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April 21, 2014
My Website Was Hacked And I Got It Back…But Here’s Why I’m Still Mad
A couple of weeks ago, I posted the story of my website being hacked – and how I got it back – and this feels like a good time for a follow-up. Because while things may have turned out “fine” for me…the truth is that nothing about this situation was “fine”. First there’s the fact thatI’m not sure I’d call being forced to interact with criminals to keep your business secure an ideal situation, but more importantly: things could very easily have turned in a different direction.
I am certain that...
How-To: Perfect Self-Tanner Application
It’s happening!
Finally, the warm weather is just about here. But while most of us are certainly ready to embrace the sun’s rays in spirit, we (meaning me, as you can see here) could still use a little prep work before we start skipping off in shorts and skirts with our winter-pale skin out for all to see.
To the rescue: the perfect self-tanner application.
To Prep Your Face:
Start by removing all traces of makeup and dirt from your skin with Simple Skincare Smoothing Facial Scrub – it’s a perfec...
April 20, 2014
April 18, 2014
Two-Minute Morning Makeup Routine
Today’s NBC segment, in which we talksimple beauty routines…and the one thing you actuallyneed to look like a human being in the morning.
Productrundownafter the jump!
1. Tinted moisturizer: Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer ($43)
2. Concealer: Laura Mercier Secret Concealer ($23)
3. Blush: Elizabeth Arden Beautiful Color Radiance Blush ($26)
4. Eyeshadow: NARS Matte Eyeshadow; I use Abyssinia ($25)
5. Mascara: Orlane Volume Care Mascara ($40)
6. Lip balm: Vaseline Rosy Lips ($2.29)
ColorPop
Where I’m headed today: to the NBC studios in Rockefeller Center to film a NY Live interview about my book (and give some new-mom beauty ideas). And this is what I’m wearing.
I’ve been doing a whole bunch of these segments lately, and while they still make me kind of nervous (albeit less and less with each one that passes), I’ve been having so much fun getting dressed for them. Mostly because my life doesn’t usually involve places to which one needs to wear things like sheath dresses and blaze...
April 17, 2014
Pretty Trays For Every Room
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In need of some home organization inspiration? Above, some of my favorite (af...
Trays Every Which Way
I have an “actual” home office, you know. Or…Idid have an actual home office. Now I have a nursery-in-progress, and a corner of my attic where the desk that used to sit in that room is now wedged underneath a coat rack that also used to sit in that room.
But it doesn’t matter: I don’t love working at desks, anyway, and on a day to day basis my dining room table functions as my primary workspace. The only problem with this: the dining room table is right there smack in the middle of our house,...
April 16, 2014
Marshmallow Pies And Pastels
Exhibit 54,736,839 in Why One Should Not Go To The Grocery Store While Hungry (Or Pregnant)
And lest you think “Oh, she just bought a marshmallow pie, big deal”? Nope. Bought a box. Yarrr. They taste like pillows wrapped in cardboard and I love them.
P.S. That’s my Easter manicure, except it has nothing to do with Easter (I’m not really a festive-nail-colors type of girl) aside from the fact that it is pastel. Very into pale shades that are more “nude” than “pink” these days, and this one is ki...
Easy, Awesome Brisket With Vegetables
Course #2 of our Passover Dinner (the first I’ve ever made on my own) was yet another dish that’s brand-new to me: brisket. But I was excited to add my aunt Debbie’s recipe to my repertoire, because I have a big thing for inexpensive cuts of meat that you cook on low heat for ever and ever: I think they’re just incredibly flavorful and delicious, and love how virtually unscrewupable they are. I also love the fact that you start them in the morning and then basically forget about them all day...
Parents.com / Ramshackle Glam Interview
In today’s interview with the very awesome Jill Cordes over at Parents.com, I talkthe hardest parts of motherhood, the difference between Pregnancy #1 and Pregnancy #2, and “finding the time” (hint: constant, overwhelming anxiety is involved).
Check it out here.
