Blog – Page 8 – Alayne White

Shopping for Dresses

When summer happens, I am either in beach attire or summer dresses. Besides workout clothes, summer dresses are my love. From the dreary dark winte...

Close up picture of a womans face, full hair, teardrop earrings, with an infectious smile.

Foundation is Out, Great Skin Is In

Actually the article I read written by Kristen Bateman in the Thursday’s Style section of the NYT was titled: Foundation is Dead: Embrace the Age o...

The Morning Quiet

I am a good sleeper. I go to bed early, usually no later than 9:30pm (and I consider this late), and I wake up between 5:00-6:00am. Rarely do I eve...

Sun Protection Factor (SPF)

Now that I am fast approaching 60 at the speed of light, SPF has finally made its way into my daily skin care routine. Does this surprise you? That...

Anti Anti-Aging

Why must we think that we are not supposed to age, that our skin is not supposed to age, that we are supposed to look the same as we did in our thi...

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 ...