I was always intimidated by the thought of “extensions.”   To me, extensions were reserved for the  Hollywood rich and famous type that had their hair professionally brushed and sprayed.  That was until I met a girl at my salon who had these fabulous clip in extensions from Sally’s and I had a whole new world opened up to me.  The extensions were human hair that she had colored to match her hair perfectly and they were about 16 inches long.   She sat there …

I usually have some obsession for the week that turns on my creative juices and leads to great words of fashion wisdom.  But, this week….I’ve got nothin’.  The only thing that this week has taught me is that sometimes oldies really are the goodies.  Maybe this was the God of Fashion’s week to reconfirm a few truths in my life.    Honestly, here are my “random fashion truths for the week”

1.)  Preparation H is a great eye de-puffer and it’s okay to …

As summer comes to an end, my search for a bronzer/blush combo begins. I’m normally quite pale, but in the warmer months my freckles become accentuated, and I look as though as I have a bit of color in my face. However, when the season changes and my freckles fade, I’m back to looking ghostly. This year I’ve decided to invest in some bronzer to brighten my face. These are some of my choices:

Philosophy The Supernatural Mineral Blush Duo

Benefit 10

NARS …

Since I was a teenager, one of my monthly must-reads has been Shape magazine. There’s nothing like it for motivating met to get my butt off the couch and onto the treadmill. So when the folks at Shape offered a special sneak peek of their annual Shape of Beauty awards–hitting news stands this week!–I just had to share it with my gals here at EAD Living!

{Amanda Pratt}

You don’t have to be a desert dweller to feel the effects of summer on your beauty routine! When the mercury rises, it takes all my strength not to crank up the A/C, collapse on the couch, and stay there ’til Labor Day. But I’ve found a few products that make me feel less like an extremely wilted flower and more like…well…a partially wilted flower.

Okay, so some of you may not even get the joke in the title. For all of us that remember the 80′s, you know what I’m talking about. White Rain was the premiere hairspray of the 80′s and early 90′s. It cost maybe $2.00 at the drug store and if you added some Wet N Wild pink lip gloss and blue eyeliner you were instantly cool. I still actually love Wet N Wild lip liner number 666 (I once read …

Looking for a great homemade body scrub for yourself or to give as a gift? Here’s my recipe for Lemonade Body Scrub with a sugar and almond oil base. I used a recycled glass jar and organic ingredients to make this a great eco friendly gift!

Step One: Gather your ingredients and tools.

Cane Sugar
Brown Sugar
Baking Soda
Sea Salt
Lemon Essential Oil
Sweet Almond Oil
Almond Extract
Vitamin E capsules (optional)

Food Processor
Mixing Bowl
Glass container, recycled

Step Two: Sterilize your glass container by placing the jar (without …

Seems like every spring, usually around late April, I start to notice it.   Something just seems off.  I’m following my usual makeup routine, concealer, foundation, blush and so on, but the end result is less than ideal.  This goes on for a few days and then it hits me.  It’s spring.  Gone are the dark days of winter.  Sun is actually shining down on me!   It’s time to put away the old foundation and bust out the new.

The right foundation color and …