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I’m happy to see you back for more giveaways. This winter week is on the low side but next week is a wowzer and I’ll be posting the Sunday Scoop on Saturday to make sure you have plenty of time to enter. I hope too that some of you end up winners as that’s …
What are you up to this long winter weekend? Here in Boston, we’ll be tuning in tonight to see if the Patriots’ rookie quarterback, Mac Jones, can win his first playoff game. And we’ll be hoping that the big windstorm and near zero temps don’t knock out the electricity! Wherever you are, I hope you’re …
Three or four years ago, I had a really bad day one sunny day in June. I went to the Registry of Motor Vehicles, stood in line for about an hour, only to discover that I didn’t bring the correct paperwork to fix a problem that I had. Then I went home and got stung …
PR Sample, Affiliate Link In my introduction to Never Say Die Beauty readers I mentioned that I’m all about eyes. I love eye makeup to the max and I drool over eye creams in any form. When a kind PR person offers to send me a sample for review I hone in on their eye …
I Bought This, Affiliate Link Givenchy Organza Indecence is an amber woody fragrance for women created in 1999 by Norbert Bijaoui in conjunction with Jean Claude Delville. I believe that Indecence, also known as “the black Indecence”, was introduced as a headier flanker to feminine and floral Givenchy Organza. Givenchy Organza Indecence came in a …
I love findings items of all kinds that are a little out of the ordinary. Over the years, I’ve found that gift shops including museum gift shops are the places to do just that. I Bought This, Gifts, Affiliate Links, Informational Links The Pewter Shop, Rockport MA A dear friend gave me an interesting holiday …
I Bought This, Affiliate Links After impulsively buying the RIKI Cutie Ipsy Exclusive Mirror (reviewed here) back in November and discovering that it is not a magnifying mirror, I decided to bite the bullet and buy a mirror that I could actually use. So I did. The RIKI Super Fine 7x Magnifying Mirror, the Iridescent …
One week down and 51 to go. Every Sunday you’ll find me and the Sunday Scoop page. Not as many giveaways this week but still some excellent ones. On 1/15 I linked to several that are part of a blog hop, there’s many more in the hop but most were for $10 gc and I …
Well, now that Marcia has joined Never Say Die Beauty and Cindy from Prime Beauty has retired, we’re down one in our BST weekly roundup. Cassie from SouthEastbyMidwest joins in when she can, but she has a full-time job and is a student as well. We’re looking for some new members who would like to …
January, in my opinion, is skincare month. Or it has been. Usually during the holiday season, our emphasis shifts to makeup. In January, when we seek a fresh and healthy start in so many thing, skincare returns to the forefront. I Bought This, Affiliate Links Dermstore is one of the online retailers that sends me …
A lot of you know me from the different blogs I’ve been writing on but I still want to give you some background. I hope you don’t mind. I’ve been writing about cosmetics for over 20 years. When I retired from teaching after 30 years I needed a creative outlet and luckily I found a …
I Bought This, Affiliate Links, Informational Link You know what a sucker I am for cosmetics ads that pop up on my Facebook feed. Before the holidays, I was taken in by the Siren song from the stunning makeup brand from China, Florasis. I knew nothing about the brand except that this was the most …
I get a sense of accomplishment at the end of the year as I go through the number of beauty products that I have finished up and recycled. But oops, I goofed this year. I thought my goal was 125 empties, and I achieved that, right on the nose. But I went back to my …
I Bought This, Affiliate Links One of my favorite makeup discoveries from 2021 was one that I got in an Ipsy Plus Bag: Half-Caked Totally Tubular Mascara, The Heights. I know I’ve said this several times, but I was shocked that I loved this tubing mascara because they usually gross me out. Not so Half-Caked …
I have to thank Allison for taking in this homeless blogger. I appreciate it so much. For the last dozen years I’ve blogged at Beauty Info Zone and then Prime Beauty but both are sadly gone. I am thrilled to be able to review here and continue with my Sunday Scoop giveaway page. Things to …