Fashion Trend Fall '13: Metallic Jeans Redux

Yes, I know this trend is hardly new, but it’s back again for at least another season, so if you didn’t stock up last year, now’s the time. You can truly wear metallic jeans day or night. Just style them as you would any other neutral jean (that’s the key) and be sure not to …

Death To Birkenstocks!

When I read the title ‘Sandals That Are So Ugly They’re Chic: Fashion Embraces Flat, Birkenstock-Style Sandals’ in last Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal, I gasped. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine Birkenstocks would be considered high-fashion. I have always hated Birkenstocks and always will. Growing up only hippes and Dead Heads wore them. …

Chicago Events. MAC Parties in Chicago for Lollapalooza

What a crazy weekend! Lollapalooza was in full effect this weekend and everyone was having a good time. To end the party (and celebrate the female performers making people scream and shout at the festival), MAC Cosmetics hosted a little shindig at Vertigo Sky Lounge at the Dana Hotel in Chicago. You would think that …

Herbal Essences Body Wash Collection Because Who Says Only Your Hair Gets To Have All The Fun?

  You know I love a drugstore beauty find and when I come across a good one I just have to share. I am obsessed with body washes. Just ask my husband who has to endure an unusually large collection of them in our shower. They don’t have to cost a lot, but they must …

Fashion Trend '13: The Peasant Blouse 2.0

I’m not sure why I said 2.0 when the peasant blouse is probably 10.0 now. It’s a trend that never really goes out of style. They became terribly popular in the 60’s and have never fully disappeared. I remember procuring my first peasant blouse in about 7th grade and I wore it out! Later in …