About a year ago, I followed a thread in a makeup artist and makeup enthusiast group I belong to on Facebook about long-wear lipstick. Over and over again, MUAs mentioned Stila Stay All Day as one of the long-lasting lippies they recommended for brides because of the incredible staying power. I don’t know why I …
Gabriel Cosmetics Moisturizing Liquid Foundation
Most days I wear BB or CC Cream. It seems easy to just a squeeze or pump a little onto my brush or Beauty Blender, and I’m good to go. But I’m often on the lookout for a good foundation. I remember a couple of years ago, my friend Kim asked me for a recommendation …
Get Ready for Prom & Wedding Season with Victoria’s Dress
Have you ever had a dress that you saw somewhere get stuck in your mind? Even though you don’t have an occasion to wear it, you want it anyway! When I was in seventh grade, I went to a party where I saw a girl wearing a dress that truly spoke to me. It was …
Beauty Blog Coalition 29 March 2015 Weekly Roundup
March came in like lion and is going out like a lion around here. It’s snowing again, and it’s actually sticking. Hopefully, it’ll melt soon. Like later today. I need to read some beauty blogposts to take my mind off of this weather bleakness, lol. Here are this week’s beauty posts from the Beauty Blog …
Last Call for Beessential Giveaway & Beauty Blogazons Weekly Roundup 3/28/15
Wow, this was a quick week. I attended the monthly meeting of my garden club and got to look at gorgeous photos of stunning gardens. Seeing all that green was almost too much for me. I’m so used to seeing white and gray out my window that green looks unnatural, lol! Also, I hosted my …
Rose Gold Spring Makeup, Nails and Accessories
The ladies of The Beauty Collaborative got together and decided to put together all of our favorite looks for Spring 2015. I think it will be very interesting to see all the different spring makeup looks that everyone has come up with. So after you read my post, please check out the other gals’ posts listed …
Chella Ivory Lace Highlighter Pencil
Are you familiar with Chella? I first discovered Chella in one of my ipsy bags. About a year ago, I got to try a beautiful indigo blue, easy-to-apply liquid eyeliner with a felt tip. Since then, I learned that Chella is also known as Chella Brow Bar, located in Westlake CA, and they sell …
YSL Mascara Volume Effets Faux Cils: Luxury Mascara
I always drool over the makeup I see in stores and in reviews from Yves Saint Laurent Beauty. The packaging alone is enough to throw me into fits of longing. I love the silver or gold metal cases and the way the logo is wrought in metal. A big step up from most of the plastic …
Another Little CVS Makeup Haul
I like CVS because the stores are so darn convenient. There’s one on almost every corner, lol. But their makeup prices are definitely higher than Walmart and even Target. To make up for it, they have ExtraBucks and Beauty Club rewards. I just shared my CVS Maybelline haul from a little over a week ago. …
Beauty Blogazons Weekly Roundup: Spring! March 21 2015
Happy Spring! Spring arrived last night along with more snowflakes! But I know that soon the snow has to finally end and it will hopefully melt and bring my green grass with it. I can hardly wait to complain about having to mow the lawn instead of shovel the driveway! Here are this week’s beauty blogposts from …
March Maybelline Haul
I had some CVS Extrabucks, and CVS had a couple of great 30% off coupons since the beginning of March. So I took advantage of the situation and purchased a couple of items I needed and a couple I wanted to try. Maybelline has really been rockin’ it IMHO. It was the first brand of makeup I ever used …
ipsy Floral Fantasy Glam Bag March 2015
I’ve begun measuring time in ipsy bags. I can’t believe another one is already here! And a spring-y one it is: Floral Fantasy in a pretty floral bag with painterly flowers against a cerulean blue background. Spring is supposed to start in a couple of days, and though it’s far from spring around here, I can dream …
Holiskin Handmade Natural/Organic Skincare
I enjoy making things by hand: jam, crocheted clothing and accessories, bread, jewelry, crafts. And I appreciate and love to use things that are handmade by others. That’s why I even have a category on my blog called Artisan Spotlight. Over the years, I have discovered several artisans whose handmade skincare products I return to over …
Giveaway: Beessential Natural Skincare
Although my yard still looks more or less like this: it is starting to melt, and in a month or so, hopefully it’ll be all gone. And I can start to think about gardening. Last year, I dug out the overgrown lavender plants that were woody and misshapen and replaced them with new ones. I’m …
Beauty Blog Coalition 14 March 2015 Weekly Roundup
It rained like crazy in the Boston area yesterday, and it’s beginning to make a dent in all the snow especially as you get away from the coast. I hope the weatherman is wrong and we don’t get any snow tonight to replace what has melted! Not sure what’s on the agenda for today. Do …