Advice Sisters Winter 2010 "What Works" Shopper's Guide by Alison Blackman Dunham  (aka. "Advice Sister Alison")

 

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Buying beauty-related products is a personal decision. The products reviewed in the Advice Sisters "What Works" Beauty, Cosmetics & Fashion review column and on the Advice Sisters Blog should work well for the majority of people but not every product will perform equally well for everyone. Be a wise consumer. Use common sense. Apply products only as directed. Practice basic safety precautions.  

** Some of the brands we review in the "What Works" column are being sold outside of company-sanctioned outlets. These products may be expired, or they may not even be the real thing.  Wherever possible the Advice Sisters direct you to the  company's own web site or authorized sales outlets, so you are assured of the genuine products.

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  ABOUT THE ADVICE SISTERS "What Works" Beauty, Cosmetics & Fashion  Reviews: 

The Advice Sisters web site and blog offer impartial, up-close-and-personal product reviews, by expert beauty & fashion reviewer, Alison Blackman Dunham.  If other opinions are included in a  review, "we" (instead of "I") is used.

My Review Philosophy: This beauty, fashion and cosmetics review column is called "What Works" (not what doesn't). I want to direct you to what I think are great products, not denigrate those I didn't like (but you might love).  All beauty reviews are subjective. It's my responsibility to describe products in a way that offers information, but allows you to use your own, good judgment about whether to buy it or not. I have tested thousands of products, which gives me a strong background on which to base my comments, but the decision to try something is yours, alone.

A Signature Approach:  Many online publications and blogs find it easier and economical to just post photos and press releases of products "as if" they have actually used them. I will never write about products or events unless I have experienced it.   I believe "faux" reviews simply add to the junk and clutter on the Internet, without offering anything substantive or new.  I also do not accept advertorial content (promotional content for money). This is only part of what  distinguishes The Advice Sisters from others. I  know you appreciate the difference.

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AminoGenesis: www.aminogenesis.com

Avon: www.avon.com

Babyliss: www.stylesource.com at salons and salon distributors

Bissell: www.bissell.com/m

Burts Bees" www.burtsbees.com health and drug stores and mass market retailers

Ceramicai Brush:  www.folica.com

Clinique www/clinique.com and department stores nationwide

Conair:  www.conair.com and beauty, drug and mass market retailers

Curel: drugstores and mass market stores nationwide

Danica Aromatics:  www.iamdanica.com

Depth:  Whole Foods Markets and health food stores

Search the 'WHAT WORKS" ARCHIVES  for columns and specific items going back to 1998" and our FEATURES page for everything that's brand new.

 

Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare: http://dennisgrossmd.com/

Dr. Perricone Advanced Eye Area Therapy: http://blog.perriconemd.com/

Elizazbeth Arden:  www.elizabetharden.com  and Elizabeth Arden, NYC.

Erno Laszlo: www.ernolaszlo.com

Fit In Clouds: www.fitinclouds.com/

G2 Organics: www.g2organics.com

Great Lengths brush: www.shopaccakappa.com

G.M. Collin:  www.gmcollin.com

IMAN Global Chic:  www.hsn.com

In Bloom Reese Witherspoon:  www.avon.com

Japonesque: www.japonesque.com/

Jergens® Sensitive Skin Relief Fragrance Free Daily Moisturizer:  at drugstores & mass market retailers

JK Gemma Kidd:  www.target.com and Target Stores

Kairos: www.kairosclear.com

Kate Somerville:  katesomerville.com

Kiss My Face: Trader Joes, other health, food,  and drugstores

La Bella Donna: www.labelladonna.com

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Lush Cosmetics: w

Maybelline New York: drug stores and mass market retailers

Mistral:  www.mistralsoap.com

Napoleon Perdis: www.target.com and Target Stores

Oloff Beauty (Aeto Botanica and Barex Italiana); www.oloffbeauty.com

Oral-B Pulsonic: http://www.oralb.com/

Origins: www.origins.com

Pixi Beauty:  www.pixibeauty.com and Target Stores

Pretty Woman (fragrance): www.prettywomanperfume.com/

Redken: www.redken.com and authorized salons and spas

Revolution Organics: www.revolutionorganics.com/

Rowenta: www.shoprowenta.com

Sally Hansen: www.sallyhansen.com mass market retailers and drug stores nationwide.

Scunci Linziclip: http://www.scunci.com/ ,mass market retailers and drug stores nationwide.

SpaRitual: www.sparitual.com

SunSoul: www.sunsoul.com

Tela:   http://telabeautyorganics.com

The Shoul: www.theshoul.com

Umberto Beverly Hills:  www.target.com and Target Stores

Upper Canada Soap: www.uppercanadasoap.com

Usher VIP: www.Elizabetharden.com and fine department Stores

Vapour: www.vapourbeauty.com

Violight: www.violight.com

Zo Skin Health: www.zoskinhealth.com Nordstrom stores, the Studio at Fred Segal

 

 

 

 

 

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