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This beauty contribution is from Risi-Leanne Baranja, editor-in-chief of Palacinka (pal-a-chink-ah) Beauty Blog
Vichy has created a little wonder that helps reduce eye puffiness and freshens the eye area – and is like carrying your own little bag of ice with you where ever you go!
Vichy has combined Citrus Plyphenol, a powerful anti-oxidant which works to combat stress in the skin (e.g. puffiness and dark circles), along with their classic Vichy thermal water in a solid eye treatment stick you simply swivel up and apply.

I used this many mornings and loved …

We asked you if you could have any type of beauty expert (skin, hair, makeup artist, etc) cornered in an elevator for 30 minutes, what kind of expert would you want and what would you ask him or her?  Many of you had questions for a dermatologist so we brought in our resident dermatologist, Dr. Ellen Marmur to help.
What is the best skin care advice that you give to your patients?
My best skin care advice to my patients is to simply simplify! Know what skin does, how it works, and …

I was definitely expecting Zoe Saldana to wear blue at the 2010 Oscars (Na’vi Princess, where art thou?), but I was swept away by the lavender-lilac-amethyst-purple-violet Givenchy couture number that she ended up wearing on the red carpet.
Her hair was done in a super chic updo, created by TRESemmé Celebrity Stylist Mara Roszak. Roszak wanted ”an editorial look because she was wearing Givenchy. We also didn’t want the hair and make up to compete with the dress so we created an elegant but effortless look.”

Here’s how you can recreate Saldana’s …

Last night, I attended an unveiling of two new products from one of my favorite cleansing brands: Biore. The new Steam Activated Cleanser aims to harness the pore-opening properties of steam in your shower, and the makeup removing towelettes is a great addition to your pocketbook and your eternal quest and zeal for picture purrfect skin.

(Sabrina from AOL, myself, and PJ Gach from BettyConfidential)
Honestly, I was thrilled to hear about the steam activated cleanser. I always clean my face in the shower (and according to Biore, about 60% of Americans …

I’ll just come right out with it: I’ve done ridiculously gross and grossly ridiculous things in the name of banishing acne. When those little red dots appear, my beauty inhibitions fly right out the window and I’m off trekking the drugstore, health food store, and internet for solutions. I’ve taken overdoses of vitamin A and zinc, slathered on raw egg yolk, and even tried to hypnotize myself in hopes that I would one day soon have clearer skin. In the course of these misadventures, I’ve found …

Ellen Marmur, M.D., the author of Simple Skin Beauty: Every Woman’s Guide to a Lifetime of Healthy, Gorgeous Skin wants to know YOUR candid questions.
Dr. Marmur is the Chief of Dermatologic and Cosmetic Surgery at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City and specializes in skin cancer surgery, cosmetic surgery, and women’s health dermatology.
As a virtual beauty expert for BeautyStat this week, Ms. Marmur welcomes any persnickety skincare question you may have, at info@beautystat.com.
At the end of the week we will post the ten top …

BeautyStat’s brand new Facebook Application is not your traditional app: it allows you to have fun while creating customized mood boards that you can proudly display on your Facebook Wall. And not only that, once you’ve completed the quiz you’ll be given customized product recommendations that you can take all the way to the bank. Join the fun now!
To celebrate our launch, we are giving BeautyStat Facebook application fans the chance to win THREE full-size Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair (1.7 fl. oz.) Synchronized Recovery Complex bottles (a $74.50 value). …

What do puffiness, dark circles and fine lines around the eyes have in common? They are all major skin concerns for anyone over 18. The eye area is the first part of your face to show the signs of aging. The skin around the eye area is thin and delicate and is especially vulnerable to the effects of pollution and the sun, therefore aging faster. The lack of oil glands in the eye area also means that this area cannot lubricate itself and needs external moisturization.
On top of aging and …

A raisin in the sun and cranberries look beautiful with lines but they certainly don’t belong on your skin. Avon’s Anew line has another world first: the first product with Activinol. This ingredient is designed to reactivate the skin’s repair process and help reverse the look of wrinkles.

The technology is simple: Avon studied how wrinkles were formed, and came to the conclusion that they are actually tiny injuries to the skin. When cuts are formed, Activin is naturally triggered to heal the rupture. Therefore it made sense to bottle this …

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What do clear skin and dancing have in common? The answer: Clearasil’s Pimple Blocker Battle.

Clearasil is in search of its own first rate dance crew. Like American Idol, kids all over the country have auditioned to be part of the crew (check out the You Tube tryouts video HERE).
The finale will be held at Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square, NYC on Tuesday April 7th. Michelle Tractenberg, Drew Lachey, Alyson Stoner (Camp Rock, Cheaper by the Dozen) and celebrity choreography GEO will all be judging the …