New year, same me

Happy New Year internet friends. The holiday season for me has been filled with fun, travel, and the people I love. Including many children, which means that now I'm quite sick and likely won't be awake at midnight. I can count on one hand the number of times I've been healthy on NYE in the...

Holiday anti-haul: drugstore edition

Am I too late in the Christmas season to talk about products I don't want? Yes? Oh well, you're getting another anti-haul anyway. I know that I talked about some inexpensive products in my Ulta anti-haul, but there's more drugstore stuff that's been released that I feel personally victimized by. Mostly because they're pointless, gimmicky...

Beware! There’s death in everything!

If you're anything like me and mildly obsessed with Asian beauty products, you're likely also always concerned about what's actually in the stuff you're slathering all over your face. Enter Allure to confirm our worst fears: apparently dangerous levels of mercury have been found in skincare products being sold on Amazon and eBay. Lovely. According...

Travel hair and skin care

I've been home from my most recent round of travels for a few days and I'm already packing to leave town again. This time I'm going home for the holidays; Christmas is something I look forward to all year, but Dan has to come back to Albany before the actual holiday and that sucks. Anyway,...

Full Spectrum by CoverGirl: wait… what?

The post you were supposed to be reading today is about Rimmel and their anti-cyberbullying campaign, but once again the British brand is being overshadowed by their upstart Yankee cousin, CoverGirl. CoverGirl, in a move that's perplexing basically everyone, is launching (or has launched? It's a little bit unclear as some of the products aren't...

Travel makeup

It's been almost a year since I started traveling in a mildly insane manner. Boston, Michigan, various cities in Florida multiple times, Rochester, Albany, and now Roanoke, Virginia. Dan is here doing some kind of airplane training, and since there's really no need for me to be home, I met him here after my weekend...

Holiday anti-haul: Sephora edition

Here we go again: another anti-haul! Today we're looking at Sephora, and there's a lot to rag on here so let's get right to it. Sol de Janeiro Bum Bum Carnaval Extravaganza Beauty influencers everywhere are weeping that this made someone's anti-haul, but I really don't get why it's so universally loved. It's supposed to...

Family fun time in Ft. Lauderdale

My stepdad turned 60 over the weekend. His birthday conveniently coincided not only with his favorite football team, the Buffalo Bills, taking on their longtime rivals, the Miami Dolphins, in Miami, but the resort where my sweet, adorable cousin works in Fort Lauderdale was also hosting a Buffalo Bills-themed weekend, complete with game tickets, transportation,...