Love, Life & Beauty After Fifty

I admit, am a sucker for a good sale and even more of a sucker for Sephora's bi-annual VIB sale. So what did I purchase from the most recent Sephora VIB sale? This Caudalie Anti-aging trio was one I've had my eye on for some time.  I had been wanting to try these products but couldn't justify paying the expensive prices for each individual product.  This set is perfect.  This set contains: - 0.5 oz/ 15 mL Premier Cru The Eye Cream - 0.33 oz/ 10 mL Premier Cru The Elixir - 0.5 oz/ 15 mL Premier Cru The Cream My second purchase was another gift set I had my eye on - the Josie Maran Whipped Argan Oil Body Butter set. Winter has arrived early here in Western Canada, so am looking forward to trying these. This set contains: - 8 fl. oz/ 240 mL Whipped Argan Oil Body Butter in Vanilla Apricot - 2 fl. oz/ 59 mL Whipped Argan Oil Body Butter in Lavender Citrus - 2 fl. oz/ 59 mL Whipped Argan Oil Body Butter in Vanilla Pine The third set I purchased was t...

This past Halloween, I was asked a question by an astute little trick or treater who appeared at my door.  "Why does your dog have two different colored eyes?" she asked. I explained to the little girl, who was dressed as a bunny, that I thought it was all that God had in his parts bin the day he created him.  The little bunny looked at me and smiled, commenting with a pleased "Oh that's cool" - and off she went down the driveway. The official definition of heterochromia iridis is that it is a condition characterized by abnormalities of the iris (the colored part of the eye). In those affected by complete heterochromia, the iris of one eye is a different color than the iris of the other eye. Seen more often in dogs, cats and horses, it is a condition that may be present in humans as well, though not as often. There are a few legends floating around about dogs with two different color eyes. One myth says that dogs with two different color eyes can view...

I need to take a minute to apologize for being absent and not posting over the last couple of months.  Sadly life got in the way of my blog, which happens to us as adults occasionally 😐 But now that everything has been taken care of and things are back to normal - somewhat - you will see regular posts from me again. My apologies