Author: Susan Blakey

  • Visibly Voluminous

    When you’re a JetYou’re the top cat in town… Although I’ve been flirting with color lately, I haven’t abandoned basic black as a wardrobe staple. Black…

  • Une femme recommends…

    Chanel “Le Volume de Chanel” Mascara I received a couple of samples of this new-ish product and set them aside until a few days ago,…

  • New Year, New News!

    I’m going to be a monthly contributor at Already Pretty!! Other new members of the Already Pretty team include: Nadine of Adorkable Undies. Luanne D’Souza…

  • Jump Start: Alignment

    Gorgeous fruits and vegetables at the marché in Aix-en-Provence, April 2012 In response to my Jump Starts “preview” post a few weeks ago, an anonymous…

  • (AP) Re-Writing The Age Rules

    (source: Daphne Selfe photo: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2130239/Daphne-Selfe-83-worlds-oldest-supermodels-secret-botox.html) For those of us in our 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and beyond, developing and evolving our personal style has often meant factoring…

  • Weekend WIWarrior

    As much as I complain about the lack of seasons in Southern California, I do appreciate not having to bundle up any more than this…

  • Encore: Near Misses

    UN-Reality TV! Encore post from June, 2011. We found out while on our way home that we’d dodged a bullet in Florence: just a few…

  • Encore: If I Can’t Dance…

    Pic borrowed from Penny Dreadful Vintage here. Repost from April, 2011. If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution. —Emma GoldmanThough according to scholars, this…

  • Merry, Merry!

    Crank it up and dance…doing Christmas right this time! I’ll be taking a short blogging break for the next week, but will be reposting some…