Today I visited a Trish McEvoy counter and had an artist apply their Dual Sunlit Bronzer. I had been wanting to go back to TME to try their bronzer because about a year ago I tried and ended up really liking one of their blushes a lot. As I expected, TME’s bronzer is kickass. You…

The other day at the makeup counter an artist did a wonderful job applying Dior’s new “It-line” eyeliner and the result was amazing. The new Dior Addict It-line is very vibrant. The fine brush is an excellent tool for applying very precise lines. Unfortunately I found that the liner does not really last very well…

Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty – Sanskriti Music and Dance Festival 2014 Part 1 Here’s an attempt at embedding the video. (Please be patient as it may take a while for playback to start because Hostgator doesn’t seem to allow customers to stream video properly.) Converted for web HTML5-compatible format with Any Video Converter.

I just started watching a new drama the heroine of which is said to be a Cinderella who lives in a 6-tatami apartment. I investigated this and its actually true that in Japan room sizes can be given in terms of the number of tatami mats that fill the space. There’s a really cool site…

At the salon the other day we were discussing chia seeds and someone there made a comment like “Its so slimy!” indicating they didn’t like them. Agua de Chia is not slimy. I mean, yes the seeds are somewhat mucilaginous, but that is what gives Agua de Chia its richness and fullness. My guess is…

Read this intriguing bit of information today: It has been speculated that the original evolutionary function of hemoproteins was electron transfer in primitive sulfur-based photosynthesis pathways in ancestral cyanobacteria-like organisms before the appearance of molecular oxygen.[1] source: Wikipedia article: Heme (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heme)

Here’s a useful tip: If you are traveling somewhere and don’t have a pair of tweezers handy, it can be very difficult to position a bindi on the forehead using just your fingers. However, if you have a functional duckbill hair clip available you can use it like a pair of tweezers to grasp the…

Here’s a variation of the popular German tea mix called Früchte Tee (fruit tea) which usually features things like dried hibiscus flower and pieces of dried fruit: Hibiscus flower Rose hips Schisandra chinensis berries Orange peel Lemon peel Dried apple pieces Stevia leaf (only a pinch) I like to fill a large 32 oz glass…

There seems to be a dearth of good toothbrushes at stores lately.  All I see are the Reach ones and they are always way too hard on teeth and gums.  I also think the heads are a little too large – they seem more designed for horse teeth than human teeth. I love this TerraDent…

New eyeshadow palette “Tisseé Vénitien” on multiple Chanel sites: France, Canada, and UK but haven’t seen it on their USA site unfortunately, and cannot find links to order it 🙁 I love this amazing look which features their Les Beiges bronzer/highlighter/contour powder: (If you look in the model’s eyes you can see what looks like…