Woo, that title is a mouthful! And yes, this is my third Makeup Monday in a row - hope you're enjoying the product and services review. I'll be getting back into posting other things during the week soon, but want to at least...Read More

After a full week in Vegas and a little over a week to recover, I'm back! I'd intended to try and get a blog post or two done while I was out of town, but Vegas wasn't super conducive to productivity, if you...Read More

It is truly the age of liquid lipstick! Matte is in, and a liquid formula is the way to go for a super long-lasting matte finish. But a slightly more recent trend is the metallic matte lip - a foiled, shiny look to...Read More

TITLE: A Right Honorable Gentleman AUTHOR: Courtney Milan GENRE: Romance, Historical RATING: 4.5 / 5 Goodreads • Amazon Miss Catherine Hooks is one of the best governesses in all of England; her employer, the Right Honorable Edward Glennon, is one of the busiest...Read More

I thought about using this week's Makeup Monday for the new Power of Makeup palette collab between NikkieTutorials and Too Faced, but I haven't had enough time to actually play around with that to give a fair review. And then I remembered, wait...Read More

I have a confession. I love notebooks. I am mildly obsessed with notebooks. If I see notebooks in a store, I have to stop and look at them. If I find one with a cover that appeals to me, I have to open...Read More

Some lovely and talented people on Twitter last week reminded me of my third true love behind writing and eating: makeup! Considering how much of my time goes into watching beauty bloggers and how much of my money goes to Ulta, I thought...Read More

No, no, I don't mean that writers see a story in everything compared to your non-writer types, true though that may sometimes be. What I mean is that different writers envision the scenes of their stories in different ways - or maybe not...Read More

Let me preface this by saying that I have never read 'The Killing Joke' graphic novel. A friend of mine had tickets to see the Fathom showing at a local theater last week, I didn't have any plans, and all I knew was...Read More

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" bemoaned 13 year old Juliet while waxing poetic about her boycrush. And technically, that's true. A rose would smell the same regardless of what we called it. But names are powerful, sometimes iconic...Read More