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Livelovelaugh longs to learn…I’ve noticed that Johnsons have variations of their regular baby oil - Johnsons baby oil lavender, and Johnsons baby oil with aloe vera and vitamin e. Do these extra...
Stephanie says…In some products they have a picture of what looks like a cream jar with a number followed by a capital “M”. For example, in Revlon’s Colorstay Liquid Eye Pen (the one with the felt...
The last poll we put together a list of anti-aging treatments and asked you to figure out which one was the FAKE. Well, hundreds of you responded and here are the results.
1. Perfume that...
Mona mutters…I’ve heard a rumour that cutting hair with heated scissors is better than with regular hair scissors (for example, the Jaguar TC Theracut). I’ve been able to find ladies journal...
Mid Brain muses:
Blondes allegedly have more fun but brunettes are healthier because their darker coloration protects them from getting skin cancer, right?
Sun tan and skin cancer
Wrong....
The Kohls department store is having a holiday sale and wanted to generate some good will (and publicity) among beauty bloggers. This means that they sent us a $25 gift card to do whatever we would like with.
We have decided to give it away to one...
Penelope’s pain…I just had my second go round of fake eyelashes applied at a salon. My eyelids swelled up and got really red in the crease of the upper lids. It was painful!
The Right Brain responds:
Our blog post on “How To Remove False Eyelashes”...
The Left Brain updates:
I created quite a stir in the world of silk pillow cases last year when I tried to answer the question “Are Silk Pillow Cases Good For Your Skin? (Follow the link for the original post and all the entertaining comments.)
Silk...
I thought this was cute and a good reminder that Natural doesn’t always equal Safer. It’s a promotional video for Amy Stewart’s upcoming book ‘Wicked Plants‘.
Amy I know this book is going on my Amazon Wish List!
Hey everyone! It’s the Right Brain here back from a month of working on our new book with the Left Brain. We’ll start answering questions again but we still have some more work to do on the book, so please be patient. Mid Brain will continue to help us...
