Ever ask someone about a classic moisturizer and get this answer? "Oh! I use ________ for EVERYTHING! Face, hands, cuticles, lips, ecze...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to all my US readers celebrating the holiday! We're just wrapping up a MAJOR feast at my parents' house, and food...
Prada L'Eau Ambree
Prada L'Eau Ambree came to my attention when my friend K announced that she'd just purchased it. I'd never known her to wear an...
Five for Friday: Autumn Fragrances, Part 2
When I finished my last post on autumn comfort scents, I couldn't help feeling that there were other bottles just waiting forlornly in m...
Sensuous Skin, Even in the Dead of Winter
Ah! What's this I spy on the Estee Lauder site? Sensuous, in a dry oil spray!My dears, this has "holiday party" written all ov...
Out on the Town With Bare Escentuals Buxom Babes
Bare Escentuals' Buxom Babes About Town set combines four petite plumping glosses with four plumping pencils that work either as liners ...
Five for Friday: The Forgotten (Travel Essentials)
Don't you just hate it when you go on a trip and forget some truly critical beauty goods? I tend to forget the same things every time, f...
Forever Krystle, Revisited
Does anyone remember Forever Krystle? This scent was truly ahead of its time. In an era when the only name in "celebrity fragrance...
Just a Spoonful of (Lemon) Sugar
Friends, please indulge me an Andy Rooney moment. There's something I just don't understand; maybe you can enlighten me, or at least...
Add Some Sheen to Your Skin With Sephora Dry Oil Spray
If you haven't yet been convinced that I'm pretty unwilling to let go of summer, based on some recent posts, this one will definitel...
SmoothAway We Go
I'm sure you've seen the ever-present infomercials for SmoothAway, the hair removal product that the company touts as "the fast...
Satin Hands, Courtesy of the Pink Cadillac
So. Let's talk about Mary Kay. I've gotten lots of earnest emails over the years from enthusiastic Mary Kay reps, offering to send m...
NARS Blush Duo: Everybody's Got a Hungry Heart
Everybody needs a place to rest Everybody wants to have a home Don't make no difference what nobody says Ain't nobody like to be alo...
Coffee House Smackdown
Back in high school I had a serious obsession with a line of creamy Lip Smackers. I think they were a sub-brand of the original -- I vaguely...
Five for Friday: Autumn Comfort Scents
Some fragrances just seem to go better with a sweater, don't they? When the temperatures drop and the leaves change, I tend to reach for...
The Expensive Hotel Smell: L'Occitane Bergamot Tea
Remember the Spa Smell we talked about a few months back? It's that light, slightly herbal whiff of scent that you immediately associate...
Three New Travel-Loving Scents from Tocca
Tocca's new Aqua Profumata series - meant to evoke a journey through southern Italy - is essentially a collection of fancy, luxurious bo...
Meyer Mania
I've been slightly obsessed of late with Meyer lemons, those delicious little citrus fruits that smell wonderful and taste like a cross ...
A Little Piece of Paradise at The Body Shop
Another post about The Body Shop! (For now.) A few of you commented that you always pass it by and rarely go in - and the same goes for me. ...
Sinner or Saint? Be Both With Kat Von D's New Fragrances
TV tattoo artist Kat Von D has expanded her makeup line at Sephora with two sister fragrances, Saint and Sinner. Cute concept (although it i...
Get the Look: Scarlett Johansson at the Tribute to Cinema
At the Moet & Chandon Tribute to Cinema in Tokyo on October 20, Scarlett Johansson sported a messy sideswept bob, styled by David Babaii...
Dress Up Your Deodorant with Donna Karan
For years I'd been hearing that Donna Karan Cashmere Mist Deodorant/Anti-Perspirant was a "cult favorite beauty item." I even ...
Perfume Reincarnation: Jo Malone Lotus Blossom & Water Lily
As I was passing through Bloomingdale's recently, on my way to buy birthday presents and boots, I stopped by the Jo Malone counter for a...
Sorry TLC, I DO Want Scrubs
One of my favorite recent innovations in the skincare is the "instant facial" - a scrub that combines both chemical and physical e...
L'Occitane Honey & Lemon
Is there anyone out there who doesn't like the combination of honey and lemon?Honey and lemon in tea, honey lemon cough drops (remember...
More Lip Pencils for Pink-Lipped People
To get the full background on my problem with lip pencils, click here to read this post from June. Bottom line, sometimes they're a nece...
Weekly Rewind, 10/26 - 11/1
Happy Day-After-Halloween, lovelies! (Or, actually, Happy All Saints' Day.) Did you dress up for the big night? I was Amy Winehouse, get...
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