If you’re like me — an idiot when it comes to makeup application — you will adore Stila’s Yumberry Lip & Cheek Stain ($24). A soft pearlized pink stain, you’ll find your cheeks naturally flushed and luminous. And breathe easy, for this doesn’t require a litany of brushes, pads and newfangled technologies to achieve fabulous [...]

Believe me when I say I curse the day that I breezed by the J Crew Starlight Granite ballet flats in late December. Pausing, I slipped on a sample and was smitten with the graphite glitter shoe on my feet. The delicious toe cleave, the way the deep grey picks up light, and the [...]

As I’m getting older I’ve realized that a smart wardrobe is comprised of simple classics juxtaposed with accessories that add spark and interest. From tangled, heavy metal statement neckpieces to voluminous hot hued scarves to sculptural stilettos, I rely on my accessories to amplify my personal style. That having been said, I’m a firm believer [...]

Cue the angels because doves just flew out of my hair. Imagine my shock and surprise to experience rapture in a dressing room, of all places! For most of my life I likened fitting rooms to torture chambers — poorly lit spaces that celebrated and amplified, in cruel and painful detail, every single one [...]

Macadamia Healing Oil Treatment ($36): “is a therapeutic oil perfect for all hair types and is especially beneficial to dry, damaged hair. The Healing Oil Treatment is instantly absorbed, weightlessly infusing the hair with moisture and nutrients for silky smooth, healthy looking hair while providing natural UV protection from photo and sun damage. Dry, brittle [...]

Today, I struggled with showering, sudden movements and hoisting myself out of bed. Four days a week in the gym and I’m practically in traction. Calling out for Depends, Bengay and Metamucil. The culprit? Physique 57 and the litany of torture devices employed during my workout. Make no mistake – I loved my workout, [...]

Over the past year I’ve fallen deeply in love… with myself. After years of pain, where my two most significant relationships involved a bottle of wine and self-loathing, I’ve taken a step back and looked at my life with eyes wide open. Instead of dissecting all my seemingly infinite flaws, I let go and [...]

David Rogers, international man of mystery, is back with his take on scrubs and moisturizers for men. Look for more posts from David in the coming weeks, as he unravels, much like the riddle of the sphinx, the mysterious art of pheromones, shaving, and hair gels one can’t live without. -ED.
I wonder: do men [...]

Tell me this. How could a body scrub smell so right yet be so utterly, undeniably, and indefensibly wrong?! As you guys know I’m a scrub-testing spree, and tonight I found myself in my shower with a tube of Carnauba Wax (translation: Automobile protectant. Car wax. Meineke). And unlike the glinting, reflective finish of [...]

Exhibit A: my momentary lapse in reason. Last weekend, the girls and I journeyed to the Woodbury Commons Outlet Center, and were prepared for the legions of frenetic shoppers, the requisite kicking and bag-biting, but instead we discovered delicious pasta and enviable wares. While Dina scored a show-stopping pair of Mui Mui heels (her gilded [...]

There was a time I could remember warm bodies on a glittery beach. Sand-dusted ceviche and skies that dipped into the waves that crested and foamed onto the shoreline. Although I’m one to take shelter from the sun, worry if just a moment bathed in it would torch my skin, I do sometimes miss [...]

Be still my back, but my weekday bag needs to be the equivalent of a clown car. From carting around a MacBook laptop to the requisite hardcovers, five red lipsticks and several gadgets and random whatnots, I need a bag that can carry a miniature sink. However, come weekends I eschew the big and [...]

I’m going to be blunt: I was a chocolate and bacon naysayer. Years ago, I ridiculed the lithe marketing assistants who scurried downtown to Vosges to procure a $7 bar of milk chocolate speckled with bacon bits. The idea of marrying two markedly different tastes and textures confounded me, and I regarded my colleagues [...]

I’ve a confession to make – I’m obsessed with scrubs. In the cruel lair that is my pink bathroom, I’ve gone rogue and stockpiled. From the blood oranges of the Mediterranean to the deep enveloping lavender and jasmine blooms to the delectable confections unearthed from hot ovens, I’ve been known to succumb to a [...]

When my friend Sarah espoused on the glories that were tea tree for combination skin, I thought she’d been hitting the pipe. While I was prepared to apply the calming oil to my parched strands and body, I hadn’t conceived of it as weapon against my Exxon forehead situation, an Agent Orange for breakouts. [...]