07.22.2014
Looking Up

look up Looking up (e.g. away from my iPhone, laptop, TV, etc.) is something that I actually have to really try hard to do, which is sad but the cold hard reality of living in 2014, no?  Living in Los Angeles has really opened up my eyes to the fact that we’re just constantly surrounded by such pure beauty that sometimes people, including myself, really take it for granted…but not anymore.  I was approached by smartwater to talk about their new look up Instagram challenge and I was TOTALLY into the idea. READ MORE

05.28.2014
No Makeup Wednesday

Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Galderma Laboratories L.P. through their partnership with POPSUGAR. While I was compensated by POPSUGAR to write a post about Mirvaso, all opinions are my own, as per usual. Jamie Stone no makeup

Guys, I’ve worked REALLY hard on my skin over the past decade (see photo above with NO MAKEUP!) and so, when new products come out that will make my skin even better, well I get pretty excited about it.  Rosacea (a chronic inflammatory skin condition), for example, is a skin condition that I was diagnosed with at age 22 and I distinctly remember the conversation going a little something like this:

Me: I’ve been breaking out a lot. I think I have adult acne.

Derm: Yes, I can see that…and you’re also about to get full blown Rosacea as well.

Me: What? No. I don’t think so…my face is just red from the acne.

Derm: Right now, yes, but in a year or two, the acne will clear up and you’ll have Rosacea.

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05.12.2014
White Out

white nails

I’ve blogged before about white eyeliner but I only recently tried my hand (no pun intended) at WHITE NAIL POLISH, inspired by my favorite TIC TAC flavor, Freshmints.  At first glance, I kinda felt like I had applied white out on my nails, circa high school when you were bored in class, but after a few minutes I decided that I liked my white nails, especially after adding a little sparkle to my ring finger.

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