Spring

Macy’s Gift With $60 Beauty Purchase

Time to hit the Beauty Department at Macy’s, where any purchase of $60 or more can earn you a great gift!

Samples include: DKNY Be Delicious Lotion packette, philosophy inner grace shower gel (2 oz), certificate for FREE Shiseido facial massage, Clarins Advanced Extra Firming Neck Cream, Clinique Colour Surge Lipstick in Pure Posh, Issey Miyake L’eau d’Issey Eau de Toilette vial on card sample, Amarige Marriage Eau de Toilette vial on card sample, Lancôme L’Extrême mascara sample, Elizabeth Arden Mediterranean Eau de Parfum vial on card sample, Escada Into the Blue vial on card sample, Lacoste Inspiration vial on card sample, Michael Kors Hawaii vial on card sample, Benefit Firmology Serum for face and neck.

Online only. While supplies last. One per order.

Farouk CHI 1 Inch Ceramic Flat Hairstyling Iron

The day of my sister’s sweet sixteen, she asked me to straighten her hair. On the surface, it sounds like a simple enough request, except for two things: 1) her voluminous curly hair was about 3 feet long, and 2) my straightening iron, considered good at the time, was not up to the task.

It took about an hour and a half to achieve a look that would be considered wavy at best. If only I had the Farouk Chi Ceramic straightening iron at the time. It heats up lightening-fast, and not only flattens hair to perfectly straight, but is astonishingly gentle.

God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut

When I was working on Manhattan’s East Side, I had hoped through some strange luck my path would cross with that of the esteemed Kurt Vonnegut, a resident of the area. Sadly for me, this never came to pass.

My dearest Mr. Vonnegut, you are already missed.

Blinc Kiss Me Eyeliner

If Blinc sent a sample of their "Kiss Me" mascara to every consumer in this country, they would quickly become a mascara monopoly.

Similar to Blinc mascara, their eyeliner can only be removed with a combination of pressure and warm water. While liquid eyeliner has always been intimidating, this product was a snap to apply using the precision brush in the bottle. I was able to draw a perfect, black, Dita Von Teese-worthy black line above my upper lashes. It didn’t budge ALL DAY!