14 Dec
It’s that time again! We’re two weeks away from a new year, and we’re ready to choose our New Year’s Eve makeup looks, outfit and, yes, party plans. Since Thanksgiving, we’ve asked ourselves “how is this year almost over?” with both excitement and a hint of anxiety, but we’re putting the shock aside and we’re ready to ring in the New Year in style. Some of us are staying in for a quiet night, others are going out with friends, and the...
13 Dec
1960s eye flicks addict Lauren Oakey lived and breathed Babydoll black. Now it’s gone, whatever will replace it? The thing about discontinued products is that I’m usually the one nodding along to someone else’s tale of woe, the disappointment dripping from their voice as they complain that their face won’t look right again without the blusher they’ve used since they were 17, or they have a good mind to boycott a brand for daring to get rid of the lipstick...
08 Dec
As usual, I’m busily searching for all things red for the holidays. (I bet red poinsettias massively out-sell white ones!) And it got me thinking. What is it about red? Why do we always associate it with the holidays? Why through history has royalty walked on red carpets? Why is it the ceremonial color for so many civilizations right back to the Ancient Egyptians and Mayans? Why is it the color of danger and passion? And why does it give...


