How do you take care of your hair? I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve always been somewhat lazy about my hair. I request a “wash and go” style every time I sit down in a stylist’s chair because…
Confession: I’ve never loved a regular French manicure. There was just something about the pale colors paired together that made it seem like I had very glossy, uncut nails. But I do love a touch of sparkle with my nails…
If stripes are among the chicest patterns around, does that make candy canes the chicest candy? Candy canes are among my favorite holiday treats and while I won’t wear candy cane earrings any time soon, I do like having a…
One of my few, but mandatory makeup essentials, is a daily coat(s) of mascara. I have average length lashes that are also perhaps below average in terms of volume. But I discovered that a few coats of a good mascara…
My mother has always said, and continues to say to me “Never put anything (foundation or powder) on your face and your skin will be healthy!” I followed this advice for more than 25 years and would only occasionally put…
Do you use foundation on your face? I don’t use foundation very often. I know that foundation provides the smoothest coverage and really evens out skin tone. But I don’t usually like to wear it because I am also afraid…
We may not all have invitations to fashion week, but we can definitely take inspiration from fashion week to create our own fashion week looks! I was definitely inspired by looks on the runways and magazines when I did my chevron…
Sometimes fashion inspiration comes from the most unlikely places – in this case, it came from a 3 year-old! I was trying to entertain my nieces and give them these manicures a year or two ago (for a perfect, at…
There is something about the perfect, soft blue that makes me just plain happy. I blame the fascination equally on robins eggs and Tiffany’s (there are very few ladies whose hearts don’t flutter a bit more at the site of…
Imagine gold that isn’t gold. Imagine gold that is in fact tinged with the sheen you get from a drop of oil meeting water (that rainbow hue or in this blue/green hue when these two materials can’t collide). That, my…