Apparently, if you are of a certain age (like 40-ish) and you do not have short, squared tip, french manicured nails, then you are looked at as “different”.
With dark blue nail shades one of the hottest trends this season, I decided to take the plunge and painted my fingernails with MAC’s Nail Lacquer in Whirlwind. I have worn darker shades on my toes before, but not on my fingernails, so it is definitely something new.
Whirlwind is a frosted metallic royal blue with green, blue and purple pearl. And I really like it more than I thought I would.

To those dozen …read more

If you have never been to a Nordstrom Exclusives Beauty Event or shopped the website for the exclusives, you really must. The exclusive beauty products they get in are absolutely fabulous.
The Beauty Exclusives Pre-Sale is going on now, and I am constantly changing and adding more things to my shopping bag on Nordstrom.com. You see, you can pre-order the items now, before they go on sale on July 20th, which is when they will ship out.
Just take a look at some of the goodies:

From now until the main event of July 20th, I will bring you information on …read more

Oh dear, I have noticed a few. On my hands. Ugly, little brown, patchy spots. Age spots. I hate them. I want them gone, and better yet, I have been looking into how to prevent age spots in the first place.
The best way to prevent age spots is to protect your skin from the sun by using an effective sunscreen or sun block. Each and every day. I swear I have been lathering sunscreen on my hands throughout the day.
By putting on anti-aging sunscreen each and every day, like I have just started doing, you give your skin a barrier …read more