About Mythbuster Beauty

Acne Smarts: the dreaded undergrounder
This week my 15 year old daughter Amanda came running to her momma for skin care advice.  She had developed a deep, painful zit on her mid-forehead and was feeling beyond frustrated.  Before coming to me, she tried to extract it, which resulted in more inflammation, redness, damage to the skin around the blemish, and morphed it into a monster zit that closely resembled a “third eye.”  Although it was Halloween, she did not want this new and enhanced feature to be a part of her costume. After delivering my “do what I say, not what I do” lecture on not squeezing at a deep pimple, I sent her to my bathroom closet for a few of my favorite acne spot treatment

The Mineral Makeup Mutiny has begun
One of the things that gets us going here at MBB is honesty. I mean, finding the truth behind claims about products is pretty much what we’re all about. It’s right there in the name, “Mythbuster”.  We do our very best to research ingredients and try everything out for ourselves rather than just regurgitating PR blurbs and reciting the company line that we’re handed. I think it’s readily apparent that if we don’t think something is effective or worth the price tag we’ll say so, and integrity is a core principle around here. Another thing we feel is important is finding and supporting independent businesses, those companies who also b

Solutions for Eyes: Puffiness and Dark Circles. What’s a Gal to do?
I’m sure you have all heard that getting 7 to 8 hours of sleep every night is optimal for your health. Sleep is our bodies’ way of renewing itself and recuperating from the stress and the daily wear and tear of life. I honestly try to get my full 7 to 8 hours, heck, and I’d love 9 if I could manage it, but realistically women have many responsibilities that don’t always stop when the lights go off.  Between pets, kids and toys that spontaneously start *bleeping* in the wee hours, we often don’t get what our bodies need. I recently received a letter from a busy mother of four even busier children. Becky writes, Dear Jen,

Sephora Friends and Family, how could I forget?
Lest I leave you all hanging through a whole weekend with nothing to drop your hard earned coin on… Sephora’s Friends and Family sale! Through November 2nd use code FF2009 for 20% off. Might I suggest: Urban Decay’s 24/7 super stash Aquolina’s Pink Sugar fragrance (always a winner at work) Too Faced Shadow Insurance(good time to stock up on basics) TheBalm’s

Mo’s super frugal finds
Okay, I admit it, I’m cheap. Sometimes this works in my favor and sometimes…well, not so much. When I’m in the mood for a cosmetics splurge I will wander the aisles of my local drugstore looking for a cheap way to sate my cravings. It was on penny pinching prowls such as this that I found a couple of my  not so guilty pleasures… First, Jordana lipstick. Yeah, Jordana, that generic display of plastic containers that you walk right past without a second thought. I was desperate for a new lipcolor but short on funds when I decided that it was worth the risk for a buck fifty and picked up “Hot Cocoa