Category Archives: PRODUCTS WE LIKE
Odacite Makes Fresh, Organic Skin Care
I heard once that Americans don’t like words they can’t pronounce. Whether it be personal names or business names, keep away from anything that isn’t easy to say or spell. Uh oh. My name is Stacya, pronounced Sta-sha. And this company I like Odacite…..I am not sure how to pronounce it, yet anyway. The company [...]
Christian Dior Show
I just switched back to Christian Dior Show Mascara. Replacing mascara every three months can give us the opportunity to try new things every quarter, but I keep coming back to this one. I just found it on Amazon.com! $24.00, which does make me pause if I have to toss it in three months time, [...]
Sole Survivor
Finding a great beauty product at a farmer’s market seems unlikely. But last Sunday, I came across a local company called Brown Butterfly. I bought the foot cream they make, called “Sole Survivor”. It is light and creamy, like whipped cream, and it has tea tree, lavender and peppermint. It contains no chemical preservatives, so [...]
A New Jar
I just opened my new jar of Bobbi Brown’s tinted moisturizer with SPF. I love products that come in a big, glass jar. I know that products with a pump keep bacteria out…but this time I promised myself “no double dipping” and I will use only a Q-Tip…and no fingers. That is the hard part, [...]
Telling A Friend Their Make-up is Messed up
I got an email the other day from a friend who needed advice on how to help her mother with her eyeliner. Her mom wears an eyeliner that ends up all under her eyes. This has been going on for a while now, but…how to bring it up in a way that promotes change, but [...]
Face Powders
Today I did a photo shoot with David Hiller, photographer to the stars. He is as good shooting product as shooting Robert Downey Jr., and all the other cool people he has photographed over the years. While we were doing our Beauty Alert! photo shoot today, he admitted to me that he had powder in [...]
Sudden Back Acne
I have been a make-up artist and skin care specialist for over 17 years now, and one of the things that comes up with clients is back acne. There is a type of back acne that almost looks like a rash, and I have been perplexed by what to recommend. I had been recommending using [...]
