How to Launder Delicate Clothing

How to Launder Delicate Clothing

Style & Beauty / How to 101

Cashmere, silk and like materials require delicate laundering to minimize color fading and extend the life of your garments. Even if your washing machine has a gentle cycle, you can’t just toss all of your fine fabrics into the washer and dryer and expect them to come out like new….

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Fixing Self-Tanner Goofs

Fixing Self-Tanner Goofs

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Once you find the perfect golden hue in a bottle, here are some tips to keep your self-tanner in place and looking its best. A great-looking bottle tan starts with preparation. When applied to skin that hasn’t been exfoliated, self tanner can look uneven as dead skin sloughs off. Start…

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Simple Lint Removal in a Pinch

Simple Lint Removal in a Pinch

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

It seems like lint makes its mark at the most inopportune times. It goes without saying that having a lint remover or lint brush on hand is probably the most effective way for removing unwanted hair, dirt or fuzz from clothes. Some people even invest in an electric lint remover,…

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Skincare: Are You Missing a Spot?

Skincare: Are You Missing a Spot?

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

You know by now to apply sunscreen, moisturizer and all those other products that care for your skin and keep it looking beautiful to your face. But are you going beyond the jaw line? The skin on your neck and chest, aka the décolletage and cleavage, tends not to be…

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Long-Wearing Lipsticks and Glosses

Long-Wearing Lipsticks and Glosses

Style & Beauty / Beauty

If you want a long-wearing lipstick or gloss, you’re a girl who takes her glamour seriously. No matter what your day throws at you, you want to be confident and secure in your lip color. And you especially don’t want to have to dive into your purse every 30 minutes…

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Tips for Unique Christmas Gifts

Tips for Unique Christmas Gifts

Style & Beauty / Beauty

Is it just me or does it get more and more difficult every year to find those special gifts that stand apart from the traditional mall fodder as unique or original? A candle — even for a candle lover — seems predictable, overdone and just plain blah after so many…

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Stylish Hair for Hot Weather

Stylish Hair for Hot Weather

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

The heat is on – so it only makes sense that you want the coolest hairstyles of the season. With the change of seasons should come a change in hairstyles. When considering how to wear your lovely locks on those hot summer days, keep in mind you want to be…

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