“I strongly believe in the possibility of connecting with people from other cultures and creating an environment in which the little things we do throughout or daily lives positively affect the lives of people around the world. Even in something as seemingly inconsequential as our choice of skin care, it’s about a consciousness of the decisions we make every day.” - Katharine Phillips L’Heureux, Founder of Kahina - Giving Beauty
Jasmine Simone here! I love essential oils - they are so nurturing to my skin and have done wonders for scarring, dryness and other skin issues I have had in the past. Recently I discovered the wonders of Argan oil. So what exactly is argan oil you may be wondering? Only found in a few countries, Morocco being the main one, the argan tree oil is revered for it’s numerous nutritive, cosmetic, and medicinal properties. It is pressed from the seeds of the argan tree fruit and has been used for cooking and cosmetics for centuries before modern times (dating back to before the Phonecians.) Presently, argan trees are near extinction due to severe drought seasons and over use for of the trees for wood over the past 50 years. They are now a protected species by UNESCO and must be harvested sustainably to preserve these ancient tress that can live up to 200 years.
Fortunately, the Kahina - Giving Beauty brand adheres to this standard of environmentally-conscious processing. L’Heureux chose the name Kahina as an homage to the Berber queen (Berbers are the indigenous people in North Africa) and prophetess who reigned in Morocco circa 700 CE and “a heroine to the Berber women, Kahina represents empowerment and vision for women worldwide.” And that is exactly what founder, Katherine Phillips L’Heureux, was inspired to do when she created this line of products after a visit to Morocco brought her into the world of Berber women, who subsequently revealed to her the amazing, versatile properties of argan oil. Kahina works with the local women to provide them with a viable and sustainable way to make a living which subsequently improves their way of life. Taking it a step further, Kahina also sources rare essential ingredients from women’s cooperatives around the world, and donates 25% of their profits to support initiatives that improve the lives of impoverished women around the world.
Do you ever look in the mirror and wonder where something has gone to or come from? I know I do and as a Goddess Granny on the run much of the time, I simply cannot risk yet another Post-It note stuck to my purse in hopes of reminding me where I'm at on a physical level as well as a mental one. Okay so recently I caved and Mike got me a Blackberry Bold in hopes of truly keeping my life and chit straight with the help of tech? I'm still sorting that lil' piece of plastic-stress out as well!
I'm concerned because I seem to have mis-placed the pigment in my lips: this could be due to any number of things (we'll ignore the "age" possibility:) and because I am seldom without something on to cover them, I guess maybe I just finally saw the reality for what it is and immediately began to Google "lip pigment for sale" to no avail...
Usually I don't stand on too much ceremony and am TOTALLY not above faking what needs fixin' but HOW to do it without looking like harsh via permanent cosmetics or dorky aka painting my lips on 24/7 and running the risk of looking like everyone's crazy Aunt who drinks a lot. I just want to be able to make a respectable showing at the gym and other places where a "no makeup makeup" look is mandatory. I want to wear gloss only and I want to not have it slide off the side of my mouth so it looks like I've been covertly munching gummi bears between yoga poses either! I know, I expect a lot from my cosmetics:)
I love that being a reviewer for this site exposes me to products, people and things that I'd simply never find on my own: I can search with the best of them but sometimes, the VERY best solutions and products are best left to those in the inner-circle of chic knowledge so when I received a lip liner pencil from the oh so respected cosmetic house of Borghese named a "Perfetta Lip Pencil", I immediately knew something good would be in that luxury box because "Perfetta" translates from Italian as "perfect" which sure works for me!
Goddess Granny have you nothing better to do than obsess about makeup?
Seriously, I couldn't write this review fast enough and yes, I do have a very full and interesting life, ! It's just that when something makes me shiver in delight to my very core (and trust me,it takes more than it used to!) I have to share it with my sister Megettes asap! I NEVER want it to be said that Meg's didn't give you everything you need to be your MOST fabulous, we've got your backs and every other beautiful inch of you covered! "It's sold out until Thursday..." "It's sold out,we can call you when we get more in..." I HATE hearing those words in regards to something I want as like many of us, I want it all, now thank you very much. I actually created a stir and had a bevy of beauties surround me at my local Sephora yesterday because I was just SO excited about a new product.I know there are SO many to choose from these days that it's even hard for a seasoned glam-girl like myself to zero in and focus well enough to sort through all the stuff but one thing I DO know is when something is unique to the market that will absolutely be branded as the "best of" by every beauty-editor out there within weeks.
