As a writer, I can’t tell you how much I appreciate the freedom and spontaneity of writing a blog. There are no publication deadlines, no limitations of distribution, and no delay in making updates a...
Choosing gifts for the important people in your life is difficult enough as is, but when you add makeup, skin-care, and hairstyling products to the list and you’re setting yourself up for mission imp...
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I had the pleasure of taking my 9-year-old daughter to see Tangled, Disney’s newest animated fairy tale. Generally speaking, I’m a tough sell on animated films, and eve...
Punctuality is a virtue, but it’s also an absolute expectation in the professional world. No matter how beautiful your makeup looks or how stylishly your outfit is put together, it’s really all for n...
I recently visited my dermatologist for an annual skin cancer check. Having fair skin and being of northern European descent (not to mention getting a few bad sunburns as a kid), this is a visit I ma...
As part of The Cosmetics Cop Team, I constantly browse medical journals, read study summaries, and look for the latest in peer-reviewed (meaning legitimate) skin-care research. Hype-driven product ma...
Recently one of our Paula’s Choice Facebook fans wrote in wanting to know what I thought of the Accent XL, a laser treatment system hyped as “the ultimate painless non-surgical facelift!” She w...
Before the fall weather took hold of Seattle, I decided to hit my favorite flea market to get one last fix of vintage oddities at bargain prices. Looking through the hodgepodge of goods, I came acros...
I know I’m going to get flack for what I’m about to write as I’m sitting here getting my hair done, but here it is: There are many hairstylists who seem to have no idea what they are doing. It’...
Almost every cosmetics company you can think of sells at least one eye cream and many sell more than a dozen, yet no one needs a product specifically labeled as an eye cream! What that means is the c...
I was delightfully overwhelmed by the supportive comments (both here and on our Facebook page) over my original blog post about my hairstylist Brad’s unexpected departure from my life (he moved to Ar...
Women worry about and spend a great deal of time and money to look and feel beautiful. Whether it is their makeup, skin care, hair care (cutting, dyeing, styling), shaving, dry lips, buying the right...
I tuned in for the season premiere of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills expecting to watch the usual train wreck that precedes this cult-following Bravo reality series. What I didn’t realize was t...
I finally have time to write again. After three weeks of doing over 150 newspaper, TV, magazine, and online interviews, along with several presentations to Chinese and Taiwanese beauty bloggers, I wa...
Ever since I first started working on the Don’t Go… books with Paula, we have had a fondness for doing our hands-on research in the beautiful city of Vancouver, British Columbia. Not only is th...
I ’ve been researching the science of skin care and deciphering its complex facts for people all over the world for years. Wherever I go there is endless confusion about what skin needs and what skin...
Last week, I took notice of this article featured in The New York Times’ Skin Deep section. In it, a profile of Dr. Perricone’s new “Super” line (due in late October in Sephora stores) revealed that ...
I’m tooting my own horn here, but cosmetic companies are finally recognizing what I’ve been saying for years: Research has made it abundantly clear that exfoliating is critical for improving your ski...
In 2004 Dove launched their “Campaign for Real Beauty.” Their mission? “Make more women feel beautiful every day by widening stereotypical views of beauty.” With a series of edgy commercials and prin...
Just about everyone has hair somewhere on their body that they don’t want, or at least want to reduce. Whether it’s on your legs, underarms, face, back, arms, or bikini line, finding an effective and...
The headline for this blog isn’t mine; I borrowed it from the October issue of Women’s Health magazine. The crux of the article was examining whether or not women over age 40 can be slim ...
Ever since I can remember, I’ve always had hair drama. I’m the type of person who regularly leaves the hair salon in tears, either over my hair or over the bill. So I couldn’t believe my luck when I ...
Many people struggle with and really hate having large pores. So do we! There are some facts about pore size you need to know so you can see a noticeable difference—and you also need to know what’s n...
Paula’s Choice is thrilled to welcome Paula’s Choice Thailand as the official Distributor for our products in Thailand. From the beginning my goal has been to help women find products tha...
From True Blood to Twilight, one thing is crystal clear: Pale skin is in. Faster than you can say “fake & bake” ladies are trading in self-tanner and super-sparkly bronzers for SPF 50 and porcel...
I don’t know what’s going on with my skin and hair lately, but I am blaming the weather! Seattle has had an unusual summer; the truly hot, “yes, it’s definitely summer” days were few and far between...
How do you define environmental sustainability? Is it just a matter of “don’t do bad stuff, do more good stuff?” How is this different from “being green?” It seems simpler to think of sustainability ...
We received an email below from an Australian woman wanting to know about a sunscreen her laser clinic recommended as being superior to all others. Making a claim that any skin-care product is superi...
One of the journals Paula and I routinely read to keep up on the latest research-driven, peer-reviewed skin-care trends is Cosmetic Dermatology. The August issue featured a review of light-based trea...
Those of you who still have the freedom to make plans on Sunday nights might not know that there’s a full-blown beauty/gender debate unfolding on the fourth season of AMC’s stellar show Mad Men. The ...
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