Category Archives: makeup
Here Comes the Sun
And with it, pigment spots, wrinkles and weathered skin! Hearing George Harrison’s herald call to summer is a gentle reminder that the time has come to pay serious attention to blocking those skin damaging rays. Yes, we were supposed to … Continue reading
Skin Deep, part 2
Day 4 I took a scientific approach and looked closely at my face today in the most magnifying mirror I own. It is covered in little tiny dots, each representing where the skin was pierced by the laser. So each … Continue reading
Grin and Bare It
Lately beauty e-news, fashion magazines, Twitter, Instagram and even the NY Times are all making a big deal out of the new trend of going make up free. In these pieces, always accompanied by photos of young and gorgeous celebs or models who have dared … Continue reading
I can’t live without my…
We all have our one beauty product that we would take if marooned on a desert island, and for me that is eyeliner. Pencil, powder, gel, liquid, I can’t live without my liner. Won’t even venture out to walk the … Continue reading
BB Be My Baby
Being a multi- tasker (politically correct term for ADD), I am always doing several things at once and looking for products that do the same. Why apply 3 creams when you can make do with one? So it was that I … Continue reading
An Ode to Sephora
Having always loved scouting the cosmetics counters at department stores and roaming the beauty aisles at the drug store, I was not quite prepared for the euphoria I would experience when I first discovered Sephora. Long before it proliferated to … Continue reading
The Ubiquitous Red Lip
Red lipstick has been around forever. Remember “Fire and Ice”, “Cherries in the Snow” and “Love That Red” when Revlon was practically the only game in town? Every classic screen goddess smoldered in the red lip, as it is now … Continue reading
Just Browsing
The latest edict in the world of beauty is “Full Brows!” That’s fairly laughable if you are among the many women over 50 struggling to hold onto their few remaining brow hairs. It was a shock the first time I … Continue reading