This blog is dedicated to my husband who sees my imperfections and doesn't mention them.

I love trying new beauty products. Place me in a Sephora or Ulta store and I feel I am in paradise. For hours I can pleasantly entertain myself looking at the plethora of different shampoos, facial washes, makeup and perfumes, envisioning myself as a size 0 with glowing clear skin, no split ends, and being stopped by every man in America asking “What’s that scent you are wearing? (Ok, maybe not EVERY man)

One of my downfalls , as my mother will readily tell you, is that I am a sucker for cool packaging and intriguing ingredients. That inclination has resulted in trying hundreds of different products over the years – good and bad. Some products I have used ever since I was in college and I would rather exit the house with no makeup and hairy arm pits then see my fav end up on the proverbial chopping block. Others I have readily discarded vowing never again to be duped by flowery ingredients which deliver zero results.

Because of my “beauty product love”, I probably have more knowledge roaming around in my head than Wikipedia. So I decided to start this blog to share my adventures with you on the quest for beauty, giving my recommendations and warnings so your money can be well spent. The subject matter may be a tad vain, but ultimately every woman has an innate desire to look and feel her best and there is nothing wrong with that. Happy reading, and if you don’t come for my daily blabberings at least drop by for my contest giveaways that I hope to do every other month.


How to Protect Your Pout

Ever see in a movie where a kid holds up a magnifying glass and uses the sun to fry ants? That's basically what you're doing to your lips when you wear gloss without SPF. Gross, I know. Dermatologists are warning that shiny gloss may up your cancer risk, since the shine causes more UV rays to penetrate directly through the skin instead of getting reflected off the skin’s surface (sort of like old-school tanners coating themselves in baby oil for extra frying power). Skin cancer on lips is serious business: an estimated 3,500 new cases are diagnosed every year. That said, if you wear a shiny gloss with a base layer of at least SPF 30, you're protected. (We like to use Shiseido Sun Protection Lip Treatment SPF 36 PA

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