- Almay, Beauty, Beauty Advice, Laura Geller, Laura Mercier, Lorac, Make Up For Ever, Physicians Formula, Smashbox, Tarte, Weekly Bling
Saving Face — Monday Morning Makeup Fixes
So you partied a bit too much over the weekend. Or maybe your sick child kept you up all night. Whatever the case, your face is proof positive that you had a hard night. No worries. Save face with these…
- Beauty, Beauty Icons, Dolce & Gabbana, Fierce Friday, Jordana, Josie Maran, Lena Horne, M.A.C, Naomi Sims, NARS, Scarlett Johansson, Urban Decay, Weekly Bling, Wet n Wild
Fierce Fridays: My Secret Weapon– Red Lipstick
I know I have gushed about my obsession with red lipstick on many occasion on this blog. I have even written a great piece on the Power of Red. But what you need to remember is that red is such…
- Beauty, Beauty Advice, Caudalie, Clinique, How to treat Puffy Eyes, Kinerase, Murad, OLEHENRIKSEN, Top 5 Editor's Picks
Top 5 Reasons to Say Eye do — My Favorite 5 Eye Creams
One of my beauty obsessions is to NEVER have lines around my eyes. Fortunately at 52 I’m holding on. It’s probably due to good genes — my died at 68 without a line in sight, and my granny is 97 without…
- Beauty, Beauty Advice, Beauty Solutions for your 40's, Beauty Solutions for your 50's, Clinique, Laura Geller, Laura Mercier, Lorac, NARS, Smashbox
How to Look 40 at 50 — 5 Easy Steps
A couple summers ago, I was renting a car for work, and the agent looked at my license and said “Happy birthday!” I replied, “Oh, thanks, it’s just another day.” Then he looked at me, and looked at the license…
Purple Reign – Purple Eyeshadow 2 Ways
I’m a baby boomer, so when I think of purple, I think of two things — first and foremost, the man who said “Sexy never left”, Prince. And I’m a lover of the written word, so The Color Purple by…
- Beauty, Beauty Advice, Benefit, Bobbi Brown, Cargo, Cover FX, Halle Berry, L'Oreal, Laura Geller, NARS, Physicians Formula, Smashbox, Summer Makeup, Urban Decay
Beat the Heat — Water Resistant Makeup
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area — Oakland to be exact. I guess we are just spoiled when it comes to weather. Recently our temperatures have reached nearly 100° and the complaint level is has too. For us,…
- 5 Bling Reviews, Beauty, Beauty Advice, Beauty Product Reviews, Beauty Solutions for your 40's, Lorac, Makeup Reviews, Smashbox
Product Review: Anti-Aging Foundations You Have to Try
I’m anti a lot of stuff. Like women who wear leggings and have no business in them. Or decaffeinated cofee. I just don’t get that one. But for the intents and purposes of my blog, I’m anti-aging. Yup. Who the…
Blinging Makeup — Rock & Republic
You’ve worn their jeans, now wear their makeup. Rock & Republic has the hottest, sexiest most worthwhile makeup on the planet right now. Okay, I’m more than a little excited obviously. I was a virgin to the line until last week…
- Beauty, Beauty Advice, Beauty Product Reviews, Oscar Blandi, Peter Thomas Roth, Sally Hansen, Stila, YSL
Click and Go – Portable Makeup
I just love the innovation of cosmetic companies these days. From makeup to hair care to nail care, there is an easy-to-use portable “pen” that you can just click and have the wonder of makeup dispensed with ease. I compiled…
New Fall Color at Sephora
I was completely working on another topic for my blog today and the product junkie in me just had to go to Sephora.com. OMG! Look at this beautiful brown face! I am so000 excited about Fall ’09 makeup I could…
- Beauty, Beauty Advice, Carmex, Fix Broken Makeup, Japonesque, Monday Morning Must Haves, Weekly Bling
Rescue Your Makeup
Have you ever dropped your favorite pressed powder, blush, bronzer or bronzer? Have you left your favorite lipstick in the car only to find it a melted mess? I have ruined more than my share of makeup over the years. It…
- 5 Bling Reviews, Beauty, Beauty Advice, Beauty Product Reviews, Monday Morning Must Haves, NARS, Weekly Bling
Is it September Already? New Fall Makeup Collections
I really hate when it’s September and not only are Halloween decorations for sale, but so is Thanksgiving and Christmans stuff. If it weren’t for the fact that I’m such a freak for makeup, I would be complaining about Fall Collections…
- Beauty, Bliss, Bobbi Brown, Caudalie, Chanel, Clinique, Dr. Brandt, Fresh, L'Oreal, Laura Geller, Lorac, NARS, Olay, Peter Thomas Roth, Phyto, Rene Furterer, Smashbox, Stila
Are You a Beauty Product Junkie?
Dear beauty diary: I wanted to figure out how many beauty products I use each day, so I started my ticker counting when I turned on the shower. Hmmm, Can I count that cup of coffee? It is a diuretic…