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I just received my Ipsy Plus box for February, so I better get on the stick and tell you about my January box. Called Clean Slate, it emphasizes new beginnings. To that end, the Clean Slate box has 3 skincare products out of the 5 full size products. That makes sense to me. And since …
This is my advice to myself, lol. Today, while looking for an old iPhone to give to my cousin’s daughter, I ended up finally cleaning out an antique-style secretary in my bedroom that I allowed to be burdened with piles of stuff that I didn’t know what to do with. It is such a pretty …
After owning several Sonicare electric toothbrushes over the past 25 years (I’m estimating), I began to have issues with my current Sonicare that became more than just annoying. For the past year or so, the bristles on the Sonicare brush heads were getting bent out of shape after just a couple of weeks. In addition, …
Gee, I had planned to have a regular post up today, but Jeff persuaded me to watch the Oscars. Hours and hours later (though with the new format, it seemed shorter than in the past), it was too late. Although I feel well post-surgery, I am still tired. So Fashion Flash February it is, this …
I’m back! My second cataract surgery was a success. Switching from a “cataract factory” to Mass Eye & Ear was definitely the right way to go. Now my eyesight is greatly improved, and I can see distance very well. In fact, when we drove back to my house the other night from Boston, I was …
Moisturizer is the most important skincare product IMHO. I remember asking Adeline James, a girl on my floor in my dorm freshman year, what a bottle of intriguing pink lotion on her dresser was. She told me it was facial moisturizer, and it was a must. Before that, I had no clue. Since then, I’ve …
The über talented MUA Sheila from Painted Ladies is hosting the first Fashion Flash of February. Here’s what’s on tap in the edition this week: learn about an easy way to fix broken pressed powders tips for aging well at the cellular level creating a date night look for Valentine’s Day or any winter night …
Today, City Beauty is launching their first mascara. But this isn’t just another mascara. It’s a mascara and treatment product in one: a treatment for those of us with sparse, colorless, light, short, or brittle lashes. Plus it makes lashes look super dark, longer and thicker. It’s both volumizing and lengthening. To me, Beyond Mascara …
Happy weekend! And welcome February! The days are noticeably longer here north of Boston. I’m hoping the groundhog won’t see his shadow on Sunday so we’ll get an early spring. The snow hasn’t been too bad here this winter, but I’m ready for spring now. My hellebore that’s in my back border along the back …
2019 was the first year I participated in Project Pan where a group of my blogger colleagues and I pledged to reach our individual goals of emptying a certain number of beauty products. My original goal for 2019 was 100 products, but once I reached that in late summer or early autumn, I upped the …
At our book club meeting last week, one of our members mentioned that she went to my blog to see which facial oils I recommended for dry winter skin. Although I have reviewed a lot of face oils over the years, I haven’t put the recommendations together in one place. So I thought I’d take …
I belong to a couple of different fragrance enthusiast groups on Facebook, and I am a big fan of the website Fragrantica.com. The groups on FB and the reviews on the Fragrantica are a terrific way to find out about new scents, particularly ones that are out of the mainstream. Have you ever done a …
When I buy nail polish, the majority of my purchases are creams. But on occasion, I need a change. In my last mini-haul from Zoya, a holo snuck into my cart, and I am so glad it did. I chose Zoya Alicia, a silver linear holo with a touch of gold. To me, it has …
This week’s Farewell January Fashion Flash is hosted by Erika from Notes from My Dressing Table. Here’s what’s on tap: how to run faster after 50 the coolest district to visit in Amsterdam (I think I know which it is!) tips on quitting smoking recipe for chili to serve on Super Bowl Sunday a new …
Over the past few years as I have developed more lines and wrinkles, I have been trying out a number of wrinkle fillers to help smooth the look of lines especially under foundation. A couple of months ago, City Beauty sent me two tubes of their Line-Blurring Wrinkle Filler to try out. I thought I …