Actifirm: First Impressions

Recently, my good friend Felicia from ThisThatBeauty gave my name to the folks at Actifirm as being someone who may have some interest in trying their products. Felicia is all about skin care, and she knows that although I'm a kid at heart, my face is certainly not going along with the plan. I'm one of those who just can't bring themselves to do Botox (besides the fact that I'd need so much no

Hey, Remember Me?

OK, I've never been the best at blogging frequently, but this has to be the longest hiatus I've ever taken. Faced with my daughter moving to start college in Boston, we spent most of our summer doing a "bucket list" of things she wanted to do before she left for school - from favorite restaurants to just going for a hike.Always an independent kid, we expected her move to Boston to not be a biggie

Urban Decay Friends & Family Sale

Urban Decay's Friends and Family sale (25% off) begins today, and is going on through July 10th. For me, it comes in handy since UD wasn't at IMATS, and I'm all about discounts right now!I picked up another 24/7 eyeliner - I think there's probably only one color I don't already have. I absolutely love their liners - they go on nice and smooth, and last forever. I have to work to get them off

IMATS 2011 Bucket List

IMATS is almost here! I really regret not exhibiting this year, but potential scheduling problems kept me from being able to renew my booth a year in advance. Now it turns out that I would have had the dates free - bummer. On the positive side, at least this year I'll be able to shop the floor - last year, we were lucky to be able to squeeze in potty breaks. I try to justify missing the

Vacation Hours

I can't believe that it's almost time to send my beautiful baby off to college 3,000 miles away from home! For those of you who have missed all my "proud momma" posts on Facebook or Twitter throughout the ardous college application process, my daughter has been accepted into a very elite program at Boston University. She will be enrolled in a 6 year combined program from which she will emerge

Exciting News!!!!!!!

Recognize this logo? Chances are if you're a professional makeup artist, you'll recognize it as belonging to the well known pro makeup artist store, Camera Ready Cosmetics. CRC, located in the San Diego area (as well as online), carries all the best pro brands like Ben Nye, Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics, Cinema Secrets, Graftobian, Kett, Eve Pearl, Mehron.... and now, ME!!!!Recognizing the need

We're in People Magazine!!!

Do you recognize this VIP? Yes, that is the one and only Vice-President of the United States. Why am I so excited about an article on Joe Biden? Because the grooming for the photo shoot was done by makeup artist Victoria Stiles, who used our Skin Smoothing Foundation (he's a blend of Calif Blonde and Neutral Medium, if you were wondering) and Diamond Perfect Finish. Purely Cosmetics, worn on one

Theme Song for The Makeup Show LA: ♫ I Had The Time of My Life ♫

For years, I've been attending The Makeup Show, and after returning from this weekend's festivities, I really have to say that this year was the best one ever. I think I even came home on a bigger high than I did from exhibiting at IMATS, lol.Though the show has always billed itself as more of a boutique pro-only show (imagine this: the line to pay at MUFE was no longer than 5 minutes), this year

Coming This Weekend: 3 Days of Makeup Porn!

It's coming, it's coming! I can't wait for the end of the week, when The Makeup Show will be in LA. I love this show. Because it's a pro-only event, it's not the mob scene that IMATS can be. Billed as more of a boutique show, one really gets an opportunity to meet and talk to key makeup artists, brand creators.In additon to the regular show days (Saturday and Sunday), there will be a pre-show

Out of the Beauty Box - An Insider's View

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to help Koren (aka Enkore Makeup) and Elessa (aka Pursebuzz) with their first Out Of The Beauty Box tour in Los Angeles. I had a lot of fun, even if my sole purpose was to be the demonstration model for applying makeup to "Old Lady" skin, lol.I spent a good deal of time tweeting about the class and sending lots of pictures to TwitPic, and was suprised at how

Hacker Update & Other Things of Note

Yay! Most programming is fixed! I can log in, the payment modules work a-ok, and everything is once again secure. I still have the international shipping problem though...My programmer fixed the hacking problem, and I was even able to briefly log into the administrative end to view orders. They are tightening all of my security parameters, so once again, I can't log in. Hopefully, this should be

Hacked!

It appears that the website has been hacked. I can't log in to the administrative end to view or process orders. I've notified my programmer, and am speaking with my hosting provider as I type to figure out what is going on. The last time my site was hacked, there were suddenly a bunch of drug urls appearing in Google - which I have had removed. To the best of my knowledge, I don't sell Viagra,

Giveaway Winner Announced

I hate picking winners from random.org - it's so.... blah. Much more fun to let Twitter pick the winner! SteeInPurple was the first to respond to my request, with the number 24. Who did that equate to? Drum roll please......WindyCindy!Congrats Cindi! SkinCareRx will be contacting you at the email you provided with your code for your $25 gift certificate to be used at SkinCareRx, SkinBotanica, or