An online ad for KAMA Miraculous Fluid promises “new skin in 21 days”. If you can get a “new” skin in this number of days, I wonder how many days it would…
“And she was fayr as is the rose in May” – Geoffrey Chaucer, The Legend of Good Women, Cleopatra. When I came to Massachusetts to do my M.A. in Chaucerian Literature, two…
I love facials just as much as the next beauty junkie. Who wouldn’t love being pampered with massaging cleansers and exfoliators, all the while tucked cozily into a heated treatment bed? This…
According to the Professional Beauty Association, the average price for a haircut in the U.S. is about $45. Manhattan is a whole other story. With prices ranging up to $800, it’s not…
Apparently, when God was giving out cleavage, my mom was in the wrong checkout line. I’m a little girl…in the worst sense of the word. Call it petite, call it cute, call…
Jason Ascher, behind the Chantecaille counter at Barneys New York The late, great Charles Revson, founder of Revlon, once said, “In our factory, we make lipstick; in our advertising, we sell hope.”…
I know I shop during a time when new products are sprouting up like mushrooms, and it’s hard for me to stick to something more than a few weeks. Before you can…
A spa is a temple that takes relaxation to levels that even the Bahamas can’t. The world knows that the Thai have always known good hospitality and service. So trust the new…
Fragrance has reinvented itself, turning up unexpectedly on many a scented body part. There’s really no need to limit your dabbing and spritzing to hot pulse points anymore, since new products have…
Being a dog owner and a dog lover, I’ve been to many dog birthday parties, too numerous to remember. Most times, Darby my rollicking Irish Setter tags along, knocking over my host’s…
