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Daily Beauty Rituals (1937) featuring Constance Bennett

 

This video NEVER gets old.  I love the glamour and glitz and I love the way the maid is after her and even bosses her a little.  I wonder if Ms. Bennett was really that nice to her staff and in the morning no less.

I’m really trying to establish morning routines with my kids [...]

Beauty Secrets Meme for Blogs

I self-tagged myself for this Beauty Meme from Flamingo Musings.  Feel free to auto-tag yourself!

Beauty Secrets

My Foundation: Currently, Stila Illuminating 30 Watt Foundation. Usually it’s some type of tinted moisturizer.

My Mascara: afterglow cosmetics mascara has no chemicals that will hurt your eyes

My Blush: MAC, Thevi

My Day Cream: Berwick Beauty great rose [...]

Hamadi Eco-Chic Beauty Boutique Hair

 

Celebrity Hairstylist Jamal Hamadi is inviting you to spend the night with him @ Vert, a new eco-chic boutique.  In addition to delicious treats and goodies, you’ll get a chance to mix and mingle with people who believe in ecologically sound beauty.

The Hamadi line uses 100% essential oils and plant extracts, completely [...]

Hollywood’s Beauty Secret, Margaret Kroesen’s Frownies

Frownies are simple and effective, the best part?  Frownies are easy to incorporate into your bedtime routine.  I’m admittedly late to reporting on Frownies, I don’t have (m)any wrinkles yet but I figure it can’t hurt to pre-emptively train my muscles, right?!

How to use Frownies

Sometimes when things are simple, they stump me!  it’s true, I’m [...]

Beauty Bait: Priori Radical Defense EPF

I’m just fixing up a fresh batch of beauty bait, you don’t even need a pole to catch these.

Feeling like your standard SPF leaves you exposed to pollution and free radicals? Priori’s Radical Defense  is the first ever dual chamber SPF with an Environmental Protection Faction (EPF) to protect against all harsh outdoor elements.  Totally out of [...]

Splendicity Weekly Beauty Reads July 2008

From the Splendicity community, comes this week best in beauty, fashion and shopping.

FASHION

Painfully Hip suggests the perfect havoc-wreaking ensemble for the next time a wild streak sneaks up on you.

Wardrobe Oxygen offers some tips for a woman in her ’30s to perform a proper closet clean-out.

The Well-Heeled Society interviews Shoe Designer [...]

Man your Beauty Stations this is a Lancome VIP Booklet Alert

Looks like your regular garden variety junkmailv via snailmail, comes in a black envelope.

Lancome’s Le VIP Club

“Your Elite Access to French Beauty at It’s Best”

Lancome VIP Beauty Bonus coupons:

July30-August 9 Virtuose Divine Lasting Curves Mascara in Black September 10-20 L’Absolu Rouge Advanced Replenishing & Reshaping Lipcolor October 15-25 Photogenic Lumessence  Light-Mastering & [...]

NARS balancing foam cleansing mousse

The word ‘balance’ is often used in skincare and health talk.  I can’t help but think of myself delicately trying to balance on a beam.  Did anyone else have to go through the balance beam drill in school?  I could NOT stand it. 

I was terrible at it to begin with but in addition [...]

Print Beauty: Practically Posh by Robyn Moreno

Not exactly a beauty book but so much fun and informative!  I had to make sure you knew about it. Robyn Moreno’s, Practically Posh,  delivers tips and tricks with style most ladies can attain.  Not for the snooty pants among us, this is a book for the real life women who want to know [...]

Redpoint Rejuvenating Bronzing Silk Product Review

Redpoint‘s Rejuvenating Bronzing Silk comes in a gorgeous red compact.  I love the weight of it, luxury, finery whatever you call the things you love, this is it.  I’ve used the bronzing powder a few times for the purpose of this test but truth be told, I generally use bronzing powder in the dead of [...]