Archive for April, 2009
Blogging tips: growing an audience
I have just started a new blog and am having trouble gaining an audience. Could you please give me some tips? One of the best things about blogging – and what attracts people the most – is the immediate reaction you get to your work. You slave away at an article for a couple of [...]
Gems are truly outrageous
My interest in gems began early. I earned a short-lived reputation as a ‘jeweler’ in kindergarten: kids would bring in rings & brooches to watch me skillfully extract the stone with bare hands. (We thought loose crystals were prettier and called them ‘treasure’. We had no idea how much trouble we were in!) At 11, [...]
Makeup Tips – April 17, 2009
Lipstick from upcoming Lime Crime collection (Sept 2009) Get inspired by random colors and textures – a stranger’s blouse, eggplants in the produce section or a sun flower. Forget about warm/cool/neutral. Wear colors that make you happy, today! Take a friend makeup-shopping with you if you’re too shy to go alone. Try on a color [...]
