I have a January birthday, so every time I make a New Year's Resolution, I think of it as, "By the time I reach __ years old, I will have accomplished _____." And, even though I just keep celebrating my 25th birthday over and over (and over, and over), the fact of the matter is that when I make my 2009 resolutions, I will be planning to complete them by the time I'm 30. And that's a major age in my book. That's, like, a grown up age.

Yeah, I know, Thanksgiving is over.  And boy, we all ate too much.  I'm not going to pick on you and your winter weight, loves. I get it myself.  That five pounds starts now and tips the scales at its high end around early February, my birthday, when I look in horror at my dunlap (as in my gut dunlapped over my belt) and think oh, God, it's celery time again.

Eco-fashionistas feeling the economic downturn: Now comes a green fashion magazine -- that's FREE to view online!

When they say that real beauty comes from within, I'm quite sure they don't mean from within an 8 fl. oz. ready-to-drink bottle. Which is why I performed an Olympic-caliber eye roll when I saw Nestle's entry into the beauty marketplace: Glowelle Beauty Drink, which invites you to "drink in pretty?" Really?I may be a confirmed beauty addict, and I'm also a health food nut - but a sucker I am not.

Do you hate your body?  Do you avoid looking in the mirror for fear of what you'll see?  Well Kelly Park and Carson Kressley of Lifetime Television's "How To Look Good Naked" may be able to help.  And without liposuction, facelifts, butt lifts or tummy tucks. As part of BlogHer's "Letter To My Body" campaign which tries to help women improve their body image, I'm going to have the pleasure of doing a podcast interview with Kelly Park who starred in the premiere of this season's "How To Look Good Naked."

I have pretty normal skin. It’s not too dry most of the time (as long as I use some sort of lotion on it), nor is it oily. Fortunately, I’m not prone to major breakouts or allergic reactions (although I do get the occasional evil zit that I just want to squeeze the bejeezus out of, but that’s probably another post).

Most beauty regimens prescribe washing your face twice a day, but not the newly-launched Sophyto skin care line. The products in this UK company's petrochemical and paraben-free line all have instructions for use that don't involve any water.

On a Friday afternoon in 1977 I got my answer. My looks would play a pivotal role in my chosen career. Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on your world view, my news director told me my looks were all wrong for television news. He spared nothing: not my hair, not my makeup,not the features on my face. Net Net: my looks were not showing up in the asset column of my career ledger. For a 26 -year- old, it was a devastating realization that while my bosses rated my reporting skills as superior, those skills were simply not as important as my appearance.

A photograph is not an accident – it is a concept. --Ansel Adams My tombstone will read thus: Here Lies ClizBiz: A Good Egg Though She Never Did Finish Uploading I’ve become Flickr’s bitch, basically. With nagging emails from friends asking, “When will all the photos from the wedding/party/camping trip be uploaded?” it’s become more chore than delight. Honestly, I try to keep up with documenting the latest assigned social event while remembering to entertain myself – which is Rule Number One.

The BBC is reporting that Body Shop founder Dame Anita Roddick, 64, died yesterday. A statement issued by the hospital said that Roddick died of "a major brain haemorrhage." Roddick is being mourned by environmental groups and animal rights activists world wide, as well as by women who were won over by her back-to-basics approach to beauty and her rejection of the fashion industry's emphasis on perfection.

I have returned from our Cialis Holiday, as I described with plucky relish and perhaps a tad bit of "TMI" in my last post. My husband and I spent five days playing tourist in our hometurf of San Francisco, spending days and nights wandering, laughing, wining, dining and doing a mind boggling assortment of ooo-la-la stuff that, if I elaborated on said ooo-la-la stuff, our kids cringe in horror but Dr. Ruth would nod and grin in approval.