The holidays will be here before we know it, and the shopping season is in full swing. If you are looking for some suggestions for beauty stocking stuffers, I have several to offer. Frankly, I could probably go on forever, but I promise I won’t. Stocking Stuffers So stocking stuffers means small, inexpensive or …
Exuviance Performance Peel AP25: At-Home Professional Level Peel
I continue to be a big fan of Exuviance Skincare whose founders were the scientists who the first glycolic acid peel. I love the fact that Exuviance and sister-brand, NeoStrata are serious skincare brands that are rooted in science. I’ve been using their products for more than two years, and I’ve had good results with them …
November 2016: My Three $10 Subscriptions
Let’s take a look at all three of my $10 subscriptions for November 2016. Birchbox; The Finishing Touch Birchbox arrived first as usual. The box itself is pretty, but it looks familiar, like I’ve received this pattern before. The stuff inside – initial reactions: too much haircare as always. Although no full size, some good …
I’m Hosting Fashion Flash This Week!
This week, I have the honor of hosting Fashion Flash for the first time since I joined a couple of months ago. For anyone who’s new to my blog Never Say Die Beauty, Fashion Flash is a mini-mag for women over 40 that’s put together by a great group of women who are fashion, beauty, …
Museum of Fine Arts Visit and News from Beauty Spotlight Team
Museuming! This has been a big museum week for me. First, the “Shoes” exhibit at Peabody Essex Museum with friends on Tuesday. On Friday, Jeff and I went to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. I’ve been eager to see the William Merritt Chase exhibit for a while now. Chase was a renowned painter …
Chit Chat and Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sales
How was your Thanksgiving yesterday? What was your favorite thing on the menu? Today, I am hoping that Jeff and I will be going to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. There’s an exhibit of works by the 19th century American artist, William Merritt Chase, that I have been dying to see. What’s on …
Happy Thanksgiving 2016!
Happy Thanksgiving to all my U.S. readers! It’s easy to get caught up in the day to day craziness, but it’s wonderful to have one day to actually stop and consider what we have to be thankful for. I know it doesn’t stop me from complaining about everything the other 364 days of the year, …
“Shoes” Exhibit at Peabody Essex Museum
Today my friend Sybille and her friend Emmy and I went to the new exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem MA. The show is brand new, it just opened a few days ago. If you are anywhere near Salem MA during the next couple of months, I strongly recommend this terrific show if …
Holiday Shopping Made Easy and Beautiful with Evine including a Giveaway!
Time is marching on and we’re about a month from the holidays. Maybe some of you earlybirds have finished your shopping? Maybe others haven’t started yet. And most of us are somewhere in the middle. In addition to getting our shopping done, there’s so much else going on at this time of year: entertaining at home, …
Fashion Flash Thanksgiving Edition 2016
My friend Marcia and her co-conspirator Lisa from Beauty InfoZone are hosting this week’s edition of Fashion Flash, the lifestyle mini-mag for women over 40. The Thanksgiving edition definitely seems to have a holiday-ish slant: a couple of Thanksgiving recipes the health benefits of eating turkey cold weather skincare recommendations easy exercises to help keep …
Sephora VIB Haul November 2016
I decided I wanted to keep my Sephora VIB membership for another year since it includes two 20% off events during the year that aren’t open to regular members of Sephora’s frequent shopper program. Not sure if that’s really worth it, but I’ll do it for one more year and then reevaluate. As a result, …
Computer Woes and Beauty Spotlight Team News 19 November 2016
This hasn’t been my favorite week in general, but it was made worse with me finally deciding to bring my ailing iMac desktop in for repairs. It ended up needing to be completely erased and restored. It took the entire week, and they needed my Time Machine in order to do the backup. Giving that …
Lipstick Mini-Haul from Sephora VIB Sale
I wanted to keep my Sephora VIB status for next year so I did more shopping than I should have. Today I just have time for a quick post, so I’ll show you some pretty lipstick shades I bought, and I’ll write about the rest of the haul another time. I bought two lipsticks: Urban …
Easy Satisfying Weeknight Dinner with Barber Foods Chicken
As I’ve said before, I am mostly a scratch cook. I enjoy cooking most of the time. But one night a week, usually Monday or another night if I have a meeting, I give myself a break from making a completely from scratch meal, and I treat myself to a delicious and easy Barber Foods …
Dress Styling, Exercise, Lipstick and More from Fashion Flash 11/14/17
Cindy from Prime Beauty Blog, one of the first blogs I subscribed to FYI, is hosting Fashion Flash this week, and there is a lot of varied and truly engaging reading to tickle your fancy. From how to style a dress from casual to dressy, an easy exercise routine to keep off holiday pounds, tips …