Wedding Blog

One of the biggest things I noticed as I reached the age of 30 was how my skin was slowly but surely changing in every way. Pores were getting larger, wrinkles were multiplying at a breakneck pace, and the overall look of the skin [on my face] was just getting really dull, no matter what exfoliating agents I employed. Funny, acne was the one thing…

I’d always meant to get microdermabrasion, so after Mrs. Pomegranate told me what a dramatic difference it made in her skin pre-wedding, I was sold.  A couple months ago, I made an appointment with my dermatologist, but she suggested that I get a glycolic peel instead.  The appointment was fast — she applied the glycolic acid, left it on for a couple of minutes, and then I washed…

After my trip to the tropical Philippines and coming back to the harsh New York winter, my skin got crazy dry and was flaking everywhere.  I needed a new product: a moisturizer, a mask, an exfoliant… something!

I started reading reviews of various products online and came across Fresh’ Sugar Face Polish.  It’s a moisturizing exfoliant mask made of brown sugar and strawberries.  It’s a little…

For as long as I can remember, people have told me that I have great skin. Before you start hating me for saying that, let me go on and say that things have recently changed! I’m now living in New York, and I’ve noticed a HUGE change in my skin. Just a couple years ago, I’d get facials just for kicks with my girlfriends during girly…

Do you have really sensitive skin? Do you have to be super careful about which type of cleanser and moisturizer you use, or else have to deal with crazy breakouts? Yeah, me too.

Oh, Cetaphil. How I love you.

A couple of months after Mr. Taffy and I started dating, my face started to break out. Really break out, like horrible, painful, inflamed—the worst my face had ever…

I’ll admit it – I have difficult skin. It’s sensitive, oily, prone to break outs and flakiness. Ugh. I’ll also admit that I’ve spent much more than I should on countless products that promised to make it all better, but never really did. I have tons of half used bottles of lotions, tonics and potions (it almost sounds like I’ve been visiting a snake oil…

It never occurred to me in my teens that I needed to take care of my face. Sun spots from the sun? Yes. But for the most part, I was relatively acne free and I didn’t exactly have dry or oily skin. Fast forward to now when all I think about when I look in the mirror is how badly I wish I could reverse all…

I’ve spent so many weeks (and months) preparing everything for the wedding that this weekend was finally some time to prep myself. I spent my Saturday getting a much needed facial and my hair done. With only 4 weeks to go, I figured that a facial would be good at this point so my skin will be nice and clear for the wedding day.

To demonstrate…

As we get closer and closer to the wedding I seem to have more skin issues. Like Miss Cupcake, I too managed to burn myself on a kitchen appliance. While her accident involved a toaster oven, I burned my upper arm making tea. While reaching for something else, I managed to get my arm in the direct line of the steam coming from the tea…

I won a free skin analysis a month ago and even though I am only 25, I can say I was scared of what I saw - an image of me at 50 and it wasn’t pretty. I didn’t used to wash my fash regularly but because of that and the great help of the specialist, I am proud to say that I wash, tonic…

Well, the actual title of this post should be “How Not to be a Sweaty Beast on Your Wedding Day.” But that might have been too frightening! Here is where I divulge my big embarrassing confession: My name is Miss Canary and I am a sweat-er.

I think it runs in the family. Papa Canary starts eating a bowl of noodles… and pow… he starts to…

This post is a little more TMI then I normally like to put on here, but I think it’s important to bring up because I know I’m not the only girl who has this problem. I’ve fought on and off with acne my entire life. Right when things start to clear up in one area, they pop up in another. Right around dress fitting time,…

Mr. Candy Corn and I have been engaged since September of 2004, so needless to say we’ve had some time on our hands to plan things. Even though I knew we’d be getting married eventually, it always seemed like a childish fantasy that would never really play out. Now that we’re actually signing contracts and making appointments to consult with vendors, it’s making my stomach…

I had my airbrush tan appointment last Wednesday, and I was waiting to give a review until after my cousin’s wedding (which was wonderful) to let you know exactly how it went. I was skeptical at first, but in the end I think it was worth it!

It’s definitely not something for the overly modest, although you can decide how much you want to expose. The…

Sunday was my FFIL’s birthday, so Mr. H and I spent the day at his parents’ house. While Mr. H worked on his car, FFIL H and my FBILs worked on a playground for Mr. H’s nieces. I took over and played with Heidi, Mr. H’s oldest niece (who is two), outside all day so that her mom could get some things done around the…