Having a baby changes your body in ways that you can’t imagine.  Eleven months later, I am still regrowing the hair I lost.  It’s fantastic, especially for a woman as concerned about how her hair looks as I am.

During the last six months of my pregnancy, my skin was amazing.  No acne anywhere.  It was like a gift.  But those days are gone.  The spots are back, and they must be concealed for Zoom interviews.

At 41, I sometimes find myself looking for a miracle in a bottle.  The concealer that will hide the under-eye darkness that comes with having a very active 10-month old.  The serum that will hydrate and smooth a face with decades of acne damage.  The body cream that will hydrate skin that can no longer […]

As an olive-skinned person who tans easily, I admit that I boarded the SPF train a bit late in life.  I wanted that tan.  I needed that tan.  I probably aged my skin 10 years in pursuit of that tan.  But now, in my 40s and the parent to a fair-skinned child, I am fully […]

It’s that time again, the VIB sale at Sephora is here.  Rouge members can begin saving 20% today.  VIBs and Insiders can begin saving 15% or 10% on the 18th.  This tiered sale is good chance to stock up on staples, or try something new.  Here are my best picks.

For many years, I wore makeup every day.  Whether I was lounging around the house or headed to a formal event, there was a full face of makeup on my punum.  Let’s just say at 40, after a baby, and a global pandemic, there are more (many more) days when I don’t wear makeup.  Here’s […]

The mark of a good product is whether you buy it and like it.  But a great product is one that you buy again, and again, and again.  Maybe you even put it on auto-ship because you cannot live without it.  The Empties is a column about those products.

You know you’re 40 when you have favorite concealers, plural.  Add a new baby (miss you, sleep) and acne to the mix and my makeup bag gets a real workout.  So if you need a good concealer recommendation, here are the five I buy and re-buy.

Working a 90-day legislative session can be stressful.  Important hearings, big deadlines, tense issues are a frequent occurrence.  So is the sweat that comes along with stressful work.  And since having a baby, the sweat isn’t confined to my under arms.