My Makeup Collection: A Story of Unrequited Love

Advertisements   Where The Love Affair Began So, I’m sure I’m not alone ladies, of once upon a time, being a little girl combing through her Mom’s trash for used lipsticks and mascara.  I’d stick a pinky finger down into the bottom of the lipstick chamber to pull out the coral and red dregs to…

How I Found Peace with my Eczema Skin

Advertisements Eczema, ugh!  I’ve had the maddening problem of eczema on my arms for several years now.  It’s been quite embarrassing and has caused me to cover up my arms, even in the hot weather of Maui.  I’ve been obsessed with finding a cure and think I’ve finally got a regimen down now to keep…

Anti-aging Hair Care: My Year Long Experiment with Monat

Advertisements   I look at this photo and can’t believe the change in my hair over the past year.  When I was in my 20’s and living in NYC, I remember strangers used to stop me on the street and tell me how beautiful my hair was.  It was definitely one of my best assets….

Finding Holy Grails and Busts with Fab Fit Fun

Advertisements Ladies, I have been a big fan of Fab Fit Fun for over a year now. While the sex appeal and high end magnificence of the Wanderlust box sometimes has delighted me more, the price of that box doesn’t appeal to the cheapskate in me. In contrast, Fab Fit Fun (a quarterly subscription box…

Five Drugstore Products You Gotta Love

Advertisements Follow my blog with Bloglovin I love high-end makeup.  But I can’t help checking out the beauty aisle at Walgreen’s, Longs, and Target.  I literally can’t walk past them.  These makeup aisles are the places young girls find their first makeup collection.  Their hold on me remains until today.  And that’s a good thing, cause…

“A Little Powder, A Little Paint, Makes A Lady What She Ain’t.”

Advertisements Follow my blog with Bloglovin Confession:  This is my makeup table.  Am I a hoarder, or do you think it is just the right amount of makeup?  I would love to know!  My table is secondhand, bought from Christine Kobzeff a.k.a. PinkSoFoxy of YouTube fame, just before she left Maui for a new life…