I’ve usually got the worse allergies. And I thought I had sailed through the season with clear sinuses when everyone else was complaining about being stuffed up and allergic. That was, until yesterday, when I was out a friend’s in the country, and the rush of pollen and mold hit me almost instantly. Pretty soon, I was [...]

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I just stumbled onto a great blog called 10 Rooms where I found this beautiful picture of an outdoor space designed by stylist Maxine Brody. I got to thinking… we spend a lot of time maintaining outdoor space (watering, mowing, planting), but very little time decorating it. This photo shows how lovely and welcoming a [...]

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Fashion designer Tracy Reese is acclaimed for her colorful and vibrant clothing lines. First Lady Michelle Obama has been seen sporting Reese’s colorful frocks on magazine covers and to official events. Reese grew up with a passion for creating beauty. The Detroit native headed to Manhattan in 1982 to attend Parsons School of Design and [...]

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Spring has sprung and, although April is over, showers continue to outnumber flowers. While rain is great for nature, it’s not so great for my hair. A good umbrella can keep me from getting soaked, but the moisture inevitably leaves my hair a frizzy mess… unless I’m using the right styling product. I wrote about [...]

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I know for a fact that my significant other cannot stand how long it takes me to fish my keys out of my purse just to open the door. Or how long it takes me to find my wallet to get my credit card to pay. Or when I accidentally lose my movie ticket that [...]

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This week I have to make over two very tired outdoor spaces: a screened porch and a small deck. Both have some dull wood furniture much in need of a May facelift. My budget solution this season is to get some pretty new all-weather pillows for the chairs that I can use as a color [...]

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Parents amass new works of art at an alarming rate. While you want to encourage your budding Picasso, you may be at a loss for what to do with the piles of paintings and drawings you’ve got covering your fridge. If you’re loathe to throw them out but don’t want a flurry of papers raining [...]

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Hair has been on my mind lately, and for good reason: As soon as the weather heats up,  my hair follows suit, swelling to a frizzy mess. Product helps, of course, but when you’ve got volume and texture like me, you need a whole lot to bring it back to looking real. Taming my tresses is my new [...]

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Doesn’t the title say it all? It’s what women all across the country strive for, only in this case, it doesn’t involve cardio or collagen. Only a little lip gloss. Huge Lips, Skinny Hips is the first lip gloss made with hoodia (the appetite suppressant); moreover, it’s a straight-up great gloss. It has plumping agent [...]

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I am enjoying Giada De Laurentiis’ newest cookware collection for Target—an exclusive line of kitchen tools and food products perfect for everyday cooking and entertaining. The Emmy Award-winning chef, who has been on the Food Network since 2002, has put her professional training at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris to good use designing a pretty [...]

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