I can’t think of a soul who will be sad to see 2020 go. And yet, it started out with such promise. Who expected to spend most of the year at home? Nevertheless, I can’t complain too much. I have had a decent year, spending most of it outdoors in a beautiful place. Others have …
City Beauty Sale & End of Year Project Pan Update
I did it again. My entire post deleted by accident. What’s up with this stupid wordpress editor? Why is there no way to get to my saved draft? Anyone know??? Anyway, here goes again. I Bought This, PR Sample, Affiliate Links City Beauty InvisiCrepe Body Balm New Year’s Sale City Beauty is having one of …
Ulta Pre-Holidays Makeup & Skincare Haul
Ugh, I tried to delete a word from my draft of this post, and instead this horrible new-ish WordPress editor deleted my entire draft. So now I have to start from scratch since there is no way to find the draft that I had saved. So irritating. I Bought This, Affiliate Links This past year, …
A Fun Discovery on Etsy: RoxiKo Designs Resin Jewelry
I Bought This, Affiliate Links One of my very favorite pairs of pierced earrings are fabricated from lightweight, sparkly resin. I bought them at a craft fair in Boston several years ago. Unfortunately, I forgot the name of the artisan. I love them not only for the fun sparkle, but because they don’t weigh down …
Post-Christmas Beauty Spotlight Team Weekly Roundup
Hope you had a good Christmas in spite of the weirdness that is 2020, whether you got together with friends and/or family in person, via Zoom, or however you chose to spend it! I decided to spend the entire day, just about, cooking. I lost sight of the fact that that meant standing on my …
Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas!
No matter how you will be celebrating during this strange year, I wish you hope, joy and peace at Christmas! xo Allison
Home for the Holidays Ipsy Plus Bag: December 2020
I am always excited about receiving my December Ipsy bag. Usually they pull out all the stops at the end of the year with a bag either made from or full of bling. This year, not so much. I Bought This, Affiliate Links Maybe because we all will benefit from staying home to celebrate the …
Ho Ho Holiday Fashion Flash & IG Giveaway Winner
Talented Marcia from Beauty Info Zone came up with the adorable moniker for this week’s edition of Fashion Flash – the Ho Ho Holiday Fashion Flash – that she is hosting on her blog, Beauty Info Zone. Here’s what’s on tap in this holiday issue: check out the giveaway in conjunction with the latest …
Protect Against Blue Light from Digital Screens with VitEyes Blue Light Defender
In spite of the fact that my iPhone told me that my screen time was down 8% last week, I know that I spend too much time looking at my phone, my desktop, my laptop and the TV screen. Spending more time at home certainly doesn’t help. In addition, spending more time outdoors in the …
Pre-Christmas Beauty Spotlight Team Weekly Roundup & IG Giveaway Reminder
KBShimmer has 4 new polishes she added to her Love At Frost Sight winter collection. They are all shifty multichromes and are gorgeous! Kristi over on BeginNails has swatches of them all. If you love masking and beauty gadgets, then Lola’s Secret Beauty Blog thinks that you will absolutely love the FOREO UFO 2! It …
My First Instagram Giveaway with City Beauty!
You already know that I am a big fan of City Beauty, and that I have certain City Beauty products that I have been buying myself (in some cases for years!) because they work so well for me. This year, I had decided that after telling one of my friends about City Lips for …
Mid-December Fashion Flash!
Winter is on its way! We’re expecting a blizzard starting any minute now. We could possibly get up to 20 inches of snow! I can’t say that I would enjoy that. Right now, I’ve got my fingers crossed that I don’t lose my electricity. So I am rushing through my post about this week’s edition …
Nature Island Botanicals French Collection Rose Absolute Whipped Body Butter
This year, I didn’t get to see Daphne from Nature Island Botanicals at her outdoor booth in Stagefort Park overlooking the Atlantic Ocean at the summer Waterfront Festival in Gloucester MA. Because of the pandemic, all but one of Daphne’s craft fairs were cancelled. It’s a tough year for small businesspeople of all stripes. I …
Fountain of Youth for Skin: Magari Skincare Liquid Youth
Magari is Italian for “maybe”, “if only”, “I wish”, “I desire”. It’s actually a pretty cool word in Italian that can be used anywhere in a sentence, and to mean a number of “maybe” things. I certainly have lots of wishes, desires, and maybes for my mature skin! PR Sample, Affiliate Links About 6 weeks …
Project Pan Update: November 2020
In November, I used up so many products that I haven’t had time to post about them. But I must get this up, perhaps with less chit chat about each one of them, because I am homing in on my end of year goal! I Bought This, PR Samples, Affiliate Links Skincare Derma E Hydrating …