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Let’s take a break from skincare and makeup and BAKE! I believe that I’ve mentioned that I bake my own bread about 90% of the time. I actually enjoy it. It’s relaxing to work with dough, IMHO. I often alternate between “almost no knead” breads whose dough sits overnight so the gluten develops overtime and …
I’m an experimenter. I love to explore and try new things. I love to try new skincare products and discover what really works for my skin! At the beginning of January, a new-to-me brand, Pili Ani, that came my way. First, shall we just admire the gorgeous packaging of this beautiful facial cream? Wow. I …
I’ve mentioned several times how much I like Shiseido Ultimune Power Infusing Eye Concentrate that I discovered last November while shopping for Shiseido Eye Bright Eye Cream. In spite of the price, I liked it so much a bought a second bottle. But after I finished up the original bottle and was about to start on …
Usually, makeup subscriptions have the best stuff in December and February. Though I can’t really remember what the Christmas bags were like, I have not been disappointed by the February bags for both Ipsy and Sephora Play. Here’s what came in my “Feel the Love” bag from Sephora Play. The Play bag has lots of …
I was all set to pull the plug, and Ipsy sent me two things in particular that have made me reconsider for now. (I know, I’m like the boy who cried wolf when it comes to pulling the plug on my $10 subbie boxes!) The theme for February is Ipsy Unzipped, and the concept of …
Have you been watching the Olympics? I have, and I’ve really been enjoying it. So much talent and discipline. Quite amazing. The last two nights, I’ve been watching the men’s skating. As I write this, the long program is still going on, and I don’t yet know who will win. But it was wonderful to …
Galentine’s Day Giveaway Winner First, I want to congratulate Michelle C., the winner of the LUSH Lip Scrub and Jesse’s Girl heart-shaped mirror giveaway! Woohoo! Michelle has been a long time follower, so it was great to see her name come up on the Rafflecopter widget. I also want to say that I had to …
Happy Valentine’s Day! Hopefully all of us who are lucky enough to have loved ones, let them know all year round that we care about them. But I still think it’s nice to have a day that is singled out for love. There’s so much hate in the world, let’s take some time to celebrate …
My Good News First, a little tooting my own horn. I got an email and saw a post on Facebook yesterday morning from Feedspot, a blogging organization, letting me know that Never Say Die Beauty was chosen as #5 out of the Top 25 Beauty Bloggers Over 40. Yippee! They also gave me a cute …
Happy Valentine’s week! I’m hosting Fashion Flash this week. And whether the posts in this edition are Valentine’s themed or not, the lifestyle, beauty, travel, health and wellness, exercise, and fashion bloggers at Fashion Flash have a lot going on. Speaking of a lot going on, Barbara Hannah Grufferman’s new book, Love Your Age: The …
We all have our favorite mascaras. But more often than not, we’re always still on the hunt for new favorites. Over the past few years, some of my favorites are still in my favorites list, though they have been joined by new favorites. Some of my old favorites have dropped off the list. None of …
Another hectic week has come and gone. We’re more than 1/3 of the way through February already, yay! Here north of Boston, it isn’t completely dark yet at 5:30pm so I can tell that we’re making progress toward spring. I had a fun evening last night with a friend at a local brewery that sponsors …
Farmhouse Fresh never ceases to amaze me. They always one-up themselves with just about every new product launch. As you know, I love body lotions, body butters, and just about every kind of body care hydrator there is. Farmhouse Fresh Whoopie Shea Butter Body Lotion, with its whoopie pie sweet scent and rich consistency, is …
I’ve been thinking that I should cancel my subscriptions to Sephora Play and Ipsy. I’ve subscribed for a few years, and I am drowning in travel size samples. I also would like to try BoxyCharm for a while. But every now and then, I come upon samples in my subbie bags that become products that …
I had never heard of “Galentine’s Day” till a couple of years ago. I guess that’s because I don’t watch a lot of regular TV. Not surprisingly, I’ve never seen one episode of Parks and Reaction, even though I like Amy Poehler. But the idea of “ladies celebrating ladies” or friends celebrating friends on February …