5 Great Buys: French Beauty Favorites

Ah, the French. American women are utterly fascinated with French women for their personal style and beauty routines. We just can’t wrap our heads around the fact they get to drink wine and eat a diet rich in butter and cheese and look like they do — in marinières with horizontal stripes no less — […]

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February Beauty Empties

I think we can all agree 2021 is well underway now and while we’re still not out of the Covid-19 woods yet, there’s definitely more optimism in the air. When it comes to my beauty routine, I’ve had to make some adjustments to manage the effects of my first winter in the UK, but I’ve […]

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How Moving to the UK Has Impacted My Skin

Whenever you travel or move to a new climate, your body reacts. Maybe your digestive system has to adjust to the food or your sleeping patterns are off. But often it’s your skin that has to go through a prolonged adjustment period. We moved to the UK almost four months ago and it’s taken me […]

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January Beauty Empties

And just like that, it’s a new year and…I don’t feel any different. As the lockdowns continue and we wait for our turn to be vaccinated, 2021 so far feels like 2020, part two. So, I’m keeping busy as best I can and that means working through my stash of skin care. My beauty empties […]

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How to Fix Day-After-Drinking Skin

You won’t usually find me drinking during the week. Nothing against alcohol (or anyone’s personal preferences about it) but drinking during the workweek usually messes with my sleep. And I have a hard enough time falling asleep these days as it is. But this Wednesday, drinking was done. And it was celebratory. I was honestly […]

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