Fashion Week… LA

So I went to a couple of shows, my favorite being Ashley Paige. My fabulous friend, model extraordinaire, Caroline D’amore (left), was in the show so I was granted a back stage pass into the world of models, make-up and super slinky bikinis… Also pictured with Caroline, Smashbox Cosmetic owner, Smashbox Studios owner [...]

Beauty with a Heart…

It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month and some beauty companies go above and beyond what is expected: they’re actually giving back…“Breast cancer is the leading cause in death for women ages 40-55. Breast cancer kills approximately 41,000 women in the United States each year.” These are just some of the staggering and frightening statistics [...]

WEEKLY MUST-HAVE

(me posing in Cover Girl’s Smoothwear Lip Tints Barely Berry, #210)Anyone who has read this blog knows that I have a fondness for red. In an August post, I wrote a Weekly Must-Have citing Stila’s POPPY convertable lip color as the “Bentley of all reds…”Well now I stand corrected.On a recent shoot that I did, [...]

3 Tricks You Need To Know For HEALTHY HAIR

Last night, my dear friend, the beautiful Ms. Zoe Winkler (below, left), asked me how often she should wash her hair. I responded, “about every other day if your hair is healthy. Every third day if it’s more dry.” She said, “But I wash my hair every day. It gets so dirty, [...]

Cooling Cucumber… Good for your body, Good for your face!

I recently visited a very interesting, “unconventional” spa in Los Angeles’ Korea Town. Aroma Spa & Sports is a full-service spa with treaments including body scrubs and massages. However, it most likely isn’t what you’re used to. Let me walk you through a massage:First, I was led through the common room of [...]

TODAY’S TRICK…

Here’s something I’m sure you’ve waited a lifetime to hear… “your lips are just so… kissable.”Okay, so I have the trick of ALL tricks for kissable, shiny, moisturized lips: VITAMIN E OIL (not the pills or the massage oil or a mixture of vitamin E, rose and other such nonsense… just pure vitamin E [...]

A little something SPECIAL

Always fabulous, Always Audrey…
This is by far, my absolute favorite new commercial (and I usually TiVo through all the advertisements!). One word to the Gap creative team… genius!Audrey Hepburn is the epitome of timeless beauty. Fit, fresh and classic.Watch, listen and learn from the queen beauty whore herself (yes, somehow she has managed to [...]

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Kate the Great????

Kate, So Great!!!
If you open any current fashion magazine, images of Kate Moss are bound to flood the advertising pages. From Burberry to Rimmel, Kate the Great is back with a bang. Who cares if she snorted an eight ball up her nose? Kate Moss is one sexy thirty-something, single mother with [...]

WEEKLY MUST-HAVE

It’s been awhile, I know. But I’ve been crazy busy with a myriad of beauty inspired projects (to be discussed in later blogs…).So let’s move on to some beauty banter. This week’s must-have is a product that I recently resurrected from the mucky shelves of my bathroom. It’s a product that I [...]