Posts made in September, 2009

Employment prospects

Posted by on Sep 29, 2009 | 1 comment

It’s been a while since I reported on my employment situation. For a few months now, I have been working part-time while continuing to plug away at freelancing. I’ve had some clients come and go and still haven’t quite settled into a routine. It doesn’t help that my work load at the part-time job is [...]

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Advice from a skincare junkie

Posted by on Sep 25, 2009 | 0 comments

Long before I ever worked behind a cosmetics counter (first for Estee Lauder and then for Clarins), I amassed dozens of beauty tips from magazines that I always wheedled my mother into buying every time we went to the grocery store. Having let a friend convince me to apply two different shades of blue eyeshadow [...]

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Skincare review: Vickery & Clarke Natural Apothecary

Posted by on Sep 18, 2009 | 19 comments

Skincare review: Vickery & Clarke Natural Apothecary

Update 12/16/2010: These products have been discontinued and CVS customer service has been unresponsive. For recommendations for other natural skin care lines, please see my posts on Boscia, Skin, and MyChelle Dermaceuticals, as well as Badger lip balms. I was really surprised to learn that these products even exist. A natural skin care line made [...]

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Long-awaited update

Posted by on Sep 18, 2009 | 0 comments

Today I decided to take some time to give my blog some much-needed TLC. Though I launched the new design a couple of months ago, there were still some tweaks that needed to be made, and I clearly haven’t posted in a while. Which is sad, because I do love my blog’s new look and [...]

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