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Beauty Reviews

Beauty Review: DiorSkin

29th October 2010 by Lauren, "Gal About D.C." View Comments

I looove my daily make up routine but sometimes I feel like I could save some time every morning if I could just find a faster way of applying my foundation. I’m sure we’ve all felt that way about some beauty routine, right? I thought I’d try out DiorSkin, Dior’s spray foundation, to see if [...]

La Prairie’s Life Threads GEMS

5th October 2010 by Lauren, "Gal About D.C." View Comments

La Prairie has done it again! I’m counting the days down until the Swiss beauty brand launches the next trio in its Life Threads collection. The three new scents are not only unique, affordable and long-lasting, they each embody their own personality in a bottle.
Ruby: Passionate, spicy and robust, this one speaks for itself. I love it [...]

Beauty Review: Pur-Lisse Skin Care

27th September 2010 by Laura, "Beauty Girl" View Comments

Products: Pur-Lisse Pur-Bright $135, Pur-Delicate $38, Pur-Moist $65
Rating: Crush!
What I love the most about my job here at CityGirls is that I get to test and review products from up-and-coming companies that put out smashing, high-quality products.  And that’s exactly what Pur-Lisse does.  Jennifer Yen, Pur-Lisse’s creator, is a woman after my own heart: after [...]

When Old is New – Lancôme Beauty Review

21st September 2010 by Laura, "Beauty Girl" View Comments

When I troll around the department store, I tend to circle around and zero in on my old, reliable counters: Bobbi Brown (love you!), Laura Mercier (so impeccable!), Chanel (OMG: Rouge Coco – the ever enduring love affair!).  So, it was with great surprise that I found myself  at the Lancôme counter getting gussied up and with [...]

Beauty Review: Annemarie Borlind Skin Care

14th September 2010 by Christie View Comments

Products: Nature Effect Fluid $86, Purifying Care Cream $33
Rating: Crush
So, we have recently developed an interest in “natural” beauty makeup.  But we did nothing about it (well, I did nothing about it, Laura, our illustrious beauty blogger has been shouting things from mountaintops) until magically, as if our thoughts were being heard by the magic [...]