I’ve always looked much younger than my age, and I’ve enjoyed it tremendously. I was genetically lucky, since I did absolutely nothing special to stay that way.
Then I hit my 40s. I thought it was bad at 30 when I finally got hips, but this was worse. Adult acne, wrinkles, and stuff I think they call ‘crepe’ above my eyes. Creepy is more like it. Who wants to see their mother in the mirror?
I was not and never would be a dedicated product user, so I needed something that would work simply and quickly. I tried a lot of different products with no real results until I tried the Pavonia line. Crepe-ee eyelids were cured within days, I have very little acne, and the wrinkles have slowed down to a distinguished few. I can live with that.
I now use the caviar line that includes a cleanser, a cream, serum and lotion. The gift set of these costs about $350, so they’re not cheap, but they last.
And I’m still not a dedicated product user. Although I use the cleanser every day sometimes I skip the rest.
I wonder what I’d look like if I was actually a girly-girl?

Imagine spray painting something with Color Wonder paint. Great concept for kids, not so much for the tanning process. The part that you spray right looks great but there are runs where the paint was gloppy and the missed spots are obvious. It irritatingly asks you to rub the application in after sprayed on which to me defeats the whole purpose of spray. In any case, it comes out clear from the bottle and dries in 60 seconds so after spraying you have right about 23 seconds to rub it in to make sure the coverage is ok, still not really knowing if you are getting it right.
The good news is it isn't streaky, it actually does start showing up in about an hour as the packaging promises and it lasts about a week. The tan is nice when it is applied just right but that's easier said than done. I can't wholeheartedly recommend Sally Hansen's - Airbrush Tan ($10) since it's not foolproof but if I don't find another product that leaves a tan as quickly and as well, I may just have to make the extra effort with the application process.

Summer is coming upon us and that means my lack of a tan is becoming more apparent as the days go by. My last attempt at a sunless tan was Neutrogena's MicroMist Sunless Tanning Spray. A couple good things...it was extremely easy to apply, even on your back. The results were not streaky and even. It dried quickly. That's about it for the good stuff. My complaints start at the application. In the past I have used sunless tanners that have a bronzer included and it was so nice to have an instant tan so I could walk out the door with results and also tell where I had applied it. The spray was completely clear and besides your skin looking "wet", there was no other way to make sure you had good coverage. But my biggest disappointment was the lack of tan! I am very pale and bought the Deep shade hoping for good results and the next day I honestly couldn't tell if I had applied it or not. And even after I applied it two days in a row, I still saw very little results on the 3rd day. Unfortunately, this one didn't make the cut.

I have thin, delicate hair that gets color-treated with high- and low-lights every 6 to 12 weeks (as if you couldn't tell;). It’s fly-away, prone to split ends, and, if I don’t watch the heat settings, it can get to feeling like straw between salon treatments. Luckily, my daughter (“Product, product, product, Mom!”) introduced me to Redken Smooth Down Heat Glide. I use ½ pump after washing and mousing, smoothing it through my hair from mid-length to the tips. No matter what hurried-up high-heat stretching exercises I put my hair through in the morning; it now looks smooth and just-from-the-salon sleek. My daughter’s hair is thicker and longer, so she uses two to three pumps per use. You can also smooth a little extra on after drying and styling, especially on those especially wet and humid days when frizz is a real problem. And it smells great! I found prices ranging from $14.00 to $17.00 dollars, but at a few pumps a use or less, it will last a long, long time.

As a twenty-something American female, shaving is an unfortunate daily chore and unless you have found some Nair product that actually works (please let me know) or have resorted to laser hair removal on your entire legs, you are always searching for a great razor blade. On my last trip to find such razor blade, the Venus Vibrance razor blade caught my eye. With it's pretty hot pink wrapper and promising name, I bought a pack. I could tell it was not good on it's first try. After two sessions, I changed the blade to another refill in the pack hoping something was wrong. It was the same. What I now know as the "exfoliating feature" felt like sandpaper on my legs. It may have done its job of "exfoliating" and actually shaving, but it was not a good experience. You can find a pack at CVS for $11.39 but I would recommend continuing your search for that perfect blade with another product.