Featured
Senses
Sugar Editorial Picks
Does Your Nose Know These Facts About Wet Doggie Snouts?
Cute as those lil snouts are, do you know the hows and whys behind the moisture? Take this quick quiz and next time you get a wet doggie nose kiss, you'll know the reason behind it!
Source: Flickr User me'nthedogs
Take the quiz
Who Senses It Better: Cats, Dogs, or People?
I'm becoming a bit of a trivia buff, and with approaching holidays, I can't resist brushing up on some useful (or useless) knowledge to share with friends and family. While I'm savoring the smells coming from the kitchen or listening to several conversations at once, I wonder how cats and dogs would fare compared to me. Do you know anything about human and animal senses?
BellaSugar's Guide to Beauty Products and Your Senses
I hope that you've enjoyed my series on the five senses and how they impact the beauty items that you buy. After taking a long look into my own personal beauty product inventory, I've come to understand that I am drawn more to the way that products look and smell than the way they sound, feel, or taste.
If you've fallen behind on your reading this week (it's OK, I'll forgive you this once!), below is a five-post roundup on each of the five senses.
A Sense For Beauty, Part V: Taste
While edible beauty items aren't on the top of my list (I take it they're not on the top of yours either since Jessica Simpson's Dessert makeup line went bust), it is important to me that what I use, especially on my lips, at least tastes palatable and not synthetic.
For example, what I love most about Sarah Happ's Lip Scrub is that it contains sugar, almonds, cinnamon, and all kinds of other sweet ingredients that you can lick right off of your lips! Also, minty lip glosses like the ones from Lola and vanilla-scented ones from Besame make me feel more kissable.
A Sense For Beauty, Part IV: Hearing
OK, so the way that your compact snaps shut, or the sounds that your atomizer makes may not have the same effect on your senses as the way your body lotion feels on your skin, or the way a smoky eye makes you look sexy, but don't kid yourself, hearing does play a part on the the beauty products that you choose to purchase.
For example, Estee Lauder and Lancôme have both created a snug-fitting lipstick cap that makes a clicking noise when it's closed. This gives you the assurance to know that the cap won't fall off and cause any mess inside of your makeup case or purse.
A Sense For Beauty, Part III: Sight
Your sense of sight probably plays the biggest role in the beauty products that you purchase. For example, when you look in the mirror, you might not realize it, but you're deciding which features you want to play down or accentuate on that particular day.
Studies show that if you feel confident on the inside that you actually look more confident on the outside — so don't forget to smile or wink at yourself once in a while when you're primping!
A Sense For Beauty, Part II: Smell
Ever notice how smells evoke memories and create moods? When it's time to chill out, calming lavender and clary sage are great ways to relax your mind and body. Or, when you're feeling frisky, spicy, musky scents can be powerfully seductive.
A Sense For Beauty, Part I: Touch
Welcome to my series on the five senses and beauty products. You may not realize that you are drawn to certain items because they appeal to your sense of taste, touch, sight, hearing, and smell, but subconsciously these qualities have a huge influence over what you chose to purchase. This series is a great way for you to gain insight into your mind, body, spirit — and bathroom.
What Do You Know About Cat Senses?
Turns out we knew quite a bit about sensitive whiskers, but what about all those other kitty senses? Do you think you are a cat expert, able to easily identify how felines measure up to dogs, people, and even a car? Find out what I mean in this quiz!
Harrods' In-Store LED Light Display Tantalizes the Tastebuds
If you've ever been to London, visiting Harrods — one of the world's most famous department stores — is an experience in itself. Well now there's something else to tempt your eyes in this gigantic department store. .
More on PetSugar
Fall Award Season
Top Brands
Prada
Fiorelli
Napapijri