My wonderful beautiful readers of Makeup Minute. I have been procrastinating on this post for a few days now. I tell you this with great sadness in my heart, but today is my last day writing Makeup Minute. It was a tough decision, but there is a lot going on in my life right now and I can only focus on so many things, some being my 4 beautiful sons and own blog A Girl’s Gotta Spa! which brought me to this great company in the first place. I know that whoever will be taking my place will fill this …read more

Here are some pictures from my time in NY during Fashion Week:

A fellow beauty blogger, Lianne from TheMakeupGirl, Samara and myself. We were at an Italian restaurant (IL Menestrello) that as Lianne put it, “Was real gangsta!” I had a great time at dinner with these ladies and we certainly laughed a lot.

I was invited to an event at Estee Lauder with Total Beauty and The Beauty Blog Network. We were given a tour of Mrs. Lauder’s office, intact the way she had it while she was still alive. The room was gorgeous, although I remarked on the fact that …read more

What’s more exciting than seeing your name mentioned around the blogosphere?
Seeing your name mentioned on Glamour Magazine’s blog! I can hardly contain my excitement! While it is not for anything I have written here or on my other blog, it was a mention about a post I wrote about my friend Kristen on Pierce Mattie’s blog.
Here’s to hoping this is just the beginning!

My name is Shannon and I love makeup. Give me some lip gloss and a nice eye shadow and you will have a new best friend. I’ve loved makeup since my mother began applying it on me from the early age of 3 for my dance recitals. It was only until a few years ago that I really fell in love with everything about makeup and understood how it could not only change your outward appearance, but how you feel on the inside, as well.
This blog is intended to be one that is written with you in mind, the makeup …read more