I was on set yesterday shooting a commercial with two actors from Los Angeles. While the makeup artist and I were getting them ready for the shoot, we spent the better part of the morning talking about the Oscars. One of the actors has been dating someone for quite some time that went to film school over twenty years ago with three of this year’s Oscar nominees and winners. I asked what came of her boyfriend’s film school education. She said he chose a quicker and more predictable route to financial stability and opened a restaurant. His plan was to manage the restaurant while trying to get...

Succumb: 1. To submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in. 2. To die. I have little interest in dressing like my 20 year-old daughter, but I’m not about to dress age-appropriately either and succumb to looking like your average soccer mom. Nothing against soccer moms — I used to be a soccer mom. (click here for rant-filled post on the subject.) We have options gals — plenty actually! I’ve assembled three outfits that guarantee to keep them guessing. Since it’s Spring (darn near), I’ve gone with a more feminine and...

Yesterday on AM Northwest in Portland, Oregon, I shared 12 affordable products I use to stay looking as youthful as possible that can all be purchased at your average drugstore. The total purchase price for all these products combined came to $128! By comparison, Nordstrom.com carries 181 moisturizers that sell between $100-$200 each! TO WHITEN TEETH because nothing shows the signing of aging like gray or yellow teeth, get Crest 3D White Whitestrips Enamel Safe Whitening Kit, $29.99. Getting your teeth whitened at the dentist costs between $200-500. It works great, but for less than thirty bucks,...

I just bought my favorite (non-stinky) self tanner and an exfoliating sponge and I’m so ready to get my legs in tip-top shape for sundresses. As my friend Katy Kippen of Grayling Jewelry says, “sundresses make you smile.” I’ve got a few weeks (crossing my fingers big-time here!) before I can wear such an item, but maybe where you are, things are a little warmer and brighter. I will have to be patient and wait, but I will be more than ready when the sun comes out to play! Oh, by the way! The eight dresses above are all under fifty bucks! The yummy yellow dress with the fabulous...

I put the outfits shown here together based on the Boyfriend Blazer craze that’s sweeping the nation. It’s everywhere, but I have yet to go there myself. I shopped with one of my personal styling clients yesterday and found her an Ella Moss Knit “Boyfriend” Blazer at Nordstrom and I gotta say — it went with everything and looked fantastic on her. And super versatile! Like totally. (Sadly, I still use the word “totally” even though I’m well aware how much it dumbs me down.) Whatever! But what DO we think of this blazer/pencil skirt combination that is so...

I am so ready to ditch the skinny jeans tucked into my ultra practical flat suede boots, the multiple layers, and my black puffy down jacket. Sure, I have a few things to do first — like get a pedicure and some self-tanner! My legs are looking a bit scary from being able to hide under jeans, leggings, and tights (thankfully I didn’t slip on any ice or giant puddles over the winter and break my ankle, leading to a trip to the ER where the state of my legs would be shamefully exposed). I’m putting all that behind me and pulling out the dresses, skirts, and open-toed shoes. Hooray for...

Go Red For Women celebrates the energy, passion and power we have as women to band together to wipe out heart disease and stroke. Thanks to the participation of millions of people across the country, the color red and the red dress now stand for the ability all women have to improve their heart health and live stronger, longer lives. – goredforwomen.org. Find out how you can organize an event in your hometown to raise awareness of this often preventable and sadly, number one killer of women in our country. In Portland, Oregon tonight, a fun-filled benefit takes place at The Candy Ultra Lounge...

In yesterday’s Women’s Day online magazine, me and several other professional wardrobe stylists revealed our best kept secrets for dressing slimmer and featuring your best assets: “Looking great has never been easier, thanks to tips and tricks from the pros. Ever wonder how celebrities always manage to look so pulled together, whether they’re walking the red carpet or running to get coffee? No, they weren’t just born that way. They have a secret weapon: stylists who are armed with an arsenal of pointers and solutions for helping them look their best. But you don’t have to be an A-lister...

Dolly Parton says some adorable things and that darling quote in the title is attributed to her. We’re talking rain boots today. These are not likely Dolly’s boots. I’m guessing she designs her own to match her costumes. These rain boots are either vintage, resale, one-of-a kind, or created by Etsy shop owners. And they won’t cost you a fortune. Where I live, rain is always in the forecast — being somewhat dramatic because we do have sunny days here in Portland, Oregon, but I struggle with being my stylie self and still being somewhat practical when it’s raining....