Circumspect Sunday: Easy Like Sunday Morning
As girlie girl as I am, I have days where I really, really hate to get dressed, take a shower or even comb my hair. Not a pretty picture I assure you. But there is something beautiful about just hanging…
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month — Shop Pink and Support Research
So many cosmetic companies are now on board with exclusive products for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, that I feel no guilt when I buy a cute little lipgloss or compact or body wash whose proceeds benefit Breast Cancer Research. …
Circumspect Sundays: I’m Not a Chick Flick Chick
My BFF and I went to see Julie and Julia this weekend. I loved it. That was pretty surprising because I am just not a chick flick chick. The one exception may be Themla and Louise. Forget all that Jane Austen, Jennifer…
Circumspect Sundays: 84 years of Marriage is a Thing of Beauty
I think that sitting on the porch with your husband of 84 years who is a sweet guy has got to be one of the most beautiful things in the world. Even if "he wasn't much to look at". I…
I Got Profiled — What’s Your Lipstick Say About You?
I was rummaging through my makeup case the other day for a certain lipgloss which was not present and accounted for and had a flashback to watching Let’s Make A Deal when I was a kid. I remember Monty Hall…
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Fall Makeup Trend 2009 — Be a Gold Digger
In an era when China is buying up all the gold it possibly can to solidly back its paper currency, those of use who are reduced to acquiring gold in the beauty aisles need to step up our game. One…
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How to Be the Bomshell – 5 Steps
You have seen her. She just walks in the room and all eyes are fixated on her. She just plain drop-dead gorgeous, exudes confidence and you want to hate her, but you can't because she's a natural. She's a bombshell. …
What Happened to Classic Beauty?
I just dont’ know what happened to classic beauty. Remember the hollywood women of yesteryear? OMG they were beautiful. Classic with a little bombshell thrown in. Lena Horne, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren, Dorothy Dandridge…Those women had no need for fake…
Circumspect Sunday: Three Shades of Brown
Note: Featured photo above was updated on July 6, 2013 from Chelsea’s wedding on August 3, 2012. I have three beautiful brown daughters. I love their individuality; I love each of them for them. No coincidence that I had…
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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…
The Power of Touch
I think that makeup artists may get a bad rap. You know, makeup — it’s all artifice, fake. If you could see the before and afters of the rich and infamous you would thank those of us who paint faces…
Circumspect Sundays: Beauty at 96
My granny is 96. She will be 97 next month. She cuts her flowers in the yard a few times a week. She cooks her breakfast everyday and dinner most days of the week. She is quite vital and sharp…
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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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