- 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…
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Product Reviews — Neutrogena, Garnier and Olay
So my new mentality of less-is-more, reduce, re-use, recycle and sustainable living has taken me to the aisles of drugstore chains to purchase my skin care basics. This is a big step for me. I’m not a snob when it…
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…
Friday Fix — Recipe for a Romantic Evening
Do you love to cook? I do. I can lose myself in the kitchen. I’m a fan of the Food Network, and I can easily do the “30 minute meal” thing if necessary. However, I much prefer the attention to detail and the…
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Smooth Operator — Top 5 Exfoliators
I commonly get mistaken for being at least a decade younger than I am. I’m 52, but don’t look it. I’m sure that I need to thank my parents for the DNA, because they both look(ed) younger than their years. Those…
- Beauty, Beauty Advice, Black Radiance, Chanel, Laura Mercier, Maybelline, Murad, NARS, Neutrogena, Olay, Sephora Brand
Budget Beauty Buys
I’ve had to change my spend happy ways. It’s not necessarily THE economy, it’s MY economy. I have admitted my beauty obsessions and the ridiculous amount of products I use. I know I need a 12 step program. Ummm, I…
- Beauty, Beauty Advice, Beauty Product Reviews, Monday Morning Must Haves, NARS, Raves!, 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…
Frizz Factor — How to Tame Unruly Hair
I’m the poster child for damaged hair. My foray into killing my hair started in high school. My best friend and I didn’t have a clue about how to use our Sun In. But we sprayed and went about our…
Best Budget Eyeliner
I am an eyeliner freak. I have extolled the virtues of eyeliner more than once in this blog which is pretty new. I mean, come on, eyeliner is the equivilant to veggies on the food chart. There are no less…
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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…
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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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Simply Sexy Weekend Makeup
I no longer have the typical Monday through Friday work week, but when I did, I couldn’t bear to think of putting on a full face of makeup on Saturday. I learned to choose double, even triple duty items that…
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Simple Solution for Excessive Sweating
So not only are we in our summer season, I happen to be of the age where I am having my own personal summers. It’s just not fun. It’s not cute. At the most akward times I find sweat pouring…
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