Budget Beauty Tuesday: Let’s Play Roller Ball
I’ve been fascinated with all the new products that are coming out in roller ball form. I remember when I was a teen, eons ago, Bonnie Bell extra gooey, extra sweet roller ball lipgloss. And then there are the various…
Bay Area Events: The Plus Academy Bay Area Fashions a Platform for the Aspiring Plus Model
THE PLUS ACADEMY BAY AREA FASHIONS A PLATFORM FOR THE ASPIRING PLUS MODEL Press Release San Francisco, California-Aspiring plus models now have the platform to build, develop, and enhance their modeling skills with the launch of The Plus Academy BAY…
Practice Safe Sun: Don’t Forget the SPF
My daughters are on spring break, and so are most other college kids right now. Many of them in a sun-kissed location doing things their parents are trying not to think about. But the whole point there is not about…
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Budget Beauty Tuesday: Get Beyonce’s Cat Eye, Red Lip Look for Less
Chameleon Beyonce’ has changed her look yet once again. I love it. I live vicariously though this young woman. The exaggerated cat eye and red lip look Beyonce’ sported at the ceremonial groundbreaking for Barclays Center at Atlantic Yards on…
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Monday Means Makeup: Cougar Makeup in 5 Steps
Not so long ago one of my BFF’s told me I should write a piece about makeup for “cougars.” I thought she was being funny, but she was dead serious. She (like me) prefers her “fellas” a tad younger than…
Emerald City — Green is the new Black in Makeup and Fashion
As much as I love color, I am pretty much a bore with my personal color palette for dressing. Black, black and more black. Throw in some grey, some white and occasional red or pink and that’s it. Over the…
What Every Woman Needs in her Makeup Bag
What’s in your wallet makeup case? Too much no doubt. I’m guilty of having about 20 lipsticks and lipglosses in my makeup bag at any given time, and consciously I know I really don’t need that many. One lipstick and…
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Monday Makeup Fix: Help I’ve Got a Cold
So it’s Saturday night, you have a hot date or reservations at the best new restaurant in town or major concert tickets AND you have a cold. I’m not talking H1N1, just your plain old sniffles, got the blahs kind…
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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,…
Ciara Shares Her Favorite Beauty Products
Ciara is a hot chick. That young woman is blessed with great genes. I’m a makeup artist so I truly appreciate a beautifully structured face like Ciara’s. I was excited to see her top beauty picks in my July Elle…
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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…
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Makeup 101 — How to Choose a Blush
You have seen her. She is really cute and sassy, and she is probably your grandmother or great grandmother. And she has got those rouged up cheeks. I mean you can see those pink cheeks coming from a mile away. …
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Best Waterproof Eye Makeup – Top 5 Picks
I don’t know about you, but in addition to it being summer, I am experiencing my personal summers as well. That means I can break into a sweat at any given time. It’s pretty embarassing, but I have learned to…