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Unfortunately, breast cancer hits close to home for so many of us. I have several friends who recently battled breast cancer and won, thankfully. Twenty years ago, my dad wasn’t so lucky. He was one of the 2% of men, at that time, who developed breast cancer. He was shocked. Back in the early ’90s, …
A night of firsts! Last night, Jeff and I joined our friends, Fintan and William, in Allston near Boston for ramen at Totto Ramen. The first time I’ve ever had ramen that wasn’t 4 for $1 in the dried packages from the supermarket, I couldn’t believe how good this authentic ramen was! Super yum! After dinner, …
I’m so excited that Columbus Weekend is here in the U.S. Every year at this time, Jeff and I make our annual pilgrimage to the Topsfield Fair, a county fair that emphasizes agriculture and animals. We visit the cows, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits, chickens, ducks, bees and watch the handsome draft horses compete while pulling beautiful …
I love nail polish, but applying it well isn’t my strong suit. I do the best I can. A couple of the beauty bloggers in a group I am a part of, The Beauty Council, are doing a mini-linkup of Halloween manicures. Erika and Jessica are nail bloggers, and Honey is just plain creative, so be …
I jumped at the chance to receive a sample of Gleam Radiant Dust by Melanie Mills, Emmy award-winning makeup artist, because one of the shades this luxury, loose powder comes in is rose gold. You know I adore everything rose gold. Radiant Dust comes in four shades: light gold dust rose gold dust bronze gold dust …
Although September is over, I wanted to show you the September Rainbow Honey Mystery Bag of minis. For months now, I have been drooling over the Rainbow Honey Mystery Bags that I’ve seen other beauty bloggers review. Finally, when I saw the mini heart-shaped soap and beautiful nail polishes in the September bag, I broke …
Good morning! Hope you’re making the most of your weekend. I’m hoping for the sun to make a return visit today. It’s been gloomy and rainy for the past three or four days. But we’ve been having a drought in Massachusetts, so my lawn and shrubs are happy for the rain. The foliage is coming along …
Happy Saturday! Hope you had a good week and are enjoying some time off. Here are this week’s posts from Beauty Blogazons. If you missed it, my review of Bliss Fabulous Foaming Face Wash is in the middle of the pack. Lola’s Secret Beauty Blog: Mally High Shine Liquid Lipstick Pens in Apricot, Must Have …
Never have a tried a brand and product that engendered such controversy and passion! In a Facebook group of makeup artists and enthusiasts that I belong to, there have been so many posts and photos about Younique 3D Fiber Lashes, some positive, others negative, all extremely passionate. It seems that everyone has an opinion on …
NeoCell Biotin Bursts & Hyaluronic Acid Giveaway The giveaway results first! Woo hoo! Congratulations to Melissa C., the winner of the NeoCell giveaway in which the winner can choose either Biotin Bursts or Hyaluronic Acid Blueberry Liquid. In her comment, Melissa chose the Hyaluronic Acid Blueberry Liquid. Awesome! I have notified the winner by email, …
This past year, two different market research consulting projects took me to San Francisco. San Francisco is one of my favorite cities. We were conducting our research in an office building south of Market Street, so I got to stay at the nearby W Hotel in San Francisco twice. I love that hotel because the …
And here’s the weekly roundup from the beauty bloggers from Beauty Blogazons from this past week. Wow, there’s a great selection to read about from my review of Milani’s stunning new limited edition Bedazzled Collection to gorgeous recommendations for lipsticks, nail polish, eye shadows, primers and how to keep your summer tan into fall. Happy …
Hope you are enjoying the weekend! It is a stunning Indian Summer weekend here in MA. I’m headed for the beach, trying to squeeze in one last weekend on the sand. Just want to remind you that the NeoCell Biotin Bursts or Hyaluronic Acid Blueberry Liquid Giveaway will be ending on Monday night just before …
Sometimes it’s because I don’t want to run out. And other times, it’s that I got a deal and decided to stock up on my favorite beauty products. i don’t do this for everything I try, but for products that I really like or love, I usually have at least one waiting in the wings. Let’s take …
I live in one of the most beautiful parts of the United States during the autumn. Leaf peepers come here in droves to see our beautiful foliage. In the next state, New Hampshire, in the college town of Keene, there is the largest pumpkin festival with at least a thousand lit jack-o-lanterns. It’s an incredible …