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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 [...]

Update on lies and oils, respectively

Virginia (Heliotro.pe) — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:51:32 +0000

OK, I know it’s been WAY too long since I last updated. Home ownership is busy-making! As is trying to work full time while running a side business and writing a book and generally making an effort to cook more and decorate and yada yada. ANYWAY. Hi, I’m back! So what has been going on [...]

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 [...]

Holiday beauty bounty

Virginia (Heliotro.pe) — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 03:31:29 +0000

As I mentioned elsewhere, I’m a spoiled girl. My husband‘s entire family is tuned into my taste, and I took home a fascinating haul of fun products this year. In addition to receiving to bra clips and bejeweled makeup brushes, I got a gadget from my MIL that I’d never even HEARD of before — the [...]

YSL Volume Effet Faux Cils Mascara review

Virginia (Heliotro.pe) — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 21:42:05 +0000

When my prior tube of mascara ran out, my sudden overwhelming urge to switch to gray instead of black lashes nudged me towards this much-hyped mascara. When my Sephora VIB coupon came around, I figured it was time to take the plunge.

Pros: -The Sublime Grey color is nicely neutral without being too blue or [...]

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 [...]

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 — [...]