Valentine’s Day is coming and here’s a great gift idea for yourself, your teens/tweens or your friends/family that have everything. Give them the gift of health and beauty. Click here for a free color match. I’m always on the hunt for good makeup. There are a ton of companies but when you really look at…
Happy Earth Day 2022
In my best Golden Girls Sophia voice…”Picture it, Washington, D.C. 1990, it was the 20th anniversary of Earth Day and I was right there on the National Mall standing shoulder to shoulder with Burt Reynolds”. OK, so Burt Reynolds wasn’t really there, at least not anywhere I could see him, but now I’m picturing the…
GIVEAWAY: SEINT Makeup Bundle
I’m always on the hunt for good makeup. There are a ton of companies but when you really look at the ingredients, how it’s made, where it’s made, if it’s tested on animals, your options go down a lot. After doing tons of research I found Seint. What makes them different? They offer foundation palettes…
Sunburnt Magnolias – Unsponsored Review
You know you have a good perverted husband when I start quoting my favorite movie and he chimes in and makes it dirty. Ellen: “My colors are blush and bashful. I have chosen two shades of pink, one is much deeper than the other.” Mark: “I like pink! Pink is my signature color. If you…
Dancing with Jake Ryan
So there I was, a fresh-faced budding young woman of 14. I was at the movies with some friends and that’s when I first saw him. He became very important in my “formative years” and was often on my mind as I drifted off to sleep…Jake Ryan. When Sixteen Candles came out in 1984 I…
Surviving Val-Pocalypse 2015
As I’m sure you can tell by now, I love to have a good laugh. But I should preface that with the fact that the material needs to be funny. Back in my single days a guy gave me this card on Valentine’s Day. Now, granted I took some artistic liberties with the card itself…
It puts the lotion in the basket…
I love body lotion (but I love a good Silence of the Lambs line just as much). Sure, I tell my husband it’s a “marital aid” when used properly, but sometimes I just like how it feels and how it smells. It can be very relaxing especially on my dry skin. When I find great…