<p>I splurged on some Dead Sea mud at a kiosk in the mall last holiday season. When I use it, my skin looks dramatically better for about 5 or 6 hours. Don’t know what’s in that mud but whatever it is – it works great, just doesn’t last and it’s too expensive to use daily. I especially like what it does for my hands.</p>
<p>One secret beauty recipe a coworker once shared is . . . honey. Her dad was a bee-keeper and she said that bee keepers generally have amazing skin. Her secret beauty recipe was to buy a bottle of honey (cheap as you can fine), take it into the shower and sort of stand out of the spray, slather it all over the face, throat and hands and try to keep it on for about five minutes. Then shower off.</p>
<p>I am not kidding. Your skin will be dewey soft and youthful looking for a couple of days. It’s kind of icky but has not plugged up my shower drain yet.</p>
<p>I can no longer find the thread in which several CC members recommended a specific product to remove fine facial hair. I believe it was something that had to be ordered on Amazon. Can anyone here help?</p>
<p>worrywart, I haven’t read the entire thread yet but I have a suggestion in response to your post #46. I am like you in that everything makes me break out. I’ve been using a great sunscreen/moisturizer for several years now. It was recommended by my dermatologist. It gets great reviews and does not wear off during the day. It is immediately absorbed into your skin, is not greasy. I use it around my eyes and it does not leach into them and burn (lots of products do this). This is what I use:</p>
<p>Happy to hear about another sun screen for those of us who still break out. I’ve been using skinceuticals physical defense 30 for over 5 years now and it’s the first (only) sunscreen I’ve found that i can use on my face without it feeling too heavy/oily, etc. However, it’s $25-30 for 3 ounces and the eltamd product is $31 for 8 ounces which is a great deal so I’m going to try that when it’s time to reorder. I rarely moisturize (other than around my eyes) but, when I do, I use an eltamd product that goes on very well.</p>
<p>Under my skinceuticals sunscreen, I use skinceuticals CE Ferulic every day. I do believe the combination has helped keep my skin looking relatively young. Since this brand seemed to work so well for me, I tried a couple other products but I didn’t notice any difference.</p>
<p>Anyone want to share tips for undereye circles? I recently tried a neutragena product but it’s been over 30 days with no visible difference so I’m ready to try something else.</p>
<p>collage1, I agree about the C E Ferulic. It makes a visible difference in my skin after only a week or so. I use it every day. I’ve found, though, that if I buy the bottles it goes bad before I can use it up (turns yellow, then orange, thickens, smells bad). Now I buy sets of 6 samples in a box, keep the box in the frig, and only the current sample in the bathroom. It takes about a month to use up one of the sample bottles. I have bought them from Ebay sellers and Amazon sellers. You have to be sure to get a seller with a fresh supply. When it is fresh, it is clear, thin, and has no smell.</p>
<p>Lastely I’ve been getting facials every 4 weeks. I can see a difference in my skin tone and quality. I too like the mineral powder makeup. I used liquid foundation for years (Clinique, Laura Mercier, Bobbi Brown) but it felt too heavy for me. Or maybe I was using too much!</p>
<p>On the topic of lipstick, I find sheer ones (like the Clinique buttershine lipstick – it comes in a case that looks like bamboo) are much more flattering than anything opaque.</p>
<p>Hair isn’t really cosmetic, but I’ve started adding highlights when I go in to cover the gray. Without them, my hair has that flat look which is so aging.</p>
<p>I’m getting an inferiority complex from reading this thread. I will do skin stuff or makeup every now and then on a whim . . . but I just don’t have the gumption to do skin care routines and stick to anything.</p>
<p>I generally wear the 30 spf Cerevee cream every day. Every now and then will slather on something rich on my hands or feet at bedtime. Exfoliating for me means using the wash cloth and a bar of ivory soap in the shower.</p>
<p>I suppose I look my years . . . but I just don’t really want to put the time into “preserving” my skin. </p>
<p>Now clothes, otoh, I adore and love to shop for and noodle over.</p>
<p>not necessarily a skin care item, but i came across this item by accident. it is a callous remover for my feet and i have never used anything quite so nice! it is made by emoji and i found it on qvc. love it. i mean, i really, really love it–and so do my feet!</p>
<p>I’m looking for eyebrow help. Since menopause, my eyebrows have become very, very sparse. Just don’t have many eyebrow hairs. They’ve always been very light–now they’re very sparse AND very light! Drawing on a bold brow just doesn’t work for me. I’m a minimalist when it comes to make-up. Any sources for my quest for natural-looking, drawn-on eyebrows?</p>
<p>I somehow missed your question - but I do have a suggestion. I am a cosmetics junkie. I work very hard at making it look like I am not wearing any make-up!</p>
<p>Anyway - the brow product that I like is Merle Norman brow powder. I think it goes on much more naturally than a pencil.</p>
<p>Beil, Benefit has some nice eyebrow products that create more natural look than eyebrow pencils. The ladies at the Benefit counter in my local Macy’s helped me select the eyebrow kit that made it look as if I had no eyebrow product on. Here is the eyebrow tip I got from the lady selling Chanel makeup in the same store: if you get a pencil, do not automatically go for black or some dark brown, as many do by mistake; instead, match the color to your natural hair/eyelash color. As the result, I walked away from the counter with a “Blond Clair” pencil (light brown), and I love it.</p>
<p>The makeup artist at the MAC counter in Nordstroms solved my eyebrow problem - I have none. She matched a shade of eyeshadow to my hair color and I use a slanted brush to apply it. Think of how many shades of brown/black/grey there are in the eyeshadows at MAC. The only problem is if I am stressed and rub my face - there goes an eyebrow! Otherwise I love it. I love finally having eyebrows…</p>
<p>I use Linda Seidel Cake Brow with her angled brush. Works great and very natural. Her products were recommended to me by the woman who shapes my brows and I’ve been very happy with the result. </p>
<p>For all of you Moroccan oil users - my hairdresser recomended using Coconut Oil. She said it’s what a lot of the hairdressers use on their own hair. Does the same job but costs a lot less - you can buy it at health food stores. She said she had to whisper it when she told me about it because she didn’t want the others in the salon to hear because they all make a lot of money selling the salon versons of the hair oils Has anyone tried this?</p>
Has anyone tried this?</p>