I have a magnifying mirror. It is a must for perfect eyebrow tweezing and some tricky makeup application. But, how big is too big? As in, how much of a magnifier do you need?
I was at a display at Bed, Bath, and Beyond and looked into one of their (quite expensive) magnifying mirrors. It was a 15X mirror. What I saw – shocking!!!
I had hairs in places I never new. I could not believe the two small hairs that I had by my upper lip that I must have missed waxing. I really had some messy mascara marks under …read more

Pufferbugs = puffy under eye area of mine.
Actually, more of an upper cheek area, my puffiness is usually talked about as my Pufferbugs. The term actually came form me complaining about my puffy eyes and/or the bags under my eyes. Well, my daughter was very young, and she must have heard part of the conversation and didn’t quite understand what I was talking about. All I remember is her asking me where my pufferbugs were, and the term has stuck. She is the one who points them out to me on occasion, and when the kids see me with a …read more

Is it me, or is there something wrong with this picture?
This is the soon to be 40 year old, country mega-star Faith Hill. She is stunning.

More than fit for a magazine cover, but Redbook didn’t think so. Jezebel.com got this “before” cover shot of Faith prior to being Photo Shopped to the editor’s liking.
I am appalled. What are we supposed to aspire to? She is beautiful. Why did the editor feel that she needed so much re-touching?
See the “after” picture by clicking “read more” below.

Stress. Life. They go hand in hand.

Unfortunately, stress can not only wreck havoc on our day to day activities, but stress is detrimental to our health.
Short-term (acute) stress can keep you awake at night and make you feel irritable and edgy. High stress levels over a long period of time (chronic stress) can cause serious health problems such as high blood pressure, and it can weaken your immune system and make it difficult for your body to fight disease. Stress is linked to health conditions such as depression and heart disease. via Healthwise.org
In my ongoing effort to find the perfect …read more

I am always telling my daughter, that she is lucky to be tall. She is eleven years old, and 5′7″ already. She wears a size 11 women’s shoe.
Caci hates being called “a giant”, but she sure loves it when she dominates on the basketball court. We always tell her to use her height to her advantage, but I may be in trouble.
Being so tall, Caci looks much older then she is. And the boys are starting to notice her. My son is 15 years old, and I have noticed new friends of his wondering about her. He has warned them …read more

Have you seen this yet?
I l-o-v-e it! It is a FAT RANT by Joy Nash.

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

Seriously. I wonder what the heck is going on with women in general. Have you noticed that women have bigger breasts nowadays?
So, I just came back from Las Vegas, and did some serious people watching. My hubby and I agreed that we have ever seen so many bigger breasted women. Like he thought, it used to be that about one in thirty women had bigger breasts. Now it is like one in thirty women that have smaller breasts.
I am wondering if plastic surgery is just so affordable that so many women are getting bigger breasts through breast augmentation. Or is …read more

I hope you are filling your head with new things every day. My reading list is mostly comprised of non-fiction, and how-to’s. I enjoy learning about things, and learning how to do new things.
Here is a list of what I am reading now:

Decorating Idea Book
Dr. Andrew Weil’s Guide to Optimum Health: A Complete Course on How to Feel Better, Live Longer, and Enhance Your Health Naturally
Landscaping with Stone
New Complete Guide to Landscaping: Design, Plant, Build
Bobbi Brown Living Beauty
Pure Skin: Organic Beauty Basics
The Tween Years : A Parent’s Guide for Surviving Those Terrific, Turbulent, and Trying Times
1,000 Places to See Before …read more

My kids and parents woke me up early this morning, and I noticed a lot of honking. Could this be why?