5 Summer Treats for Face, Body and Hair

Guess who's back? Friends, I know it's been months since I've posted anything. It's flaky, I know. Life has just been a little crazy and beauty mania hasn't been my biggest priority. But I'm happy to say that it's all been positive - job, family, friends and relationship are all excellent. It just took a while (ok, a LONG time) to adjust to traveling 5,000 miles back and forth (yes, I'm living

From the Depths of the Beauty Closet: LORAC Blush/Bronzer Duo

As you might imagine, I have quite the stash of beauty stuff. And more often than I'd like, things get lost, buried, accidentally tossed, given away...you get the idea.I thought I had long lost this excellent blush/bronzer duo from LORAC, but on a cleaning binge two weekends ago, lo and behold...there it was, stuck in the very back of a drawer. Score!I bought this Blush/Bronzer Duo in Hot Flash

5 Cosmo-Inspired Beauty Products

Can you believe I still haven't seen the Sex and the City movie? Shameful, I know.If you haven't had a chance to see it yet, or if you just can't get enough of the SATC hype, bring home some of these beauty products inspired by Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda's favorite cocktail...the cosmo!Me! Bath Ice Cream in Cosmopolitan is like a LUSH bath bomb -- throw it in the tub and it fizzes

Cool is the New Hot

Ah, the burning, stinging, eye-watering feeling of a lip plumper. Swipe one on and you can almost hear your grandmother telling your 8-year-old self that "sometimes it hurts to be beautiful" as the hot rollers got dangerously close to your tender little earlobes. Heh!For true masochists I highly recommend LORAC Lip Addiction in Super Hot, which I'm actually not sure you can even get anymore.

Sephora Report: Post-Holiday

I was in dire need of some retail therapy this week, so I stopped by Sephora Short Hills to browse the wares. Some notable newbies:Philosophy Red Velvet Cake 3-in-1. Like the others, it smells absolutely divine, although if I were to nitpick I'd say it smells more like Coca Cola Cake than Red Velvet Cake. But...I bought it and have been enjoying it all week. The only drawback? When you spread it