Category Archives: Beauty Tips & Tricks

This easy-to-understand guide will de-mystify choosing the best red lipstick for your skintone. You can definitely pull off red lipstick, it’s just a matter of finding the right one. Let’s dig in…

Once you see this, you won’t be able to unsee it.  This is a lipstick technique well known to professional photographers, makeup artists, and print layout artists, but maybe not so much to lay women because it’s actually very subtle…  And it makes wearing lipstick FUN, because it’s so easy.

You know all too well how hard it is to select shades of lipsticks.  You’re standing at the…

Well, flu-season may be upon us or at the very least fast approaching. According to the CDC, peak flu season is between the fall and winter months. Having just had the flu, I can honestly tell you it’s not a joke. I’m going to try my best not to get sick again this year. 

Lipstick bleeding is one of the more significant frustrations when it comes to wearing lipstick. Let’s kick off with why lipstick bleeding happens.  Why does lipstick bleed? Lipstick bleeds or feathers because of one reason – wrinkles on the lip skin and surrounding areas. Wrinkled lip skin has two underlying causes. First, loss of collagen […]

Fall 2019 is upon is us!  The cozy clothes, the camp fires, the leaf changing, and the upcoming holidays are sooo welcome after all this heat! It’s an especially exciting time to buy new gluten-free lipstick colors, and here’s 9 lipstick colors we’re obsessed with this fall. Paris A Lipstick Shade Perfect for Fall in […]

Those of us with dry, dehydrated or combination skin know that sometimes a powder based product doesn’t always work the best. Powdered blush and foundation can sometimes enhance dry patches. If you’ve ever looked in the mirror at the end of the day and have noticed how dry and cracked your skin looks you know […]

’Tis the season for travel. Summer is here, and you likely have travel plans — anything from weekend camping trips to weeklong vacations. I recently took a trip to Washington state and wanted to challenge myself ONLY to bring a carry-on. Packing a single carry-on is a bit difficult for me because I tend to be […]

It’s time to start thinking about goals. Overall, when planning your purposes for the year, think about things that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound, that also have a connection to the heart of your big picture. Your goals need to matter to you because if they don’t, it’ll be easier to drop them come February.  […]