I’m all in favor of simple things to keep you feeling your best – emphasis on simple. You won’t find me doing anything extreme and, thanks to my lovely naturally strawberry blonde hair, that includes any dye jobs. But whitening my teeth to combat any yellowing caused by my love for coffee? YES. When I told […]
Beauty
Eye Spy | A Warby Parker Review
Let’s just put this out there: Getting older sucks in some ways. Just as you’ve dug into new levels of self-confidence and self-awareness, along comes crud like biology and the inevitability of age. For me, it’s eyesight. I struggled with horrible blind-as-a-bat eyesight for years. Then I had lasik eye surgery in 1998 and everything […]
The Next (Gen) Step
My friend A, who knows all things beauty, suggested I give Next-Gen nails a try when I wasn’t sure what I thought of my gel manicure. So I did: Another great, long-lasting performance. This is about 5 weeks later on the day I had them removed: Yet again, my nails underneath took a bit of […]
Gel Manicures and Boy Pedicures
Checking off another 101 list item (gel manicure) and a life goal (convince Kelly to get a pedicure). Success!
Dye-ing To Try It Out
I’m a ginger. (In case you hadn’t noticed.) But specifically I’m a strawberry-blonde, special emphasis on the blonde. That’s all fine and good, particularly for compliments on my “Pretty red hair” which is all mine – not bottle-infused. But it’s not fine and good for eyebrows and eyelashes. Those suckers are blonde. Invisible. Might as well […]
Spray Tanning for a Novice
Tan in this photo is not as natural as it appears. I am a very white white girl. Strawberry blonde, with a burn-then return to ghostly white skin. I’ve tried tanning booths – paying money for a burn to turn ghostly white. I’ve tried applying sunscreen and sitting in the sun – only to burn […]
A Beauty Flunkie Learns New Tricks
I had yet another silly 101 list goal – to get a professional makeover. I didn’t really want to be made over into someone that I wasn’t. I wanted to learn how to put on makeup properly, because outside of theater and clowning, I’ve never had a makeup lesson. Ever. That’s how I found myself […]
Feeling Ladytastic at The Beauty Bar
My friend, Sarah, and I wanted to get together the other week for a happy hour and long-overdue chat. She texted and asked where I wanted to go. I didn’t much matter to me – or to her – which meant that it was the perfect opportunity to do something really different. Something like a […]
Do Not
Do not tell your husband, Don’t laugh. Do not tell your husband, I don’t want to hear mocking comments. Do not tell your husband, I have a good reason for doing this. The truth is, you’re wasting your breath while giving him fair warning that he needs to rev up his joke machine. This is […]
Guess I Really Needed That Beauty Sleep
We’ve been tired. Busy, yes, but mostly tired. We blame allergy season and the drought-exacerbated dusty air for our lack of ability to sleep deeply. That’s why we went to bed at 9 pm the other night. An early turn-in and a slightly later rise left us feeling much closer to human. Not 100%, but […]