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My mission this year is to break out of my fragrance rut — or at least expand my horizons. It seems like I was more adventurous when I was younger — or perhaps even more sultry and sophisticated, based on some of my former fragrance choices. Of course this isn’t to say I didn’t get hooked on the more popular scents of the day also; for instance in the early ’80s I wore Lauren, Anais Anais, and Chanel No. 5. To this day all three fragrances evoke all-too-vivid memories of love found and lost, and crushing heartbreak. Read the rest of this entry »

I hate thinking about cold-weather clothing now that spring is FINALLY right around the corner….at least I hope it is! But now is the best time to buy fall and winter stuff, because it’s all on sale. Read the rest of this entry »

One morning, when I was about 9 years old, I woke up early and decided to go and iron my uniform for school. The iron we had was one of those old school ones that you had to plug out from the wall in order to turn it off. I bent down under the ironing board to reach for the plug, but in doing so, I accidentally bumped the legs of the ironing board and caused the hot iron to drop and fall on to my right arm. Needless to say I let out a horrible scream and my dad came running into the washroom to see what the commotion was about. Upon inspecting my arm he ran outside and quickly returned with the leaf of a plant that my mother had in our garden which I always thought looked like a reptile’s tail. Read the rest of this entry »

It was like trying to draw a perfectly straight line down the length of a Sharpei with a magic marker. In other words….impossible.

I learned today that putting makeup on older women who just have not taken care of their skin is simply a mess. I then and there silently made an oath to start making use of all the anti-aging products Dior had bestowed upon us at last week’s training. In retrospect however, when I realized that applying makeup to a seventy year old had been the most difficult part of my day, I was just that much more thankful about landing this job. True, it has it’s pros and cons but after my last boss (from hell) as well as my days of bikini waxing and zit popping…this is a cakewalk. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve got to get better about updating this thing. Because there is much to write about. Read the rest of this entry »

When the PR rep from Skinsational Day Spa contacted me a few weeks ago, I was hoping that she wanted to whisk me away to a darkened treatment room where by candlelight, I would have exotic oils rubbed all over my body for free.

Well, no such luck (and too bad, too, as I have been experiencing the worst knots in my back this week), but she did send me some samples to try. Read the rest of this entry »

What we loved: We KNOW that this is an oldie with a not-the best-smell (they now have an unscented version!), but we found that this is still one of the best products for very dry kinky, super curly and very thick dry relaxed hair to create a very nice shine, condition the hair and prevent breakage. Read the rest of this entry »

What we loved: The fragrance is amazing, the shine is natural and the bottle is a great size for travel or taking to the office or on the go. This spray will give your winter ravaged hair much needed conditioning. Only a few short arms-length sprays are needed! This spray works best on relaxed, curly, kinky, and thick, coarse, wavy hair. Read the rest of this entry »

GQ Magazine with the stunning Cameron Diaz on the cover, has hit newsstands just in time for those warm Summer months. The very talented celebrity makeup artist Jake Bailey, was the mastermind behind Diaz’s bronzed beauty. We found it necessary to speak with the man behind the makeup to get the juicy details on how he created the golden look – so we can do it ourselves! Jake was kind enough to share with us his step-by-step process in creating Cameron’s pool-side glow: Read the rest of this entry »

Yet another luxury product that I’m so excited about. French skin care brand Guinot has come up with an ultimately wonderful Satin Body Oil in dry oil body spray form to bathe the skin with incredible moisture, as well as revive dry, dull, and lipid-deficient skin. Read the rest of this entry »