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I got all caught up in the holidays and other things, and I lost track of the date! Tomorrow night is New Year’s Eve. How can it be? I Bought This, Affiliate Links So it slipped my mind that City Beauty is having a 40% off sale on one of my favorite skincare products: UpLift …
Every time I get annoyed with Ipsy, I remember that I have discovered some really terrific beauty products through it. Now that I’m doing the every other month Ipsy Plus bag subscription, I don’t feel as overwhelmed as I did earlier this year with the monthly subscription. BTW, I just looked through the Ipsy shopping pages, …
Today the workmen who, back in September, had looked at a relatively small job replacing the rotten trim on my house with AZEK composite trim that won’t rot finally showed up. I am writing a quicker post today after the loooong one yesterday, so I can be available if they need me to answer questions. …
There are a number of beauty products that I repurchased in 2021, meaning they already are or are on their way to becoming staples in my beauty arsenal. Here they are! I Bought These, Affiliate Links Beauty Tools Koh Gen Do Cotton Pads: I have repurchased these organic pure cotton rectangular pads several times over …
Did you have a good Christmas? Hope so! We had a quiet day. The weather was rainy, gloomy and then it turned to ice. Ugh. But we decided to roast a prime rib and our friend, M, joined us. The Elderflower French 75s were particularly delicious! GrandeLASH – MD Lash Enhancing Serum After dinner, M …
Whether you’re celebrating as usual with friends and family or if you’re scaling back again this year, I hope you have a lovely Christmas Eve and a happy and meaningful Christmas Day on Saturday! All my best to you and yours xo
PR Samples, Affiliate Links If you’re looking for the perfect stocking stuffers for athletes, exercisers, family members or friends with food allergies, pick up a few Liv Bars as well as a couple for yourself! What’s a Liv Bar, you ask? Liv Bars were created by Jan, a practicing nutritionist, for her clients and for …
Marcia Friedman, well-known beauty blogger, is joining Never Say Die Beauty as a contributor! Woohoo! So many of you know Marcia as: the long time editor of Beauty Info Zone the editor of the hugely successful Sunday Scoop list of giveaways on the web the prime mover behind the Beauty Spotlight Team Weekly Roundup for …
I hope that you all have finished your holiday shopping. The supermarket was a mad house today, and wouldn’t you know, I forgot the item I went to the store for to begin with! And I even had a list with me. Hopefully, you’re better organized than I am. But in case you still need …
Beaded bracelets are my jam. I have zillions of them, and I wear them often. I Bought This, Affiliate Links My newest acquisition was a very affordable, handmade bracelet made from glass beads, faceted crystals and wire. It was made by Miriam Zet, a craftswoman from Guatemala, and sold by the online retailer NOVICA. I …
It’s the last shopping weekend before Christmas. Who still has more shopping to go? Sadly, my cousin’s wife who is an ICU nurse at a big hospital in Boston was kindly having her Jewish in-laws at her home for Christmas. But with COVID on the rise and her ICU unit filled with very sick patients, …
When my brother was in junior high a million years ago, he took a class in learning Chinese. I am assuming it was Mandarin that was being taught rather than one of the other dialects. I remember that the first thing he learned to say was “ni hao” or hello, and I have remembered it …
PR Samples, Affiliate Links Cruelty-free, vegan, clean beauty, affordable skincare brand Derma E is the best! As I’ve said many times, if I were shopping for skincare products on my own dime all the time, Derma E products are what I would and do buy. My favorite Derma E products right now are: Stem Cell …
I Bought This, Affiliate Links Four times a year, I select a fragrance sample in a 30 day spray bottle from Scentbird, the fragrance subscription service. If you follow Never Say Die Beauty, you may have read that my favorite fragrances are oriental scents, usually with amber as a key note. When it was time …
I Bought This, Affiliate Links I like glitter and sparkles all year round, but there’s no time like the holidays for sparkly nail polish. Olive & June’s holographic glitter polish, Exclamation Point, is probably my favorite. It is unbelievably sparkly, and it reminds me of diamonds. In the sun or light, it is absolutely amazing. …