I believe I speak for a large portion of the female population, when I say that I hate blowdrying my hair when it’s 90+ degrees outside — not to mention painfully humid and muggy.
Maybe it’s because I grew up in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, where the beach was always just a stone’s throw away or because, as a kid, my father cultivated his love of sailing and, as a result, packed up his entire family nearly every weekend for a new seafaring adventure, or maybe it’s because my mother was always so enamored by the ocean that she’d spend hours painting sandy expanses and crashing waves, but, whatever the reason, I feel the most serene, joyful, and pure when I’m by the ocean.
Shopping for mascara within a drugstore’s beauty section can prove to be the most befuddling, frustrating, and aggravating experience ever — after all, there are countless mascaras promising to give lashes 8, 9, and even 16 times more volume or to plump lashes by 200%, or claiming they’ll arrange your lashes into the perfect fanned-out shape, define and curl even the tiniest of hair, and coat them with jet black pigment.
There’s nothing like a fresh coat of paint to liven up a home — and nothing like a fluid, sheen-heavy, wet-looking lip color to brighten up one’s face.
Nonie Creme is the type of gutsy, witty, intuitive, risk-raking, rock ‘n’ roll cool, business-minded, approachable beauty guru that most of us can only aspire to be.
Body oils can be the most exquisite moisturizers — especially when applied to slightly damp skin after a refreshing shower — but, no matter how effectively the ingredients penetrate the skin (and, some oils mimic the sebum better than others), you need to apply body oil sparingly, using moderation, if you want to avoid feeling greasy (after all, your skin is an organ and, as such, it can only absorb but so much before becoming saturated).
Nowadays, women expect more from their makeup products so that, when it comes to lipstick, they demand shine, opacity, vivacity, hydrating qualities, transfer resistance, staying power, SPF protection, and more.
We all know citrus-based scents tend to have an energizing sensory effect, their zesty notes uplifting our senses and literally adding a pep to our step.
It’s been four years since I first discovered (and subsequently raved about) the Macadamia Professional hair care line, which back then was a limited collection consisting of six nourishing products designed primarily for dry and frizz-prone strands.