Sweetassgal here today SO excited to get to tell you about an organic option of lip gloss that is both affordable and absolutely delectable to apply. I typically tend to gravitate towards lipsticks because I need full coverage for my tiny little lips to even show up but sometimes I just don't feel like having full lips on. This is when I tend to reach for my EOS lip balm to satisfy my need for soft lips with that great little tingle. With today’s product I get the best of BOTH worlds...and even a few perks I wouldn't have thought of in a lip gloss. It should be noted I'm extremely protective of my glosses, with good reason.
When I was in the second grade my mother and I shared a house on a hilltop with a beautiful friend of hers and her three year old son, Cody. Cody was...precocious...to say the least and me being a full four years older and vastly more mature than him, was often left to care for him while dinner was being made or entertain him while the adults were doing "adult stuff". This usually culminated in me nearly puking over changing a diaper or screaming bloody murder because he had once AGAIN decided what was mine was his. Not untypical in any big sister/little brother type relationship but Cody not only wanted to take my stuff...he wanted to EAT my stuff.
"I wanna be your fantasy maybe U could be mine? Just leave it all up 2 me we could have a good time..." Kiss by Prince
I defy anyone not to become motivated to go wreck a bit of romantic-related havoc when a Prince song begins to play? Goddess Granny sighing here: it may not be quite the right time for a motivated bout of "Spring Fever" yet but it's that red-lipstick-circled day on the calendar (and no, I don't think it's a "Hallmark card day"!) when all the lil' cupids with their chubby bare butts go out to frolic and shoot unsuspecting mortals with heart-tipped arrows in hopes of inciting a bit of passionate love and romance!
Happy Valentines Day to all! If you don't choose to share it with anyone, try and make it a point to love yourself just a bit more on this day devoted to love in all it's many forms! Do a little something special for you or for someone you care about... smooch a stranger... smile and flirt with an old guy... do something random, ridiculously romantic and reckless whatever it might be because we all know the world is sadly in need of a bit more love these days so represent and throw some extra goodness around!
Sweetassgal here hoping I can help out a few Megheads out there who might suffer from the same embarrassing affliction I do. Yes folks, I am a cold sore sufferer and have been ever since I was a little kid. It's bad enough that I would invariably wake up EVERY school picture morning with one of these pesky little buggers on my lip, but Sweetassgal had to top it by sporting a HUGE cold sore in Junior High right in the middle of sex education week! ONLY someone with my dumb luck would bring an actual example of Herpes Simplex I to class just so the other kids could have years of fun calling me Herpes or Herp Head or any variation thereof. GOOD TIMES!
I guess you can say when it comes to cold sores I'm kind of a connoisseur of medication and treatments. But my vast years of experience in this unpleasant arena are your gain today because if you suffer, or someone you know and love suffers from cold sores, then I'm here to change your life. LITERALLY! There are a few natural prevention items on the market that I have tried which actually work and are affordable. So many things I've tried didn't live up to their potential or just plain cost TOO much money. These, however work EVERY time!
Eleni here! Dear Megheads - let me start by saying how awesome you have been, always participating to every contest we post and always sharing your amazing stories with us. It's a cozy Monday night in Los Angeles, Star Trek is on tv and, quite honestly, I have trouble focusing on it as I'm reading through your "best kiss ever" stories. I'm sorry Captain Picard, but there is some good stuff going on here! As always, we'll let you pick your favorite story! It wouldn't be fair if we just announced a winner, right? Of course we already have our favorites and we'll give our vote, but it counts as much as your vote does. Seems like one lucky lady, not only has had a perfect kiss, but will soon have a perfect lipstick to keep up the good work!
and read through the comments - read the "best kiss ever" stories, enjoy them, daydream a little about Valentine's day that's around the corner (I know, I know, we don't really need a day to celebrate love, but good reminders always help, even if they are cheesy!) and pick your favorite story. Leave a comment on this post and give your vote to the Meghead you want to win!
On Valentine's Day, at noon, we'll count the votes and announce the winner!
Hello ladies, this is Eleni! Are you in the mood for lipstick? Cause when one contests ends, another one begins! At least that's the way it has been on megsmakeup.com, and for as long as we can, that's the way we'll keep it going! It's not only about the products or the excitement of winning. For us, it's mostly about the opportunity to get to know you better, read your stories and laugh with you (or at you, but in front of you, so that doesn't really count, right?) Remember when last week, our very own Goddess Granny wrote about the amazingness that MOJO lipstick is, comparing it to the future Bond Girl gadget! (hey, people that make movies, are you listening?) Let me refresh your memory, you can read all about it here.
