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This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-joylein Recent reviews written by member joylein en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_475110411908?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - My fair, combination skin seems to go haywire in the summer, as though it has a mind of its own.  It is oily in the T-zone, but uber-dry elsewhere.  My skin also tends to burn and freckle quite easily as well thanks to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475110411908 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:11:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475110411908?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472356327044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - With the summer fast approaching, I dread the heat and humidity that tends to wreak havoc on my fine, flyaway hair.  The sun, salt, and humid conditions of Virginia's coastal plain can turn my locks into straw in no time, robbing my hair of its... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472356327044 Sun, 31 May 2009 21:01:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472356327044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_467107024516?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - Anyone who washes their hands frequently or works primarily outside knows that extremely dry, cracked skin is often the result of doing so.  Dry, cracked skin is not only just a bother...it can even be painful.As an art teacher in an... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~467107024516 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:26:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_467107024516?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_442281791108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - My lips lately have been constantly parched and in need of moisture...they have had that dry, cracked feeling that lipstick and regular lip gloss cannot soothe. My Mom is a big fan of Burt's Bees products because of the fact that they are 100%... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442281791108 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:29:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442281791108?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_442106678916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - At the end of the school year I went temporarily insane and signed up for a series of classes offered through Old Dominion University in Norfolk. The six classes were being offered free to the teachers in my school district. Our schools serve an... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442106678916 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:35:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442106678916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_440132800132?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - I am a hair product addict. If anyone were to peek into the cabinets or closets of my home's bathrooms they would find what looks to be the storage closet of a hair salon. I have quite an abundance of products built up. My supply of hair products... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~440132800132 Wed, 6 Aug 2008 10:55:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_440132800132?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_440006315652?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - My husband and I watch a lot of reality shows. One of the shows we used to watch frequently was Blow Out with hairdresser to the stars and drama king extraordinaire Jonathan Antin. Jonathan is the owner of Jonathan Salons in the Los Angeles... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~440006315652 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:28:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_440006315652?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_439999958660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - I love the radiant, healthy glow that my skin gets when I have been in the sun. It seems to make me look brighter and more alive...without that pasty, pale look I get from spending way too much time indoors. Unfortunately, I have relatively fair skin... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~439999958660 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:22:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_439999958660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_439938223748?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - As I have made my way into my thirties (looking pretty swell, I might add), I have sadly had to come to grips with the fact that I can no longer consume four slices of pizza without gaining an ounce. Gone are the glorious days of never needing to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~439938223748 Mon, 4 Aug 2008 22:07:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_439938223748?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_439455026820?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - The summer has been sadly slipping away right in front of me. I have been so busy with summer graduate classes and my husband with work that we have not been able to enjoy much of a real vacation save for a few days here and there. One way I can... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~439455026820 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:55:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_439455026820?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_411146817156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - My combination/oily skin seems to have a mind of its own. What was once the radiant, glowing skin of my youth and early twenties has become a raging pit of oily despair...with a temper. My T-zone often tends to resemble nothing other than an oil slick... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~411146817156 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:02:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_411146817156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_399219920516?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - My life has been extremely hectic over the past year. I married, bought a new house, and got a new job, among other things. Needless to say, my poor skin has had quite a working over with all of these life-changing events. As a teenager, I rarely... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~399219920516 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:18:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_399219920516?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_310657060484?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - I am a sucker for photo books..especially sweet, sappy ones full of beautiful old black and white photos and candids. There is just something so amazingly moving about the fact that a moment in time can be forever preserved. The raw emotions and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~310657060484 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:19:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_310657060484?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_276933676676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - I am a self-admitted freebie fanatic. I actually have a small bin in my bathroom filled with a growing number of samples I have accumulated over the past year, much to the chagrin of my dear husband. I just like to try it before I buy it. Upon a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~276933676676 Thu, 9 Nov 2006 20:04:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_276933676676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_268103356036?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - I am now officially a newlywed! Okay, so it has been almost three great months… I must admit I love the feeling. July 29th will forever remain in my heart as one of the happiest and most exciting days in my life. On this day, I pledged my undying... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~268103356036 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:49:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_268103356036?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_261127835268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - I am always looking for something to give my hair that extra glow and healthy sheen. I was especially fixated on this aspect during my pre-bridal stage, when I became overly obsessed with every detail of my looks. Like anyone was going to notice every... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~261127835268 Mon, 2 Oct 2006 19:31:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_261127835268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_248214949508?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - I am a fair skinned girl thanks to heredity. I tend to freckle and sometimes burn due to inheriting my paternal family's tendency towards fair skin...blame those Northern European and Scots-Irish genes! I tan somewhat, but it tends to be somewhat... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~248214949508 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:29:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_248214949508?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_241526673028?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - Over the weekend, one of my college girlfriends threw a lovely shower for me in her gorgeous new home. It truly was a divine time, and it lifted my spirits greatly. Among the many wonderful and useful gifts I received was the divine Wusthof Trident... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~241526673028 Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:05:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_241526673028?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_230121639556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - My hair, which is of the uber-fine variety, apparently is a Nelly Furtado fan. Given any slight change in weather (or dry winter air) it makes like a bird and will only "fly away". I like to try to appear somewhat polished, but my hair is not always on... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~230121639556 Sun, 7 May 2006 17:34:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_230121639556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_226078789252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - I find that in visiting many art museums, much of what I see is morbid and depressing...many modern works portray nothing but death, demise and darkness. It seems as though many are working for shock value…purging their inner emotions of rage and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~226078789252 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:16:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_226078789252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_223859609220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - Let me just start by saying that I have a morbid fear of snakes. Crushing constrictors, coiling cobras and rickety, rattling rattlesnakes are commonly characters in my nightmares, along with their friends the spiders! It all started when I was five and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~223859609220 Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:10:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_223859609220?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_222811033220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - My poor skin is always badly in need of a makeover in the winter, with this winter being no exception. My skin on my hands tends to get the driest, due to exposure to wind and dry winter air. It seems as though all the moisture has totally left my skin... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~222811033220 Mon, 6 Mar 2006 19:54:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_222811033220?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_218679512708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - After living in the crowded Tidewater region of Virginia for just over a year now, I must say that it has grown on me. The area could certainly not be described as quaint, but it is exciting. One is never at a loss for things to do in Virginia Beach... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~218679512708 Mon, 23 Jan 2006 20:11:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_218679512708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_217913659012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - Even as an adult, I am captivated by construction equipment. It almost appears to be alive, in a sense. Watching an excavator "chomp" a chunk of dirt out of the ground really is fascinating. I can envision it as a large, mechanical dinosaur. My... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~217913659012 Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:13:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_217913659012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_216706223748?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author joylein - My hair is so fine that it has a tendency to just lay there if I do not use a volumizing shampoo and conditioner. Heavy conditioners tend to weigh my hair down and leave it stringy and limp. It is soft and shiny, but so baby-fine that it drives me nuts!... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~216706223748 Thu, 5 Jan 2006 20:59:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_216706223748?linkin_id=8003929