There’s not much I love about January (especially in New England) but one bright spot is all the new makeup at the drugstore! It seems the drugstore brands have caught on to what’s selling at Sephora and Ulta and in response they’re coming out with “Naked” style eyeshadow palettes, contouring …
The under eye area is one of the hardest to deal with as skin ages. Dark circles can easily be camouflaged on younger skin, but once wrinkles and puffiness start to appear, makeup just makes them all look worse. Even so, the area still needs some coverage, so I’ve tested 6 …
Saturday – The heat wave continues with temps reaching 98 again today, but the plants I bought for my patio pots are getting root-bound, so today’s the day! I’ll just try to stay in the shade and hydrate! Carrying all my heavy clay pots and the bags of potting soil from …
The search for my “holy grail” foundation for mature skin continues with four more liquid foundation tests. My “holy grail” foundation would offer a good color match in a light formulation free of harsh chemicals that goes on easily with my fingers, covers age spots, and evens skin tone. It …
I started using a retin-a cream and a vitamin c serum 3 months ago to help my now 50-year old skin look better. The Retin-A is a prescription cream containing 0.05% tretinoin, it’s supposed to stimulate collagen production, clear out my pores, and plump up fine wrinkles. Tretinoin is considered …
It’s hard to have missed the arrival of BB Creams over the last couple years… it seems every cosmetics company has come out with one lately. I had tried a drugstore brand (L’Oreal Youth Code) last year and did not like it at all. It provided little to no coverage, …
I think I’m going to start posting my OOTDs here as well as on YouTube, or sometimes instead of on YT. They really don’t seem worthy of a whole video. 🙂 So, here’s the first one: From top to bottom: Free People taupe sweater Free People long-sleeve tee shirt …
In the past I’ve taken a very relaxed, scatter-shot approach to my skincare. I could back then… I was still young! But now that I’m 50, I’ve decided it’s time to get serious and research anti-aging ingredients so I can target my skin’s particular needs. I talked to my dermatologist …
I recently tried L’Oreal Ever Sleek shampoo & conditioner to help with my frizz, and it worked so well, I wanted to tell you about it. I feel like I’ve tried everything from drugstore to salon brands, and nothing has worked. My hair is super-fine, but there’s a lot of …
I love the idea of organic makeup, I mean, I try to eat organic food whenever possible to put fewer chemicals into my body, so why wouldn’t I also try to reduce the number of chemicals I put on my body? So, when I was looking for a bronzer, I …