Merry Christmas from the Mall parking garage
The shopping mall is the dreaded part of Christmas we can’t seem to do without, the part that boils our blood only to cool it to a heart-warming simmer. In this era of Internet shopping there still exists the brick and mortar store; in the era of Cyber Monday, we still have Black Friday. In…
LAVANILA Laboratories – Vanilla Blossom review
A Vanilla Scent for Adults, and it’s Green Monday approved! photos: we heart this Oh vanilla! Where do I start in laying praise on one of earth’s greatest natural creations? Vanilla, I love what you do for bread pudding, ice cream and crème brulee. And vanilla, did I ever tell you that you were my…
Hourglass Femme Rouge; near perfect lipstick
we review the latest Packaging Porn from our favorite luxury line… photos: we heart this I love lipstick. Some love glosses, some love balms, I love lipstick. There are many avenues to travel in the lipcolor metro area, and I am here today to encourage fellow lipstick fanatics to make a stop for Femme Rouge…
Hourglass Film Noir Mascara – the dark beauty gets the wht review
photos: we heart this Mascaras have always been the most basic makeup staple for me—a most essential beauty product, yet the most elusive. Mascara is essential in that my lashes are fine and, therefore, nearly invisible without a good coating of black mascara; elusive in that, as a contact wearer, I cannot deal with clumping,…
Stylish jewelry for all – PONO by Joan Goodman
Marilyn may have been on the right track when she said “diamonds are a girl’s best friend,” but—with all due respect to Material Girls past and present—I’ve always been a costume jewelry-kind-of-gal. Well I don’t exactly turn down the diamond jewelry that my guy gifts me on special occasions, but those pieces do spend more…
M LAB – Skincare from the beauty laboratory
serum, cream and eye cream review photo: we heart this Hitting the big 4-0 last year was a shock. Suddenly, I was confronted with the specter of Middle Age and all of its requisite ramifications: fine lines and wrinkles, sagging skin and uneven skin tone and texture. To be honest, the fine lines and wrinkles-part…
Mmmm…Theo Organic Fair Trade Chocolate
photo: we heart this Let’s put chocolate in perspective—my perspective. Obtaining and savoring chocolate may not be the ultimate goal of the purpose-driven life, but it is a good companion when traveling down life’s bumpy highway. As a child I discovered that a milk chocolate kiss was better than the wet mushy variety when I…
Old hair got you down? Kronos can help!
photo: we heart this As middle age encroaches upon my youth I’ve grown weary trying to save my face from the ravages of time. Keeping up with the moisturizers for fine lines and wrinkles, the eye creams for crows’ feet, and the serums for sagging skin and disappearing collagen has become a full time job….