Retrodivas Beauty: make up, tips, cosmetic tutorials, hairstyles, and everything you need to be beautiful

Seven Days of Mascara: Smashbox Lash DNA Mascara

Jul 302009

Smashbox claims that their amino-acid packed Lash DNA ($19) mascara gives you amazing length and volume. This is my first experience with a Smashbox mascara, and I got it as part of the “After Hours” kit at the Nordstrom beauty event. From the Smashbox website: “The unique double helix brush grabs each lash, no matter how small, for the ultimate fanned out effect.” So I was pretty excited to check out the wand, as well as the formula. Whoa. Well, I did want to see the brush, but I kind of can’t. I mean, I think I get the general [...]

Seven Days of Mascara: Revlon DoubleTwist Mascara

Jul 292009

Okay, I’ll admit it. I was suckered in by the ads for Revlon’s DoubleTwist mascara. Those TV spots that showed us the fabulous wand that brought you volume beyond your wildest imagination sold me. I had to get my hands on the coolest brush I’d seen: a combination plastic and old spoolie brush TOGETHER! For every benefit POSSIBLE! I was excited. And I still am. This is a fabulous mascara, and I love it. I’d compare the volume to Diorshow, and I don’t say that lightly. It thrills me that it comes in a waterproof formula, and it’s easy to [...]

Seven Days of Mascara: Rimmel Glam’Eyes Mascara

Jul 272009

I grabbed Glam’Eyes Mascara by Rimmel for about $7 when I realized, while walking through the Target beauty section, that I had never tried a Rimmel mascara. After checking them all out, I chose the one that promised me 10X the volume!! of regular mascaras. I didn’t like it at first. My first impression of it was that it really didn’t do much in the way of volume at all. But I kept reaching for it. Now, about two weeks later, I’m kind of digging it. The brush is one of the newfangled plastic/silicone ones. It’s thin and flexible, and [...]

It’s Always Caturday at DDC

Jul 272009

Sunday Night Beauty Rituals

Jul 262009

It’s Sunday night, and I’m sitting on my bed sipping a cup of jasmine green tea from Trader Joe’s and getting ready to watch a little True Blood. So far this evening, I’ve washed and deep conditioned my hair, tweezed my brows, used a clay face mask, trimmed my cuticles, rolled, set, and wrapped my hair, put my nighttime anti-aging facial serum on, and slathered my feet with something to keep them looking pretty. Sunday is such a great day to do all that stuff that you just don’t get to throughout the week. So tell me, what are YOUR [...]

Seven Days of Mascara: Better Than Waterproof Mascara by Cargo

Jul 262009

Today was a beach day, so my routine this morning was pretty easy. I slathered on a bunch of Ojon Restorative Hair Treatment on my locks, put a bun in, threw on a scarf, washed my face, threw the SPF on there, and reached for my Better Than Waterproof Mascara by Cargo. Why? Because it lasts. Forever. Through the beach, the shower afterward, and just about anything else you can throw at it. The best part? It’s actually a really good mascara! It goes on easily, it does not clump up at all, and has some excellent volumizing properties for [...]

Seven Days of Mascara: Maybelline New York Pulse Perfection

Jul 252009

It’s been said, mostly by me, that vibrating things are a girls best friend. And there are lots of things that vibrate these days, from an Apple iPhone app to mascara. I’ll leave the thoughts on various vibrating items to others, and just focus on what I know best: mascara. I consider myself a mascara expert. I’ve played with just about every mascara out there, and have very strong opinions about them all. I believe that a woman should have gallons on before she leaves the house, that volumizing mascaras are the best, and waterproof mascara is truly a gift [...]

Back to Your Regularly Scheduled Programming

Jul 232009

Have you been trying to leave a comment here at Daily Dose of Coffee? We thought maybe you all just didn’t like us anymore, but no. Our comments link wasn’t working. So, it should finally be fixed, and we are looking forward to all of you joining the conversation! Thanks to all our wonderful readers who let us know there was a problem. We heart you!