Direct from Deenie!
Living out in the Land of La means many things: an increased reliance on sunscreen, an inexplicable desire to pump my face full of collagen, the bizarre reality that Fabio is my gym buddy. Sadly, it also means that I can’t attend most beauty events in New York City, since (wouldn’t you know it?) my private jet is broken. Damn it all! So, like a ray of sunshine, my New York City-dwelling, beauty-obsessing former roommate Deenie is stepping up to the plate, ready to report from the trenches. She’ll be my gal Friday at New York desksides and events, passing along the honest, tell-it-like-it-is beauty scoop you’ve come to expect!
Direct from Deenie herself:
“Hey Y’all! There’s a new addition to the Jolie family…a big-grinning, beauty-loving, hair-dying addict–no, it’s not Nadine’s doppelganger. It’s me, Deenie: Southern girl and beauty-lover extraordinaire! I grew up with a mother who would stop me on my way out the door to make sure I had on my “lips” and “ears.” (A Southern lady is always checking her assets from head to toe.) To make matters worse (or better) my mother is Lebanese. Maybe you don’t know any old Lebanese women…but my 80-year-old relatives look more like Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra than someone’s grandma! At the tender age of 15, I was already well-versed in night creams, thick and luscious body butters, oils for post-shower and—of course—sunscreen for daytime. Thus began my love of and obsession with true beauty.
After living with Nadine in New York for a year, I had been properly schooled on all the “need to knows” of beauty. The day before she left, she handed me a luminous, brimming trash bag of delectable, new-and-barely-used products (do the words “trash bag,” “delectable” and “barely used” belong in the same sentence?!) But to me it was a plethora of golden freebies, there to transform me into a goddess. As a former dancer, I’m accustomed to witnessing beauty from both up-close and far-away, inside and out…so, if you’re willing, please allow me to contribute my thoughts and opinions from the ever-evolving world of New York beauty!”
Deenie!
March 26th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
I want your glowing skin!
March 26th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
i love that dress, it looks like an old michael kors one i wanted so much
one of my friends is Lebanese and got my into elnett hairspray and kohl liner
(like the REAL kohl liner not the ones they sell at the drugstore or dept store)
March 26th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Look at that skin…. Nadine’s trash bag of goodies treated you right!
March 28th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Yay for Deenie! If anyone can report on beauty, it’s you. Keep the advice coming!