Perfume Shrine's interview with Andy Tauer What a great interview! Karin Now, to answer your question, we might want to look for another analogy: Music. The perfume formula is like the notes on a piece of paper. To make a symphony...
The power of music I've spent the better part of my free moments today ripping more music into the format for my MP3, then deciding what to actually put into it. It is really easy to subtract and add...
Grace singing Imagine One Day American-born folk singer Grace is making her mark in France. Her father is folk singer Jonathan Edwards. Her mother has recorded as Caroline Edwards and Serah. Home has been Kenya, California, Illinois, Ethiopia, India, Senegal,...
Behind the scenes with Lucinda Williams' album West The song Are you all right, with video from the making of the album West . Lucinda is the daughter of poet and literature professor Miller Williams who worked as a visiting professor in Mexico...
In the heart of African music I like world beat/African music, do you? This article says there are two ways to get ahead in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: through music or politics. Be sure to click on the music (Gianni...
The Grocery List Grocery List: Butter Eggs Milk Pasta Sitting, looking at this list things I need but can do without One more thing needs to be added thing I need but can’t do without Are they really selfless these mothers that never were? I have another new dog passed around too many times in [...]
Originally posted 2007-04-25 07:19:14. Related Posts The power of music I’ve spent the better part of my free moments today ripping more music into the format for my MP3, then deciding what to actually put into it. It is really easy to subtract and add… Speaking of music Yesterday I took our oldest Chinese daughter [...]
Still thinking about ports in the storm here… I have a friend who has offered me a port in the storm at various times through the years. I’ve never had to take her up on it, but the offers were always appreciated. She knows who she is and that I appreciate her. And once, we [...]
Originally posted 2007-04-22 09:37:01. Related Posts Review: Guerlain Mon Précieux Nectar I consider myself very fortunate to have had the opportunity to sample and review Mon Précieux Nectar. It’s no secret that Guerlain is probably my favorite perfume house, though I have others represented in what… To recover: talk lovingly to yourself [To recover:] Talking [...]
The Beatles singing Rain. They probably did have the first music videos… Karin Originally posted 2007-02-04 15:28:02. Related Posts About Aziza Mustafa Zadeh Aziza Mustafa Zadeh was born 19 December 1969 in Baku (Azerbaijan). Education Her father Vagif Mustafa Zadeh was one of the founders of the azeri jazz music and a founder of the [...]
Today I wanted to copy one of the images in the Mary Kay Look Magazine. The colors are from the Spring 2009 Luminous Eyes pan. You can see the other FOTD here and here. Primer: Avon Magix Foundation: L’Oreal True Match N1 Blends easily, very sheer Base: Lancome Shooting Star (cream in tube); then my [...]
A friend who does psychological testing for her school system wrote to me about her work situation: Your data is only so good as your heart and hope. MBD I thought it was quite profound. Maybe it goes almost without saying that heart and hope change the results of any data. We’ve heard of people [...]
I look forward to seeing the films! Karin The fragrance of film Young (and not so young) auteurs are being invited to create a three minute short inspired by perfume. The comp is part of the first ever Fragrance & Film Festival, organized by Vogue and The Fragrance Foundation, and the winner will receive a [...]
Power of 2 How to make the most of your partnerships at work and in life is an interesting book. I thought many of the ideas in it could translate into a marriage. It is not yet available for Kindle. Both authors are associated with Gallup. Wagner is a principal; Muller is vice chairman and [...]
Children are precious, no matter what route they take to come into our families. Whatever emotional, physical or other work we do to create a family is more than worth it in the end. Laura, adoptive mom, with permission I think it’s safe to say that whatever emotional, physical or other work we do to [...]
Wow, this is fun. I never heard of a Tapatar. The process of tapping is different than plucking. It allows more notes to be played at once. I had my 11 yo watch this, as she was learning the viola. Just today she decided to switch to cello. (You hear that, Amy!) (Amy played the [...]
Revisiting the Divine fragrances to enjoy them again. I received this early on, but when I received 3 Divine samples in a large haul recently from a generous POLer, it spurred me to re-try this one. My first love is L’Inspiratrice. Second in order of my likes, but so close as to be identical is [...]
I’ve wanted to tweak my look all day, but am just getting around to it. I had an idea when I put the NYX trio shadow set away, after I posted my FOTD, that they might make beautiful blush, so I took my MAC fiber optic small blush brush and brushed it across all 3 [...]
What’s a woman to do when the newest high tech face creams are running several hundred dollars each? And how is one to choose one over another, if one is staving off the knife? Honestly, are they all worth that kind of money? Chanel, La Prairie, Shiseido, Clea de Peau all have their moving-up-to-$500-each creams. [...]