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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 [...]

Cosmetics case MIA :(

Virginia (Heliotro.pe) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 05:20:52 +0000

I’ve been using the same Coach black leather makeup bag since like 2003, and I LOVED that thing. I got it for a decent price at the factory outlet, and it’s held up well and was the perfect size and dimensions to cram into even my smaller purses. I didn’t love how skinny items like [...]

Ingredient awareness on the rise?

Virginia (Heliotro.pe) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:01:32 +0000

So I just saw a swanky J. Lo commercial for L’Oréal EverSleek products last night, and believe it or not, neither the celebrity nor the awkwardly harsh reading of the line “And nothing weighs me down…EVER” nor the creepy bronze latex dress is what most caught my attention. Nope, it’s the fact that a mainstream [...]

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 to fill in overplucked brows

Virginia (Heliotro.pe) — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:37:19 +0000

Step 1) Decide to buy a house.

Step 2) Become incredibly stressed out, overtaxed and insomnia filled with the details of said process.

Step 3) Completely forget to take care of yourself in any fashion, from brow plucking to shaving to basic feeding and cleaning.

Step 4) Decide to use your only free time to [...]

Testing out Julep’s “Fab 14″ LED mani

Virginia (Heliotro.pe) — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:59:27 +0000

Remember when I got my OPI Axxium gel manicure, and then it wound up sucking? Well, I never learn. Or rather, I learn to seek out better alternatives to what is fundamentally a good product idea with poor execution. Enter Julep! A few months ago, I had seen someone Tweet somewhere about getting a UV [...]

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 [...]

Technical difficulties

Virginia (Heliotro.pe) — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:49:51 +0000

Hey beauty followers, sorry for the technical hiccups — I’ve had to delete and re-post a few recent blurbs in order to fix a problem with the newest version of WordPress. Should be all clear now, but for anyone who follows via RSS, apologies for the duplicate posts! No comments were affected by this techfoolery.

Straight talk

Virginia (Heliotro.pe) — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:12:15 +0000

I went to a new hairdresser recently, because my pre-wedding life has gotten to a point where everything must be reliably transacted over email or not at all. Sarah taught me lots of good tricks, and gave me a smashing flat-iron for my trim-but-not-cut, since she insisted I needed the length for my wedding style.

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LONG overdue: 3floz.com

Virginia (Heliotro.pe) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:25:31 +0000

I can’t believe how long overdue this is. A recent Daily Candy newsletter pinged 3floz.com, a new website that only sells TSA-approved toiletries. For months now I’ve been scratching my head when I see 2- or 4-ounce bottles of “travel” shampoo at the drugstore — didn’t anyone get on this and think, [...]