As far as cult beauty buys go Benefit's Badgal Lash mascara, (£14.50), has long been a contender for the prize for the best mascara out there. If you want big, bad lashes in the darkest coal black this is your girl. Now in the wake of the coloured mascara trend, they've launched a version in deep plum. 
Having not upgraded my armband iPod holder when I upgraded my iPod, my workout wear has been limited to pants, shorts and running skirts with pockets to hold my beloved music player. Heading out for a run shouldn't be a fashion dilemma, so I tried the new iStik ($27). Using powerful magnets embedded in a hard plastic face plate, you can put your music wherever you want it.
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In the beauty journalism world, products can be pretty much divided into the big name brands that you get sent for free and which everyone knows and loves, and the smaller, niche labels. These are the ones you've discovered due to some painstaking research or a personal recommendation from a real friend. Cartrysse falls into the latter category and I can not overstate how much I believe in this cult brand.
At last! Finally, I've found a self-tanning product that smells great, doesn't turn my face or hands orange and it never streaks. Plus, it also moisturises (I just love two-in-one products) so my skin is left feeling smooth, soft and ever-so-slightly sun-kissed. 
With the breathtaking Erykah Badu in the ads (which you loved) and a devastatingly chic white opal glass bottle with 23K gold accents, Tom Ford White Patchouli ($92) certainly has the bells and whistles that make up a cult classic. But as it turns out, I would still wear this fragrance if it came in a plastic spray bottle sold on the street.
White Patchouli is characterized as a "floral-infused wood fragrance," so the patchouli is surrounded by notes of peony, rose, and jasmine.
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I'm beginning to really like the concept of products that work while I'm fast asleep (and wide awake, of course). But, I'm beginning to not like the dark circles and puffiness that have made their way to the area just underneath my peepers. So, when team member jennIRL wrote to me about an interesting new depuffing product, I had to give it a whirl.
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Determined to protect my hair against heat styling, I picked up Nexxus Sleek Memory Straightening Smoothing Spray ($12.99). When just a heat protectant spray would have done, I'm always curious about hair products that say they can change the texture of your hair (not products like at-home perms, but products like Wash 'N Curl Shampoo). But the claim Nexxus makes on this spray seems semi-plausible: their Sleek Memory technology can lock in the results of a heat styling tool.
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In an effort to find a new makeup routine for Fall, I decided to try Clinique Brush-On Cream Liner in Deep Brown ($14.50). Lately, I've been sticking with liquid liners that come in pen form because I can't draw a straight line. The brush it came with was immediately a red flag for me — it's only a couple inches long and the tip isn't tiny or flat.
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During those humid days when you can feel your hair frizzing and your pores clogging, I grow tired of getting up to wash my face while I'm cleaning up, reading a good book, or, you know, watching VH1. It's days like these that I turn to MD Skincare 4-in-1 Facial Treatment, which is just as convenient at the gym or for travel. Here's why: each palm-sized package cleanses, tones, treats and moisturizes in one fell swoop.
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Products marketed toward female athletes always pique my interest. Plus it is great to know that somebody out there knows we exist and like gear! When I saw a new antiperspirant by Secret with the word "sport" as well as the phrase "designed for athletes" on the front of the package, I was curious to try it.
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