I’ve been learning a few things as a nail polish newbie.  One of them is, there are many shades that are really, really wonderful in the light, but they all basically look black indoors.   To each his (or her) own, but my feeling on that topic is, unless you work as a hand model or [...]

 By Shelley Perhaps if I told you my story, it would help. I had no plan to be in this tribe.  Nobody in my family was.  I hadn´t had any friends who were.  I was happy with my life, with plenty of fulfilling activities and friends who cared about me. Then along came Norell.  Without [...]

This Saturday is my sister’s 50th birthday, so I’m getting ready to head out of town to pick up my still-recuperating mom and take us both down to celebrate with her in Kansas.  Yes, I’m being nice to her since I have a 50th next year, and I don’t want anything mean done to me. [...]

We had a theater event on Saturday night, a family-level thing rather than elegance.  (Diva’s in a belly-dancing performance troupe.)   In such a situation I want my fragrance to be more “personal” — having been trapped more than once at, say, the Opera, in a seat next to someone wearing a heady fragrance like Giorgio, [...]

Continuing in our countdown of the top 100 – mostly because I have a headache the size of Texas – I give you your Top 51 through 75, which are getting more interesting: Comme des Garcons Kyoto Chanel Cristalle Dior Diorella Dior Miss Dior Etro Messe Di Minuet Hermessence Ambre Narguile L’Artisan Passage d’Enfer Ormonde [...]