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This week, our newest members, JoJami and Lana from Ladies Road Map – of podcast fame – are hosting Fashion Flash for the first time. Please welcome them to the group by heading over and visiting their website as well as checking out this week’s version of Fashion Flash, the online mini-mag for women over …
Did I tell you that I decided to take the plunge and subscribe to the new Ipsy Glam Bag Plus? I think I read about it a few weeks ago on Facebook, and then I got an email asking me if I wanted to join the waitlist to subscribe. I thought about it, and since …
Greetings from the Berkshires! It really feels like autumn here with crisp air, the smell of fires in fireplaces, and some colorful trees. It is very New Englandy! We visited The Red Lion Inn, a hotel that was opened in 1773, before we went off to dinner in another town. Here are a few pix. …
There’s a painting by Maxfield Parrish, The Lantern Bearers (1908), that I want to see at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge MA, and the exhibition ends on October 28. Jeff and I are going to drive out to the Berkshires today to see the foliage at its peak and to see the painting as …
Subscription boxes and gifts from Influenster have been useful trial services for me. I actually have purchased quite a few full sizes of the samples that I have received. Yesterday’s post on the Luxie Rose Gold Kabuki Brush Set was a case in point. And today, here’s another one. A couple of months ago, I …
Ipsy introduced me to Luxie makeup brushes. So far, I have received at least 10 Luxie brushes in my Ipsy bags over the years. Most of them are the pretty pink handled brushes with the rose gold ferrule, the metal piece that holds the bristles in place. I love them, and find myself reaching for …
I haven’t bought any drugstore makeup in a long time, but the CVS Extrabucks and 30% off coupon were burning a hole in my pocket. Not sure what attracted me to the Maybelline Color Sensational Shine Compulsion Lipstick (whew, what a long name!). It was probably the rose gold case that did it. The rose …
Hope you’re enjoy a long weekend! It’s Monday already, and here’s the link to today’s Fashion Flash, hosted by Deb of No Nonsense Beauty Blog. As usual, you’ll find a varied list of beauty, health and wellness, exercise, travel and lifestyle posts of interest to women over 40. Not sure why Deb always decides to …
In July, I saw an ad on Facebook for a skincare brand I had never heard of: DefenAge. The ad made a claim about their products that got my attention. To be honest, as a former advertising exec, I take advertising claims with a grain of salt, but something about the ad got me. It …
We’ve got sort of a long weekend in the U.S. Columbus Day is a holiday that not everyone celebrates. Some people are working, and others are off. It’s more of a retail holiday than anything else. So if there’s anything you were thinking you couldn’t live without, now’s the time to see if it’s on …
A couple of weeks ago, I was watching a YouTube video from a very sweet blogger/vblogger, Cassie from Southeast By Midwest, who was talking about her 5 favorite nail polishes. I don’t know what came over me, but the minute she showed one of her favorites, TGIF from Formula X, I had to have it. …
Sadly, I have put away my sandals, though I am hoping that we may have some Indian Summer days at some point before the real cold weather hits. When I wear shoes, I wear socks or stockings. In fact, for years, I wore nylon knee-highs, and sometimes I still do. But when we were in …
I haven’t been feeling well for the past several days. Some form of gastroenteritis, I think, or else it’s the return of diverticulitis. I don’t usually complain on my blog about health stuff, but this has been a drag. For the past three days, I haven’t been eating but just drinking clear liquids to give …
It’s the beginning of October already! How did that happen? The leaves are starting to change here in New England, and we’ve been drinking cider and picking apples. For this first week in October, the “over 40” bloggers of Fashion Flash have a variety of lifestyle, beauty, health and wellness, travel, and exercise posts and …