The Bare-Faced Lie; and Stocking Up for Fall
Summer has been an endurance test for skin this year, for many of us in the USA. Record temps and drought conditions have put us in a bad position-- it's been so-hot-your-lips-sweat weather, which can...
View ArticleNew Look, New Picks, and Apple Green Hair
I remember a Frank Herbert sci-fi short story, or should I say, I remember one particular part of it, where a man's grandmother stubbornly sticks to her old-fashioned, conservative shade of apple...
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Taking Candy from Babies-- geoGirl Makeup
Yesterday afternoon, I did something I'd never done before-- went shopping at Walmart. Truthfully, it would have happened sooner if there had ever been a store close by, but until recently, that...
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A New Beauty...
I've long wanted to have another view here, to balance my approach to beauty and makeup, while keeping in tune with my useful-to-the-over-40 theme-- luckily, I have a couple of sisters to rely on. So...
View ArticleBB Creams: An Overview and Review
I. What are BB Creams?II. Where did they come from?III. What is available in the US and what is the price range?IV. My experience with BB Cream... I. What are BB Creams? First let's...
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Baring the Cost
What aspect of your beauty routine do you put the most cash into? It's an issue I wonder about; when I see women with the latest eyeshadow colors but hair that is poorly styled or obviously unhealthy,...
View ArticleDo, Don't, Why and Why Not? Part One
As I'm certain that many of the readers of this blog have read their share of Do's & Don'ts articles, I'm here to put a little twist on this topic. There are so-o many of the do-and-don't writers...
View ArticleThe Color Of the Year, and Other Annoyances
Sephora has done it again. Ignored the fact that adult women over 35 exist and buy as much or more fine makeup as the teen set. That we are a large part of their business, and deserve targeting for...
View ArticleCertified Vegan, Certainly Fun
Here's a few fun products, from a new line of cruelty-free, Peta-certified vegan cosmetics, now being sold at Sephora online, as well as at their own website, and at beauty.com and beautylish. The...
View ArticleBase Notes
One day we feel spring, the next there's a new slipcover of snow on the lawn. Our skin feels it too-- the push-pull of the seasons trying to shift and not quite getting there. For me, this signals a...
View ArticleThe List of Discontinued Bliss
I remember my first couple of weeks of high school well. My uniform hadn't come in yet-- it was a Catholic school, so we had obnoxious little plaid skirts and bland, ill-fitting blouses. That was on...
View ArticleReview: Garnier BB Cream
At last, I did it. jumped onto the BB cream bandwagon, and may I say, I'm lovin' it! Using the same smart strategy as my sister Gailz did here, I decided not to blow too much cash on an item I wasn't...
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Gotta Have That! Confessions of an Obsession.
The nature of any obsession is such that the object takes on all-consuming importance in our lives, no matter how humble or impractical that object may be, how unimportant in the bigger picture. That...
View ArticleSummer Breeze-- Beauty Bargains That Work in Warm Weather
Women's magazines, beauty websites and drugstore flyers are full of tips and ideas to help you through the season. Only they aren't aimed at most American women over 40, with an average income,...
View ArticleTag: 40 Beauty Questions
From Laura, at Demand Beauty beauty blog. hopping through the beauty blogiverse, I found this neat blog and Laura's poll. Here's the poll, with thanks to Laura, and my answers. I'd love to see you all...
View ArticleShare the Love Weekend! Beauty BlogHop
I've been hopping from new blog to new blog, as I often do, looking around and leaving comments on posts old and new. Beginning with one of my fave links below, (and in fact, I started with Becca...
View ArticleGoogling for Inspiration
After seeing so many new shades of plum and purple eyeshadow in stores and online in the last few weeks, I thought I'd see what other girls, and guys, are doing with it; and one of my fun ways to do...
View ArticleAn Age Issue with Vogue
Back when I was a nanny, I treated myself to the big Fall and Spring issues of Vogue every year, as well as frequent issues of Harper's Bazaar, Elle, and other tasty, fashion-filled mags. The lush...
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The Case for Experimentation
I woke this morning thinking about some of my first makeup experiences-- like the day I got to dress up for an outing at a bar with my oldest sister, using my mother's makeup, my instincts, and what...
View ArticleIn Praise of the Natural Nail
No, I don't mean unpainted, though why not? I'm here to speak up for your actual nails, that have been hiding in fear under gel, filler, tips and polish. They want to tell you something, and that is:...
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