6 Skincare Secrets to Look 24 Forever

6 Skincare Secrets to Look 24 Forever

Just kidding. You can’t look like you’re twenty-four years old forever, unless you’re Gwyneth Paltrow or Cindy Crawford. Just kidding. You can. Both women have stringent skin care routines, and ladies, I promise you. If you take care of your skin, it...
35 Things Only Women with a Mid-Maintenance Fashion Sense Understand

35 Things Only Women with a Mid-Maintenance Fashion Sense Understand

I can’t get enough of lists like “Top Signs You’re….,” “Five Things Only a ______ Will Get” and “You May be ______ if…” LOVE them. So much so that after my bestie posted “19 Things Only Women with a Low...
Makeup Won’t Send you to Hell

Makeup Won’t Send you to Hell

I was applying mascara the other day when I remembered a discussion regarding the sinfulness of cosmetics. Basically, the people involved were saying that wearing makeup was sinful. The more naked your face, the closer to Jesus and all that. I’m pretty...
God is not Sephora

God is not Sephora

Thousands of pretty bottles, tubes, and jars line the shelves of my favorite beauty store. Known for high-end, try-before-you-buy cosmetics, Sephora is like Christmas morning to me. Friendly faces greet you when you enter, offering assistance on the best foundation...
God is not Sephora

High-Maintenance Mentality

I brought two dresses, nine pairs of pants, ten tops, and twelve pairs of shoes for the writers conference. For four days. When I asked Justin to retrieve the suitcase from the attic, my sweet husband heard, “Please get the smallest carry-on we own.” How...
God is not Sephora

Makeup Monday: Lip Plumpers Deflate Expectations & 5 AM Club

We made it to 2014, and as promised, Makeup Mondays begin. There is nothing spiritual about lip plumper. I’m not making any references to lip vanity, trying to Scripturalize lip gloss, or make assertions that the bigger the lips, the closer to God……....