There’s a new ‘must-have’ in the online beauty community: the Clear Cube. The Clear Cube is exactly what the name says it is: a clear box to store stuff in. The Clear Cube is becoming very popular under make up artists (or people who collect make up) to store and organize their make up. By storing their stuff in this clear box, they don’t need to go through their whole ‘stash’ when they’re applying make up. Everything will be neat and visible.

The Clear Cube is different than the storage units you can find at The Container Store or Xenos. The material is different and the fact that it’s customizable makes it unique as well. It’s not plastic or glass: it’s made of acrylic. Acrylic is just over one inch thick, (32mm) and is bullet resistant. It’s durable, doesn’t break, doesn’t crack and doesn’t turn yellow over time.

The standard size for a cube is 12” wide, 12” deep and 15” high (30×30x38 cm). However, for an additional fee you can customize yours and get it with/without handles, drawer inserts or lid. Each cube is made per order as orders are received.

I personally think they’re nice. I think a cube would look very stylish and fancy in your bathroom or on your vanity. It will keep your things organized, but still very visible so you don’t ‘forget’ what you have. If you own make up from the same brands that have the same (style of) packaging, it will look especially fancy! However, I would never pay $275 to own one of these things. Not even if the acrylic would be sprinkled with gold!

This said, you can purchase your very own Clear Cube on theclearcube.com. Keep in mind that it might take up to 2-4 week for your order to arrive and again, it won’t be cheap: prices start at $275. The site does ship internationally!

All images are property of theclearcube.com.

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Today I redeemed one of my birthday gifts: I had a Microderm Triple Peel! First time ever! A microderm triple peel is a facial that treats epidermal layers for wrinkles, sunspots, acne, scars and pigmentation.

I’m not exactly sure what was done to my face while I was in the salon (I had my eyes closed the whole time and was almost in dreamland), but I know that the procedure consisted of three types of exfoliation:

The lady started with deep cleansing followed by a skin analysis (I heard the words ‘oily skin’ a lot). She then applied an enzyme treatment which loosens dead skin. I then had Microdermabrasion which was done using a device that polishes off the loosened skin. The 3rd and final peel was a customized mask under light steam, while she gave me an arm and hand hot stone massage. The procedure took about 70 minutes.

I loved it!! My skin feels smooth and looks ‘fresh’! The lady at the salon warned me that my skin will flake for the next two days. Well, I look forward to it! Bye bye outer damaged skin…hello fresh newer skin with invisible pores! :-D

The salon I went to was EXCELLENT: very clean environment and very friendly people. If you’re in the Cincinnati area, I would definitely recommend this place! Email or tweet me for the details :-)

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As you probably know MAC Cosmetics releases a new Viva Glam lipstick every year. As with all Viva Glam products, 100% of the funds raised will benefit the MAC Aids foundation. This year’s versions had Cyndi Lauper and Lady Gaga as ‘spokeswomen’. MAC then also released Viva Glam lip glasses, which of course match the lipsticks and were also inspired by Cyndi and Gaga.

Now MAC is offering the ‘Viva Glam Gaga Bag’ and ‘Viva Glam Cyndi Bag’:

The ‘Viva Glam Gaga Bag’ and ‘Viva Glam Cyndi Bag’ are cosmetics bags in the shape of lips. To be more precise: they are made from polyester/nylon and feature pink and red stripes with the celebrities’ signatures on one side and a digitized image of a lip on the other. They retail for $28.00 each.

Honestly, I think they’re awful! I know that the proceeds go to charity, but these cosmetics bags are not appealing to me at all! I find them very ‘cheap’ and childish… I usually love the limited edition cosmetics bags that MAC comes out with: I have a little black one that I bought years ago that I love and still use daily. But these new ones really don’t do it in my opinion…. I think they could have come out with something much nicer!

What do you think?

Quick side note: MacCosmetics.com is offering free shipping with any purchase all Labour Day weekend!! No code necessary. Pretty sweet if you don’t have a MAC store or counter nearby! Unfortunately for my Dutch readers, MAC still doesn’t accept out of country credit cards :-(

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A few weeks ago I picked up a Black Radiance waterproof eye liner for a few dollars at Meijer (one of those giants stores here). Black Radiance is a cosmetics brand owned by Markwins, the company that also owns the very popular Wet ‘n Wild. Black Radiance is targeted at Afro American women. I think price wise the producs are about the same as Wet n Wild. Very inexpensive!

The eye liner is the 5th Black Radiance product I own: I already have two bronzers, a powder and a kohl eye liner. All great quality items, no complaints there. The eyeliner however… It’s liquid and the packaging states that it’s waterproof, smudgeproof and long lasting. It has a felt tip, which I prefer (much more precision).  But let me tell you…this product was a complete fail.

It does everything it’s not supposed to do: it smudges, it’s not waterproof and it definitely not long lasting. The horror below happened after only a few hours! And not just once, I tried this product on different days and the same thing kept happening.

Not cool! :-(

Now I’m looking for a new liquid eyeliner with a felt tip. Any suggestions?

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