Weekend Beauty Read

Enter for a chance to win AminoGenesis Wrinkle Arrest Day Cream and HealthDropz-the beverage booster at Beauty and Personal Grooming.

Beauty Anonymous reviews La Mer The SPF30 UV Protecting Fluid.

Celebrate Shawn Johnson's win on Dancing with the Stars... click here to enter to win a makeup bag full of her favorite goodies over at Beauty in Real Life.

A Touch of Blusher reviews Prescriptives' Motor-Eyes Mascara.

Enter for a chance to win one of two Men's Essential Kits by The Skin by Monica Olsen over at The Makeup Divas, but hurry contest ends soon!

Kyle at Face Candy reviews Kiehl's new Argan Oil products.

Beauty Junkie in SF is wild over Smashbox's Summer 2009 Collection Untamed.

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The Best As Seen on TV Makeup

These hits, from channels like QVC and HSN, have our readers running for the phone

We've all done it: you can't sleep, turn on the TV, watch a spokesperson rave about some new makeup, and the next thing you know you're pulling out your credit card. Problem is, not all of those late-night impulse buys are that great. However, after checking out this list of the top "as seen on TV" makeup, you'll know what's worth the splurge. See makeup

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How Celebrity Savvy Are You?

Match these sultry smoky eyes to their celeb owner

We sure do love a good smoky eye. These celebs in particular nailed the classic yet exotic look in a variety of colors, showing both how beautiful and seductive a dramatic eye can be. See if you identify whose looks belong to whom by playing our match-up game. Play the game

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Fiama Di Wills shampoo: Review

I have tried Fiama Di Wills shower gel and loved it. ITC’s products have always been rated well by consumers. But have you tried their shampoos? I haven’t, but my friend who has used the variant ‘Everyday Mild’ says that neither is it a ‘bad shampoo’ per se nor is it out of the world. She washes her hair daily and therefore wished to use something mild on her hair. Her hair is not exactly straight and tangles easily after a wash. This Fiama Di Wills—Everyday Mild shampoo with the extracts of Thyme and Juniper and claims of imparting soft, tangle-free hair seemed just the thing to her. Plus, she liked the packaging; in fact, the bottle was transparent enough to see the color. After using it for over a week she quite liked the aroma of the shampoo and it did leave her hair tangle-free after a wash. However she found that when she had thoroughly oiled her hair the previous day before shampooing, it did not exactly cleanse her hair that well, she had to reapply it a number of times to get off all that greasiness from her scalp. Apart from for this hitch, she feels it’s a good shampoo for regular use.

Previously Fiama Di Wills shampoo used to come only in three variants, each variant designed to deliver a specific benefit to the consumer: Everyday Mild - Gentle caring shampoo with thyme and juniper extracts, Aqua Balance - Gentle moisturising shampoo with magnolia blossoms and watercress extracts and Volume Boost - Gentle volumising shampoo with rosemary and sage extracts. But recently ITC has come up with a brand new variant, Shine In Style. It contains extracts of chamomile and green tea and the lustra conditioning system. All these shampoos are available in two sizes- 200 ml and 100ml and are priced at Rs. 99 and Rs. 54 respectively.

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Glass stuck in your palm? Here's what you should do.

In the course of the day, your hands are subjected to a lot of abuse. You might be caring for them on a regular basis but accidents do happen, sometimes. Like for example, you topple a glass jar/expensive crockery set inadvertently and in a frantic bid to gather the scattered fragments, glass pieces get stuck in your palm. In such a case, don’t panic and tug and pull the pieces out—this might lodge the miniscule pieces even deeper into the skin. Just stay cool and follow this bit of advice:

Very gently and cautiously, pull out the big pieces. You could even use tweezers to pull out few small pieces. For the remaining tiny shards, run your pierced palm under water, alternating between hot and cold. The water will clean most of it, but the alternation between hot and cold will expand and contract your skin and squeeze out the shards. Then apply an antiseptic lotion. Follow a similar method for your soles when you accidentally trip over glass debris. But if the pieces have worked pretty deep into the skin and this procedure didn't succeed in dislodging all the fragments, play safe and seek medical assistance at the earliest to avoid further complications.

