• Best Face Cleansers For Winter Dry Skin

    Is anyone else’s skin taking these winter temperatures way too personally? My recently normal-to-dry (…

  • My Top 3 Deskside Beauty Essentials

    Whether your New Year’s resolutions focus on boosting productivity or prioritizing self-care, today’s …

  • Mount Sapo All-Over Oil

    When it comes to face oils, I’m a tough critic. It doesn’t help …

  • The Elemis Pro-Collagen Green Fig Cleansing Balm Is Back!

    Elemis has brought back the Pro-Collagen Green Fig Cleansing Balm this week, and 2025 is already …

  • Work IT! – IT Cosmetics CC+ Veil Beauty Fluid Foundation SPF 50+ & Feel The Moment Primer Serum

    Work IT! – IT Cosmetics CC+ Veil Beauty …

    I waited three hours at the DMV in 90 degree temperatures getting a new out of state drivers license the other day… Photo shoot included. Things I wore: IT Cosmetics Feel the Moment Primer Serum and the new CC+ Veil…

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    Firm Up – Kate Somerville Age Arrest Hydrating Firming Mask

    Firm Up – Kate Somerville Age Arrest Hydrating …

    When the new Kate Somerville Age Arrest mask showed up under What’s New on the Sephora website during my routine mild stalking sesh last month, I became pretty excited. As a long time fan, but only a short time blogger,…

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    BY TERRY For Bart – Cellularose Aqua-Balm, TEA to TAN, Grain de Rose & Hyaluronic Hydra-Powder

    BY TERRY For Bart – Cellularose Aqua-Balm, TEA …

    When you arrive home after a vacation feeling like you need a vacation, you know you overindulged. With plane air, salt water, and way too much sun and pasta, my skin needed to bounce back to reality faster than I…

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    Italian conoSCENTi – TOM FORD Mandarino di Amalfi Eau de Parfum

    Italian conoSCENTi – TOM FORD Mandarino di Amalfi …

    When I read about Tom Ford’s Mandarino di Amalfi in British Vogue, I imagined the invite beauty editors received to experience this addition to the Private Blend collection. A luncheon including drinks and bites highlighting key ingredients in this citrusy…

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    My Visit to Santa Maria Novella in Florence

    My Visit to Santa Maria Novella in …

    Ciao! Having just left Florence, Italy I am still mesmerized by my visit to one of the world’s oldest apothecaries: Santa Maria Novella. Started by Dominican monks back in the 1200’s, the brand became available to the public some 400…

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    The J.Lo Glow – Dr. Hauschka Rose Day Cream

    The J.Lo Glow – Dr. Hauschka Rose …

    Guten Tag! Since I landed in Berlin earlier today, I decided to feature a ‘Made in Germany’ gem. Coincidentally, Jennifer Lopez told Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live about her favorite face cream a couple of weeks ago: Dr.…

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    Cooling It – Dr. Jart+ Ceramidin Liquid

    Cooling It – Dr. Jart+ Ceramidin Liquid

    During the summer months, I always advocate avoiding at least two things: overexposure to the sun and experimenting with Retinol products. Well, I broke both rules last week and with countless new products to try my skin was exhibiting more…

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    Plump It Up – Ole Henriksen Blue/Black Berry Enzyme Mask

    Plump It Up – Ole Henriksen Blue/Black …

    I first heard of Ole Henriksen via an issue of Us Weekly circa 2003 when the much more grounded Gwyneth Paltrow raved about his collagen boosting Truth Serum. I raced to Henri Bendel to get a bottle because at the…

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