Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Pucker Up With Crayon Lipsticks: It's National Lipstick Day!

It's National Lipstick Day! Celebrate by wearing your favorite lipstick. For those who dislike lipstick, there are many new incarnations which might change your mind. Consider the "crayon lipstick."

Sisley Paris "Phyto Lip Twist" Tinted Lip Balm ($50.00): This balm/gloss/lipstick hybrid promises the "reinvent" the lipstick experience, giving lips color similar to a lipstick but with the shine of a gloss. And P.S.: It doesn't require a sharpener. 


Cover Girl Lip Perfection Jumbo Gloss Balm ($5.19-$6.99) Combining sheer color with soft shine and no stickiness, all in a unique twist-up form.



Burt's Bees Lip Crayon - Infused with jojoba oil, shea butter, kendi oil, this product promises to make lipstick easy to apply without a mirror, anytime, providing opaque, matte lip color with "zero mess or hassle."

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Susan Says: Have a Nice Guilt Trip

Have a Nice Guilt Trip / Available at Barnes & Noble
I just finished previewing Have a Nice Guilt Trip, the newest collection of essays from mother-daughter writing phenomenon Lisa Scottoline (who is a New York Times-bestselling author) and her daughter, Francesca Serritella, also an award-winning writer.

Through the eyes of women of two generations (actually three, including tales of Grandma, a/k/a "Mother Mary") the essays take a no-holds-barred look at how women see themselves. You are sure to identify with much that is reflected upon including guilt, divorce, family, jury duty, obsessing over our pets, hoarding and politics. Being a woman of a "certain age," I especially enjoyed how Scottoline pokes fun at herself and made me a believer that it's best to embrace the aging process, separate the truth from the hype and be true to yourself.

The book is the perfect choice for summer reading -- a quick read and a perfect gift for moms, daughters and grandmas.