posts by: SickaThanAverage

Laser Tag — Chronicling Our Experiences With The TRIA Hair Removal Laser

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Let’s keep it funky, ladies: shaving sucks.

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Zoya Smoke & Mirrors Nail Lacquer Collection — A Look In the “Mirrors”

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Mirror, mirror, on the wall, which Zoya polish is the fairest of them all?

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A Natural Eye Lift Prescription — Origins Introduces the Plantscription Anti-Aging Eye Treatment

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When I was a tempestuous and snide teenage girl (both common and yet regrettable attributes that tend to accompany adolescence), I would hear the adults around me utter phrases like, “Time flies!” or “It all goes by so fast,” with alternating euphoric and rueful undertones, and I’d always wince or roll my eyes and think, Yeah, right!

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L’Occitane Limited-Edition Shea Butter Collection Celebrates Burkina Faso

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When Olivier Baussan founded L’Occitane in his native Provence back in 1976, he envisioned a socially responsible company that would work in tandem with the native farmers in each region from which botanical ingredients were derived, hence creating a model built on sustainability and solidarity.

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L’Oréal Professionnel Mythic Oil — Fact or Myth?

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Packaged inside a radiant, yellow gold-toned plastic bottle with gold foil floral motifs that almost resemble tumbling snowflakes, the L’Oréal Professionnel Mythic Oil ($29, visit LOrealProfessionnel.com for salon locations) is designed to look like a glowing elixir, the golden laurel descended from the Greek god-inhabited Mount Olympus.

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Jewelry Designer Seville Michelle Anastos Reaches The “Field” Of Dreams

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It’s been a year since we caught up with Queens-bred jewelry designer Seville Michelle Anastos, who first amassed a loyal customer base within the hip-hop community thanks to her leather-wrapped bamboo earrings and doorknockers, which offered sophisticated urbanites a more mature take on the gold-filled styles they favored during their teens and tweens.

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Lavanila Vanilla Blackberry Healthy Fragrance — A Juicy Juice Story

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Since the 1800s, vanilla has been trumpeted as a natural aphrodisiac due to its inviting, sweet, creamy aroma.

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Just Gimme The Light! Brighter Skin Is Ahead With Clarins Vital Light Serum

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Read through the list of ingredients in throat lozenges, and you’re likely to found hexylresorcinol, a molecule with local anesthetic and antiseptic properties.

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Catching Up With Designer Jamie Rice of TUCK

 

At Sicka Than Average, we like to support fashion brands with an extensive heritage as well as indie labels and exciting upstarts.

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Narciso Rodriguez For Her In Color Eau de Parfum — The Bold and the Beautiful

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The newest fragrance launches from Narciso Rodriguez explore a novel concept: how scent might be interpreted via color.

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