Tag: Books
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Must have Summercessories!
It’s a season many love and few hate, but no matter your feelings are towards the devil months, we can all agree there are must have summercessories to get you through it. Literally, all the things you need to get through swollen ankles, the itch of bug bites, dehydrated skin, SPF, and so on. To…
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What’s your Possession Obsession?
Mine is a necklace of the Virgin Mary that I wore since childhood. A year or so back, I stopped wearing it for unknown reasons, yet it hangs delicately in my jewelry organizer in plain site. What I do remember is that the necklace brought me solace when I needed it most, to a point…
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The beauty books of all beauty books…
Makeup Artist Rae Morris released her 6th beauty book entitled MAKEUP MASTERCLASS featuring Victoria’s Secret Angel Shanina Shaik on the cover with a foreword by Paul Abdul. To give you a bit of background information on Morris, she is the longest serving Makeup Director for L’Oreal Paris at 10 years, four time winner of the Australian Makeup Artist of the Year…
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A Day in the Life of a Libra – November 16, 2009
L’Art de la Séduction (Looks familiar, no?) Recently, my bestest was in town on her yearly pilgrimage to the land of Reality TV. [1] While here she purchased a book entitled The Art of Seduction[2] to help me improve in some departments.[3] Without going into great detail the book uses historical events and people to…
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Les Livres en Français / Books in French
La langue d’amour isn’t always as classy as we’ve made it out to be. French, like the many languages of the world, has its very crass side. Actually, when you hear “Ouais, mon ex était un tel connasse!” it still sounds very, very romantic – but trust me, it isn’t. That’s why it’s so important to…
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Necessary reads for life after high school
I turn 30 in two months, and am pointing that out wherever I go, to anyone who will listen [or not listen]. It really doesn’t matter, but I’m doing it! But there were a lot of things I wish I was told before hitting this point, like, “Tillie, college will not be the best years…
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STYLECARTEL HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
It’s that time of year again, when stores open way to early, people stand outside in the freezing cold for hours on end and major department’s store lose employees from customer stampedes. That’s right, the holidays. But because we don’t want to participate in such, to put it lightly, madness, we’ve made your holiday shopping…