While the good folks over at PANTONE got quite a bit of mixed feedback last year when they announced that their “Color of The Year” for 2025 was a rich chocolate brown shade – with many commenting that it felt like they were phoning it in – I think the expectation was that something big, […]
Truth be told, I’m still getting so much wear out of the products I shared a few months ago when writing about my Fall Makeup Collection, specifically the golden hues of my eyeshadow and highlighter. They are still a part of my every day go-to looks for work or for evenings and nights out with […]
Happy Friday, everyone! While I’m still recovering from a low-key Christmas with my family that involved a lot of carbs and even more sweets, and finishing up some last minute planning for next week’s New Years festivities, I wanted to take a little time to talk about a couple of my most beloved gifts and […]
With this past weekend marking Small Business Saturday during a day out with my mom and friend Stef in my neighborhood, I knew a couple of beloved, local places I frequent regularly that I wanted to try to visit and pick up things for my ongoing holiday-gift-buying-excursions – including cafés, restaurants, and independently owned boutiques […]
Happy (Almost!) Thanksgiving, everyone! While I’m finishing up some last minute things at work this morning so I can finally slam my laptop shut until next Monday and preparing for a pie pickup in New York bright and early tomorrow morning before I head back home to visit with my family for the long weekend, […]
It’s about that time of the season where I start to go through my skin and hair essentials to determine what needs are being met as the climate/temperatures start to change and what needs require a little more TLC. Although we had what felt like a delayed start to the Autumn season this year, with […]
The end of September/beginning of October is usually around the time that I go through my current makeup collection to see what needs to be refilled, restocked, or is set to expire and needs to be tossed – and when I start picking out some new products to experiment and play around with for the […]
Before we launch into the last days of September and get ready to kick off what is undoubtedly my favorite month out of the year (I’m a Halloween Queen, after all. I think we all knew that by now!) I wanted to take some time to look back at some of the purchases, gifts, unexpected […]