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Just a quick update on my Black Friday Week shopping (see yesterday’s post for the sale list). Over the past couple of days, I managed to get all of the items on my Black Friday wish list on sale. I have just one more thing to pick up: City Lips, and that is it! It …
This is certainly not an exhaustive list of makeup and beauty sales, many of which have already started. Because this has been such a tough year for the beauty industry, there have been sales just about all year. I wondered whether the Black Friday sales would be even more substantial this year. From what I’ve …
Hope you are doing well, and getting ready to have a chill Thanksgiving this coming week! I haven’t made a turkey in over a decade, but I’m hoping my little 8.75 pound turkey will be OK in my unreliable oven. I’m going to make stuffing with cognac, mushrooms & sage, cranberry/orange sauce, and green beans …
Now that Thanksgiving is next week, it really is time to focus on holiday gifting. Christmas and Hanukkah will be here before we know it. I Bought This, Affiliate Links With COVID on the rise, I will be doing most, if not all, of my holiday shopping online. However, I don’t want all my shopping …
The Facebook Fragrance Friend group strikes again. One of the members posted her experience with Comptoir de Sud Éclats d’Amandes eau de parfum not too long ago, and I knew I had to try it. Fortunately, this is a more affordable fragrance than some of the others I’ve succumbed to! I Bought This, Affiliate Links …
Sparkling and glowing makeup are my obsession, and I have some limited edition holiday makeup to share with you from Lancôme! They are so beautiful that I have been wearing them almost daily, in spite of the fact that no one sees them other than Jeff and me. PR Samples, Affiliate Links Lancôme La Rose …
I still can’t make up my mind about the customization of my Ipsy Plus bag. When I have to choose my items, I have been less than excited. But when the bag arrives, I usually like what I got more than I thought I would. Weird. Regardless, I still strongly believe that the value from …
Many of us are rushing around either in-person or online trying to figure out this year’s upcoming unusual Thanksgiving celebrations. So we’re glad you could relax a moment or two to join us for the mid-November edition of Fashion Flash, the online mini-magazine with the best of beauty, style, health and wellness, exercise, travel, and …
Gee, the weeks are just rolling by. Thanksgiving in the U.S. is coming up in less than two weeks, right? Wow. I actually bought our tiny turkey yesterday. Hope you have a good weekend! And if you have a chance, check out the posts from the members of the Beauty Spotlight Team. Lots of good …
Balms are the elixir of the gods for my dry skin (no, I don’t drink it). I often have several of them in my stash because I love to use them on my dry feet, elbows and even the dry skin on my legs. PR Sample, Affiliate Links I have a new one that I …
This is a cautionary tale. And an expensive one. Recently, my bangs seemed to change their consistency. I have coarse hair, but my bangs started to feel extremely coarse. I thought maybe it was a menopausal change in the texture of my hair, and I figured there wasn’t anything I could do about it. So …
Even though we have had a gift of unseasonably warm weather over the past week, it still gets cold at night, and I have the heat on. Inside my house, the air is drier, and my dry skin is getting drier still. PR Sample, Affiliate Links I’ve been switching up my skincare routine, and I …
I had planned to do a regular post for today, but after a busy day working in my yard to put the gardens to bed for the winter and exercising, I ran out of time. My friend Laura invited another friend and I to her new patio to watch the video version of “Hamilton” outdoors …
Here’s something a little different to start the week. On Thursday night, Jeff and I went to the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston to take in the fantastic lantern exhibition that is sponsored by National Grid, one of the local electric companies. More than 50 plant and animal lantern arrangements, some of them animated, light …
It’s been a long and stressful week, but it’s the weekend. Time to at least try to chill. And when you’re trying to unwind, why not check out this week’s posts from the Beauty Spotlight Team? In case you missed it, Erika fell in love with the Pixi Skin Treats Rose Facial Oil and shares …