As you may know, I’ve been trying various facial moisturizers with built-in sun protection this winter, ever since my longtime favorite 100% Pure Pomegranate Antioxidant Hydration was reformulated. Some caused irritation; some were just a bit too greasy. However, I feel like I’ve hit the skincare jackpot with Josie Maran Argan Daily Moisturizer SPF40+.
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I just received a promotional mailer for Barneys New York’s winter 2013 gift-with-purchase event. From February 13 through February 16, if you spend $200 in-store or online on cosmetics and fragrances, you’ll receive “a cosmetics bag filled with our favorites.”
This beauty bag offer is taking place at Barneys locations in New York (naturally), Beverly Hills, Chicago, Boston, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Scottsdale, and Seattle.
Are you tempted to splurge on a fragrance or some fancy skincare that’s been on your wishlist for a while?
(If I learn anything about the contents of the gift bag—it’s usually a secret until the event actually begins—I’ll post an update!)
It’s early February, and after some prolonged warmer temperatures, we’ve hit deep winter with no turning back. This time of year brings its own beauty challenges, most of them very practical. How can we protect and nourish our skin and hair against low humidity and freezing air?
These are five of the products that are making me feel healthier and more attractive, even on the bleakest, windiest days.
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a fragrance review of Escada’s Especially Escada Delicate Notes. You can read it here.
Grand Central Terminal is celebrating its Centennial this week.
Happy Birthday to one of New York’s best and most beautiful landmarks—you are grand, indeed!
This poem was written by Billy Collins in honor of the occasion. You can hear it being read aloud, and view some present-day scenes of Grand Central’s interior, here.
Image: Grand Central Depot (as it was then called) (1914), via Museum of the City of New York.
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