Here’s a few things that have been my favorite products or tips in October. How to apply a simple lip that stays for a while. This applies to people like me whose lip gloss and lipstick just slide off your lips in less than 30 minutes after application. Put on Chapstick first, then use a [...]

Some dreams die hard. I suppose I will never be six feet tall. I have grudgingly given up the fantasy of a stolen night of passion with Anderson Cooper. But I make the days bearable by maintaining (and crossing names off) my private list of fragrances I need to smell while I still can – [...]

How to decide if you want to do a cosmetic procedure: 1. Find a good doctor and schedule consult 2. Post about it on your blog and get pro and con opinions 3. Ignore advice and do what you planned on doing anyway, which was making an appointment for restylane and maybe botox. Okay, I [...]

I had an interesting conversation recently with a fellow fragrance blogger regarding the various styles of perfume blogging. My fragrant friend X is a fan of the just-the-facts-ma´am approach: she wants (and gives) the notes, the nose, the retailers, info on development or sillage, and generally strays into the personal only when it relates to, [...]

At last… a new Ormonde Jayne! I’m a diehard fan, so it is beyond unlikely that I’m going to utter a derogatory word about any creation of theirs. While I don’t love them all equally and some are just like, I do admire what she has done with this line of beautiful perfumes, ones that [...]