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.

Well, it has begun.  For months, I have been waiting for it, and it is finally here — postpartum hair loss.  Clumps of hair have started falling out in the shower, and my bathroom floor looks like a salon on a busy day.  And the last thing I need is a brush that will literally […]

I have reached the age when one fun night out can put me down for days.  No amount of sleep, water, green juice or exercise can bring it back.  Such is being fortyish. So when Grace Atwood posted about a mask that tightens, depuffs, and brightens in 10-minutes, I bought it instantly.  My debit card […]

Montana is a high desert, and since my arrive in Helena two weeks ago, my skin has been crying out for hydration.  Makeup doesn’t apply as well (or look as good) and my skin just looks and feels dry and tired.  Here is a list of products that I purchased this weekend to give my […]

For six glorious months, thanks to the pregnancy-approved Versine serum, my skin was clear and gorgeous.  Frankly, it was the best my skin had looked in 10-years (thanks, hormones).  But then, Sloane was born, and did that go to hell in a hand basket.

Sephora’s 20% off sale has begun for Rouge members; VIBs can shop tomorrow at 15% off.  Also, all Sephora Collection products are 30% off. I use these sales to replace my favorite products and buy items that might be a little too expensive for my budget at full price.  Here are my 10 best picks. […]

Sometimes it’s nice to check in on products I’ve recommended in the past.  Am I still using them?  Did I rebuy them when they ran out?  Or did I love them and leave them?  Here are a few follow-ups on my spring 2022 favorites.

Makeup brushes come in three flavors: drugstore, beauty counter, and you want how much money for that?!  So when you find a well-made, drugstore-priced brush, you tell people.  All the people.

I never imagined that I would have grey hair and acne at the same time.  In my younger years, I had this idea that the acne would someday go away.  It didn’t.  Maybe at menopause. (*fingers crossed*)  But worse than the blemishes, the scars and pitting from 25-years of problem skin has really impacted my […]