This blog is dedicated to my husband who sees my imperfections and doesn't mention them.

I love trying new beauty products. Place me in a Sephora or Ulta store and I feel I am in paradise. For hours I can pleasantly entertain myself looking at the plethora of different shampoos, facial washes, makeup and perfumes, envisioning myself as a size 0 with glowing clear skin, no split ends, and being stopped by every man in America asking “What’s that scent you are wearing? (Ok, maybe not EVERY man)

One of my downfalls , as my mother will readily tell you, is that I am a sucker for cool packaging and intriguing ingredients. That inclination has resulted in trying hundreds of different products over the years – good and bad. Some products I have used ever since I was in college and I would rather exit the house with no makeup and hairy arm pits then see my fav end up on the proverbial chopping block. Others I have readily discarded vowing never again to be duped by flowery ingredients which deliver zero results.

Because of my “beauty product love”, I probably have more knowledge roaming around in my head than Wikipedia. So I decided to start this blog to share my adventures with you on the quest for beauty, giving my recommendations and warnings so your money can be well spent. The subject matter may be a tad vain, but ultimately every woman has an innate desire to look and feel her best and there is nothing wrong with that. Happy reading, and if you don’t come for my daily blabberings at least drop by for my contest giveaways that I hope to do every other month.


Exclusive! The Daily Show's Olivia Munn's Beauty Secrets

olivia-munn-perfect-couples.jpgOlivia Munn is pulling double duty on opposite coasts: She's acting on the new NBC sitcom Perfect Couples and working as a correspondent for The Daily Show. We chatted up the comedic actress and author of Suck It, Wonder Woman! about beauty. (For more on Munn's career, check out her interview in our March issue.)

Let's talk beauty routine. You get spray tans. Ugh, yes. I feel like a dog being dipped for fleas. [There are some] heavy-handed spray tanners—no offense, but it's usually the blonde girls. If you get a blonde girl she'll get you so much oranger and darker. I look like Mowgli from The Jungle Book right now."

Does it change what you use for makeup? "My makeup artist [on Perfect Couples] has to have two different set ups for me—two shades of foundation. They use a lot of base and foundation on TV, so I like a tinted moisturizer [offscreen]. Laura Mercier makes a great one."

What beauty products are always in your handbag? "I always have a Chapstick with me. I think sunglasses are a huge beauty tool—they protect your eyes and the skin around them. I'm a big blush girl—to a fault. I'm always like, 'Yeah, more blush!'"

Any skin-care secrets? "I furrow my brow and I have a line that comes up. Before I saw a facialist, it was actually pretty prominent. Now I go to Cristina Radu. You have to get recommended to her. She called the person I used as a reference and said 'Do you know her?' Because I fly a lot now, I go twice a month. There are some people who have had plastic surgery that have done it really well—a little here and there—and they're in their 60s or 70s and look great. But the one thing you can't do anything about [at that point] is the texture of your skin."

You have a reputation for being a foxy lady. Do you feel you have to be hot or you're letting people down? "If I let you down because I didn't wear a push-up bra, that's not really my problem. And it's not my problem if I wear a push-up bra and I let you down. I'm just trying to be me."


RELATED LINKS:
Daily Beauty Reporter: Are Facials Worth the Money?
Daily Beauty Reporter: The Best (and Worst) Facials for Winter
Daily Beauty Reporter: What Beauty Loot is in Your Handbag?
Insider's Guide: How to Get the Best Spray Tan

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