I will admit that I’m not much of a baker. I have dreams of whipping up moist cakes and sugary-sweet homemade icing (wearing four-inch heels and a stylish wrap dress no less), but the reality is over-baked sweets and store-bought frosting. Time is precious, and I just can’t spend every weekend perfecting the red velvet [...]

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Growing up, Valentine’s Day always seemed like the day girls waited around for boys to make the first move. In elementary school we’d decorate empty tissue boxes with romantic pictures clipped from the pages of YM and Seventeen. Using a glue stick, we’d paste up images of women in floaty dresses and red high heels, [...]

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Wednesday night I had the pleasure of attending the star-studded launch of celebrity makeup artist Scott Barnes’ new book, “About Face“.
Even if you’ve never heard of Scott Barnes, you’ve seen his work; he’s a whiz at making up the faces of Jennifer Lopez, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mariska Hargitay, and Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland for red carpet [...]

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I’m a bit melancholy this start of the new year, in part because one of my favorite beauty brands, Prescriptives, is sadly ceasing production on January 31st. Founded in 1979 by the Estee Lauder Companies, Prescriptives sparked the custom makeup revolution. Its philosophy was simple: Each one of us has a unique skintone and coloring, and no [...]

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At the end of the holidays, do you haphazardly throw your decorations in bags and boxes and put them in the garage or the attic until next year? It’s probably not the best idea if you have some sentimental family ornaments, or if you spent a bit on all the glittery and pretty things that [...]

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With New Year’s just around the corner–and a slow week of recouping and hanging out at home–I’m all about getting organized, streamlining and starting out fresh. I’m giving my bathroom drawers, medicine cabinet and makeup bag a huge overhaul, and throwing out that cleanser and other random products I’ve had since ‘08. What’s on my list for 2010? A [...]

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Susan Boyle, the 48-year old Britain’s Got Talent overnight sensation, released her debut album I Dreamed a Dream last week, and it is already number one on the charts. If you’re not familiar with Susan Boyle, she’s the Scottish-born singer that sang her rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Miserables — stunning the [...]

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Lately,  I’ve been tired. Like really tired. Like getting-up-at-5:30AM-every-morning-tired. Daylight savings–you know when you’re supposed to gain that extra hour of sleep–meant another hour to burn the midnight oil in my house.  My son is still not getting the hang of his usual sleeping patterns (which stretched almost an extra two hours to the blissful [...]

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Everyone remembers Chrissy from the ‘80s hit sitcom, THREE’S COMPANY. Well, our favorite ditzy blonde is actually a brilliant author and entrepreneur. In her new book, BREAKTHROUGH: EIGHT STEPS TO WELLNESS, she writes on medical advances that she believes can promote health, prevent (or at least slow down) aging, and help people live longer. Suzanne [...]

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What started out in life as a piece of military apparel during WWI, later adopted as a practical overcoat to protect civilian men and women from the rain, has established itself in recent years as a classic icon of style.

The trench coat is a timeless trend that’s getting a modern makeover. Modern day trenches are [...]

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