Today is the first day of spring. Finally. In honor of the changing season I put together an outfit I’m dreaming about, some spring fashion for you. And, I’ll be honest, a little bit for me. There might be snow on the ground outside but I’m having happy warm thoughts thinking about sunny days ahead. Days with new sunglasses, fancy lady hats, perfectly breezy skirts and a favorite cold drink. I really can’t get this maxi skirt out…
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I’m not going to lie to you, today’s post includes a lot of gratuitous photos of my feet. Not because I have a weird foot fetish – gross – today it’s all about how to home pedicure tips and tricks. How ’bout them apples? I really do apologize about the feet, but I couldn’t really find a way to do a how to pedicure post without showing an actual, you know, pedicure. Whatever. Tomorrow is the FIRST DAY OF SPRING! …
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I’m mixing it up today. Instead of talking abut travel I’m going to share my DIY beauty recipe yogurt mask. With Greek yogurt. Yummmmmmmm. Did you know yogurt is really good for your skin? Greek yogurt is really high in protein and calcium and has happy live bacteria cultures that make your skin glow. You want this on your face. Here’s how to apply the yogurt mask: Buy plain or vanilla Greek yogurt. Use a clean, specifically designated foundation brush…
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My dear friend Helen Jane asked me some wedding fashion questions today, and I couldn’t help her without going full on inspiration board. It’s just the way my brain works – I’m so so super visual. Anyway, Helen Jane’s questions basically surrounded the topic of what constitutes appropriate bridesmaid wedding fashion. It’s tricky. You get invited to a friend’s wedding and all of a sudden there are 10 events over the course of the weekend, and what on earth are…
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Last week I shared how I like to wear jeans: everyday look and now all I want to do is go shopping and buy 10 more tunics for summer. Stay focused Allison, stay focused. Today I’m not talking about tunics at all, or an everyday look. Today I’m talking about how I dress jeans up to look fancy. Not too fancy though, I’m too tired for that kind of business. A couple of things really make for a “dressy” denim…
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You know when your lips get nasty, dry, and cracked? The kind of dry where your lips peel and bleed, and you can’t eat or drink anything for two days until your bleeding and broken lips heal enough to go out in public? Just me? Oh, okay now I feel super awkward. I’m a big believer in lip exfoliation. It takes you from whoa to WHOA in approximately 2.2 seconds. There aren’t many things in life that can blow your…
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UPDATED: We have a winner! Thank you everyone for entering the Rue La La giveaway. If you didn’t win, the universe still loves you. So do I. And there will be so many more giveaways where this one came from, so don’t be discouraged! Please know your comments made my entire weekend happy. The $500 giveaway winner is now Melissa D. If this is you, get in touch with me asap so you can start shopping. The deals are slipping…
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I’m obsessed with fashion. Like, there are literally 15 fashion magazines stacked up next to my bed as I write this, kind of obsessed. But I’m very sartorially practical, and the sad {and happy} truth of it all is that I don’t work at a trendy NYC agency, but in my cozy home office instead. Which means on a day-to-day basis the only humans who see me are in my carpool {hi kids!}, or have been married to me for…
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A couple of years ago I did a little Maybelline vs Maybelline mascara face off to see which of the 3 grocery store mascaras in my makeup bag {at the time} was the best of the best. Maybelline has of course come up with about eleventy billion different kinds of INTENSE EYELASH FIBER EXTENSION miracle mascaras by now, but these are some oldies and I thought it would be fun to pull this out again and see what some of…
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