MAC 2013 Fashion Sets – swatches and review

MAC 2013 Fashion Sets – swatches and review

A late but very pretty review of MAC 2013 Fashion Sets    Do you remember the 2012 MAC Fashion Sets launch? The release created matching sets based on their best-selling products. It’s notable in my mind because it gave me Russian Red lipglass and nail lacquer to pair with my lipstick. (Thanks MAC!) It did…

Night at the W – at a Walgreens near you on May 22

Night at the W – at a Walgreens near you on May 22

Plus, a look at Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair Night moisturizer    Living in Los Angeles, I’ve attended my fair share of fab events. Gift bags, passed appetizers, glasses of bubbly; I’ll admit, it never gets old! Us LA folk are lucky that way. But what if I told you that there was a fab event…

NARS Boys Don’t Cry blush – swatches and review

NARS Boys Don’t Cry blush – swatches and review

Need a fab blush? NARS has the cure with Boys Don’t Cry.     “This collection is killer – you are going to love it. Quote me.” This is a handwritten note on the inside of my NARS Pierre Hardy press samples that arrive. And you know what? She couldn’t have been more right. And…

BPAL Jolly Roger oil and Port Royal soap review

BPAL Jolly Roger oil and Port Royal soap review

BPAL knows, not all treasure is silver and gold    If you’ve been around we heart this for any length of time, you know our well documented obsession with Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. How could we not be obsessed with affordable scents that tip the scales of imagination? Scents based on everything from Shakespeare to…

Nail Polish Porn: MAC Temperature Rising Scorching Haute and Tropical

Nail Polish Porn: MAC Temperature Rising Scorching Haute and Tropical

MAC Temperature Rising nail lacquer is heating things up this summer    Date: May 5, 2013 Polish: The two new polishes from the MAC Temperature Rising summer launch, Scorching Haute and Tropical. Oh. My. Polish Porn. I LOVE these lacquers. MAC’s newest limited edition launch, Temperature Rising, will be available from May 24 to July…

BPAL Port Royal and Jolly Roger GIVEAWAY: Win a perfume oil and a soap fit for a Pirate

BPAL Port Royal and Jolly Roger GIVEAWAY: Win a perfume oil and a soap fit for a Pirate

   Win this giveaway and feed your wanderlust with Jolly Roger oil and Port Royal soap, courtesy of our pals at BPAL. Whether you fancy yourself a wench or just long for a complex, rich scent that transports you; the Port Royal oil infused soap is for you. The Sodom of the New World! —…

GIVEAWAY: Win a Eucerin $215 H20 prize pack, including a $125 Visa gift card!

GIVEAWAY: Win a Eucerin $215 H20 prize pack, including a $125 Visa gift card!

Congratulations to our winner – Carolyn G! It’s ok to admit it. You were a little jealous you weren’t at our Eucerin at home spa party. You felt a little drier just looking at all the hydration you were missing, right? Well, don’t shed a tear – we’ve got a giveaway so you can throw…

Party On: How to Have an At Home Spa Party

Party On: How to Have an At Home Spa Party

Eucerin brings hydration home     I live in the California desert. And as you’d imagine, it’s a dry, thirsty kind of place. While the rest of the country is dealing with the typical April showers, the desert (and the people in it) are feeling a bit parched right about now! It’s the perfect time…