Beauty Questions

Is anyone here using it?  Has it helped?  I'm using it and I think I see fewer fine lines around my eyes.  It's subtle though.

For the first time in my life, my skin is showing signs of aging.  A sun spot here, a wrinkle there... It's troubling me.  

Have any of you found an anti-aging skin treatment that actually works?  I have some retin-A, but it makes my skin peel so bad that I hate using the stuff.  Advice?

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So it's not a beauty question yet but it will be come summer:

I have dry skin. As in my legs get kinda scale-y. But I'll be damned if I can find any lotion that helps.

It's gotten worse in the Minnesota winter too. Some of it may be the laundry detergent allergy issue (I'm allergic to most detergents) but this has gone way beyond that. The other day I had to stop myself from scratching my tummy into oblivion and after I was done you could just see all the white dry dead skin which was the ultimate in badness. And last week I scratch my foot into pain (and I go around barefoot or in slippers most of the time, even at school). I scratched the top so bad that I scratched off the top layer of skin and was bleeding.

So. . . .thick commercial lotions don't appear to work. The only things that seem to help are ones that are so thick they can't be put in bottles. So does anyone have recommendations on that score? Something within a grad student budget would be helpful remembering that every bit of my body needs to be slathered. And then. . .exfoliators? Any ideas of good all over ones, or recipes for homemade ones that you know help? I have my Buffy the Backside Slayer from Lush but quite honestly that doesn't exfoliate well enough at all!

I wanna go back to the deserts where I didn't have these problems *whines*

Best foundation I have ever, ever used: Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse. It's a bit pricey (about $11 for .64 OZ), but it lasts a long time and gives the best finish I have seen thusfar. Now if only they made one that didn't clog your pores, I'd be happy.

Speaking of pores: that one company.. the "Swiss" one.. that I can't remember right now (I could go look, but I'm too lazy) makes a facial scrub for the shower that has done wonders for my complexion. Supposedly it works with the heat of your shower, but whatever. It's amazing anyway. :D

I had to share!

I've tried plenty of shampoos and conditioners and i always find a problem with them. i have long hair and to me it seems dry and damaged. i have split ends and sometimes my ends break. to fix that i go to a stylist. but what shampoo and conditioner would you guys recommend to me that will give me shine or just make my hair softer and not dry or damaged? another question is what is a really good instant heat tamer? i use tre semme but i want other opinions.

Hi! I'm Kelly, I'm new (and forgive me if I ask commonly-asked questions due to being new). This community looks awesome and I'm really happy to have the resource. I'm having a real problem finding good skin care advice and I've tried a few things. For about a year I used MAC cleanser and moisture feed and I'm not happy with it; it simply isn't improving my skin at all. I don't like Clinique and haven't had luck with it. I tried Burt's Bees day cream with little luck. Can anyone recommend a good line? I love MAC for pigments but their skin care seems to be lacking.

MY SKIN:

Blackhead problem

big pores

Combination skin (dry and some breakouts in T zone mainly)

I am a little sensitive in that I see splotches if my skin is irritated at all. Thank you so much!

~Kelly

Glad I got reaccepted.. this is _sweetvanilla with a new username. :) Hi!

I heat-process my hair with a blowdryer and straightening iron every other day. What kind of shampoo and conditioner can I use that will work in collaboration with the heat instead of just letting my hair get fried? I want something that really works, too, not that just says it does.

I'm going to Japan soon, to meet my boyfriend's parents. Consequently I am dying my hair back to its real shade (red) and trying to go for a nice, fresh makeup look. I wanted to know, what shades/colours of makeup would offset my red hair and (very dark!) brown eyes? Also, my hair is very thick, and due to overprocessing, quite brittle. What can I use to relax and smooth it a bit? It's naturally curly/wavy, but all the bleaching and such over the years has made it lay relatively flat, but huge. It's awful.. Haha.

I dont have a question but I would like to recomend something.

Yesterday I went shopping and bought two skin products.

1. Biore Pore Perfect "Triple Action Astringent" (cleanses, tightens, and cleans)
2. Clearasil "Vanishing Maximum Strength Acne Treatment Cream"

INCREDIBLE. I dont know if it were the individual products working together or just one of them but whatever. When I woke up this morning my skin felt GREAT. The pimples I had were almost gone and my skin felt really good. I dunno. I mean I dont get to much acne. Im one of those people that either have none at all and then suddenly get 3-4 at once. But like really, I highly recommend this stuff.