Sassy Pants Diary

1).  LIPS To all my older besties out there, you know that your lips are a major area that shows your age.  If you want to have the appearance of youth, you need to do a few important things to keep your lips plump and young looking.  Firstly, keep those babies hydrated, which boosts collagen and helps prevent wrinkles.  Yes, lips wrinkle too.  Of course, avoid too much sun exposure and do not…

Are you “Cat Eyeliner Challenged“?  I sure am.  Even applying basic eyeliner has never been my strong suit.  You see, I’m strongly right handed.  Oh, I’ve learned to do a pretty good at-home manicure, but there is something about the eyes!  The one shot deal of it, of applying eyeliner, well it just really irks me and has always been a challenge for me.  Having older eyes has only made the…

So, how exactly is my minimalism, decluttering make-up project going?  Confession:  I had a slip this week and, guess what…I’m not sorry.  I went to Target to pick up a few things.  That little voice in my head snuck in:    “Go see what’s new.  Get your steps in.  It doesn’t hurt to look.  Anyway, you have plenty of make-up at home,  I doubt you’ll get anything.”  Then that evil voice keeps…

  On August 8, 2023, as most people know, the great cataclysm of the Maui fires happened. The wildfires were attributed to dry conditions and ferocious winds created by a high-pressure area north of Hawaii and Hurricane Dora to the south. It was, as they say, the “perfect storm”, only sadly, there was no merciful rain. For me and for many, there are no words to express what the loss of Lahaina…

  I love the look of most make-up lines, but the frustrating part of aging is, you have to be VERY careful about what you buy.  Look at the ingredients y’all, to make sure they are either suitable, or helpful to aging skin.  The LAST thing you want to do is buy products that tug aggressively at your skin, cake up, or emphasize lines. More importantly, anything you put on your skin should be…

  Have you been considering getting Coolsculpting? It’s a bit embarrassing talking about your fat and areas of your body that you don’t like.  Despite that, I thought I would share my own experience with this procedure.  It’s hard to write this, but here goes! The Truth is: In my sixties, I’m pretty okay with how my skin looks overall.  Of course, each year, the signs of aging are creeping up on…

. My Make-up Chaos! When I started collecting make-up (meaning, ah….not just throwing a small make-up bag in my purse, but seriously collecting large amounts of make-up) my problem didn’t happen over night.   I started by watching YouTube MUA tutorials.  I read about new trends in magazines.  This lead me down the rabbit hole of buying, buying, buying.   Nordstroms, Sephora and Ulta were my…

Is my make up obsession a little shallow, given the current rise of authoritarianism in the U.S.? Granted, I often think it is. But going down the rabbit hole of all day news watching and TikTok scrolling of ICE arrests is sometimes just too much, even for me. Panic and going off the deep end doesn’t help anyone. So, I try to check in daily with the news, put my body at protest rallies, write…

Is Tik Tok Satan’s Spawn? This purchase is just one more example that, yes, Tik Tok just might be Satan’s spawn. I do have issues impulse buying make-up. The lavendar packaging and portability were speaking my language and so I had to say in response, “yes, yes, yes please!” What I loved? Is she Chanel, or Dior, Charlotte Tilbury or any of the other high-end, totally worth-it make-up crowding…

Why anti-aging matters to me….beyond esthetics? I never had sun spots until I lived in Hawaii.   You might think living in paradise is a happy trade off for a few sun spots.  But, it’s deeper than that.  Hawaii is where I became a full-time caretaker of three people (my daughter who was just 9 years old, my Mom who was 94 and had dementia, my husband who is disabled.) I quit nursing, a career…

  Why A Victory Garden? Have you heard of the victory gardens of WW2?  I can’t remember where or when I heard about them first.  I do remember my Mom telling me about the food shortages at the time, the rationing of sugar, gasoline, coffee, butter, among other things.  It always seemed so meaningful to me, the idea of saving up your ration coupons to back a cake for someone you love.  Deciding on…

Are you getting primed for a big ole vacation adventure this Summer? I love thinking about traveling.  Planning a vacay.  Booking it.  We’re heading for a two nice getaways this Summer (Mexico and Hawaii).  I’m obsessed with planning what clothes I’ll wear, what suitcases I’ll use, what I’ll carry on the plane, my travel outfit, to name just a few things I obsess about that get me almost as…