It's hard enough to get my tween daughter Tess to wash her hands. A month ago, I stopped hounding her about cleaning her face too. "My face. My choice," she literally said to me.

An illuminated makeup mirror may sound like your worst enemy. Hello pores!

Pretty Ripe receives almost a dozen letters about thinning hair and hair loss every week. It's a concern that piques desperation and brings on "buy anything, try anything" syndrome.

For me, fashion has become that ex who always ordered the 100-year-old whiskey and forgot his wallet. (Oh and he tried to French kiss my sister once too.) Nope.

My ongoing quest to buy clothes without going broke--or resenting the retail industry for hiking up prices by almost 6% to make up for the pandemic--continues and brings me to: Boden for grown-ass women.

The L.L. Bean "Boat and Tote" is suddenly cooler than Gucci. Back in the day, preppy folks monogrammed their utilitarian canvas bags with their initials--or maybe the name of their Golden Retriever "Chaz" to be a little nervy.