Well, every single word she wrote about it was true. It was a great surprise to all of us finding a lipstick that not only has excellent futuristic packaging, but also does its job the way it's supposed to be done! Lately, when Meg loses her keys she gets hysterical, only because she keeps her MOJO on her key chain. Now you can be that person! But let me pass the torch to the expert...
Goddess Granny here! I know what you're thinking: yet another flippin' lipstick review from Goddess Granny, blah...blah...blah...Boy am I going to do my level best to make you EAT those words or at least consider putting them on your lips! You ain't seen nothin' yet! Just when I was beginning to actually believe that "I had seen/tried just about all" in cluttered-world of beauty products,something SO incredible and uniquely fabulous lands in my lap and life as I thought I knew it morphs yet again into another level of incredible!
I can't waste my review-time on idle chit-chat this week my Darlin's because there is MUCH to say about this company,product,and what Meg's has in store for you up their pink lace sleeve this week so ho;d on tight and let's get this party started!
I'd bet my gloss that most of you have heard of the term "mojo" (and please,let's attempt to leave any/all political correctness in regards to any more precise definitions of the word to another time?:) and will suffice to say that it means one's "essence that makes them TICK!" It's been hailed in song by Jimmy Morrison and many other poets and musicians and Austin Powers had a helluva' time when he thought he lost his! I think at one time or another,we all feel "less than" if we start to believe that which makes us attractive to the world at large aka our "mojo" takes a vacation and is off the radar for any period of time? I know I've misplaced mine as well from time to time but as with most ellusive/fabulous things,it tends to come back to us when we need it most... I am here to tell you that you'll never have to be alone without your "Mojo" again thanks to the absolutely ingenious thinking of a company by exactly that name!
"Mojo" Cosmetics may be one of the most recent new cosmetic-kids on the block but one that is also making a HUGE splash: I am not going to even try and top the FABULOUSNESS of their "original" website but will send you off for a cocktail on their turf here, turn up your volume, click on "propaganda" and "press" and prepare to be wowed,I sure was! :
Know that this company has its proverbial chit together in such a way that it's been featured in over 120 magazine ads and is racking up the awards faster than a speeding bullet,no pun intended :)
Meg here! The timing on this story is pretty perfect. After just reporting on how Chanel is bringing lipstick back in March I have the a great lipstick that's ready immediately.
In fact, a lot of you wrote your excitement that the ole' lippie is indeed going to be awash with serious color for the coming months (and hopefully year!) I need a "gloss get away."
There were a few of you that just were not sold on lipstick. You found it "too drying" or "don't understand the point of taking time to put something on that disappears in 5 minutes." I totally understand your qualms and think that maybe it took a doctor to get the formulation just right. Of course, in this case the good doctor that keeps showing up on Megsmakeup.com would be the famous Dr. Dima. Ever since we were introduced to Dr. Dima's Cosminology the raves keep pouring in. I'm going to tell you exactly why Cosminology Lipstick is one of my most favorite lip tools in my very selective and exclusive arsenal.
If you're not happy with this lipstick I will eat mine! That's how much I believe you're going to agree with me here! Now, color is subjective so that just doesn't count. I'm talking about consistency and staying power-but yes, I am using this color quite a bit! IN fact, I was just saying to Eleni... Meg: Eleni, I'm using my Cosminology lipstick to death, I like the color I got, I saw a testimonial on their site on how this lady loved her Astrobliss color. Eleni: Yes, I like it too. I wear it a lot too. The color you have on right now looks good. That looks like the Astrobliss.
Meg: It is!
Eleni: Then I'll take a picture of you wearing it so everyone can see that you wear it so much.
So Tadah! That's me in my Astrobliss Lipstick. I wear it like its a chapstick or a healing lip balm. The big girl color is a plus but that's not the initial reason you're going to keep grabbing for it. Remember how I said a whole paragraph or two above that it took a doctor to get the formula right? There's nothing drying at all with the Cosminology lip stick. Vitamin E AND Jojoba in a lipstick bullet are genius idea's and our resident smartie, Dr. Dimo infused each tube with a lot of it! It hydrates and it moisturizes, yet it doesn't come off?!?! I know. I don't exactly get how she did it either. That's why she creates and I just type about it!