Twelve Days of Christmas gift-away: Day 5 & Katy Perry Purr

Meow, Meow, Purrrrrr. Win Me! 
Oddly enough, Katy Perry reminds me of my not so Little Sister. I say “not so,” because Vickie turned 30 about a month ago.  ...Read more

Twelve Days of Christmas gift-away: Day 4 & Love L’Occitane

Win me! L'Occitane Marvelous Flowers Gift Set. If you read my Examiner articles regularly, I don’t think it’s any big secret that I am a fan of L’Occitane. There are many diffe...Read more

Twelve Days of Christmas gift-away: Day 3 & 3 months of Glossy box

My official introduction to Glossy Box was through The NY Collective, a blogger community that I was graciously invited into earlier this year. So this post is for them.Fast forward for a second with me to la...Read more

Twelve Days of Christmas gift-away: Day 2 & Sally Hansen Gel Nail Kits

Hi! I'm the Sally Hansen Insta-Gel Strip LED lamp. Aren't I adorable?!

I don't mind doing my makeup, but I have always been terrible at doing my nails. Also, I work with my hands, so my nails are usually chipped before I can even pay fo...Read more

Twelve Days of Christmas Gift-away & Day 1: Lady Gaga Fame

Lady Gaga told ABC News: “I have always felt disappointed by celebrity fragrances because they seem to ride on the air of amateur or cheap, like the fans don’t deserve the same as someone buying a fragrance at Chanel deserves … I wanted ...Read more

YouTube 100,000 views, 400 subscribers (among other things) Giveaway!

Some time a few weeks ago my YouTube channel got a little boost and hit 100,000 views, and then it hit 400 subscribers. It's been a great spring and summer for my channel. It went from a collection of ideas in a word doc to grabbing the attention of the team at Bdellium Tools, who have graciously given me the resources to create the last three howto's in my sponsored series "Made(up)in NY."

All of these accomplishments are super exciting for me, so naturally I wa...Read more

Happy Halloween from Zombie Alice

Zombie Alice hopes you are safe and dry... for now. Muahhhha.I hope all my East Coast friends have weathered well though Sandy and escaped unscathed!

It seems that the weather is just bound and determined to interfere, but if I have to, I am going to get dresse...Read more

Goodbye Sandy, Hello Halloween

Sorry to those who came by to find more Halloween snaps as promised from my Examiner!

Blogger Fail!

It seems that the Blogger Photo thingy is down. Please stay tuned! Hopefully it'll be back up soon!

And if you are just visiting as per usual, please swing by Examiner to get some fun Ha...Read more

Beauty in an unusual place: New York meets Warsaw, Part 1

Found in TKMaxx, the Euro-version of TJMaxx. The invitation came right as New York Fashion Week began to engulf me. I stared at it, unsure of what to think. HBA Global, a cosmetics trade organization, was extending an offer to for me to go to Warsaw, Poland, as a gue...Read more

Cat-Eye Tutorial with Charlene Kaye and Bdellium Tools Giveaway!

I was first introduced to Charlene Kaye by my cousin Rebecca. She sent me a few Youtube videos and said, "Watch this."

I let the videos get buried under my to-do list a few times before finally clicking on one.

The song that drew me was a duet she did with Darren Criss called, "Skin and Bones." The video, a cute little cardboard cut-out narrative directed by her younger sister Liann really captured my heart.

Charlene and I have worked together a few...Read more