This is an edited version of a blog post I wrote in 2005 about a self-centered woman who thought it was all about her. I just came across it in my files, and was once again, moved by it. Maybe you will be, too. -Alison Blackman, Editor in Chief, advicesisters.com Last year I "met" a young woman, ... [ Read More ]
Archives for October 2015
Hair Helpers Part II: Tools, Tips and Styling Must Haves
You can have the happiest healthiest hair in the world (Read Part I of advicesisters.com Hair Helpers), but if you don't style it, it looks like you don't care. Guido, one of my favorite stylists who works with models and fashion designers around the world, Says if you don't want to fuss ... [ Read More ]
advicesisters.com Your Hair Doesn’t Look So Great? Hair Helpers (part 1)
Everyone has a bad hair day now and then, but if your hair consistently looks like it needs TLC, the good news is that there are products that really do improve the health of your hair. Get rid of the evidence of frizzled, dry, damaged, or baked by chemicals and heat stylers-hair. Everyone can ... [ Read More ]
Great Garnacha! Why we’re so pleased to meet you! @Snooth, @WinesofGarnacha, #GarnachaDay, #SnoothVT, #wine
Meet Garnacha: there's more to the grape & the wine than you know by John Dunham, advicesisters.com wine and spirits columnist When the Advice Sisters are invited to a Snooth.com virtual wine tasting, the answer is always "yes!!" Once we are scheduled for a ... [ Read More ]
Tuck Yourself! Leggings that do a lot more than just look good @BellyBandit, #shapewear
I almost didn't review Mother Tucker Compression Leggings ($79.95) from Belly Bandit because I thought they were just for moms-to-be, or new mothers. I know that you, my readers, are mothers, may be or will be moms. SoI said yes to a sample pair, and was delighted that I did. Once I put on ... [ Read More ]
Tights are Just Right (& Fashion Forward) Fall, Winter, Spring @Hanes, #fashion, #legwear
When I was a little girl, just out of anklets and knee socks, my mother made my sister and I wear tights. They were in a word: "gross!" These tights were not the stretchy, soft, comfortable legwear of today. The tights we wore were always black, always heavy and not stretchy (so we had to ... [ Read More ]