(Ponte Knit Legging, Victoria’s Secret)
One of my favorite puzzles in life is how to select an outfit that is work appropriate and yet can transition to sexy and fashion forward by night. For many citygirls like me, this is an especially important quest since we work downtown and need to report to happy hour directly, [...]

With a nod to “the other Jess”

For ages, I considered boxed wine to be the red headed step child of the Wine and Sprits Shoppe, –the choice for those who don’t know good wine and for those trying to maximize their budget for a large party. Boxed wine was something to roll your eyes at [...]

Product: YSL Touche Eclat $40
Rating: Crush
Our style guru friend took our hand one day and lead us to YSL. She lovingly pointed to the touche eclat and told us to make a change in our foundational makeup.  We have never been fans of foundation, but we have always needed some sort of cover-up…we are human, [...]

Product: Cle De Peau Face Mask, $120
Rating: Crush
With skin care products, only getting a sample is problematic because a sample is usually not enough to see an immediate improvement in your skin.  We are happy to report that that is not the issue in this case! After using the mask as directed (and fearing that [...]

Thanks to all who stuck with us for this beauty week as we played with our samples.  We appreciate you lovely readers!  Our final beauty tip is fairly common sense, and yet we did not think about on our own…which we realize doesn’t say much about our common sense. By anyway, when creating a dewy [...]