Archive for November, 2007

Holiday Party Essential: Self-tanner

Yesterday I went out and miraculously found a cute party dress for my first holiday party of the year, all in on my lunch break! Seriously, a huge accomplishment for me. But then I realized…

Holiday Beauty Gift Guide: Bath and Body Gift Sets

The best kind of gifts to give are those that they wouldn’t spend money on for themselves. A luxurious bath or body product will make your friends feel pampered and loved. Cuz …

Holiday Beauty Gift Guide: Home Fragrance

With the weather getting colder and fewer windows being left open, my apartment tends to get a little stuffy. To scent my place without losing heat, I love to light candles, spray room-fresheners,…

Monday Blues

Not feeling the creative juices flowing today, for all kinds of reasons, much like Yummy411 posted about yesterday. So I’ll just post some links to interesting stuff I’ve…

Wishing But Not Buying…Yet.

I am a supporter of the anti-Black Friday movement, aka Buy Nothing Day. The whole concept of a day devoted to buying, buying, buying kinda grosses me out. It reminds me of how obsessed…

A Little Online Pre-Thanksgiving Shopping

I know its the season to give… to others. But just now I accidentally clicked on Sephora.com (how’d that happen?!) while watching Project Runway tonight. Fab episode,…

How To: Winged Eyeliner

I am loving the revival of old Hollywood glamour among celebrities right now. With or without the red lipstick, the intense liquid eyeliner that wings out at the edge is hot! It might…

Scrubalicious

As the weather gets cooler and the sun sets even before I get home from work, I become super lazy. Instead of hopping over to the gym, I just want to take a long hot bath to soak out the chill…

Product Review: DuWop’s Revolotion Face

As I mentioned a few weeks back, eLuxury.com screwed up my order and I got $30 credit on their site. So I took advantage and ordered DuWop’s Revolotion Face after reading rave …

More Silly Friday Fun

In the market for a new perfume?Find out what’s Your Girl Smell!

My Scent is Mango

Sultry, sweet, and mellow
You enjoy every moment of life!

Delish! Quiz Lovely and have a fabulous,…

Friday is Fun Day

Its a fabulous, yet slightly grey day here in SF and as usual, I can’t wait to get out of the office. To make your day go a little quick, take this beauty-rific quiz:

What’s…

Lovely Locks for Cheap

Sudsing it up this morning in the shower, I realized that all the products I am using on my hair right now are from the drugstore and, believe it or not, I’ve been having a run of great…

Baked On Beauty

Right now I am obsessed with anything baked. No, not potato chips… makeup of course! Baked powders are absolutely the best. The pressed powder color is blended and then baked…

Parisian Pretty

One of my favorite brands is often overlooked by American ladies. Bourjois Paris is a staple brand of the Parisian woman on a budget, according to my francophile friends. They do a lovely…

Bargain Beauty Buys

Today I decided to embrace my new-found pauper lifestyle (thank god for Subway’s $2.99 special!) and write about some drugstore products that I love. Although I splurge on …

Breakin My Own Rules

I am so bad at this saving stuff. I just have to go to Nordstrom today and buy the MAC Royal Assets Metallic Eyes Palette ($36). After checking out Temptalia’s tutorial on a gorgeous…

Beauty Blogs Galore!

Fabulous links from my fav reads this week:

Get perfect winter “wind-kissed” cheeks by following We Love Beauty’s advice.

eBeauty Daily finds the tiniest mascara…

My Favorite Highlighters

A favorite product of mine right now is highlighter. With the winter months upon us, skin can tend to get sallow and dead looking without proper sun. They bring a little much needed glam…