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Today marks the 11^th anniversary of the launch of Cybelesays.com. Can you believe it? I’m quite excited and I was recently thinking about what I should do to celebrate, so, besides going live with a bunch of contests this month, I also thought I’d do some review.

When you reach a milestone in your life, it’s pretty common to stop, look around and take stock of what’s important and what's not. And we all know that changes from year-to-year, and for some week-to-week.

So what’s important when it comes to beauty products? I thought in the next 30 days I’d take a look at my Hall of Fame products and go through each one again to see if they’ve stood the test of time. There are 35 picks in there right now, so I have some ground to cover!

So starting off the reviews, in no particular order, let’s look at LALICIOUS Body Oil

Pros: I just wrote up their latest scent of Sugar Reef just last week and really liked the scent. When I first tried this line quite a few years ago, I liked that the oils she used are not fillers and petroleum etc.; the products were superior quality. So has the quality waned over the years? Nope!

Cons: there really are not any with this product so this first one is an easy guess!

Does it stay in the Hall of Fame?

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Not only am I excited that my hand cream picks is running in this week's Women's World magazine but they included both of the ones I suggested!

Dear Readers,

Wow, 10 years! 10 years ago today, I started Cybelesays.com not knowing what to expect or how the site was going to be received. It's been awesome and quite an accomplishment to reach this milestone. Thanks for reading and here's to another 10 years!!

All my blush,

~Cybele

I’m having quite the beauty conundrum so I’m just going to put it out there. The subject? Ingredients in beauty products. When I try a product, I usually go into it not knowing anything about it except that it’s a body wash or a mascara, etc, for example. I then use it a few times before reading up on it. That way I feel I can give a more of a honest answer and not just thinking I like it because of what I already know about it. But in the last few months when I like a product and the performance and wow, it lists great ingredients, upon looking deeper, POW, there are what some consider to be bad ingredients like Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) or Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES), Mineral Oil, and polyethylene glycol, just to name a few. Maybe that’s why I got so excited when I discovered this one. I know that some people don’t care when it comes to ingredients in beauty products and that the FDA is there for a reason but I think more and more people are starting to pay attention.

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Dear Readers,

So how about us, huh?? So excited to finally be rolling out a new look! Do you like it? Still tweaking little stuff here and there but this is pretty much the look for a while. And with a new look comes a celebration in the form of a Cleaning Out the Closet contest!! Look for it next week.

All my blush,

~Cybele

We’re all living on a budget so how can you keep your makeup collection current without feeling guilty about spending the money? Enter BEAUTYTICKET.COM. Launched in April of this year, the brands that they carry are marked down up to 85% retail. And we’re talking a lot of brands you probably use right now like Smashbox, Bliss, MD Skincare, Prescriptives, Orlane and more. So how are they able to offer such low prices? They buy up the surplus of products from the brands and sell them low. I know we don't talk about sales and stuff like this but I really feel like this one stands out from the rest.

Plus – they add new products weekly.

Downside – once it’s gone, they probably won’t get it again so get over to beautyticket.com to see what they have!