So you just got in from a great night out, your aching head and tired feet are telling you to hit the sheets, but your makeup-covered face is screaming “wash me!” I know this is the last thing you want to do right now, but removing makeup is really important for your skin, and let’s not forget the risk of getting harmful mascara in your eye!

In order to keep your skin clean, glowing and moisturized it is vital to wash off your makeup. If that’s not convincing enough, makeup removal will at least keep your pillowcase clean, and who doesn’t love a clean pillow?

Below are some great products to help you keep clean.

L’oreal Eye Makeup Remover- $6.99. This remover is not greasy (like many products are) and it gets all makeup off (including waterproof liners and mascaras). It’s a drugstore brand so it’s fairly inexpensive, and, best of all, it smells like roses!

Clinique Rinse-off Eye Makeup Solvent: $16.50. This remover is not sudsy or soapy, and leaves behind no residue. Quick and easy (perfect for those late nights). This remover is a tad on the expensive side, but I think it’s worth it. While I love this Clinique remover, I’d stay away from Clinique’s Take the Day Off remover as it tends to leave skin oily and gross.

Bare Escentuals: bareEyes: $14 This remover is enriched with copper to make skin around the eyes soft. It is safe for contact users and is great for moisturizing and cleansing. Read More »

Winter sucks in more ways than one, but there’s nothing worse than what the cold weather does to your standard good looks. Not to mention, you have to bundle up so much that your entire body is covered in winter gear, and pretty much all that can be seen are your eyes and lips. So you better be sure they look good.

Unfortunately, one of Old Man Winter’s favorite tricks is drying your lips out. And he’s really good at it too. Sigh. What’s a girl to do?

Dry, chapped lips are not attractive and nobody wants to kiss them. Lip balm can only go so far in curing chapped lips (let’s face it, flaky lips are not OK, even if they are tinted a pretty sun-kissed pink). But luckily, C.O. Bigelow is here to save you with their Soothing Lip Buffer.

Basically, you put some of the balm on your finger, rub it onto your lips, feel the cool tingle of the minty sugar particles, and then wipe it off. It tastes good and it makes your lips feel amazing. Old Man Winter’s got nothing on you now. Read More »