Lovely Noir by Sarah Jessica Parker 2025

Hey Posse Peeps. Let’s talk about SJP’s latest release, late last year and in time for Christmas. It was all over our local chemist and under AU$10 for 30ml. I know, right! Lovely Noir has arrived. The checkout chick after… Continue Reading

Nail Polish- an experiment

I don’t normally wear nail polish (and the results will show you why I don’t) but there was a tic-toc thing going on about metallic nail polish and using an Apple Watch charger to manipulate the metallic flakes into French… Continue Reading

Past Elegance

Posse, this story begins with a long-ago trip to NYC (I cannot now remember why I was there – but I was always there, so (shrug).  I lucked into a suite at The Ritz on Central Park, it was a… Continue Reading

Merit Beauty Retrospect

Broken record. Rain for the next two weeks … at least. So far, no new storms. Just pitter-patter with sun in between. I am not complaining about the sun. We’ve got the potholes from hell on our roads – in… Continue Reading

Stressbusters: Arpège

Well it’s been a few weeks. We have had a few things at work go wrong in ways that have had me seriously getting my inner Miranda Priestly on and one that made me almost get my Lucy Harbin on.… Continue Reading

She Went to Paris!

Carolyn just got back from a week in Paris. It was a huge bucket-list item – she hadn’t been, and she’s got some health issues that could have forced a last-minute cancellation. But they didn’t, and she dodged the crappy… Continue Reading

A couple of Parle Moi de Parfum

It’s February. Goodbye January and good riddance? Boy, was it wet and yuck here. Tuesday morning is our first spring tide (neap tide) of the year. Is today Groundhog Day in the US? We had a second storm come through… Continue Reading