Back in in the day, my college roommate introduced me to Georgette Klinger, a day spa before before the term “day spa” came into being. Georgette Klinger, an immigrant from what is now The Czech Republic, started her career by … Continue reading
8 Beauty Treatments You Can Do at Home – Skin Care Tips – Skin & Beauty – Daily Glow. In the summer, it seems even easier to take ingredients that I have at home and mix them up into potions … Continue reading
Dealing with Adult Acne – Aging Skin – Skin & Beauty. Several months ago, I posted a blog post Win-Win: Eat Dark Chocolate, Look Younger. The gist of it was eating an ounce of dark chocolate per day provides health … Continue reading
Last week, I was conducting a research project in Portland OR, interviewing teens and young women about how they shop for makeup at the large cosmetics departments you find in some gigantic supermarkets that sell way more than groceries. I … Continue reading
5 Simple Anti-Aging Makeup Tricks: Anti Aging: allure.com The link above will take you to a short slideshow featuring 5 makeup tips to help you look younger from makeup artist to the stars, Jillian Dempsey, via allure.com. The ones that … Continue reading
I’ve had enough of this winter. Even though it’s officially spring, here in the northeast it’s still winter. My yard is completely covered in snow. Ugh! And though I’ve bought a couple of new hydrating lipsticks and gloss, Too Faced … Continue reading
There are some products that aren’t fancy, aren’t cute, and aren’t trendy. Instead, they have staying power, pardon the pun. Sealed With A Kiss Lipstick Fixative is kind of an old-time product. (DISCLOSURE: 1. I bought this product myself. 2. … Continue reading
March is finally here, and starting on March 10 till the end of the month, Ulta will be hosting 21 Days of beauty demonstrations and how-to’s as well as sales on specific days for specific products. Below is a screen … Continue reading
Brights are the thing for spring this year in fashion and color cosmetics. If you’re not comfortable with an entire outfit of brights — channeling the 1980s, lol, add a pop of bright color to an otherwise neutral outfit based … Continue reading
Late night? Early wakeup call? Just feeling tired? Use white eyeliner to make your eyes look more awake and also much bigger. A few years ago, I saw my next door neighbor at Bunco (that silly dice game that people … Continue reading
In focus groups I’ve conducted over the years, many women tell me they prefer lotions to creams because they don’t like to put their fingers in the jars. They say too messy, or they’re concerned about adding bacteria from their … Continue reading
For most of my life, I didn’t wear foundation. I was lucky that I always had “good skin” with few breakouts, rosy cheeks and a few freckles. I couldn’t understand why I would want to wear foundation. I thought it … Continue reading
I seldom, if ever, make New Year resolutions. I figure if you want to accomplish something or make changes in your life, you don’t need an artificial start date. But this year, I was thinking there were a few small … Continue reading
The holidays are here, and I’m going to a cocktail party. I would loooove to try a makeup look that’s a little different…for me. As I’ve said before, I am smitten with the cat eye look. It looks great on … Continue reading
I think there were some great ideas in the article by Linda Foster from EverydayHealth.com (see my blogpost under Beauty Tips on 11/27/12: Does Your Makeup Make You Look Older?). Here are a few thoughts about changes I’ve made to … Continue reading