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Skincare and Beauty Blog with Expert Advice
As you already know, I am a HUGE fan of multi-purpose products or products that make getting ready in a flash 100% easy. So imagine my delight when I was in WalMart wandering through the dimly lit aisles of the beauty section (as I often do), that I find this little gem! Hard Candy Hide & Glow [...]
Who wants a freebie??!!! My pals at the Patrick Melville salon in NYC are having a little contest! So if you are in NYC or are planning to be in NYC anytime soon listen up! The salon is a GAWGUS award winning space that boasts a celeb clientele. It’s co-owners are Patrick Melville and Rick [...]
My homie Karen from Makeup & Beauty Blog inspired me to put this together after I read her 5 minute makeup routine on her site. Makeup routines are tricky and if you are like me, you have perfected different levels of “oomph” for different increments of time. Like Karen, I go for items that pack [...]
I know the topics here tend to be about makeup, but rarely do I talk about taking it off! Not today! I am excited about this so much so that it took me a while to crack these open, but now I can’t stop talking about them! First up, are you a contact lens wearer? [...]
One of my most favorite topics EVER…concealer. Bobbi has always been good at this and the best part is her coverage COVERS but looks natural. So the reformulation (and in once instance repackaging) of her already great product is AWESOME. So what’s the difference between this and others? Number one is texture. This is creamy [...]
Celebrity stylist Ted Gibson and colorist Jason Backe gave supermodel Brooklyn Decker a sophisticated new look yesterday afternoon at the Glamourous W Hotel (where Ted’s new salon will be opening this summer) The look is a sophisticated yet fun wavy choppy do that frames her petitie face beautifully. Ted and Brooklyn talked about her ideas [...]
I love stories about artisan beauty products, especially if the person making the product has a connection or a story. I recently had the pleasure of meeting Erica Wigley who is the Creative Director of an emerging company called Plush Skin. Erica is a native New Yorker who grew up watching her father make hand [...]
The beauty looks for Chado Ralph Rucci F/W 2011 consisted of a sophisticated smoky eye, coupled with a modern french twist. Tom Pecheux for MAC Cosmetics customized the dramatic eye to each model, using matte black eyeshadow, loads of mascara and liner inside the eye. To highlight the eyes, the foundation was kept matte, along [...]
Welcome to my LATEST installment in my D.I.Y. Diva episode as YOUR Fashion Cruze-arati! If you are new to my blog, or haven’t caught up with this Cruze-arati thing, in January, Chevy launched a new social media campaign for their latest car- The Chevy Cruze! They have chosen ME as their Fashion Cruze-arati, traveling across [...]
Are you a hot shower junkie like me? I don’t care what the temperature is, I ADORE a hot shower. My skin however, does not share my reckless enthusiasm. My skin is ALWAYS dry, so to overcompensate for my atrocities I have to use THICK body creams year round (small sacrifice in my opinion). BUT [...]
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