing a lot of positive noises on the subject of Maybelline’s new Define-A-Lash mascara recently. I’ve tried to block them out, in the hope that the hype will soon die down. I mean, it’s not like ...
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Elle magazine contest

While a newbie beauty assistant, I made a hobby of changing my looks as often as possible. Bangs? Why not? Colored contacts? Bring ‘em on! Spent the past year and a half growing out your hair? Let’s chop it into ...
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Got To Have It: Benefit’s New Gabbi Makeup Bag

Benefit’s makeup bags usually score high on the ’cute’ scale, and their latest offering is no exception. Featuring Benefit Babe Gabbi, the You go, Gabbi! bag measures 10 inches by 7 inches (4 inches deep), and is crammed with places to ...
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Campaign For Real Beauty: Onslaught

“You’re not skinny enough…your hair is too curly…you’d look so much better with thinner thighs…would it kill you to wear a little makeup? (here, buy ours!)”. You know the drill; we’re inundated with negativity about our looks from the time ...