Getting fired up and ready to face the day would probably be a lot tougher for me without makeup. It cheers me up and keeps me entertained, especially eye makeup. Doing my eye makeup in the morning sets the stage for my entire day, and next to treating my cheeks to blush and bronzer, it’s …

One of my absolute musts is making sure my lips are soft, flake-free and lipstick ready.  To get my pucker perfect, I concoct a lip scrub that works wonders:   Ingredients: 1/2 tsp. Olive Oil 2 tbsp. Sugar (I prefer white, it’s grainier) 1 tsp. Honey Combine the ingredients in the container of your choice, …

Tools Blush Brush Matte Bronzer   Thanks to the many bronzing products on the market, the beauty of glowing skin can be achieved without baking in the sun! Here’s my year-round solution to faking a sun-kissed glow:  

I feel like I’ve been counting down the days till spring since fall! — but now that the cherry blossoms are blooming here again in Northern California, it looks like my long wait is coming to an end. I love spring…and not just because of the longer days, pretty flowers and warmer weather. I also …

Meow, kittens! I sure lurves me some cat eye liner, and not just because I’m a bonafide cat lady (although I’m sure that factors into the equation). My cat Tabs (an acclaimed kitty supermodel) has purr-fect liner I don’t know… There just aren’t many eye looks equal parts elegant and fierce. Whether you’re a lady …

Welcome to “Secrets of the Eye Makeup Mavens!” — a new series of posts featuring simple tips, makeup tools and product recommendations to master popular eye looks, like smokey eyes, pastel eyes and cat eyes. In this post, the first in the series, I thought we’d explore bright spring eye shadows, like the ones in …

Now that cute frames are a veritable fashion accessory (thanks, J. Crew!), we’ve been taking a break from our contact lenses and embracing the look. We’ve racked up enough compliments from coworkers and friends and yes, even our guys, to make us wish we could jump in a time machine and share the love with …

Don’t drink coffee…or wine…oh, and you might want to skip pasta sauce. Ummmm, okay—that’s not happening. Here are three surprising (and doable!) ways to prevent/fix yellowing of your teeth, courtesy of the dentists at Lowenberg, Lituchy, and Kantor in New York City. #1 Use whitening strips BEFORE it gets super cold outside. Crest Whitestrips are …

If you’re into Pinterest like we are, you may have noticed that this fancy-schmancy updo is seeing some major pinning action. At first glance, the chignon-y concoction looks complex—too complex to do at home. But, we found that if you can put your hair into a ponytail and then braid that ponytail, then you can …

Not that we’re saying never-ever do it. BUT if you aren’t super-duper careful (and who has time to be super-duper careful?), black nail polish can come off as more “Morticia” than modern. To pull off black polish, you have to also wear the perfect outfit and your nails have to be in tip-top shape. Brown …