When you write for a paper, people just send you stuff, hoping you'll do a story about it.
These two big packages came in the OC Weekly mail the other day, addressed to me, presumably because they read my cover story about puppets and thought that somehow I'd be up for a feature on Starbucks' new line of products. Or skin-care stuff.
Being a dude, I don't even use one skin-care product, let alone the 10 or so that came in this white handbag. Except when I get a new tattoo—but I can't a
Thousands of dead Americans, tens of thousands of dead Iraqis, an unstable region, everyone hates us, no end in sight . . . sure, when you put it that way, the Iraq war doesn't sound so good. But what about the unforseen benefits, as extolled in this press release that just rolled into the Clockwork Tower?
War Wound Project to Reduce Battlefield Scars Now Used to Tighten Skin, Prevent Wrinkles
New York, N.Y. - February, 21, 2006 - A war wound project that developed a tissue regeneration and sc
The avalanche of reader response to a certain Disgusting Big Toe is pouring down--and by "avalanche," we mean "one letter to the editor, a half dozen comments in the break room, a snicker or two with the receptionist, a feedback comment or three on this very website and two, count 'em, two offers of assistance."
In the order they were received (or will continue to be received), Clockwork will try any remedies publicly and check back on their progress from time to time. The first comes fro
Having previously sent me an entire handbag full of their skin-care products, Vichy are at it again. I didn't do a feature on them, and I'm not planning on one any time soon, but clearly, they don't mind.
Inside a rather large box came a medium-sized gift bag, stuffed with colored paper, and...a solitary tube of sunscreen. (See the latter behind the cut.)
Sunscreen, I can use. I still haven't figured out what the point of having ten different moisturizers is, though.
I don't know why I'm being singled out by Vichy as someone to whom massive amounts of skin-care products should be sent, but the packages just keep coming. This time, something called "Chrono-Action-Anti-Imperfection Care" (always wanted to cure myself of being imperfect!), as well as something called "NormaDerm medicated acne system."
Acne hasn't been an issue for me since I got out of high school and stopped shooting steroids. But maybe we have an intern young enough to use it somewhere.
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I've long been an inteeense fan of Shu Uemura's skin care line—I don't wear much makeup but I'll buy the hell out of some good face cream. And I don't care what clothes you wear or how much of that stifling foundation and powder you slather on your face: good skin's always going to be pretty important. (Especially when you're 40.)
In October, Shu Uemura will introduce two special eye treatments as a solution to fine lines, dark circles and puffiness to their outstanding line of skin care prod
