1. Last Minute Mother's Day Deal!

  If, like me, you haven’t ordered a Mother’s Day present yet (sorry Mom! I love you!), good news -- TOTSY.com has teamed up with 1-800-FLOWERS to offer a 20% off code. Plus, while you’re at Continue reading

2. How to Spring Clean Your Skincare and Beauty Routine

  Spring has sprung! And although it’s been a little gloomy here on the East coast, the flowers are  blooming, birds are singing, and the gray weight of winter is finally lifting. Yippee! Now that Continue reading

3. Love This! Get Your Personalized Skin Care Consultation

I’ve always loved taking personality quizzes -- like the ones in my teen magazines “Are You Too Nice?” (no!) ... “Who’s Your Ideal Guy?” (Johnny Depp!). And now of course thanks to the Continue reading

4. The Hardest Job In the World?

Two years ago I had the adventure of a lifetime when P&G invited me to the official P&G Family Home at the Vancouver Olympic Games as part of their “Thank You Mom” campaign. I got to meet and Continue reading

5. Simple Tips for Taking Care of Your Sensitive Skin

I have always been a girly-girl -- I loved watching my mom put on makeup on the rare occasions that she did when I was little and I loved to play dress-up. Now that I’m all “grown-up” (in Continue reading

6. Hey, Beautiful! The Secrets to Preventing and Dealing with Dry Skin

As someone with sensitive skin, I know that keeping the right balance of moisture in your skin can be tricky, because with the wrong products or treatment, skin can get overly dry or overly oily. Continue reading

7. Adorable! JoJo Maman Bébé on Totsy.com

  Totsy.com, the mom and baby flash sale site, hosted the U.S. debut of JoJo Maman Bébé’s Spring 2012 collection -- and you still have time to pick up some of the super gorgeous and adorable Continue reading

8. Beauty Road Test: Simple's Replenishing Rich Moisturizer

Before I get in to writing about this product, I want to be clear about two things (ha! Get it? I’m writing about skin and I said “clear”? I kill me!). First, in my line of work, I get to try Continue reading

9. Love It or Hate It? Rooney Mara, Angelina Jolie + More: Oscars Fashion Face-Off!

The red carpet has been rolled up, the official Seat-Filler has gone home and (presumably) sent his baby blue tux to the cleaners, and somewhere in France a handsome man is perhaps gazing at himself Continue reading

10. The Perfect Outfit! Meeting His Parents for the First Time

  Welcome to our "perfect outfit" series! First up ... the perfect outfit to wear when you've been invited to meet his parents over brunch. Using a white pair of Levi's® Modern Bold Curve Ankle Continue reading

11. A Fashion Show Just for Moms? Iman Gets Ready to "Strut!”

I confess ... when I first heard about “Strut: The Fashionable Mom Show” -- a new event debuting this Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, I had mixed feelings. On one hand, I thought -- cool! On the Continue reading

12. What's Your Nightly Skin Ritual? Do You Have One?

I confess -- the ideal nightly skin ritual I have in my head does not always (often?) match up with what happens in reality. My ambition: remove my eye makeup (I usually wear at least mascara), Continue reading

13. Designer Tadashi Shoji Loves Women: Mercedes Benz Fall 2012 Fashion Week

    Tadashi Shoji's show at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week was, and we don't use this word lightly,  glorious. Walking into the tent, we were greeted by a huge square of lace projected against the Continue reading

14. Would You Let Your Boyfriend Adopt You?

File under: totally bizarre. “Polo-obsessed” multi-millionaire John Goodman, 48, has legally adopted his 42-year old girlfriend, Heather Laruso Hutchins, in what appears to be a money-motivated Continue reading

15. SAG Awards Fashion FaceOff! Love It or Hate It: Lea Michele, Zoe Saldana & More

  First of all, narrowing down the best dressed of the SAG Awards wasn’t an easy feat. Too many fabulous looking women in too many fabulous gowns. Then there were the (un)lucky few that started a Continue reading

16. How Does Stress Affect Your Skin -- and Your Confidence?

Everyone’s skin is affected by their physical and mental well-being, but for those of us with sensitive skin, it can be even more dramatic. I’m talking about everything from the tell-tale blush Continue reading

17. New Year, New You: 5 Celeb-Inspired Life Makeovers

It’s almost the end of January -- how has your 2012 been going? It’s not too late to harness the power of a new year to make some positive changes in your life. Here are a few ideas inspired by Continue reading

18. Do You Have Sensitive Skin? How to Tell and What to Do About It!

My skin is so sensitive -- if I tell it a bad joke I get hives. I thought I was just lucky, but, interestingly, according to the American Academy of Dermatology, up to HALF of all people have Continue reading

19. Golden Globes Face-Off! Love It or Hate It: Rooney Mara, Zooey Deshanel and More

When it comes to picking best and worst dressed at awards shows, we’re usually of a consensus -- last night we all loved Charlize Theron, swooned over Brad and Angie, drooled over Salma Hayek and Continue reading

20. 2012 People's Choice Awards: The Gorgeous, The Fierce and the ... Hmmmm

Color RULED the red carpet at the People's Choice Awards Wednesday night. Over all, the dresses (and one tux) were anything but boring -- love it! There were, of course, a few, how do we say ... odd Continue reading

21. Photo of the Day: Two Women Sharing a Navy Tradition - The First Kiss

A Navy ship returned from sea on Wednesday, and as per Navy tradition, two officers were given the honor of sharing a traditional "first kiss" on the ship’s deck. Their names? Petty Officer 2nd Continue reading

22. 13 Gifts for Your BFF You'll Want to Steal Back: Holiday 2011

Basically, the way I choose presents for my girlfriends, sisters and mom to is find stuff that I myself would love, and then try to actually wrap it up and give it away instead of hoarding it. (So, Continue reading

23. Christina Applegate Is Jealous of Jessica Alba's Post-Baby Body? I Hear Ya, C.

Christina Applegate took to Twitter the other day to speak for the 99.99% of moms who are neither Victoria Beckham nor Heidi Klum nor any of the celeb mothers whose bodies seems to be made out of a Continue reading

24. "The Hardest Part Is Losing Friends:" 10 Women Veterans Share Their Stories

We’ve all heard about the women who fearlessly fight – and sometimes die – to keep complete strangers safe. But their personal stories are often left untold; we know little about these women’ Continue reading

25. Would You Buy Your 8-Year-Old Gap's Sequined Short-Shorts?

UPDATE: See the end of this post for how Gap styles these shorts! A post from a mom friend caught my eye this morning in my Facebook feed. “After reading the reviews of these sequined short shorts Continue reading