I Bought This, Affiliate Links It’s my favorite time: City Lips BOGO Sale! Their BOGO sale is the best one of the year. As I’ve mentioned a zillion times, City Lips is a staple in my beauty routine. I’ve been using it for at least 7 years to hydrate my dry lips. The hyaluronic acid, …
April Fool’s Beauty Spotlight Team Weekly Roundup
Happy Easter and Passover weekend! Hope you have some wonderful events on your calendar xoxo When you have a moment, take a look at the weekly roundup from the Beauty Spotlight Team! Even though many of us aren’t wearing much lipstick these days, Allison from Never Say Die Beauty could not resist picking up two …
Project Pan: March 2021 Beauty Empties
Another month is gone, and it’s time for the March 2021 Project Pan update. I Bought This, PR Sample, Affiliate Links March was an OK but not great month for me using up 8 beauty products. Here’s what I’m recycling: Bath & Body Aveeno Skin Relief Moisture Repair: This big tub of Aveeno Skin …
Sephora Collection Cream Lip Shine: $5 Each!
I don’t know, maybe no one is buying and wearing lipstick. But I am. Especially when it’s a lip product I love, and it’s on sale. I Bought This, Affiliate Links Sephora Collection Cream Lip Shine. I discovered this combination lipgloss/ liquid lipstick a couple of years ago. I love it because it is creamy, …
Goodbye March Fashion Flash
Here we are at the end of March with one-quarter of 2021 already gone. Yikes. And it’s time for a new edition of Fashion Flash, hosted this week by Marcia who is now blogging with Cindy at Prime Beauty Blog. In the Goodbye March edition, you will find: spring cleaning tips that don’t require much …
Never Say Never: Half Caked Totally Tubular Mascara, The Heights
I Bought This, Affiliate Links Was it just last week that I reviewed my March Ipsy Plus bag? I think it was. And I remember writing that maybe I was going to give away the tube of Half Caked Totally Tubular Mascara that was one of the products chosen for me by Ipsy. In fact, …
Bliss Ex-Glow-Sion Super Rich Moisturizer
Over the years, I got to spend quite a bit of time in San Francisco conducting market research for various clients. Occasionally, I would stay at the W Hotel located on the “other side” of Market Street away from Union Square. The hotel had a cool, contemporary vibe. I remember there was a glass Buddha …
End of March Beauty Spotlight Team Weekly Roundup & Covid Shot #2
I thought I was out of the woods when we drove home from Gillette Stadium after I got my second Moderna vaccine. Again, I was blown away by the efficiency: in and out in 20 minutes including 15 minutes waiting after the shot, including a quick look again at Gillette Stadium. This time, the grass …
Dead Sea Mud Mask from 7th Heaven
For a long time, I thought that mud masks and clay masks were essentially the same thing. While they both come from the earth and they both draw impurities from the skin to the surface, their skin benefits are somewhat different. Nevertheless, it is confusing because some mud masks contain clay such as kaolin and …
Fashion Flash Spring ’21 Edition
It really has been feeling like spring in the Boston area. We have had lovely weather in the 50s and even low 60s over the past few days. Snowdrops and crocuses are up, my hellebores are in bloom, and daffodils are starting to come up. I spent this afternoon raking the oak leaves out of …
Ipsy Plus Stronger Together Bag March 2021
I Bought This, Affiliate Links Right off the bat, I loved the bag for the Ipsy Plus Stronger Together March subscription. It perfectly illustrates the theme Stronger Together, and it is so very cute! I’d say that it’s the best bag since they switched to the drawstring. Here’s what I got: Belle en Argent Panchromatic …
Welcome Spring Beauty Spotlight Team Weekly Roundup
Can you believe that spring is finally here? My hellebores are in bloom. The daffodils are starting to come up. Even my rose bushes have buds for new leaves on them. Yay! And things in general are beginning to look up. Hope you take a look at the Welcome Spring weekly roundup from the Beauty …
Under My Skin Extrait de Parfum by Francesca Bianchi
Since joining the fragrance enthusiast groups on Facebook, I have fallen under the spell of niche fragrances. I Bought This, Affiliate Links, Informational Links My latest love is Under My Skin, a perfume extract by perfumer Francesca Bianchi. I discovered that Bianchi lives and creates her fragrances in Amsterdam (though they are fabricated by an …
Giveaways and Giveaway Winners!!
Tonight, Rafflecopter chose winners for my two giveaways that just ended, and I want to announce the winners! The winner of the Derma E Radiance Collection is Gloria P! Woohoo! Congrats, Gloria! The CRYSTAL Magnesium-Enriched Deodorant giveaway has two winners: Kelly S. Dana R. Because Kelly was the first name chosen and she didn’t …
#StyleYourMask Giveaway: $100 Amazon Gift Card & Makeup!
The past year has been all COVID, all the time. It’s been a trying year for all of us. I can hardly wait till I get my second Moderna shot next week. But there are still lots of us who haven’t been able to get vaccinated yet…but hopefully soon. Though the end may be in …