Hair color heads-up: Let’s talk shampoo

A little off topic today, but here goes. OK, nobody laugh at me, but finally, after much inner debate, I took the plunge late last year and got my hair colored. The grays were really starting to gang up on… Continue Reading

February fantasy: Body products wish list

Yum … body products in your favorite scent. If they are already available, lucky you. If not, well, we’ll keep hoping. As for me, if I had a dollar for every time I wished there was a Frederic Malle Carnal… Continue Reading

Ease into 2014 with perfume (and other) simple pleasures

Happy New Year, everyone! (Ann here, playing swap-a-rama, filling in for Portia today.) As the holiday frenzy comes to a close, it’s nice to step back, congratulate yourself for getting everything done and making it into the new year. And… Continue Reading

Mix and match Monday: Body products that work with your favorite fragrance

It’s Tax Day here in the U.S. so what better to take your mind off it than fragrance? Have you ever tried a shower gel, soap, body lotion or cream and thought, “Hey, this reminds me a little of XYZ… Continue Reading

Second chances: Portrait of a Lady

Our darling Musette posted last summer about how Frederic Malle’s Noir Epices fragrance didn’t move her, but its body lotion/cream sent her over the moon. Well, her experience inspired me to rethink several scents. Case in point: I wanted to… Continue Reading

Under the radar (body products): Laura Mercier Ambre Vanille Souffle Body Creme

Perfume Education 101

Laura Mercier has always impressed me as a great brand: pretty, dependable, quality products, with nothing in its line too odd or weird. Just good, solid, wearable stuff, with fragrances and body items that lean to the gourmand. Not to… Continue Reading

Beauty Product Reviews – Weekend Round-Up!

cutest Christmas wreath in the world!

We haven’t done this for a long while.  Here’s the beauty product reviews (brief) for stuff I’m loving right now.     Giorgio Armani Maestro Fusion Foundation. Holy hell, Hannah!  I’ve loved the Armani foundations in the past, but this… Continue Reading