February 21, 2010 | BeautyStat.com
 

February 2010

It's been a wild wild ride at the Carmex Lip Balm Labs since 1937, when Alfred Woelbing - the inventor of Carmex® Lip Balm - first experimented with lip hydration in his kitchen. Carmex Lip Balm Carmex Lip Balms From pouring lip balms into iconic opal glasses to where Carmex is today is a mighty lesson in history. I for one am OBSESSED with Carmex. Almost as OBSESSED as I am with the quest for flawless skin and 24, Mad Men and my secret plot to start a ranch exclusively for Golden Retrievers. But, more about that later. Cupid Why do I love Carmex so much? It keeps chapped lips and cold sores at bay. It's as inexpensive as a cup of Starbucks latte in the state of Kansas. It has several yummy flavors and comes in various dispensing methods - from tubes to tubs. Honestly, what's not to love? In 1988, Carmex Lip Balm said hello to the world in the form of squeezable tubes (this was the first revolutionary packaging change in 50 years. In 1999 the Chapstick applicator was born with SPF 15. In 2002 flavor became a punchline in the Carmex Lip Balm labs with "mint" sticks joining the regulars. In 2006, the Carmex flavors Strawberry and Cherry said hello to the world, by popular vote. In 2008 the first new product line in more than 70 years was introduced - the Carmex Moisture Plus Ultra Hydrating Lip Balm. This premium offering has this convenient slant-tip silver applicator. Carmex Products That I Love Original Carmex The Original Carmex Jar and the Cherry Carmex Jar are as retro as the Model T but so darn functional. There are two jars on my nightstand and I swear my husband's been stealing some (he pleads he didn't inhale).

Butterflydiary shows you the stunning range of nails and shades at the Marc Jacobs Fall 2010 Fashion Week shows. Clumps of Mascara tries CoverGirl's Smoky Shadow Blast. So it really a blast though? Just in time for fashion week, Krasey Beauty has a legendary hair experience with...

No one wants to be as pale as alabaster during the summer months. I'm all for porcelain, white swans and Snow-White complexions but the truth of the matter is most fair-skinned goddesses (and I swear I went through a phase in my childhood where I...

Guerlain Summer 2010 Teracotta Collection Oh these browns, these dark sienna colors are driving me crazy because they remind me of all the foods and places I adore: cafe lattes, the color of the sand in Goa, India, the shade of clay pots drying in the sun (hence the name Terracotta). The Guerlain Summer 2010 Terracotta Collection has: 1. Six gorgeous Guerlain Terracotta lip glosses with SPF 15. Feast your eyes on them, darlings, because I'd like to drink them up in pitchers because the colors range from sand to a raspberry brown. And the Oriental packaging, with the pentagonal handle, is a beaut. 2. The luminous bronzed moisturizer (Terracotta Teint D’Ailleurs) contains SPF 10, and let me tell you, skin going naked without SPF in the summer is like you going to the office with no clothes on. No bueno. Guerlain Summer 2010 Teracotta Collection