The summer is almost over, and the beach club I belong to closes for the season in 3 weeks. I’m very sad about it because I love the short New England summer. Nevertheless, the good weather – no longer hot but still sunny – usually lasts through October (though I remember a number of snow …
Beauty Blog Coalition End of August 2015 Roundup Extravaganza
The end of August is always bittersweet for us in New England. Our short summer is coming to an end. The nights are definitely cooler. The angle of the sun is lower in the sky in the afternoon and it sets noticeably earlier. So we’re trying to make the best of these last few weekends …
Beauty Spotlight Team’s Justina from Justina’s Gems’ Guilty Pleasures
Happy Weekend, everyone! Hope you’re making the most of the end of summer. Today, Justina from Justina’s Gems tells all about her guilty pleasures in shopping and every day life in The Beauty Spotlight Team’s newest series: Guilty Pleasures. Check out her favorite indulgences and leave her a comment if you share a guilty pleasure!
Friday Find: em Cosmetics Chiaroscuro Contour and Highlighter Stick
Contouring and now, strobing (basically, an emphasis on highlighting) is all the rage. To be honest, it’s not something that I do on a regular basis. If I’m going out at night or have a special event or appointment, I’ll do my own light version of contouring and highlighting. Because I like creams, I bought …
Revitaderm 40 for Exfoliative Keratolysis on My Thumbs
I’ve previously written about the skin condition, exfoliative keratolysis, that I get every summer on my thumbs. EK is a strange skin condition that is not eczema or psoriasis. It is its own thing. It usually comes about in the summer triggered by humid conditions. It tends to show up on thumbs, hands or the …
Giveaway Winner: StriVectin Instant Revitalizing Mask
Woohoo! The winner of the StriVectin Instant Revitalizing Mask is…..drumroll….Susan P!! Congratulations to Susan! This is a terrific mask. In fact, I used mine again this evening. I love it. I have sent Susan P. an email, and I hope to hear back from her soon, by Wednesday EOD at the latest. In the unlikely …
Peter Lamas Spa Sensuals Body Care Products
This entire year, I’ve gotten to try out an incredible array of skincare products and brands. Many have come from brands that were new to me. And I have lots of new favorites. The Peter Lamas Spa Sensuals line has definitely entered my pantheon of skincare favorites. I received three products from the Spa Sensuals …
Weekly Roundup 23 August 2015 Beauty Blog Coalition
Wow, so many great blogposts this week from the bloggers of Beauty Blog Coalition! There’s everything from nail polish swatches and suggestions, makeup inspiration and tutorials, makeup and skincare product reviews, cosmetics favorites and Wish Lists. Check ’em out! I’m in the middle of the pack, pretty much, with my review of the new Mirabella …
The Beauty Spotlight Team Blogposts 22 August 2015
It’s the weekend again! Hope you have some nice plans. I’m also hoping the weather man will be wrong and it will be beach weather around here after all. Only a couple of more weekends at the beach club and it’s over, boo hoo. I love this view! As always, the bloggers from The Beauty …
Quick French Mani or Nail Tip Hack
I had planned to publish a completely different post that’s part of my Friday Find series, but I managed to lose the photos that I took of the product. How the heck did I do that? Now I’ve gotta take new pix, but I’ve used the product. Oh well. And it’s dark out now so …
FOTD: Orange and Blue
When it comes to makeup, I usually stick to neutral shades, gold/bronze or purples for eye makeup. So I don’t know what came over me last week. I decided to dig out the gorgeous Jordana Cat Eyeliner in Twilight, a deep blue, and one of the Milani Fierce Foil Eyeshine palettes that I don’t use …
Ulta Haul Summer 2015 Part 2
Recently, I posted about my Ulta mini-haul using my Ulta discount coupon. I showed you my Too Faced Love Flush Blush in Love Hangover and my Becca Ultimate Coverage Concealer in Tahini. Well, I decided the shades didn’t work for me so I took them back. I swapped them for shades that worked better for …
ipsy Prep School Bag August 2015
My ipsy “Prep School” bag arrived right on time this month, and I say it’s a really good one. First, I love the plastic makeup bag with the houndstooth print. Houndstooth says “back to school” for me. Years ago when I was in middle school, my mom gave me a houndstooth skirt, I think, that …
Mirabella Beauty Borrowed from the Boys Brow Collection
OK, I admit it. I have shirked my responsibility to my brows. They are neglected. I tweeze them, but that’s about it most of the time. I bought a brow gel a while back and put it somewhere and can’t find it. Because my hair is color-treated, I get my brows dyed at the same …
Beauty Blog Coalition 16 August 2015 Weekly Roundup
Hi Ladies, Hope you’re having a good weekend! I’ve got a lot of social events going on this weekend so I’m psyched. But I still made some time for a little beauty blog reading. Hope you’ll have a chance to take a peak at some of this week’s posts from members of Beauty Blog Coalition. …