Since the first step is admitting, here goes. My name is Stacie, and I am a lip picker. Yes. My lips have been chronically dry since before I came out of the womb I suppose. Since I have sensitive skin that is prone to clogging, scrubs either weren't enough or balms too rich or just [...]
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Product Review: Milani Strobelight Instant Glow Powder
While perusing the makeup aisle at Walgreens looking for some fun additions before a work holiday party, I wandered over to the Milani section which I must admit, I've never taken seriously because it's all the way in the back. I pass my trusty go-tos long before I reach their products, which is next to [...]
Product Review: Nars Lip Pencils
It quite possibly took me 25+ years to wear a colored lipstick out of the house that wasn't either for Halloween or some shade of nude/clear/light pink/balm. Lipsticks can be tricky and ESPECIALLY when you are a natural redhead (hello clown face) and uncomfortable with the wrong formulation. There are less than five lip colors [...]
Product Review: Urban Decay Brow Box
As you would have read in my earlier blog post touting that eyebrows are the new LBD, the eyebrow industry has exploded not only because if the increased attention to a perfectly arched brow, but also capitalizing on those poor souls growing up in the 90's when pencil thin brows were in - and just [...]
Product Review: SkinMedica TNS Essential Serum
There are other products that will do great things for your skin. But they won't do great things like this.
Product Review: CeraVe SA Renewing Cleanser
Of all the beauty products in my arsenal, the one I am happy to pluck from the drugstore shelves and will never be convinced of a need to do otherwise is a facial cleanser. There are literally thousands out there shouting from the rooftops about this ingredient and that, but the reality is that all you [...]
Product Review: belif’s The True Cream Moisturizing Bomb
As ReadHead readers and friends will know, I am pretty upfront about the struggles of my skin both as an early teen and continues in adulthood. While I've thankfully never struggled with the extremes of the worst, I've experienced, and continue to experience, the bits of bad things that add up to being detractors of beautiful skin. [...]
ReadHead 2 Head: Skinceuticals C E Ferulic vs. Drunk Elephant C-Firma
If you've been around the cosmeceutical (that's cosmetics/skincare with a pharmaceutical mentality) world for the past few years, you've likely heard of Skinceuticals' C E Ferulic serum. Newer to the game is Drunk Elephant's C-Firma serum, which leaves a girl to ask - who does it better? A little background. Skinceuticals, a subsidiary under the [...]
Product Review: Peter Thomas Roth Professional 3% Retinoid Plus
If you're not familiar with retinoids, they are a derivative of vitamin A and are one of the few clinically proven ingredients to address skin rejuvenation including helping with age spots, acne and wrinkles. You'll see them listed as retinal, retinol, retinal palmate, and many others. Bottom line is that if you were born prior [...]
Product Review: Dr. Jart Premium Beauty Balm SPF 45
BB stands for beauty or blemish balm. They were all the rage overseas with Japan and Korea leading the way. I wrote a blog post about the difference in BB, CC and tinted moisturizers which can be helpful before digging into this review. BB creams are fantastic options for those who want more than sheer [...]
