Beauty Swellness: MAC Strength

Do you have resolutions you make year after year? One of mine for the past couple of years is to do more (well, “any” would be more for me!) strength training — all I do is run, run, run.

Well, last week MAC launched their Strength collection. It includes two gorgeous eyeshadow quads (love the names — All Woman and Inner Strength), three eye liners, a mascara, five shades of lipstick, one lip pencil, two blushes and two nail lacquers all created with the strong, fearless woman in mind.

I’m particularly coveting the matte fuschia lipstick Party Parrot (but apparently so are all of you powerhouse ladies, as the website says it’s sold out, poo!). I’ll just have to settle for hot pink Pink Pigeon.

Now this is strength training I can follow through on. Excuse me while I get on with my brawny self.

Leave a Comment January 3, 2013

You’re a stronger person for it

If you had a particularly rough 2011, here’s a silver lining of sorts: tough, traumatic experiences do indeed make you more resilient as shown in a new study published in Current Directions in Psychological Science. So there is scientific proof for that whole “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” saying. It seems that distressing experiences may help you develop better coping abilities than people who’ve never had such blows to deal with in their lives.

In any case, here’s to a fresh new start in 2012.

(And how’s this Kate Spade 2012 Wall Calendar for a cheery outlook? US $26. Available at See Jane Work)

Leave a Comment December 19, 2011