The truth is that I’ve never been great about applying eye makeup. Sure, I’ve been instructed by numerous cosmetic counters and purchased way too many shadow colors that collect dust in my makeup drawer. A friend of...
Beauty
Oh man, I wish I had known about this in my 20s, when it would have been much easier to slow the signs of aging. The older you get, the harder these signs are to reverse. Regardless of whether you’re in the market to try ...
Kids keep us on our toes and sometimes prevent us from hitting the spa or gym as frequently as we’d like. So, that leaves squeezing in a little “me time” at home. Rather than spend another dime on a mediocre h...
Note: Maryam Beauty Salon is now White Orchid Salon and Spa. Papar is the spa director/owner. I hadn’t been in to Maryam Beauty Salon and Spa yet, despite driving and walking by it on Girard literally hundreds of times. I...
I bet almost everyone has a drawer full of makeup and only uses a small percentage of it. I have a big one, because I receive quite a few products at events that I just don’t have any idea what to do with. So they just s...
I saw myself in a photograph the other day with dark, puffy circles under my eyes. The photo was extra disappointing, because I felt well rested on the day it was taken. I asked Sanna at Tina Marie & Company in La Jolla w...
It’s been a while since I’ve had my teeth whitened. I drink coffee and red wine, but I don’t think the average person would have looked at my teeth and thought “OMG, she needs teeth whitening” or a...
Sorry, that’s a really terrible photo of my foot taken with my iPhone. This was almost 7 weeks after my first Bio Sculpture pedicure. From a distance (I mean no one is looking at your feet close up, typically) they looked...
I think Beauty Alert is a very clever idea. I am guilty of using my cosmetics past the recommended date, which is only a rule of thumb, since cosmetics aren’t required to have expiration dates on them. Bacteria is the m...
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