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Labor Day Fashion Flash

Labor Day Fashion Flash

Happy Labor Day to our US and Canadian readers! We honor all of your hard work and hope you are enjoying your day. Labor Day seems to always feel like a new beginning for me. Kids head back to school and parents around the country have a collective sigh of relief,...
Lancome Fall 2014 – French Idole

Lancome Fall 2014 – French Idole

This year’s French Idole Fall Collection from Lancome has some of my favorite shades for fall – olive greens, plums, amethyst, charcoal, golden tones – love them all! An intense smoky eye with either eye shadow palette, deep rich shades for nails,...
Fashion Flash Monday

Fashion Flash Monday

I’m baaaack!  I took a long weekend trip to the windy city.  Only it wasn’t windy – it was hot and rainy, but that didn’t stop me from having fun shopping, eating and enjoying the best friends a girl could have.  Later this week I’ll be...
Si by Giorgio Armani

Si by Giorgio Armani

The newest fragrance by Giorgio Armani is Sì. Created for a woman who is anything but plain. According to Giorgio Armani it’s for a woman who “desires frivolity, strength, softness, elegant sensuality and her thirst to live in freedom.” Sì is my...
Mechanical Pens by Hourglass

Mechanical Pens by Hourglass

If you’ve ever worked around people who hand draft plans (before AutoCAD) you know that the pencils they use are important. Many are obsessed about which mechanical pencils they use. Makeup artists are the same way about their eye liner pens.  Creamy textures...
Late Summer Fashion Flash

Late Summer Fashion Flash

Ahh that time of year again – getting the kids ready for back to school. I can hear the collective squeal of moms rejoicing everywhere! It’s also a time to try and get the last of those vacations, trips to the lake and all the last minute errands in before...