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Eyes Wide Open With First Aid Beauty Eye Duty Triple Remedy AM Gel Cream

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During college, when you’re studying for final exams or perhaps writing a thesis, you clock in such few hours of sleep that when you finally come home for the holidays, spring break, or summer, parents examine you and, with a concerned tone, remark, “You look tired, honey.” Later, when you join the workforce and have to tackle seemingly insane deadlines, it becomes friends, colleagues, and significant others — in addition to parents — who feel compelled to observe, “You look tired.” And then, of course, come the kids, at which point the phrase, “You look tired” almost seems redundant.

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Make The Body Shop Oils of Life Intensely Revitalising Sleep Cream Part of Your Dream Team

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Because of our complex brains and our constant multi-tasking throughout the day (which requires accessing different parts of the brain), women need more sleep than men in order to feel refreshed — a theory I’ve always had but which was scientifically proven by a team of researchers at Loughborough University in Leicestershire, England.

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Sponsored Post: Getting #UnReady With Neutrogena’s Double Cleansing Method

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DISCLOSURE: This post is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Neutrogena and Latina Bloggers Connect as part of Neutrogena’s #UnReady campaign.

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Thrilla in Vanilla — New Carol’s Daughter Black Vanilla Body Collection

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There are moments when life takes such a ridiculous turn, that it seems like fiction — except, of course, that it’s next to impossible to concoct tales so absurd, so far-fetched, so ludicrous.

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Liquid Assets — A Comprehensive Guide To Face Essences

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Over the last few years, Western beauty companies have finally started to embrace and adopt some of the skin care practices that have long been a mainstay in Korea, where women are known to approach facial cleansing and hydration with meticulous care and a near ritualistic solemnity.

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Should You Place Your Trust In The New IT Cosmetics Confidence In A Cream?

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If you watched The Sound of Music a lot as a kid — and had a dad who, for reasons unknown, owned both the soundtrack and a special CD with the Vienna Boys’ Choir singing “Edelweiss” and “The Hills Are Alive” (along with marching band music tapes he’d pop in as a mild torture device whenever we weren’t getting out of bed quickly enough!) — then you might just be my life twin but, aside from that, you probably have a treasure trove of songs that pop into your head at random intervals (and in Julie Andrews’ voice of course).

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Skin Gets Lit With New Kiehl’s Turmeric & Cranberry Seed Energizing Radiance Mask

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For years, I’ve heard women with blemish-prone skin praise turmeric for its uncanny ability to eliminate breakouts, heal acne scars, and reduce the sebaceous glands’ oil secretion, thereby leading to clearer, non-greasy skin and less visible pores.

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Stressful Days Don’t Have To Mean Stressed-Out Skin Thanks To New Clarins Multi-Active Range

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When Clarins releases a new skincare product, I tend to perk up eagerly, an almost Pavlovian response developed after years of primarily positive experiences with brightening, soothing, anti-aging, and radiance-boosting formulas.

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Mom’s The Word — Our 2016 Mother’s Day Gift Guide

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The poet William Goldsmith Brown once wrote, “The sweetest sounds to mortals given are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven.” This Sunday, remind your mom of how sweet you think she is and how thankful you are for her being an endless source of encouragement, love, forgiveness, understanding, and inspiration.

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Follow The Honey — Treat Your Pout With The New Lancôme Absolue Precious Cells Nourishing Lip Balm

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You might just hum Mariah Carey’s “Honey” when you apply the new Lancôme Absolue Precious Cells Nourishing Lip Balm ($50 at Lancome-USA.com, Lancôme counters, and Saks.com), as the lyrics, “Oh baby, I’ve got a dependency/Always strung out for another taste of your honey” surfacing from the depths of your memory.

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