by Hillary Quinn | Jul 20, 2018
Can we put our cards on the table for a minute? There’s no getting around the fact that when you hit, oh…say, 50-ish, things don’t look quite the same in the mirror. But they’re not supposed to: Loss of collagen means less elasticity in your skin;...
by Hillary Quinn | May 3, 2018
This is the first in a series of articles about beauty—how we achieve it and redefine it as we get older. I haven’t quite timed it, but I’m guessing it takes me, oh, about six minutes to do a full face of daytime makeup. I know this because I do the same...
by Hillary Quinn | Mar 28, 2018
Back in 1975, a Bonne Bell Lip Smacker—the big, fat, juicy one—retailed for $2.50 at my local Rexall. My friend Elizabeth and I trekked to the drugstore, quarters jangling in our braided leather purses, and plunked down what was, basically, a couple weeks’ worth of...
by Hillary Quinn | Nov 29, 2017
How many of you remember Farrah Fawcett’s iconic 1976 skateboarding poster? How many of you wanted to be Farrah Fawcett after that poster came out? And how many of you feathered your hair and went out and bought those red and white Nikes she wore in the pic? In...
by Hillary Quinn | Oct 5, 2017
That thinning-lip thing is happening. A little research tells me the cause is a natural mid-life dip in collagen (the protein in our bodies responsible for skin strength and elasticity). Frankly, I don’t like this skinny-lip look nor the smattering of little...
