I’m a gloss gal. I have a couple of liquid matte lipsticks that I can and do wear on occasion, but if I’m not wearing a traditional bullet lipstick, it’s lipgloss that I reach for. Over the past couple of years, Anastasia Beverly Hills Lipgloss (reviewed here, here and here) has been my go-to. Since …
Beauty Spotlight Team End of September Weekly Roundup
It’s a quickie today, the end of September weekly roundup of beauty blogposts from the members of the Beauty Spotlight Team. So hope you’ll take a few moments and read through our posts from this past week. And have a wonderful weekend! Prime Beauty can’t stop raving about the September BoxyCharm Subscription Box. Violet Voss, …
September 2019 Ipsy Plus Box
My September Ipsy Plus box arrived last week. The theme is Find Your Light to accompany a month associated with new paths and new beginnings. Nice. Here’s what I got: Apto Skincare Pomegranate Maque: I wasn’t familiar with this clean beauty brand. Apto’s Pomegranate Masque is recommended for use after summer or after a lot …
Ardell Magnetic Liner & Lash: Easier to Apply Magnetic False Lashes
Back in the spring, I decided to try magnetic lashes. I bought a pair of the double magnetic lashes from Ardell that include a top and bottom lash for each eye. The 3 little magnets on each lash are supposed to easily come together with your own lashes sandwiched in the middle. It came with …
Fall Edition Fashion Flash including a New International Giveaway!
This week’s host of Fashion Flash is Cindy from Prime Beauty Blog. I think Cindy was the first beauty blogger I followed. She was and is my inspiration. Click on over and take a look at the Fall Edition of Fashion Flash! Here’s what you can look forward to in this week’s edition: my review …
Paula’s Choice Triple Algae Pollution Shield
If you’re a city dweller or if you live near a major road or highway like I do, the air quality isn’t always the best. Not only is it bad for your lungs, it’s not great for your skin. Enter Paula’s Choice Triple Algae Pollution Shield. While it won’t help your breathing, it will help …
China Glaze Body & Sol Micro Mini Kit of Neutral Polishes
Summer 2019 is now officially over, but I’m doing a review of a summer nail polish collection. Oh well, better late than never! In the early summer, I saw a review of the China Glaze Body & Sol Collection on another blogger’s blog, and I knew I had to have it. I love neutrals, and …
Beauty Spotlight Team Welcome Fall Weekly Roundup
So summer is officially over, but this weekend, our temperature is warming up (I put the heat on Thursday coz it was 60 degrees in my house!). I’m looking forward to warm weather in the mid and even high 70s. I’m hoping for one more beach day this weekend. What’s on your agenda this weekend? …
Tweaking My Hair Color: A Change for Fall
Do you ever feel like you need a change? Especially with the change of season, I like new things. New clothes, new shoes. New hair? For a while now, I’ve been asking my colorist, Laurel, at Vidal Sassoon to try something a little different. I told her I wanted to try strawberry blonde color rather …
Announcement of the Paula’s Choice 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant Giveaway Winner
It’s announcement time! The winner of the Paula’s Choice 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant giveaway is Monique S! Congratulations to Monique! I just emailed her, and she has 48 hours to get back to me with her address. In the rare case that I don’t hear back from her, I will select another name, but …
Getting a Lift with City Beauty Multi-Action Sculpting Cream
I think I look somewhat like my paternal grandmother, Sarah aka Sally. Sadly, I didn’t know her very well. When I was a kid, she already seemed old (but she was probably younger than I am now) and she had heart disease that limited what she could do. Nevertheless, she was a nice woman, and …
Fashion Flash Mid-September via Notes from My Dressing Table
The mid-September edition of Fashion Flash is being hosted by the creative and supremely witty Erika from Notes from My Dressing Table. Here’s what’s on tap this week: tips for looking good, feeling good and living your best mid-life why visit Basel, Switzerland the importance of reading food labels membership perks you may not be …
Pat McGrath Labs BlitzTrance Lipstick: Love It or Leave It?
Ah, advertising: I’m taken in by it almost all the time! No wonder I enjoyed working in the industry so much. I had been seeing ads for Pat McGrath Labs line of BlitzTrance lipsticks repeatedly. Closeups of full lips wearing rich lipstick with glittery, multidimensional shine. I looked up the price of the luxury lipstick, …
Mid-September Beauty Spotlight Team Weekly Roundup
It’s the weekend again. Hope you’ll be enjoying either the last gasps of summer or the nip of fall in the air. Not sure what we’ll be up to, but I’m hoping we’ll be able to spend a lot of time outdoors. If you have a few moments to relax and unwind with beauty info, …
Intro to HydraFacial Event, World Tour 2.0
I was invited by a PR company to attend an Introduction to HydraFacial event called World Tour 2.0 in nearby Salem, MA (yes, the city known for the witch trials). To introduce women in my area to HydraFacial, they had a HydraFacial truck that was outfitted to look like a spa, and they did some …