We've Partnered! Want Bath & Body/Skincare Products?

Having a natural makeup line, I frequently get requests from customers who want a similar option for skin care and/or bath & body products. I'm a firm believer in the saying "Jack of all trades - master of NONE." I don't do skin care. BUT... I've now partnered with a fantastic skin care line: Garden Girl Skincare.Garden Girl's products are free from parabens, petroleum and mineral oil based

Semi-Scientific Experiment: UDPP vs PurelyCosmetics' Mineral Eye Shadow Sealant

After reading on virtually every beauty blog out there about eye shadow primers, and the overwhelming popularity of Urban Decay's Primer Potion, I strolled on over (OK, schlepped over - it's a 30 mile drive each way) to Sephora and bought some UDPP, along with Nars Orgasm blush to dupe. I liked the primer pretty well - despite the fact that I seem to be straying more and more away from all

Another FREE Giveaway!

I'm sponsoring another free giveaway. This time, it's my Eye Shadow Starter Kit on the popular blog/shopping site Sparkle *Shelf. Included in this set are:5 Full size eye shadows in some of our best selling colors: Silver, Charcoal Smoke, Rose Beige, Chocolate Raspberry & Nearly Nude Shimmer;Deluxe Eye Shadow Brush;Angled Eye Liner Brush; and also thrown in,Mni Detail Brush to get small areas

New Stuff & Reduced Prices

We added a few new things to our line in the last couple of weeks. By popular request, we now carry a dual fiber stippler brush - a great tool for applying bronzers or blushes when you want a softer, less defined focus. Unlike a standard blush brush, you don't apply in a sweeping motion - you "push" or "dot" on your color. The head of the brush has fibers of different lengths, giving an

And The Winner Is....

I'm a little late in announcing the winner for the Free Brush Set Giveaway - yesterday went by in a complete blur! But thankfully, I'm almost caught up. Brittany K is now the proud recipient of this very cool 10 piece brush set:Congratulations Brittany! I'll get this out to you in today's mail. Hope you enjoy it!

Are Mini-Vacations Worth It?

I haven't had any time off in several years, unless you count the family vacations with all the in-laws (which I don't, since they are NOT vacations!), so we took 3 days off to go skiing using a condo of one of my husband's clients. Me, my husband, daughter, and her boyfriend (ack). Every day for the last year, orders have gone relatively smoothly, and I figured all I had to do was stick up a

Gone Fishin...

I haven't had a vacation in quite a few years, and desperately need some time off. Though it's not Fiji, or even a weekend in Vegas, I'm off for a couple of days of R&R in Mammoth Mountain to go skiing (I'm not much of a skiier, but hey, time off is time off!) with my husband, daughter, and her boyfriend (GAK). It's a short trip - leaving on Sunday, skiing on Monday and half of Tuesday, returning

The "To Do" List

Is your "to do" list a mile long like mine is? And I bet you're like me, and get to maybe 1/10th of that list each day. Subconsciously, that list is divided into parts: absolutely, positively gotta do it no matter what (like pay your real estate taxes before midnight the day they're due), really "need" to do, and "would like to do's". Somehow, I never get to that last type unless I'm looking for