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June is one of the busiest months of the year. High school graduations, proms, weddings, engagements, parties. It’s an almost never-ending social whirl! With so many events to attend including some that require travel, I’m always on the lookout for makeup that’s portable but also fabulous and fun to use. Enter Paul & Joe’s Spring 2017 …
I own a lot of different eye creams. In fact, I must have about 20 tubes or jars in my bathroom. But there are a very few that I actually use. As I’ve mentioned before, my eyes are sensitive, my eyelids are red from blepharitis, I have crow’s feet, occasional dark shadows under my eyes, …
It’s a gloomy, wet Memorial Day here in Massachusetts, but still a perfect day to honor those who gave their lives in service to our country. Nevertheless, it was a wonderful weekend. We got together with friends on Saturday night and tried a new restaurant, went for a bike ride on Sunday, and hit the …
I keep thinking that two inexpensive beauty subscription bags seems excessive, but both Ipsy and Sephora Play are making it tough for me to cancel one of them. I received the Sephora Play “The Rising Stars” bag for May 2017 about a week ago. I had been getting tired of the white cotton drawstring bags …
Happy Memorial Weekend to those in the U.S. Hope you will remember those who we lost in service. I also hope you have better weather than we do here, and hope you have some fun plans in store for the weekend. The Beauty Spotlight Team is continuing its “Most Repurchased Cosmetics” feature, and this week …
I’ve been so curious about the Artis makeup brushes: their unusual toothbrush-like shape, the oval/elliptical head, the densely packed velvety fiber bristles. But as beautiful as the Artis brushes are and in spite of the great things I keep hearing about them, the Artis makeup brush price points are out of my range. Each brush …
A few months back, I wrote about a new-to-me natural body care brand from the Netherlands, Treets Traditions. Check out my review of Healing In Harmony Body Cream and their fab Nourishing Spirits Foaming Shower Gel here. I was delighted to get to try another of their products: Relaxing Chakra’s Body Oil, Rose and Rice Bran …
Today, I’ve been MIA because things have been pretty crazy around here for the past week. Eleven months ago, I paid $900 to get 8 hardwired smoke detectors or smoke/CO detector combo units replaced in my house. Last Thursday early morning, at 2:31 am, the fire alarms went off and starting blaring and calling Fire …
I had waist length hair till I was 24. In spite of not having much money as an undergraduate and grad student, I always tried to take really good care of my long hair. As I’ve mentioned before, I went to school and lived in New York for a long time, and my favorite place …
I’ve gotta be quick about this: last call for my Fashion Flash #peaceandlovejewelry giveaway: a supercuts Invicta Lupah Watch with 7 colorful watch straps or a silver tone slide bracelet with white topaz heart-shaped peace sign design. Giveaway ends in less than 2 hours. Enter here! And a have another new skincare serum giveaway that …
As much as I love makeup, skincare is the thing. Your skin is for the long term and taking care of it is the most important thing you can do. Plus your makeup will look better if your skin is in good shape! If you haven’t discovered Paula’s Choice yet, you should. I think you …
Saturday was a stunning day in the Boston area. Bright sunshine, 60 degrees or so which was just warm enough after 3 days in the 90s. Jeff and I decided to go to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts to see two exhibits: Botticelli and Matisse and His Objects. Although I hated to be indoors …
After not wearing polish for months, I suddenly got in the mood. One polish was a new one that was featured at PolishCon in Brooklyn recently, another I got in my Ipsy bag, and the other two were underutilized bottles in my stash. Because I’m doing some gardening, my polish doesn’t stay on too long, …
LATHER is a superlative natural and cruelty-free skincare brand that I’ve written about in the past (Tinted Lip Balm Trio and Lavender Soap Set). Whenever I go to the airport in Atlanta, I hope that I’m flying into or out of the terminal that has the LATHER store so I can run it and get …
When Ulta had its 20% off coupon last month, I went into the store to look around. On my list was a new sunscreen with SPF 50 from IT Cosmetics, Anti-aging Armour. I couldn’t find it at Ulta because it’s an exclusive at Sephora and on the IT Cosmetics website. Once I saw it, I …