Blog – Page 8 – Alayne White

Skin Cleansers- Sudsy, Creamy, or Both?

When I went to college, for about five minutes, there was an infantile getting to know each other activity. Everyone who was a cat person went to o...

Do Eye Creams Really Work?

"I need an eye cream for..." This is a frequent request over the last thirty years in my beloved skin care business. Wrinkles, fine lines, puffines...

My Icelandic Discovery

I, along with my partner and another couple, went to Iceland for five days this past June. I took 400 pictures with my Iphone. I just couldn’t get ...

This Newly Found Freedom

I love the start of a vacation. I closed my business for two weeks for vacation in early July. People probably scratched their heads wondering how ...

An Avid Collector

I have been a collector of sorts for most of my life. I started back in high school with a love for vintage clothes, shoes, gloves. When I had my o...

What Business Are You In?

"What business are you in?" I am often asked.Never being sure what to say without sounding cheeky, I reply, "The beauty business."I once knew someo...

Staying Skinsane

Are you in a skin rut? Are you bored with your routine? I have a routine that I love, but sometimes I get bored. Not bored because I am not seeing ...

Stars Selling Skin Care

I don’t know how she landed in my Instagram feed the other day, but there she was. In her bathrobe, hair up in a terry turban, makeup-less face, ta...

Beauty Does Matter

No photos, no Facebook, no checking text messages, no phone, no makeup, no shoes, no kids, no husbands and no wine topped off with comfy clothes, t...

A bookself, packed with books and various objects like candlesticks, small statues, and vases.

Surrounded by Books

(written at a time when my Grandfather was still alive, but adapted a bit since his passing in 2021) When I used to visit my grandparent’s house, t...

A "Smart" Scale

“What is that?” I ask Michael, my partner, the love of my life, the man I share my stories, hopes and dreams with. I look down on the floor of his ...

Skin Cancer Is No Joke

I have made almost a career of going to the beach. Never being one for staying out of the sun, I am a die hard beach lover. Though for the past fif...