Recently I’ve been wanting to play around with my hair sometimes. The one thing about a pixie (for me anyway) is that occasionally I get the urge to change things up. It’s harder when your hair is really short. I could color my hair I suppose but it gets complicated when your hair is nearly black. So I did what I always do and went to YouTube in search of inspiration. The thing I discovered…
A few months ago – when the whole world was different – I had contemplated going back to getting my nails done. But, in true Jess fashion, I kept procrastinating. In hindsight, perhaps it is better, as I was able to sideline that whole disaster of trying to figure out a way to remove them without a salon. Yikes. No fun. I have experimented with a few different kinds of press-on nails with varied results.…
Moisturizer is a product that has always seemed a bit complicated to me. It is only made more so by the fact that I have moderately oily skin, although this has lessened with (I assume) age and difference in products. I have also limited my usage of those “strip your skin” cleansers, which I’m beginning to think made my oil situation worse. But that is a conversation for a different blog post. The topic on…
With the new year, I’m trying to discover what I want for this blog. I think for now it is a journey, which I am okay with it. At the end of the day, isn’t that life? For today, I am going to ramble on about a few of my favorite new things because it’s fun. Since having C, I must admit that makeup (as well as most other hobbies and – let’s be honest…
Not long ago I finally ran out of my supply of Harry’s refills. Previously, I received the refills in their subscription service automatically and wound up with oodles. Those lasted for approximately 8 years. Okay, that may be an exaggeration, but it was a long time. I was not particularly impressed by the quality but used them up because I paid for them and honestly I didn’t anticipate it would take so long to get…
In years past, I used clinical strength deodorant/antiperspirant because – well – a girl has to do what she has to some times. However, in time, even those began to not work so well; perhaps it is something with my body’s chemistry. In any event, I began exploring the wild world of natural deodorants. There were a few I tried initially that were shortly discontinued as mostly ineffective including Tom’s and Jason. I did not…
Until recently I have been lucky enough to enjoy relatively low maintenance skin. It has been oily (along with my hair), but does not particularly breakout thankfully. However, in the last few years, especially in the colder, drier winter months, I have started getting these dry patches on the backs of my hands. This also worsened while I was pregnant last year, even in the summer. When I tried to put some lotions on, it…
I do not buy a lot of makeup at Sally Beauty these days. In the past, I was incredibly fond of some Palladio products but to be honest, I just got out of the habit of checking there for any makeup. Then, I watched a few reviews for Col-lab products by both Sam (using it here … I could not find a review just for the mascara) and Tati (her review) which brought me back in…
Confession time: I spend sort of a ridiculous amount of time watching YouTube. It all began with (to the best of my recollection) two old school beauty people by the name of Makeup by Tiffany D and Makeup Geek. It was around 2010 give or take a year. Marlena aka Makeup Geek had just started her makeup company and I found her via the blog as I had also just fallen in love with makeup.…