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

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

Walking around..

After a couple of weeks of on and off rain we had a decent Saturday so I decided to go for a walk. Now, walking doesn’t mean not shopping, so there were a few stops. First was Santa Maria Novella… Continue Reading

Phantom Zone: Le Labo Violette 30

So, part of my StC order from last time included a le labo that I have never heard of (well, I never said I had encyclopedic knowledge of these.) Looking on the interwebs I found came out at the end… Continue Reading

Dearly Departed: SL De Profundis

Well I guess I will keep the Serge thing going here since one of my Surrender to Chance hauls contained a sample of this 2011 release. I wrote at the time that it gave me the same feeling as Serge… Continue Reading

Welcome 2026

I welcomed 2026 with the tail end of the flu. It was not pleasant. It also rained for pretty much the whole week. Depending upon where you are this could be an okay thing unto a bad one (if you’re… Continue Reading

Happy New Year!

Here’s to having a safe, healthy, happy, and prosperous New Year! I don’t do New Years Eve anymore and haven’t since the last millennium. I don’t imbibe and I hate crowds. Plus it will be pi$$ing rain. So it’s Movies.… Continue Reading