So I’m not a morning person and I kinda feel bad for my husband. Every morning he gets ready in an unearthly 20 minutes and then has to sit around and wait for me. In an effort to save our marriage I have come up with the following shortcuts to help get out the door … Continue reading
I think I mentioned before that in Junior High I got a taste of purple makeup and I liked it. Maybe I liked it too much, BUT in my defense Prince and the movie “Purple Rain” were HUGE, everyone was doing it. Honest. As a an adult I have pretty much steered clear of purple, … Continue reading
Yesterday morning I was innocently trying out a new eyeshadow when I realized that the eyeshadow I was using was so darkly pigmented it was too much for anything other than a nightclub. To make matters worse I made the mistake of trying to balance out my one black eye by putting shadow on the other … Continue reading
This weekend I had an afternoon to myself. Wanting to take full advantage of this rarity I took myself out to brunch and wandered up the street to the Merz Apothecary. Merz was one of my first discoveries when I moved to Chicago 12 years ago. It’s original outpost is in the Lincoln Square neighborhood – a leftover from … Continue reading
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