When I was shown the early promotional photos of Guerlain’s Pucci collaboration, it was instant love with the entire collection, but the item that stood out head and shoulders above the ...
Take a luxury cosmetics brand like Guerlain, renown for making exceptional beauty products, add creative design touches courtesy of the house of Emilio Pucci, and what you get is a match made ...
There’s an undeniable Frisson (shiver) of excitement I feel when I come across a new CHANEL collection, and the while the Attraction may be obvious, the Distraction of all that beauty ma...
Several years ago, my family and I had been invited on a friend’s private yacht (sounds so pretentious, doesn’t it?!) where we cruised the stunning tropical Abacos Islands of the B...
When I first learned that Butter London would be entering the field of cosmetics, I had some reservations; having established themselves as makers of exceptional nail products, would branching...
Ok…before you start groaning and complaining, hear me out; I may not be the biggest champion of the whole crackle effects trend, but I can’t deny just how cool it is to watch it ha...
Sometimes I gravitate towards a product because of the colours. Sometimes it’s because of its limited edition status which stirs up that “not wanting to miss out” feeling (ye...
It’s true that I have been a fan of beauty products & cosmetics since probably before I was born (I’m fairly certain that it all began then!), but I haven’t always been a...
Sometime after I began my blog back in late 2010, I came across the term “nail polish jewelry”, which had me completely baffled; was this jewelry for your bottles of nail polish, y...
With a name like ‘Gold Digger’, I wasn’t sure if I should be sporting a knowing smirk, or act insulted – the smirk won! Instead of the usual connotations to this term, ...
Is it a little crazy that I get such a thrill of excitement with the launch of a new collection? Case in point: the summer 2012 collection from NARS, which grabbed me from the start with its e...
*In case you were wondering, this review continues my Wedding Anniversary Bounty series! (see here, here, & here for previous entries) More than that, however, CHANEL’s ‘Sable-Emouvan...
*Don’t forget to check out my Mother’s Day Giveaway here!* A while back, I had blithely declared this to be the year of “the bronzer”, and when I saw my first gl...
*Don’t forget to check out my Mother’s Day Giveaway here!* Continuing with the reveal of my Wedding Anniversary Bounty (begun here), I realized that I also needed to include...
*Don’t forget to check out my Mother’s Day Giveaway – details here* Sometime this past January, I began dreaming of summer … specifically a CHANEL summer. I lay ...
*Don’t forget to enter my Mother’s Day Giveaway here!* This past April 28th when my husband & I celebrated our 22nd wedding anniversary, he knew better than to ask me wh...
*Don’t forget to enter my Mother’s Day Giveaway here!* I have stated often enough how particular I am about what I put in my hair, and how high my standards are in that regard (yes...
Nothing says “Mother’s Day” quite like a lady mouse. Ok, maybe that’s a bit of a stretch, but you have to admit that Minnie Mouse significantly influenced the makeup of the st...
As a beauty blogger and generally all-round cosmetics fiend, my face, nails & even body have become testing grounds for the various products I apply, but the face is the area with the high...
I have a massive soft spot for anything Disney-themed and so when I first heard of this collection, I’m sure a part of me must have melted just a touch. The 4 shades of OPI’s ̵...
I have never worn neon nail lacquer. I’ve never worn neon anything. I’ve never even wanted to, but when I first set eyes on Essie’s ‘Poppy Razzi’ collection somet...
April 28, 1990 and the day began blisteringly hot, but I didn’t care because I was marrying the love of my life, the man who met me when I was a sassy girl of 14 and went on to tell his ...
Let’s face it; removing one’s body hair is a chore. Now imagine a scenario where you can have that same body hair basically completely removed, painlessly & permanently, all wi...
Imagine shards of multifaceted crystals. Now take those same crystals and pulverize them – that’s basically what you have with China Glaze’s new ‘Prismatic Chroma Glitt...
Let’s be honest here: for the most part, taking off one’s makeup is so NOT fun. While I’ve always done my best to remove all eye makeup before going to bed, I confess that I&...
Ask any woman what beauty item she wouldn’t want to ever be without, and the answer will inevitably be mascara. With the endless varieties available, this beauty staple becomes very subj...
Wrapping up (with Spidey-webbing, of course) my review on OPI’s Spiderman Collection (see part 1 reviewed here), I bring you the last three shades, along with ‘Shatter the Scales...
It may sound like a bizarre pairing – a nail lacquer collection inspired by a superhero, a MALE superhero, who happens to have his powers based on an arachnid, no less. But … it w...
Butter London (does’t that name simply just roll off the tongue so easily?!) has released five fresh, yet totally unique shades, just in time for the spring/summer season that is upon us...
How thrilled would you be if you could help create a unique CHANEL nail lacquer shade? That’s exactly what happened in 2008 to then-19 -year old Amy Gonzo from Port Washington, WI, when ...
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