Archive for February, 2009
A moment on the lips…
You know what makes me really excited? Finding new uses for beauty items that are meant for something else. So I just stumbled on this piece from Sunday's NY Times about François Nars' makeup for the Marc Jacobs Fall 09 show. (Diclosure, I love Nars' makeup. Fuller disclosure, I have a friend who works there.) His inspiration was the 80s punk [...]
Anyone experiencing the "lipstick effect"?
I made the mistake of turning on CNBC yesterday while the latest Congressional dog-and-pony show was on air. One of the politicians was questioning the Fed dude on the mark-to-market accounting doo-dad: "can marketing this mark-to-market help find a market for the mark?" WTF? Honestly, this economic meltdown is giving me wrinkles. And it looks [...]
Why Allure Mag is like porn
Oh Allure! Why do you break my heart? I always rip open the new issue when it arrives, anxious to read the "beauty bible" and am always so disappointed. The March issue came this morning, and the cover tag of "Stressed Out Skin?" pulled me in, only to hurt me within the very first paragraph. In analyzing the skin of our over stressed masses, [...]
I am using Madonna's vibrator
I spent 30 minutes of my morning exercising on a vibrating platform. My pilates studio is now offering Power Plate sessions, and at a fraction of the cost of my usual pilates training, I decided to give it a whirl. The idea is that you work out while on this contraption that uses whole body vibration, causing your muscles to continually work [...]
Hello Wordpress!
I am a very naughty blogger. After a month of promos at the spa, it was full on holiday mode. Then there was a whole blog re-think. What do I want this to be? Why am I compelled (or not) to do it? And why the hell am I paying for it? So, after several months of thinking about it (I am a Libra after all; nothing is done without a very large [...]
