The three of us live in Ecuador; Polly, Molly, and Dolly (I’ve changed our names to protect the innocent). We are up to no good about 85% of the time, and the rest of the time we are fairly useless, but trying to do kind things. All three of us have gone through marriage, kids, trauma…

Summer is officially in full swing, which means cold iced tea, balmy evenings – and glossy, feel-good lip color everywhere you look. To celebrate, I bribed my best friend Laura (retired digital designer, fashion maven, and lifelong “one-lipstick” woman) with coffee and convinced…

My mom knew how to bake the best cinnamon rolls on the planet. She made Cinnabon look like dog food. We would come home from school, smell the aroma, fling our backpacks in the corner and BOLT into the kitchen. Her cinnamon rolls were like eating crack…

It’s wedding season! Weddings can bring out your inner fairy; leap brightly around finding the perfect dress, makeup, and shoes in preparation for a fun-filled, entertaining day, or turn you into an ostrich that sticks its head in the ground to avoid the extra effort. If it’s your own wedding…

If there was ever a makeup dilemma that can make us scream out loud it’s crepey eyelids. Having had my share of meltdowns while applying eyeshadow to dry, crepey lids…

Most beauty trends are dreadful and make me snort. Having said that, the zeitgeist of 2025 trends are out and, love ‘em or loathe ‘em, a little switch up in color choices, application methods, or style can make a huge impact on looking current and staying inspired…

The 1960s rocked brown. Here we are in 2025 and ladies, brown is back. Like a blitzed rendition of I Can’t Get No Satisfaction while wearing bell bottom pants and a wide collared brown shirt, the proverbial color of mud rolls in as a badass color. Can you dig it, man?

“I’m sorry for being here.” It is the ultimate statement of disempowerment; to apologize for not meeting society’s or someone’s expectations. Trouble is, society’s expectations are whack-a-doodle.
Specifically, everywhere I turn, older women…

It’s January, and your wallet is cringing. Your wallet, let’s call her Dorothy, was singing and dancing in an ugly holiday sweater, eating pecan pie, sipping eggnog with slightly too much rum, and suddenly, WHAM! Everything came to a screeching halt. Dorothy, overwhelmed…

Social anxiety is common, but potentially devastating. It can cause introverts like me to struggle making friends and attending events. Can you relate? Couple that with living in a foreign country (I live in Ecuador), and you have a recipe for potential isolation and…