1) The cover of my new issue of Vogue has a photo of Jennifer Aniston and it says, “Don’t Feel Sorry For Me!” Well, okay, hon. I mean, Brad did dump you (he of the refined design aesthetics who sneered at your comfy-couch boho-Victorian style) for that big-lipped bimbo who just happens to be spread [...]

Regina Harris Rose Maroc Oil — $125 at La Creme Beauty for .5 ounces. Rose Maroc, Frankincense and Myrrh are the notes in this long-lasting and you only need a little oil. It goes on with the sharp incense notes, and the rose is very subtle in there. The sharpness makes your nostrils flare and [...]

It must be time for some new candy samples, which also gives me an excuse to drop in a thing of beauty by one of my favorite painters: John Singer Sargent — Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose Floris Malmaison: I was jonesing for a nice carnation, and Boisdejasmin recommended this one. Victoria, I kneel at your [...]

Once upon a time, there was a girl who had beautiful, shiny, bouncy hair. It was a wonderful shade of honey blonde. Thick and luxurious, it looked good short or long. Then she had children. Something happened to her beautiful hair. It got some gray in it, and those gray hairs weren’t shiny and pretty [...]

For the throngs of people who stopped by today and noticed that the comments section doesn’t work on my brilliant Life Gives You Lemons post (just how prescient was that title?), stay tuned, the forces of good are at work on this glitch. Here’s a great image I haven’t been able to work into a [...]