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Bionic Homemade: Cucumber Hair Drench

Welcome to another installment of Bionic Beauty Homemade with Joycey Couture! What do you get when you wash your hair everyday in the midst of winter? You guessed it- dry hair! In my quest to find a solution, I came across this recipe. Time for show and tell! Ingredients: 1 egg 1 eggshell’s worth of [...]

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Bionic Homemade: Oat and Honey Facial Cream

Welcome to another installment of Bionic Beauty Homemade with Joycey Couture! Looking for a way to maintain a radiant, healthy glow in the midst of winter? With no need to measure a thing, try this simple recipe! Ingredients: Oats Honey Yogurt (Plain) Ground Almonds Directions:

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Bionic’s dictionary of finger nail terminology

Beauty, makeup and skincare tips from the Bionic Beauty blog

Many years ago, I was a nail polish newbie, and I know from personal experience that some of the odd nail terms can be confuzzling. So here’s my handy little cheat-sheet to nail tech terminology… Acetone: Solvent used to break down and remove nail polish and acrylic nails. A chemical in the ketone family. Acetone [...]

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Anti-Powerful Beauty: Axe says “Women get bored easy”

Welcome to another “Powerful Beauty” Friday at the Bionic Beauty blog… This week I am switching things up. Instead of focusing on a positive definition, I’m highlighting a complete opposite example of Powerful Beauty. Have any other Bionic Beauties been a tad offended by the new marketing campaign for Axe’s Twist and Shift fragrances for [...]

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Welcome to Bionic Beauty’s Second Anniversary Celebration!

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Happy Second Anniversary Bionic Beauty! Here’s my first ever video blog – I actually had a blast once I got over the jitters. In any case, this video will give all the Bionic Beauties out there an overview of this month’s anniversary events! I’d like to say a huge thank you to some my favorite [...]

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THE secret to easier mineral makeup application!

Makeup tips from the Bionic Beauty blog

One of my main complaints with mineral makeup has been the application.. I tap a bit of powder into the lid of the sifter jar and then swirl my brush. However, usually the caps are so small there’s no room to swirl, and if there is, your brush gets all boogered up. Ugh! Right? I [...]

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Does Vaseline permanently darken lips?

Vaseline can permanently darken skin

Here’s a question from the Bionic Beauty mailbag… “I heard that Vaseline lip balm darkens lips. is this true?” Bionic’s Answer… Unless you’re lips are really, really light and/or lacking pigmentation, the Vaseline will probably not darken them noticeably. What happens is any lip balm (or lotion or cream, for that matter) that contains petrolatum [...]

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Bionic’s Best of Beauty 2008!

Best of 2008 by BionicBeauty Yippee! It’s 2009! I have always been partial to January… it’s fresh, usually cool (although today it’s over 70 here, wow) and it’s my month. I’m a Capricorn and my birthday is just around the corner! But enough dilly-dallying… I’m here to give you the Bionic Beauty Best of 2008 [...]

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In search of cosmetics that don’t cause acne

lanolin in skincare products can cause acne

Dear Bionic Beauty, I’ve been digging through my local drugstore for new makeup and skincare. Can you give me some guidance on what ingredients can cause acne? I have semi-sensitive skin but take good care of it. I just want to make the best choice possible and not end up with something loaded with acne [...]

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