Archive for September, 2011

mascara

There is something about mascara that makes it very essential in everyday living. Whether I am going out to the office, or to a dinner with friends, or to a night of partying, I just have to have some mascara on. I feel so undone when my eyelashes are exposed, or should I say unprotected? Mascara has the great effect of making my eyes come alive, which works out fine for me, given that I have just the right amount of lash. It’s amazing how…

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fashion

This often abused word is really quite hard to define. We hear it everywhere – be it in fashion, or in American Idol, everyone is supposed to have their own “style.” It’s quite complicated how this works, because no one has yet produced a manual on style. What are the dos and donts? What’s the protocol? How much is too much, and when is little too little? I recently watched the Oscars awards night, and I have to admit that I watch it as much…

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drama queen

“High maintenance” is a term often used to refer to girls, and more often than not, this is not meant as a compliment. The same term is sometimes used on cars, and it will mean that this car requires a lot of money and effort to maintain. It can be a luxury car, a rare car, usually something that is not your ordinary family car. Does this mean, then, that women who are high maintenance are ladies who are of a certain elite stature in…

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prom dress

I’m not going to the prom, let me make that clear at the onset. I am more than double my prom age now but still the other day I got into thinking about what I want to wear for my prom – if I can time travel, that is. I can still recall the fashion those days. I have never seen so much lace in one single room! And the colors, oh, the colors! Hollywood usually dictates the fashion of the times and with Madonna…

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