This review has been a long time coming because, frankly, for me there was a steep learning curve to Kosas tinted face oils. First, if you’ll remember, I interviewed founder Sheena Yaitanes for Orange Coast mag when she launched her first products, amazing lipsticks—article here. She’s deeply charming and honest, so when she launched the tinted…
Y’all know I’ve long been a big fan of Paula’s Choice. Still my go-to BHA exfoliant and facial cleanser. Recently discontinued my fave mascara, which has led me on Mascara Quest 2017 which will obviously be discussed with too many pictures in an upcoming post. But this post is about the new Resist Smoothing Primer…
Thank goodness for instructions. I like to think my past as a beauty editor gave me some insight into makeup … But frankly, I’m just wrong. I know nothing like Jon Snow. Urban Decay, however, knows everything. And they share their knowledge with me in this handy card that came with my Naked Smoky palette,…
I can’t believe I’ve been blogging since before 2008? A different topic. (Paula’s Choice circa 2008 here.) But Paula’s Choice tho. Throughout all of my dirty hippie adventures in skincare and beauty, Paula’s Choice has been there. Paula’s Choice has been my go-to for moisturizer, sunscreen, cleanser, and powder for … ever, I think. Their latest…
My squad in Austin last weekend was insane, even if the trip ended in food poisoning that still has some of us down for the count (damn sensitive bellies). I don’t know how it took me so long to come up with the idea, but I’m going to post photo recaps of FGF on instagram…
UPDATE: The winner is MARA! In the interest of looking flawless like a faux celeb should, I am constantly chasing the perfect face makeup. For a clean beauty lover, mineral makeups are a go-to. In the past, though, I’ve chosen to go more traditional, using Paula’s Choice or Urban Decay because I don’t care for the texture. However,…
Delving deeper into this recent makeup mania, I’ve recently been playing with the “contouring”. I haven’t gotten too extreme—because hello have you met me I play sports and sweat all the time?—but I did want to share a great tutorial(!) and a pic of my attempt(*). *side commentary, just a lil FYI: when this blog launched…
The great thing about Urban Decay is that you don’t even have to title your blog posts when discussing, you simply use their lipstick names. This is the exact same face with different lip colors—how different do the looks look?! (Yes, I know I’m making vastly different faces, and both of them weird. As discussed,…
Here’s the faux-celeb part of my life—glitz and glam at OC Look 2015, hosted by Orange Coast magazine at a private residence in Newport Coast (where the real celebs live). The glam started with my gorgeous girldate and blowouts at Drybar, where they no longer serve champagne much to our chagrin, so we had to pop…
Feel Good Friday is a gratitude list I write each week to express my appreciation for all of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments… NEW BIKE!!!! I got wheels again!! VB with friends Great positive feedback on this…