Wicked Cute

Has anyone seen the new Erin Featherston collection at Target? If I had somewhere to wear this stuff, I would purchase the entire collection. It's all very fun and festive. I especially love this little number. It's super cute and can be worn over leggings, tights or even jeans. I am a big fan of the dress-over-jeans look. How cute is this with jeans, a turtleneck and black boots? Come to mama!

A few weeks ago I got my hair colored. I commented to the colorist that her hair, which she had straightened that morning, looked really nice and that I can never get my hair to blow out quite as nice. She recommended that I purchase this round, boar-bristle brush from Sally Beauty Supply and showed me a few tricks for blowing my hair out straight. Viola! I've been getting compliments on it ever since! Thank you, Christi, for the suggestion! Here's the brush that has changed my hair-life - called the Comare Flare Round Rosewood Brush.

And finally, today I had a quick coffee date with some girlfriends. We had a lovely conversation and of course I had to ask about the facial cleanser issue I am currently facing (no pun intended). One of my friends is an even bigger product junky than me, and she has worked in the beauty industry so I was very interested to hear what she had to say. In this group, I was kind of expecting that everyone would be using department store brand cosmetics. I was pleasantly surprised that they all use drug store brand, dermatologist recommended products! On their recommendations, I think I am going to go with either Purpose or Cetaphil for my cleanser and Neutrogena for my moisturizer and eye cream. My friend who worked in the industry had some interesting things to say about toner (we don't really need it) and serums (probably more than we really need if we take care of our skin). I am going to trust my friends' advice!