I'm a Buxom Babe

I've mentioned before that I love Buxom Lips by Bare Escentuals. It's a lip gloss/lip plumper.

But in the winter, I need something more substantial on my lips. I'm a chapstick whore as it is.
So enter the new Buxom Big and Healthy Lip Stick ($18 at Sephora):
It's slim so it acts as a liner too.

I tend to gravitate towards pinky chocolate shades:
So the Brooklyn shade (above) was perfect for me.

Now, I use the Brooklyn Lip Stick and then the Brooklyn Lip Gloss on top!

Plus, I love all the names they use for the different Buxom shades: There's Lacey and Betty and Ginger and Celeste. Looking for a good protagonist name? Go there :D

You know who else has great names? Pottery Barn, for their furniture sets.

Do You Detect a Carmel Apple Theme?

What can I say? It reminds me of fall.

I am a HUGE fan of Philosophy's 3 in 1 bath products. I am NEVER without them.

My newest one? Carmel Apple of course. It smells DIVINE.

Plus, it has the easiest carmel apple recipe on the front label. All you need is: apples, popsicle sticks, caramel candies and milk.

Unwrap the carmels in a 14 oz. bag. Melt the carmels with 2 tbsp. of milk in the microwave for 2 minutes. Stick popsicle sticks in six apples. Dip the apples in the caramel and let them cool on wax paper (sprayed with non-stick cooking spray). Voila!

Dip in chopped pecans--if you dare! :)

"Glamour"ous Body?

When I first saw this photo of Lizzie Miller in my September Glamour magazine, I quietly cheered.


I cheered for the attention it was drawing to a normal women's body and I cheered for Lizzie to have such confidence to do it. My hand went to my own stomach, wondering how close to the truth this would look for me too.


I have seen this photo discussed on other blogs this past week and one comment I read made me stop and think.


The commenter was angry that they used such a gorgeous women in such an unflattering photo and wondered why they didn't show her in glamorous fashion photos instead.


Hmmm..... interesting take and I'm still thinking about it.

Why don't magazines take stylish photos of all kinds of sizes and inter-mix them so we can all relate no matter what size we are?

I'm not stupid- I'm sure the answer has to do with business and with what the reading audience "wants"-or do they?

Maybe the readers are just conditioned to seeing all the youth and thin-ness offered up to them in thousands of images a day.

Food for thought....

The industry has definitely made improvements. When I was a stylist for shoots ten years ago I couldn't fit my big toe in those sample sizes. That hasn't changed.

But some magazines (Glamour included) have run ads and spreads using more average-sized women. But it's few and far between.

My final words on this 9-11 post, 8 years later? Let's Roll!

Things That Change As We Age

So, I'm not exactly sure when it began happening- either after age 35, or maybe after pregnancy- but my body started changing.

Suddenly:

I was holding on to my weight and couldn't just starve myself for a week to lose five pounds.

I began having break-outs ( I was lucky enough not to have teen zits- so this was new for me).

I had to get re-fitted for a bra.

And- this was a biggie for me- my deodorant no longer worked! Suddenly there were huge sweat stains under my arms everyday and I began staying away from dark colored material, which screamed- Hello! I'm sweating!

So, I've had to change my exercise (yeah right, who am I kidding) and beauty routines.

And I found my knight in shining armor, below:



Secret Clinical Strength Deodorant. I cannot go a day without it!

Anyone else experience these kinds of changes?