Beauty Advice
Advice, tips and expert input in all areas of beauty.
Bad Hair Day? Rock a Cap!
So it's quite a relief to know that even hotties like Halle Berry and Rihanna rock a cap now and then. And with their signature hair cuts, we all know the cap is not really for a fashion statement. Does…
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Budget Beauty Tuesday: I’m Loving Olay
I know it’s Wednesday, but I have been sick for a very long time, and I lost my groove. So I’m playing catch up! I can’t believe it. I’m buying skincare products at the drugstore. I admit it. Me, the…
Budget Beauty Tuesday: Rimmel Smokey Noir Eye Palette
Since the smokey eye is a trend that’s here to stay, why not have one makeup palette that get the job done? Well, you can spend upwards of $75 for that palette, or you can spend under $6. Hmmm, let…
Monday Means Makeup: FINE The Basics Of Beauty
I have been a makeup artist for many many years, and I really thought I had seen and heard it all. But recently I purchased Sam Fine’s DVD, FINE the Basics of Beauty, and found that there are a few…
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Fierce Friday: Secret Weapon — Big Hair
I have a penchant for big hair. I think it began when I first saw and heard Chaka Khan. Even though I couldn’t sing a lick, I secretly yearned to be Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan. So, since I…
Mariah Carey was Just Plain Pretty at Golden Globes — 10 Steps to Her Look
Every blogger and fashion editor is blabbing away about what the celebs wore to the Golden Globes — hits and misses, hot or not, yada yada. Well, I’m one of them and so of course I had to check out…
Budget Beauty Tuesday: Beat the Frizz with Garnier Sleek & Shine
I’ve said it before and I will say it again — I’m the poster child for big, frizzy hair. Without products that actually tame my fine, curly curly frizz, I might as well just go funky ‘fro. (Which by the…
Monday Means Makeup: It’s Raining — Try Waterproof Eye Makeup
It’s been raining cats and dogs here in California. And those poor (ahem) beautiful folks at the Golden Globe Awards must have been a nervous wreck about maintaining their gorgeous gowns and impeccable makeup. Since I happen to be having…
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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…
Circumspect Sundays: My Mom Was a Beauty
Celia Brown — 7/91936 – 6/29 2005. My mom was many things. Some I didn’t like, we didn’t exactly have the best mother/daughter relationship, even though I was her only daughter– only child.
Fierce Friday: Secret Weapon — Go Faux (Lashes)
As much as I love mascara, I love faux lashes even more. I just can’t see to get them on straight any longer. (52 has it’s downside) Anyway, there is no better way to get fierce than to slap on…
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New Year, New You? Or Maybe a Little Beauty Tune-up Will Do!
Major women’s magazines are telling us “out with the old and in with the new”; that we need major overhaul because it’s a new year. Maybe it is a new year, but do you really want a new you? I…
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Budget Beauty Tuesday: Black Pencil Eyeliner Face Off
What self-respecting woman doesn't have a black eye liner — a pencil to be specific — in her arsenal of makeup must-haves? I have several…. (12-step program definitely needed, black eyeliner and red lipstick are not luxuries, they are necessities.)…
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