Makeup for Older Women

We don’t usually associate keeping a journal with our beauty products. Neither skin care or makeup. I have certainly never done so, but in review, it seems to be a good idea. No more buying something that gives you a rash…

Does it seem to you – like it seems to me – that the period between mid-October and the winter Holidays goes at supersonic warp speed? The Holidays are – indeed – fast approaching so today I thought we might have some fun looking at 8 different ways…

Glitter fairies unite! There’s nothing like the holidays to bring out the girlie-glitter-glamor-gal in all of us. This goes for holiday decorating as well as makeup, and in my house, it looks like a glitter fairy dropped acid and tossed multi-colored sparkles…

As a makeup artist, I always find it fun and interesting to check out the latest celebrity makeup hacks just in case they might offer quick and easy options that might work beautifully on our more mature skin. And while some of these hacks might, quite honestly…

It’s pumpkin time! What is your favorite pumpkin-type food? Pumpkin bread? Pumpkin soup? Pumpkin latte? I make a mean pumpkin bread that used to last maybe six hours in my house, but, now that the kids are grown, might last a bit longer…

I’ve never taken the step of actually doing a head-to-head test by taking photos and directly comparing a makeup look done with high-end products vs. a makeup look done with drugstore products, but today is the day!

Remember when you looked cute with blue eyeshadow plastered all over your eyelid? Or when you wore that bright red lipstick and about a pound of glitter and everybody loved it? My 20-year-old daughter can get off scot-free with nearly every trend…

While celebrity makeup artists with A-list clients are expected to have very expensive makeup brands in their kits, they will often share some of the drugstore products they use that perform just as well – if not better – than high priced versions…

I imagine that you – like me – have some can’t do without makeup favorites that you’ll definitely repurchase. So today I want to share with you my can’t do without drugstore and high end makeup products that I wouldn’t hesitate for a nanosecond…

Momma was my neighbor in Ecuador, and I never asked her first name. She was without a doubt one of the most loving and kind people I have ever met. She reminded me of an angel, and I told her so in broken Spanish, which led to us becoming close friends…