I am very happy to share that StyleCraze.com, “India’s largest beauty network,” has published its interview with me about The Style Page blog.
As a confirmed Indophile, this is exciting news for me!
In last week’s post, I wrote that I’d discuss my end-of-the-month evaluation of my spending. I was to review my spending and answer the following 3 questions:
Life energy is yet another YMOYL concept. Life energy is the unit of time you trade for earning money. YMOYL recommends deducting all work-related expenses (commuting, clothing) from your pay to compute your real pay; at the same time, it recommends adding hours for activities such as getting ready, commuting, decompressing after work to your actual work hours. The results are pretty depressing, aren’t they?
I evaluated my spending by answering the three questions, and here are my findings:
My husband and I went on a Labor Day weekend road trip to visit Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater in Pennsylvania. We had also made reservations to see Kentuck Knob, another Wright home. However, we discovered that Shanksville was nearby, and skipped the trip to Kentuck Knob to go to the Flight 93 National Memorial.
It is said that people get more happiness and satisfaction from experiences than from things: although my husband might disagree, as he loves to spend money on decorating the home! I derive happiness and satisfaction and memories from travel and shared experiences.
Can you believe it? I have gone 4 weekends without buying makeup to add to my stash, or better put, my closet.
I kept buying makeup, with the intention that I’d review them for The Style Page blog. Didn’t happen.
I decided to track my spending by embarking on the Your Money or Your Life program. One of the YMOYL concepts is the “gazingus pin.” Gazingus pins are items that we obsessively spend money on: for me, they are food out, Starbucks CD compilations, and makeup.
Here are some gazingus pins that I would have spent money on:
That’s nearly $90 that I didn’t spend! I decided to reallocate that $90 to enroll in an online course on Understanding Hindu Identity from the Oxford Center for Hindu Studies, something that would give me more satisfaction (see the Bahu of Bengal tab).
The YMOYL calls for tracking every penny spent and developing your own spending categories. At the end of the month, you tally your spending and evaluate each expenditure category by answering the following 3 questions:
It’s nearly month’s end and I’ll share with you my answers to the three questions early in September.
This has been an incredible season for makeup launches:
But wait, there’s more! 🙂 In the near future, we can expect new makeup lines from:
Also expect new collaborations from Jason Wu for Lancôme and Bobbi Brown and Katie Holmes (the Bobbi & Katie collection).
Whew! So many launches, so little time! 🙂
This Designing Duo Bronzing Powder by Sensai by Kanebo is a two-color graduating bronzing powder with 24K gold and pearl.
At $45, it’s on the lower end of Sensai’s product line: some high-end products retail as high as $740! Sensai may be purchased through Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus.
In Japan, Sensai’s parent company Kanebo has cosmetics lines at various price points, from mass-market to luxury.
How cool is this makeup clutch by Linley for Kjaer Weis?
It’s fashioned from silver-rippled sycamore and complements Kirsten Kjaer Weis’s one-of-a-kind swing-out packaging for her organic cosmetics.
David Linley, son of Princess Margaret and photographer Lord Snowdon, founded the Linley furniture and design house in 1985.
To learn more about Kjaer Weis, read The Style Page interview with Kirsten Kjaer Weis.
Read Wallpaper’s feature on the makeup clutch by Linley for Kjaer Weis. I discovered this item through Kjaer Weis’s Facebook feed.
The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of “Hallelujah” by Alan Light
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I’ve been a fan of Leonard Cohen’s songs for nearly 45 years. “Hallelujah” covers all the themes of Leonard’s songwriting: sex, death, and religion.
The Holy or the Broken covers the trajectory of Hallelujah from its appearance on a Cohen album that Columbia Records rejected to John Cale’s rendition to Jeff Buckley’s rendition – and beyond: particularly the song’s embrace by Simon Cowell on “American Idol.” It discusses Bono’s absolutely weird rendition of Hallelujah that appeared on the Tower of Song tribute album. The book helpfully contains QR codes that one can scan to get different covers of Hallelujah.
I am best acquainted with k.d. lang’s cover of Hallelujah on her Hymns of the 49th Parallel album. The Holy or the Broken makes me want to check out Cohen’s, Cale’s, and Buckley’s renditions – and also Neil Diamond’s rendition(!), which The Holy or the Broken describes as an effective reading.
I’ve already discussed my disenchantment with Sephora’s reward program. I like accumulating points that I can redeem for future purchases. I recently signed up for the SpaceNK Ndulge rewards program, in which you receive 1 point for every dollar spent. If you accumulate 100 points ($100), you receive a $5 Ncentive (reward), which you must use in 3 months.
SpaceNK offers a number of premium beauty brands. You may earn points by shopping at SpaceNK stores. SpaceNK has a number of boutiques within Bloomingdale’s stores. For those of you who live in the DC metro area, there is a SpaceNK boutique within the Tysons Corner Bloomie’s.
THERA°PEARL® Eye-ssential Eye Mask is an eye mask comparable to other gel eye masks, except that it contains “pearls.” THERA°PEARL® can be used hot (don’t nuke it over 15 seconds) or cold.
I like to use it cold in the summer. While THERA°PEARL® Eye-ssential Eye Mask can be put in the freezer, I just put it in the refrigerator. I put the mask over my eyes to soothe burning cheeks after sun exposure. If the elastic band is not too constricting, you can wrap it around your neck: Allure said that cooling your neck was best to cool down.
A mindless, but potentially calming, activity (like watching fish in an aquarium) is gently pressing the mask to shift the pearls from side to side.
The THERA°PEARL® Eye-ssential Eye Mask costs $13 through THERA°PEARL®’s web site. It is widely available at drugstores and supermarkets, where you might find it for less.
NOTE: The THERA°PEARL® Eye-ssential Eye Mask reviewed for this blog was supplied as a PR sample.
While I’m fickle about skin care and makeup, I’m devoted to the LUSH Floating Island bath melt. When I last went to LUSH, I purchased several Floating Islands. I also picked up LUSH’s Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter, a first for me.
I love LUSH Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter! It’s a thick,thick cream for your cuticles. Lemon extract is first on the ingredient list, followed by emollient natural butters and oils. Lemon brightens the nails.
Ingredients:
Fresh Organic Lemon Infusion (Citrus limonum) , Shea Butter (Butyrospermum parkii) , Beeswax (Cera alba) , Lanolin , Soya Oil (Glycine Soja) , Cold Pressed Organic Avocado Oil (Persea gratissima) , Cold Pressed Organic Flaxseed Oil (Linum usitatissimum) , Mango Butter (Mangifera indica) , Extra Virgin Coconut Oil (Cocos nucifera) , Castor Oil (Ricinus communis) ,Fragrance , Cold Pressed Organic Wheatgerm Oil (Triticum vulgare) , Lemon Oil (Citrus limonum) , Lavender Oil (Lavandula hybrida) , Tagetes Oil (Tagetes minuta) , Chamomile Blue Oil (Matricaria Chamomilla) , Stearic Acid , Triethanolamine , Gardenia Extract (Gardenia jasminoides) , Cetearyl Alcohol , Citral ,Geraniol , Citronellol , Limonene , Linalool , Methylparaben ,Propylparaben
LUSH Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter is the best thing that I’ve found to treat my dry, ratty cuticles. It’s fun to use, because it smells so good. When you compare this with Sally Hanson cuticle creams, for example, LUSH Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter, at $17 for a 1.5-oz tub is a good value.
I like LUSH Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter so much that I’ve added it to my favorite hand, foot, and nail products:
Reference: SkinnyScoop list or my post on Blogger (which does allow for scripts)
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