Not Your Cup of Tea

For a boost, try soaking a washcloth in a cup of green tea. Apply to face for 2 to 5 minutes. Winter skin enjoys the antioxidants in green tea as much as you do.

Get it: Mighty Leaf Tea Tropical Green Tea at Whole Foods, Budding Flower Tea at Dean & Deluca, or Celestial Seasonings Authentic Green Tea.

BeautyFlash: Nanette Lepore Yard Sale & Brooklyn-ish Perfume

The creative director of Nanette Lepore is cleaning out her closet and selling her personal items at the Park Slope flea market today in Brooklyn. I bought a jacket and she gave me the cashmere sweater for free.

Also, down the street, nose your way into Back to the Land grocery store where they stock charming glass miniatures of Violet Water created by the locals at Herbal Alchemy Apothecary.

Glow That Be Ill: Revlon Skinlights Diffusing Tint Foundation

While I was just about to give into obsolescence and ashen looks, along came Revlon Skinlights Diffusing Tint foundation to give me that palsied, feverish complexion.

For the women of the world who consume nutrients according to the food pyramid, and not the periodic table or like whatever indefinite shelf life canned substance is lying about....maybe this makeup will give you a healthy glow instead of a fevered glow.

Applied straight, without blush, I look like I'm pushing the mercury.....spiritually clinging to flannel blankets of some mildewed infirmary.

Skinlights is a lifesaver if I ever have to leave work early because I just don't want to be there.

After applying Revlon Skinlights for the day, my boss said: "You don't look very well. Maybe you should just...go home." All we have to say about this product is, w-o-w.

Pretty Girls on Other Websites

Oh, disdain.....

Although good judgment would demand that you sit here for at least five more minutes, there lies an excellent slideshow about makeup application in the PrettyGirl section of ElleGirl.com.


Don't pout! Come back when you're more beautiful. Update: this slideshow is no longer available.

In its stead, ElleGirl has rolled out a clever Marie Antoinette-inspired makeup article. For the haters of Marie Antoinette , there is always Slate.
And La Mer Miraculous Collection Holiday Set, retailing $2,200 smackeroos at Neiman Marcus.

U.S. Open Weekend by Necessity (Shout Out to Queens, yo!)

Max Factor 2000 Calorie Waterproof Mascara

When I Interview the New York Dolls....

Like this really lucky guy, John Kosik of the Associated Press, I am painting myself with Sugar's economy-sized Platinum Body Shimmer Powder. Men are like raccoons and I have found it takes very little to impress them. What's more, it's better to be prepared with weaponry if they should advance too quickly, in which case a compact larger than my apartment is as good as mace.

Beyond Beautiful: Jack Black to Host MTV VMAs

Just when you thought our superficial world was ready to pluck out all the extra
follicles that make life worthwhile, MTV responds in kind: Jack Black all grizzled

UPDATE: In his own words, "My plan is to bring the thunder. Radio City Music Hall will never be the same."