Mid-Summer Bronzers For Light To Medium Skin

July 13, 2008

Back in June, I posted an article featuring 2 Beautiful Bronzers For Early Summer. They are just as gorgeous now as they were then, but many of us have a little more color in our skin now. We’ve been wearing brighter colored clothes. We’re staying up later in the evenings and enjoying the deeper saturated colors of mid and late summer.

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Sunscreen Search 2008

June 16, 2008

Each year, I take a look at what’s on offer in the sunscreen world. Our family goes through 12-15 tubes in a summer, so I’m price-conscious. What I put on my face ( see the articles Clinique : A Gorgeous Lipstick, A Fabulous Sunscreen and 2 Estee Lauder Product Reviews : A Best-In-Class Sunscreen and a So-So Foundation ) and what my kids cover themselves with at the beach or the pool is not the same product. To show you how seriously I take sun protection, take a look at my new sunglasses.

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2 Beautiful Bronzers for Early Summer

June 13, 2008

As soon as warm weather arrives, we want a little more color on our face. It looks great and it’s a lovely way to celebrate the prospect of several months of summer. In Canada, it matters.
Bronzer is the best way to get that color. I think it’s also the most attractive. You can put it where you want it and never look burned. A real tan just looks old these days.

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Product Review : Aveda Lip Tint SPF 15

June 9, 2008

By far my favorite Aveda product is the makeup. The pigments are lovely, the colors, for the most part, are very wearable though the whole collection looks shinier every time I look at it.
They make 2 makeup products that are luminary. The first is the sheer tinted foundation with sunscreen, called Inner Light Tinted Moisture SPF 15.

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15% Off All SPF Products At Paula’s Choice

June 5, 2008

Does everyone know that sun products are on sale at Paula’s Choice for the month of June ? That includes any product with an SPF, not just sunscreens. We’re talking foundations, pressed powders, and one of the lip products.
Not only that, each order includes 15 free sample packets. 15 !! My kind of sale.

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REVIEWS

April 16, 2008

The following is a list of the items that have been reviewed in this blog.
BOOKS
1. Foods That Fight Cancer, by Richard Beliveau, Ph. D., and Denis Gingras, Ph. D. In the article Book Review : Foods That Fight Cancer - One Book Everyone Must Read, on November 17/07.
2. Don’t Go To The Cosmetics Counter [...]

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THE 28 SUN FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW

November 16, 2007

FOR YOUR EYES : VISION IS A PRECIOUS GIFT
1. Sunglasses must protect against 100% of UVA and UVB rays. No compromise is acceptable.
2. The accepted minimum lens protection is 70% of UVB and 60% of UVA, but this is voluntary, not mandatory
3. UV protection comes from a coating on the lens, not the color/darkness [...]

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