Looking Good

Putting My Shellac Pedicure to the Test: 11 Days at the Beach

February 3, 2012 Looking Good

A pedicure is one of those splurges I give myself a couple times a year, usually in summer but also each January for our annual getaway to Mexico. One of the great things about pedicures is they last much longer than manicures, except if you are spending a lot of time walking on the beach. [...]

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The Ultimate Looking Good Secret

January 13, 2012 Looking Good

Ladies! Forget skin treatments, wrinkles, blemishes, coloring your hair, covering gray eyebrows, figuring out how to tie your scraves, losing weight and all that “looking good” stuff we’ve been writing about. Here is the total solution: Thank you Jesse Rosten, for making this video and sharing the ultimate beauty secret!

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Solving Common Scarf Tying Problems

November 4, 2011 Looking Good

Okay ladies, I found two more wonderful scarf tutorial videos this week. I love this first one because it’s short (about 2 minutes) and shows how to solve two common problems with scarves: How to tie a long bulky scarf so it comes out to the length you want it to be. How to tie [...]

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How to Cover Up Gray Eyebrow Hairs

October 21, 2011 Looking Good

It’s horrible enough the day you  notice a silvery glint on your head that announces your first gray hair (most of us get a few years of yanking them out before we have to resort to ongoing hair color.) Now, to add insult to injury, I’ve started noticing a couple gray hairs in my eyebrows [...]

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Start Planning Now – No Dry Winter Skin!

October 10, 2011 Looking Good

I’m jumping back into normal life today.  Things have been ignored around the house long enough… While I was otherwise occupied, fall arrived around here this past weekend. That, of course, means winter is not far behind.  Excellent Daughter Libby called when it started snowing in Durango.  Snow in winter = fun!  She also called [...]

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Scarves: Fall 2011 Part 2

October 2, 2011 Looking Good

I came across another well-done scarf tying tutorial and had to share! This one is from Wendy’s Lookbook. It’s called “25 Ways to Wear a Scarf in 4.5 Minutes” and it’s had over 2 millions views on YouTube. Check it out! I also found a great little cheat sheet for some quick scarf tying ideas. [...]

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Do Your Heels Look Like a Dried Rind of Cheese?

September 22, 2011 Looking Good

I always notice during the summer when women are out in the sandals, especially like if you’re at a restaurant, you look over at the next table and there is an attractive, well-dressed woman who is sitting there with her legs crossed and her heels look like you could grate hard cheese on them. Bryan [...]

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Scarves: Fall 2011

September 9, 2011 Looking Good

(Update: I discovered ANOTHER scarf tying video that was so well-done I wrote another post about scarves, Scarves: Fall 2011 – Part 2) I’ve found more great scarf tutorials and links to beautiful scarves! Read on… Eileen Fischer recently put up a wonderful 6-minute video on scarf tying using their Fall 2011 scarves. I love [...]

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How to Look Good in Photos – Continued

July 15, 2011 Looking Good
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Raise your hand if your main photo-editing tool when you look at picture of yourself is the delete button! Way back in the early days of Just the Right Things, I wrote How to Look Good in Your Holiday Photos. This came after a day of watching the Bravo TV marathon of America’s Top Model. [...]

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More Excellent Sunscreen Information You Probably Didn’t Know

July 13, 2011 Looking Good
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Two weeks ago I wrote about the FDA’s new sunscreen guidelines. Today I discovered a very cool infographic about sunscreen that appeals to my inner science geek. (Not to mention how in awe I am of people who can take a ton of information and present it in easy-to-understand pictures and tables.) This graphic is [...]

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