See also:

• Relieve burning sensation in palms and soles with these home-remedies
• Fix torn nails at home

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Giveaway: AminoGenesis Wrinkle Arrest Day Cream and HealthDropz-the beverage booster

Another exciting Giveaway !!! This time I'll be giving away AminoGenesis Wrinkle Arrest, a moisturizing day cream worth $59, and a beverage booster HealthDropz to one lucky reader.

About Aminogenesis Wrinkle Arrest:

Wrinkle Arrest is a new moisturizing day cream with SPF 18 and broad spectrum sun protection. Wrinkle Arrest contains the groundbreaking AminoGenesis DermaScyne formula which helps reduce the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, discoloration and other signs of aging. These precursors help support proteins like collagen and elastin as well as many other key proteins found in the skin. Price: $59. BTW, it has also won American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Seal of Recognition.

AminoGenesis Wrinkle Arrest Moisturizing Day Cream

About Beverage Booster- healthDropz:

healthDropz is available in three blends (Energy, Focus and Green Tea Antioxidants), each providing a precise, highly concentrated mix of vitamins, herbs or select natural ingredients. Simply add six healthDropz to 8 oz water of water or any beverage. No mixing necessary. A 90 serving bottle of healthDropz (0.9 fl oz) retails for $8.99. The bottle is small and convenient to carry, about the size of a lipstick.

Beverage Booster:HealthDropz

healthDropz Energy: The Kick Without the Can
Unlike other specialty beverages, healthDropz Energy is not a caffeine laden formula. Instead, the secret in these drops is small amounts of caffeine, the amino acid taurine and lots of B vitamins, especially B12.Because healthDropz Energy is sugar-free, there is no potential for a sugar crash.
healthDropz Focus: A Difference in Minutes
healthDropz Focus is a fast-acting blend combining vitamin B6 with four scientifically tested, brain support nutrients, rhodiola rosea, DMAE, huperzine A (an extract from Chinese club moss) and citcoline. In as little as 10 minutes healthDropz Focus users have noted benefits.
healthDropz Green Tea: A Drop Full of Antioxidants
Avid tea drinkers are constantly brewing pot after pot of green tea for the desired six cups a day. healthDropz Green Tea, however, is an easy solution; providing a full cup of green tea polyphenols in just six drops. Importantly, about half of these polphenols are ECGC. Cut six cups into three, by adding six healthDropz to each cup of green tea. Or add green tea benefits to any drink, without adding flavor. healthDropz Green Tea has none of the added sugar or sweeteners of bottled green tea nor the strong bitter after-taste of green tea extracts.Unlike the Omega-3 brain supplements which have a fishy after-taste, healthDropz Focus adds no flavor to a glass of water.

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Note that this contest is open to readers from USA only. Comments without an email id will not be considered. This giveaway is open until June 15^th 2009^, and I will pick a winner randomly and announce his/her name on June 16^th 2009.

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Winner of Swerve neck razor giveaway

The winner of the Swerve neck razor giveaway is aaj83 ,comment no:13

Congratulations, for winning! I have sent you an email, please respond immediately with your full name and residential address. A big “Thank you” to all those who participated in the contest! If you didn't win this time, don't despair, there will be many more contests and giveaways on this blog. And don't forget to enter the next giveaway!!

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Did you know?

* Three months of intensive Yoga can curb the frequency and intensity of migraines by 70 percent according to a study by the University of Rajasthan. Yoga increases serotonin levels which reduce the constriction of blood vessels in the brain that cause migraines.

* A team at Gothenburg University in Sweden treated 30 sufferers with 30-minute weekly sessions of acupuncture for 10-12 weeks. Each subject recorded their pain level, noting on an average, a 70 percent reduction in brain ache. To enhance this curative effect, study author Dr. Elisabeth Sodenberg recommends combining it with deep breathing exercises.

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A magnetic device to zap migraines

(Guest post by RJ)

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