While I am an advocate of embracing your natural hair texture, especially if you’ve been blessed with naturally curly hair, I am also a fan of the infamous Spice of Life: variety. And that, my friends, is why I did a little happy dance when I figured out how to straighten my curly hair in [...]

I have a new favorite nail polish: OPI’s Lincoln Park After Dark It’s almost black, but not quite.  It’s a very, very, very deep purple and I absolutely love the way it looks on my toes.  It makes me feel like I’m pulling off something a little edgier than my normal red (which is OPI [...]

If you purchase a product “made” and/or endorsed by Lindsay Lohan, you deserve whatever happens to you. I know this.  Anyone with common sense knows this.  And yet, I allowed the saleman with spiky hair at a Sephora in West Palm Beach convince me that Sevin Nyne Tanning Mist was a smart investment.  In my [...]

Hi, I’m Finn and I’ll be posting here from time to time while Britt’s off conquering the world. Or shopping. Why? Because I’m a giver, a goddess, a saint. Plus, I love to shop probably as much as Britt does. I hate makeup removers. I’m not kidding. I’ve never used them, mostly because I can’t [...]

My friend Megan introduced me to Bare Escentuals bareMinerals makeup a few months ago, and I have been in love ever since – with only one complaint. I use the Bare Escentuals bareMinerals SPF 15 Foundation and the Bare Escentuals Mineral Veil to set the powder.  My only problem to date has been that there [...]

It’s been years since I painted my fingernails with anything but a clear coat. My toenails?  Pretty those babies up with reds and pinks and purples! But my fingers?  No way. There is nothing tackier than chipped fingernail polish, and even a manicure from the Ritz Carlton spa cannot make colored nail polish stay on [...]

I have been trying to find ways to cut back on my beauty budget. That means giving myself pedicures and at-home facials.  It means going a little longer between hair cuts and letting my girlfriends wax my eyebrows for me.  And it also means buying drugstore brands whenever possible. Several weeks ago, I ran out [...]

Great Lash mascara can kiss my ass. A few months ago, I wrote about how much I hate my mascara.  I’d been using Maybeline’s infamous Great Lash mascara for about 15 years, but I hated the way it smudged all over my face. I decided it was time to find a better mascara. What I [...]

I love it when people ask me questions. It makes me feel smart and better than you.  I mean, helpful.  It makes me feel helpful. My point is – someone asked me a question. Elizabeth asked: “do you know of any good facial cleansers that control oily and dry spots? As in, both at the [...]

I went to BlogHer and came home with a bunch of free stuff I’d never heard of before. Like the best shaving cream in the entire world. And more lip gloss than I’ll ever use in my entire life.  Seriously.  Apparently there was a marketing pow wow somewhere and everyone decided the best way to [...]