Usually, I prefer lipstick. But I just tried the new shades of Mirabella Colour Luxe Lip Gloss for summer 2015, and I think I have become a lipgloss convert! In December, I got to try one of the Colour Luxe Lip Gloss shades in a beautiful rose gold shimmer that was perfect for the holidays …
Garden Pix & Weekly Roundup 7 June 2015 Beauty Blog Coalition
This week, my friend Sue and I stopped in at Long Hill to see the gardens at the peak of spring bloom. They did not disappoint! Here are a few pix from our visit. Today, I finally finished weeding, mulching and doing some trimming of the shrubs in my formerly very overgrown side garden. It …
Beauty Blogazons Weekly Roundup 6 June 2015
Happy Weekend! Hope you have lots of fun activities on tap. Here are this week’s beauty blogposts from Beauty Blogazons, a fun combination of lips, nails, and face products posts. Make sure you enter SmackerLacquer’s Maybelline Color Show giveaway, and don’t forget to enter my butterLONDON Shout Out Loud Collection giveaway here that ends on …
Friday Find: Dermal Royal Jelly Collagen Essence Mask
Do you have an H-Mart near you? There are at least 40 of them now throughout the U.S., and there are several in Canada, too. H-Mart is an American supermarket chain operated by the Hanahreum Group that specializes in Asian foods and household products. Han Ah Reum means “one arm full of groceries” in Korean. Anyway, …
Tarina Tarantino Dollskin Cheek Blush: Surprise Gift!
Imagine my surprise when I went to the mail a couple of weeks ago and found an unexpected package addressed to moi! A gift from one of my friends who I met through my blog who I have never met in person. 😛 xoxo Wow, total surprise, totally unnecessary, but boy, do I love it! You know …
FOTD: Purples with Jordana Cosmetics Dramatic Effects Mascara Mini-Review
At Open Studios in Newton MA in April, I bought a new pair of purple handcrafted earrings from one of the artisans. Jeff and I were going to the movies this rainy afternoon, and I decided to wear the earrings and do a purple face of the day inspired by my new earrings. Because …
NeoStrata Foaming Glycolic Wash
A few weeks ago, I received NeoStrata Foaming Glycolic Wash via the blogger-brand association Brandbacker to try out in exchange for an honest review. I’ve reviewed a number of facial skincare products from NeoStrata and Exuviance, two brands from the company that was started by two researchers in dermatology who discovered the skincare benefits of …
Game Changer: Nail Butter The Nail Treatment
I do the best I can for my nails. I take biotin every night. I use base coat when I wear nail polish. I try to avoid harsh polish removers. On occasion, I would rub some argan oil on my nails and cuticles. But that’s pretty much it. Until I met Nail Butter, a game …
Beauty Blog Coalition Weekly Roundup 31 May 2015
Just got back from a fabulous dinner with friends so I will make this short and sweet. Here are this week’s beauty blogposts from some of the members of Beauty Blog Coalition. Lots of variety here including a number of fabulous products that you should get to know. So check ’em out! Plus you now …
Garden Pix & Beauty Blogazons Weekly Roundup 5/30/15
This week flew by, and actually, all of May did too. So happy that we’ve been finally experiencing some warm weather in Massachusetts. And my gardens are trying to make up for lost time. Here are a few pix of my front garden with the mid-spring shrubs and flowers in bloom: flox, azalea, Gibralter azalea …
MyChelle Natural Sun Protection Products
May is Skin Cancer Awareness month, and I wanted to get my review of three of MyChelle Dermaceutricals’ sunscreen options in before June. I went from being in the house almost full-time this winter to working in my yard and gardens for hours at a time as well as jogging outside instead of on the …
No-Makeup Makeup FOTD Featuring Urban Decay Eyes
The No-Makeup Makeup Look was one of the key looks on the fashion runways for 2015. Gee, I’ve been doing that look since I was in college. Guess I was ahead of my time. And I’ve done No-Makeup makeup looks before, but this time, I used the neutral palette that I think everyone thinks about …
New Shine Out Loud Collection from butterLONDON & Giveaway!
butterLONDON is one of my very favorite nail polish brands. Their prestige nail lacquer goes on so smoothly that two coats is more than enough. butterLONDON nail lacquers don’t contain formaldehyde, toluene, DBP, phthalates, or parabens. They dry quickly to a beautiful shine. I believe butterLONDON lacquers are cruelty-free and vegan. About a year or so ago, …
How To Make Your Own Rye Bread
It’s almost summer, and no one is looking for more opportunities to bake! I know, I know. But I’ve been baking my own bread every week for about 5 years. I think I’ve bought a loaf of bread maybe 3 times since I started seriously baking bread. It takes no time, it’s much cheaper than …
Beauty Blog Coalition Memorial Weekend 2015 Roundup
The Red Sox won! Even though we were sitting in the bleachers about as far away as we could possibly be and the overpriced food at the ballpark was terrible, it was still a fun time and I was thrilled to get to go. So it’s late now, and I’m just going to post the …