Monthly Archives: October 2012

Product Review: Sunday Riley Prismasilk Eye Color in Moon Dust (121)

What’s your sign? I’m a Cancer, a Moon Child, so I can’t resist pearls and moonstones (my birth-stones) or any cosmetics with “moon” in their names. That includes Sunday Riley’s Prismasilk Eye Color in Moon Dust.

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Childhood Memory: Monsterpiece Theater, “Gone with the Wind”


When I was a small child, this Sesame Street segment scared me to tears. (Ironically, I ended up loving Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind so much as a teenager that I read it at least ten times over.)

Today I’m watching this clip in honor of Hurricane Sandy.

Product Review: Aroma M Beauty Camellia Oils

My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Aroma M’s new beauty products, Camellia Hair Oil and Camellia Face Oil. You can read it here.

Just Because: Edvard Munch, The Storm


Hoping that all of us in the hurricane’s path will remain safe and sound.

Edvard Munch, The Storm (1893), Museum of Modern Art, New York. 

(You can read more about this painting here.)

Preview: New Lipstick Queen Saint/Sinner Shades and “Dancing Queen” Lipstick Trio

Really, this isn’t going turn into a lipstick-only blog; I’ll get back to other topics soon! But just yesterday I noticed this page in the Barneys catalogue and I needed to know more about the “20 new shades” in Lipstick Queen’s Saints and Sinners lipstick collection. How did I almost miss this piece of news from one of my favorite cosmetics lines?

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