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Mountain Rose Herbs giveaway

Virginia (Heliotro.pe) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:08:02 +0000

Mountain Rose Herbs, my favorite hippie skincare and herb supplier is doing a very cool giveaway for the best herbal recipes of 2011. Check ‘em out — not only do they have great ideas there and a killer prize, but these guys sell extremely high-quality, well-priced DIY skincare items. I use them to purchase all my [...]

Trouble in paradise

Virginia (Heliotro.pe) — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:11:10 +0000

OK, so we bought ourselves a brand new house. Like, a really nice one. Nice enough that I can’t afford to shop at Sephora ever again. We’ve had a really fun and monumental beginning of the year, with the new home and a big move all right after a trip to Rio for a friend’s [...]

How can we look “polished” on the go?

Virginia (Heliotro.pe) — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:15:31 +0000

A friend’s recent Facebook comment cracked me up — she said on the first day of her attempt to dress a bit sleeker looking, she forgot to wear deodorant; this was proof to her that it was impossible for her to be “polished” no matter what she tried. I used to be much the same — [...]

PAX Beauty (and beasts)

Virginia (Heliotro.pe) — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:47:36 +0000

Every year since like 2006, Seattle’s own Mike and Jerry of Penny Arcade have put on an increasingly massive video game fan convention. This thing started for fans by fans (as opposed to for developers by developers), and the turnout in fantastic. Both literally and figuratively. PLUS, my work is throwing a big party [...]

The post-marital fuglies

Virginia (Heliotro.pe) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:44:02 +0000

Well, the big day has finally come and gone! The day was lovely, but now it’s time to get ugly. Don’t get me wrong — I don’t view marriage as an excuse to completely let myself go or anything. But this wedding has involved an INSANE amount of primping and stress and spending on our [...]

OPI Axxium Soak-Off Gel Nail Lacquer

Virginia (Heliotro.pe) — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:20:43 +0000

God, even the title is a mouthful! I just got a manicure with this special new-ish nail system, because I wanted to test-drive a wedding manicure that would be longer-lasting than typical polish, since I’m quite adept at ruining manicures in record time. When browsing the website at Frenchy’s, I saw this ‘soak-off gel nail’ [...]

$1.99 Beauty Find

Virginia (Heliotro.pe) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:51:44 +0000

As part of my Wedding Skincare Vows, I really wanted to start taking better care of my nails. (It doesn’t feel right showing off my fiancé’s late grandmother’s heirloom ring with raggedy fingernails and cuticles.) So I went out and invested in several of these bad boys, so I’d always have one on hand:

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Wedding Skincare Vows

Virginia (Heliotro.pe) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:09:10 +0000

Grant and I got engaged last month, and since then everything has been a whirl! We’ve kicked into planning mode, largely because we’re both really enjoying the planning process thus far. But of course, one part of the plan is to lose some weight before the big day, so we both look and feel our [...]

Melted butter

Virginia (Heliotro.pe) — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:38:59 +0000

Turns out that toxic ingredients like toluene, formaldehyde and phthalates actually serve a purpose in nail polish — they help it cure.

I went in to butter LONDON today to trade in three old polishes for three shiny new 3-Free ones, and the clerk painted each of my nails up with a different shade. He [...]

butter LONDON’s gonna go broke!

Virginia (Heliotro.pe) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:04:34 +0000

Okay, perhaps not TOTALLY broke. But with their new Turn In Your Toxins Earth Day deal, I’m totally planning on cashing in six old cruddy nail polishes for two new shiny ones. (I double-checked the site’s fine print, and it looks like each customer can do this 3-for-1 deal twice, for double the fun.)

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