Fall and Winter can be tough on the lips.  Chapped lips can be painful and they look terrible.  
Keeping your lips smooth is easy.  The trick it to use a two-step lip care program. First, exfoliate. Second, moisturize and protect.
I usually use a moistened washcloth or toothbrush (no toothpaste, just use water) and I massage the rough skin off gently.  I follow with a lip balm that contains a mixture of almond oil (to smooth) and wax (to protect). 
Sometimes, unfortunately, that is not enough. If you’ve reached that point, then try something like the Fern Lily Girls Pear Kiwi Pod Exfoliating …read more

ULTA is running a special gift with purchase event for bareMinerals Makeup fans. With any $44 bareMinerals purchase, you qualify for a free 4-piece Wild About Bare Kit. The kit includes a black cosmetics bag, a full size Wild Beauty Eye Color, lip gloss in Wild Honey, and a Prime Time eyelid primer.

If you are new to the line, then I suggest getting one of the bareMinerals Get Started Kits. A Get Started Kit has everything you need including 2 shades of SPF 15 Foundation, a Mineral Veil, an All-Over Face Color, a Full Flawless Face Brush, Flawless Application Face …read more

bareMinerals, by Bare Escentuals, was the first and still the best of the mineral makeups that I’ve tried. The foundations are sheer and blend well. They feel light and comfortable on my skin – which is the reason that I tried the product in the first place. The eye shadows are easy to use and you can wear them sheer and light or apply with water for a deeper, more dramatic look.
bareMinerals has a new set, that is only available at Sephora, called the bareMinerals Happiness Collection. It’s a 9-piece set of color products that contain Happybelle.
What is Happybelle?  Well, …read more

I spoke last night with a nutritionist friend of mine and she had a very different take on the sugar debate and that was, if you are in the present moment and really connected with what your body is needing and craving then you can make a sane decision on what you put in your mouth. The reason why she mentioned this was because I called her up panting about not being able to eat chocolate. So sad, I was jonesing for it. And if you’re jonesing for it, doesn’t it mean that there’s a problem? So she talked about …read more