Beauty Snob Gift Guide
Every time my boyfriend runs out of gift ideas I always tell him to go into Sephora, ask a girl to help him and he will be fine. This terrifies him and I usually end up with a stuffed animal holding...
View ArticleRodial’s New Glamtox Night
Blame my fear of ever having a needle touch my face, but I’m in my 20s and obsessed with preventing wrinkles and fine lines – like freak-out mid-workout because I see myself frowning, or suck in my...
View ArticleSephora’s New Skincare Range
So many months ago that I can’t even remember when, I went to a preview event to check-out the Sephora branded products that have just now launched in stores. Its been hard to keep mum about the line,...
View ArticleBeverly Hills Skincare
Is there a snobbier city than Beverly Hills? I think not. So what could be more snob than a line of products called “Beverly Hills Skincare”? Honestly, I had my reservations about this line when I was...
View ArticleKiehl’s New 3-Step Kits
Any ladies out there wondering what it takes to get a man using beauty products…have you given your man something from Kiehl’s?? I’ve yet to come across a boy, man, husband, boyfriend, friend –...
View ArticleFarmHouse Fresh Sweet Cream Body Milk
This has been one long, dry and harsh winter. Especially for beauty snobs on the north east! Single digit weather has become the norm up there and I can only imagine how parched your skin is from...
View ArticleCake Beauty Desserted Island Collection: No Guilt Sweets
Now I’m not big on smelling like food on a daily basis. I’m much more of a clean or even light floral person when it comes to my bath products, but this Cake Beauty Desserted Island collection seduced...
View ArticlePur~Lisse: Purely Genius and GIVEAWAY!
Congratulations to our WINNER – Zenimue G., South Lake Tahoe, CA! Enjoy!!! How long have you been reading Beauty Snob? If you just started you probably noticed that in the last few months I have...
View ArticleNew StriVectin-SD for Sensitive Skin
I’m all about multi-tasking products, especially given how heavy my handbags tend to get, but some products kind of scare me – StriVectin used to be one of them. The original was designed as a stretch...
View ArticleFrugal Snob: New Crabtree & Evelyn Citron
The fact that I drink copious amounts of tea every day and squeeze half a lemon in each cup is a testament to us all being able to change our taste buds. I used to HATE lemons, it was right up there...
View ArticleLovelySkin
I went to an event a few weeks ago that was meant to showcase a few of the brands stocked at LovelySkin.com. Even though I was familiar with a bunch of the products the site carries, I had never heard...
View ArticleFresh’s New Sugar Collection
I’m a huge Fresh fan (then again, who isn’t??), and even more so after meeting Fresh co-founder Lev Glazman a few months ago. Glazman is awesome – and wrinkle-free! – and his passion really shines...
View ArticleJurlique’s New Purely White Skin Brightening Cleanser
Unlike say mascara, lip gloss, or anti-aging cream, when it comes to cleansers I usually think…how special can one be? For the most part as long as it’s not one that’s horribly smelly or one that’s not...
View ArticleYou Work-Out Your Body, but What About Your Face??
When I met with one of the Mama Mio co-founders last week I felt like I was back in Junior High reading about blackheads. Back then I had no idea what in the world a blackhead was and I remember...
View ArticleDarphin Predermine Densifying Anti-Wrinkle Cream and Arovita C Line Response...
Since I am now in my 40′s (just arrived at the party last month), I am officially defying age. And with that I have switched all my beauty treatments – except, of course, Darphin, which I have used...
View ArticleA Visit to the TOCCA Showroom
I wish I had brought my camera to my visit to TOCCA’s showroom last week (see some BlackBerry snaps below), because it was stunning! Located on the same block as Comme des Garcons and Balenciaga, it...
View ArticleAmorePacific Moisture Bound Rejuvenating Creme
This is kind of embarrassing, but I got a sample of AmorePacific Rejuvenating Crème ($150) and used it for a good two weeks every night before I realized it was a moisturizer and not just an...
View ArticleNew from Vichy
A few weeks ago I went to an event to get a preview of what’s in store from Vichy for spring/summer and to celebrate the French brand’s 80th anniversary. It was a looong event packed with lots of...
View ArticleFirst Aid Beauty 5-in-1 Restore Cream
Ever since they came-out with their extensive skincare and color range, there have been fewer and fewer “affordable” lines at Sephora, one of the last remaining ones however is a favorite…First Aid...
View ArticleAbsolution: A Bespoke Unisex, Organic Skincare Line
Absolution is a Parisian brand that launched back in 2009, but is just now making its US debut thanks to Space NK (which just opened a new store a few minutes from my apartment!). The brand’s founders...
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