Greetings. This is my first post on this bad pun of a blog. (I worked in newspapers and still write professionally, so I love some smart -- and silly -- word play.)
I've long been obsessed with makeup. I remember getting one of those huge Barbie heads when I was about six years old and I wanted to wear Barbie's makeup about as much as I wanted to put it on her. It was just three colors -- lavender and sky-blue powered (It was the disco era, after all), and a reddish gloss that was probably just tinted vaseline, but it was high glamor for me.
A couple years later my mom began selling Avon and I was obsessed with those little sample lipsticks. She'd give me a couple to play with and I was the happiest thing for it.
Many years later -- I'm now close to 40 -- I still love makeup. I read blogs, fashion magazines (Allure is my Bible), troll drug stores for new finds and deals, and can practically vacation inside an Ulta or Sephora.
The name -- Balm Shell -- defines me more by my love of tinted lip balms and my love of word play. I don't consider myself a sexpot, just a punster. But under the umbrella of lip balms I'll branch out with reviews, comments and more on all things makeup. Stay tuned.
