Dove Sensitive Skin Nourishing Body Wash - 24 oz.

$5.84$5.49 at Target

A while ago, I was given the opportunity to experience Dove’s new Deep Moisture Body Wash collection. As per the company’s press release,

I’m from a particularly large, metropolitan city. As such, the days of luxuriating in my beloved soft water were pretty much donezo once I stepped foot back into my old haunt. After a month of showering at home, my skin really began to bother me. It felt as though I had been playing in grass after each shower, my skin was beyond itchy and irritated. That’s when it occurred to me that I might want to try out those NutriumMoisture™ washes again. In particular, I used the Sensitive wash, which doesn’t really have a scent and leaves the skin feeling super soft. It took about two weeks, but after consistently using the wash my skin started to return back to normal. I found myself less often feeling dry and itchy. Now, after using the product for nearly two months, I find that the wash has allowed my skin to feel soft and retain more of my body’s natural oil after each use without my skin feeling greasy or not cleaned.

For more information, check out www.dove.us. The Dove Body Wash with NutriumMoisture™ collection can be found at food, drug, club, and mass retailers.

While I’ve enjoyed my return back to all things fabulous and blog-worthy, I definitely didn’t miss the fashion industry’s unseemly habit of excluding everyone who isn’t tall, thin, and white. But in a strange twist of fate, the industry’s latest diversity blunder not only manages to overlook people of color but also anyone whose melanin couldn’t mistake them as kin to Edward Cullen. In fact, the promotional picture for gothic-chic label Rodarte’s forthcoming Mexican-inspired collection with MAC Cosmetics leaves much to be desired. The models looks like a zombie with pale foundation and brown eye shadow painted on her face to form an appearance of sullen eyes.   

As if that weren’t bad enough, Rodarte has come under fire recently for tagging two of its nail polishes in the collection with unfortunate names of “Factory” and “Juarez.” It should be relatively obvious why the former is offensive, but in regards to the latter, the connection might be a little murkier. Luckily, The Frisky’s Jessica Wakeman breaks it down pretty nicely:

"Why’s it tasteless? Juarez is an impoverished Mexican factory town notorious for the number of women between the ages of 12 and 22 who have been raped and murdered with little or no response from police. Most of the young women are employees at the border town’s factories, called maquiladoras, and disappeared on the way to or from work. Activists have been applying constant pressure on Mexican police, who have shown little response to properly investigating the murders, allegedly because the victims are poor women."

Prompted by several prominent online bloggers, MAC Cosmetics issued a press releases apologizing and stated that a portion of the proceeds from the collection will be donated to help crime victims in Juarez:

"We understand that product names in the M·A·C Rodarte collection have offended some of our consumers and fans. This was never our intent and we are very sorry. We are listening carefully to the comments posted and are grateful to those of you who have brought your concerns to the forefront of our attention. M·A·C will give a portion of the proceeds from the M·A·C Rodarte collection to help those in need in Juarez. We are diligently investigating the best way to do this. Please be assured that we will keep you posted on the details regarding our efforts."

Eh, I think I’m just going to have to take a pass on this Rodarte effort. I took home several pieces from their Target collaboration, but this makeup collection isn’t looking good from any angle. What do you think?

Honestly, I don't think it's meant for me to update this blogeveryday. In theory, I should and would like to my but my laptop refuses to go along with my plan. For the second time this year, my Macbook broke down. It was bad ya'll. So much so, in fact, I almost lost all of my Mp3s and documents. But wait! My problems don't end there.

For the next three weeks, I'm being forced to bury my head in both a biology and logic textbook. Why I waited until the  summer before my senior year to complete the aforementioned classes is beyond me. However, I'm getting through the three-hour 8am labs on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday fine. Just kidding! It sucks. Really bad. And as a consequence, Chic and Untroubled will continue to be neglected until July 6th, when I'm finally done with the first session of summer school and these damn classes. Le sigh. Still, check back everyday for new posts but for the constant stream of posts you're use to seeing everyday you're going to have to wait until the beginning of July.

Meanwhile, I wanted to spend the last few spare minutes I have today lamenting on Caress's new Evenly Gorgeous Body Wash. In short, it's amazing. Initially, though, I was hesitant to use the product because I have very sensitive skin. And is customary with most people who have a similar skin type, we try to avoid products that smell as divine as this Caress body wash because it usually means they will irritate the skin. However, I have yet to have any kind of rash or break from using the product for little over a month now. Since the wash doubles as an exfoliant, it leaves my skin feeling super soft after every time I use it. You can find it at practically any drugstore for $4.

Dove go fresh has partnered with The CW to create a video series called "Gossip Girl: Real NYC Stories Revealed." Gossip Girl star Jessica Szohr is partnering with Dove to promote this new program to celebrate the launch of the new Dove go fresh Burst Body Wash.

The video series gives viewers a glimpse into the real lives of four young women -- Chrisse Miller, Faythallegra Coleman, Dani Stahl, and Lara Meiland-Shaw -- who lived in the same Manhattan hotbed as the Gossip Girl characters, while revealing real life stories about juggling careers, love, finances, family and friends. The New Dove go fresh Burst collection is a fresh, new addition to the Dove go fresh product line.

The "Gossip Girl: Real NYC Stories Revealed" video series -- premiered April 27th (8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT) during Gossip Girl on The CW. If you had your head buried in a book and happen to miss the series debut featuring designer Chrisse Miller, don't fret! All of the clips can be viewed in their entirety at http://www.cwtv.com/thecw/dovegofresh. Tonight, we get a look into the life of Upper East Sider Lara. Until then...

Good news: struggling beauty label, Stila, has found a helping hand in Patriarch Partners LLC. A deal between the two should be finalized today if everything goes according to plan.

WWD reports: "According to several sources, it's been a rocky several weeks for the brand, which is said to have furloughed its entire workforce the last week in March due to the company's inability to make payroll. Former owner Sun Capital Partners, which had acquired the brand from the Estee Lauder Cos., is said to have pulled the plug on the company's financing at that time. The deal was confirmed late Sunday afternoon by Stila ceo Deanna Kangas and Patriarch Partners spokesperson Taylor Griffin."

As of now, Stila's website boasts that its down for "routine maintenance" and orders placed between the dates of March 23rd - 24th may have been canceled. Yeah. Suffice it to say, the makeup company needed this financial assist from PP pretty badly. Meanwhile, until Stila gets its online shop up and running again, its Barbie makeup tins can be purchased at Sephora. May I suggest the "1980 Foxy Doll?"