Personal Directory

    Could your cosmetics be making you sick? Caution needs to be used with when deciding whether to use any type of cosmetic, cream, or beauty product on your skin. Most women never think of the possible allergic reactions and aging problems that might occur when using these products on their faces and bodies....  [Read more]

    Many people avoid artificial colours in their foods, but don't check out the colours in cosmetics and personal care products. It is only in recent years that cosmetics have started to carry a full list of ingredients on their packaging....  [Read more]

    There???s no doubting the fact that most women will use cosmetics at least once in their lives. But what makes cosmetics so interesting is its different forms that have existed as far back as ancient Egypt when women adorned themselves with ochre as their rouge, and malachite to enhance their eyes....  [Read more]

    Sometimes, you don't need to go to the store to get the makeup essentials you need, which is something that Mary Kay cosmetics has proven over the years. They revolutionized the make up industry when Mary Kay Ash founded the company in September of 1963. Currently, there are more than 200 Mary Kay products that serve the needs of people of all ethnic origins and backgrounds....  [Read more]

    If you haven't heard of Shiseido cosmetics, you must have been living under a rock for the past several years. Consistently, Shiseido cosmetics have won awards from top industry insiders like Men's Health, Self Magazine, Town and Country, InStyle, Golf for Women, CEW, Redbook, Allure, Seventeen, More Magazine, Child's, Shape, Brides and others....  [Read more]

    Have you ever wondered why MAC cosmetics always seem to outdo the competition? What is it that makes MAC so much better than a drug store brand, or even more expensive lines that can only be found at high end make up counters? The secret, if you ask me, is to look at who founded the company and why. Back in the early to mid nineteen eighties, Frank Toskan was working as a make up artist and photographer....  [Read more]

    Whenever I need new makeup and don't want to spend $30 on a single tube of lipstick, I head to the Loreal Cosmetics section of my local drug store. Unlike the pricey designer brands that will cost you an arm and a leg and sometimes don't deliver anyway, I can always count on Loreal brands to give me the results I need at a price I love. As you may or may not know, Loreal is the world's largest cosmetics company. I have to say, there's a reason the company got so big....  [Read more]

    Cosmetics reviews are everywhere these days, and it can be hard to tell the real reviews from the ones that the companies pay for. Have you ever noticed that in a lot of magazines there will be a huge ad for a particular brand of lipstick a few pages after the editors recommend it?...  [Read more]