Enjoy these last few weekends of summer. And I hope you live near the Path of Totality and get to see the full eclipse. We’re at about 62% here. I’m planning to go watch it safely from the filtered telescopes that the Gloucester Area Astronomy Club will have out of the Boulevard in Gloucester on …
Sephora Play: August 2017, the Misnamed “Makeup Geek”
I got my Sephora Play bag this month, August, on the early side (whereas Ipsy is decidedly late). But when I took it out of the box, I was a little surprised that the name on the bag for this month is Makeup Geek, even though the theme is The Innovators. Since there’s a well …
Repairing My Broken Powder Highlighter
Last Friday, I showed you the new Wet N Wild Color Icon Rainbow Highlighter Unicorn Glow that I had been waiting for but that arrived with the powder completely smashed into chunks of all sizes. I was very disappointed. I called Wet N Wild customer service and sent them a photo of the damaged item. …
Home Decorating: Pops of Pattern to Mix Things Up
When I bought my house years ago, what sold me on it was the great room and open kitchen nearby. The spacious room with a super high ceiling and big windows really appealed to me. The room seemed light and airy, good for summer and for gloomy winter days too. I joke that I painted …
Fashion Flash Tuesday 15 August 2017
This week, Fashion Flash, the online lifestyle mini-mag for women over 40, is up on Tuesday instead of Monday. That was so that our host this week, Cindy from Prime Beauty Blog could tell you about the new giveaway from Evine that she’s also hosting with two different entertaining prizes: 3 bottles of wine from …
Softening My Wrinkles with Exuviance Targeted Wrinkle Repair
When it comes to wrinkle repair at my age, I don’t expect miracles. I think it’s important to do what you can to stave off wrinkles for as long as possible, but I don’t expect any topical skincare to make them disappear. Nevertheless, I was open to trying out Exuviance Targeted Wrinkle Repair to see …
Farmhouse Fresh Steeped Milk Lotion: Rich New Hand Creams Made with Milk
When I think of lotion, I usually think of something thin and runny. Not only can it be sort of messy, but lotion often isn’t hydrating enough even in summer for the dry skin on my hands. Farmhouse Fresh has changed my mind about lotion with their new Steeped Milk Lotions. Truth be told, they’re …
Beauty Spotlight Team 11 August 2017
Another summer weekend! My friend from college is visiting from Ohio, after her vacation and workshop on Deer Island in Maine. I’m hoping the weather will be better than promised for Saturday. We’re going to the annual Lobsterfest in Rockport MA with my friends Sybille and Sahnoune. After the lobster dinner, we usually stroll around …
Head’s Up: Ulta 20% Off Summer Sale 2017
Just wanted to let you know, in case you missed it, that Ulta is having a 20% off sale on everything including prestige and fragrances. I don’t remember them doing this last year, but maybe they did and I forgot. I got an email about it this morning with a code to use online or …
Eddie Funkhouser Eye Makeup: Eyeshadow, Eyeliners and Unique Variable Mascara
Last week, I wrote about Eddie Funkhouser’s super pretty Cheek Singles (enter the giveaway here if you haven’t already) and Bronzer & Sculpt Powder. This week, I must show you some more pretties from his eye makeup collection. Hyperreal Eye Color Palette: Bedroom Eyes Let’s start with eye shadow! The Hyperreal Eye Color Palette comes …
Sleek Smooth Healthy Hair with Aveda Damage Remedy Daily Hair Repair & Thickening Tonic Giveaway
Oh, I hate washing my hair because it takes so darn long to dry and style. I shouldn’t complain, I know, because I fortunately have so much of it. But after washing my hair, drying it requires using a high temperature on my hair dryer and it takes at least 15 minutes for it to …
Fashion Flash 7 August 2017
I don’t usually do this, but I’m taking today/Monday off from writing a new blogpost. I need to start writing a bunch of posts so I’ll have some stockpiled for days like today, but so far I don’t have any extras. I had a lot of behind the scenes blog stuff to do today that …
My Current Beauty Favorites
I haven’t done a favorites post in forever, or maybe I’ve never done one. But I have a number of beauty products that I discovered over the last few months that I’d like to highlight. Nails Nails are not usually a category of products that I’m overly involved in, but this summer my nails …
Beauty Spotlight Team 5 August 2017
Happy first weekend in August! This week we’ve got a shorter than usual list of Beauty Spotlight Team posts. I guess a lot of women are on vacation. Maybe your are too?? At any rate, how you have a lovely weekend! When the Makeup Wars! Team sought to select our favorite lip colors for summer, …
Cheek Beauties from Eddie Funkhouser and Giveaway!
A couple of years ago, I won a giveaway that gave me the chance to try two beautiful Eddie Funkhouser lipsticks (reviewed here). I was smitten. Eddie Funkhouser is professional makeup artist and the powerhouse behind Eddie Funkhouser Cosmetics. He’s also a terrific person. 😛 Another thing that I love about him is that he …