…Sedaris, I do use walking time to sort through my mental detritus. There’s plenty of that, so plenty of time on my feet. That’s why I was curious about medical pedicures, which I heard about from the rigorous reporters on…
Tags: Valerie Monroe
…Sedaris, I do use walking time to sort through my mental detritus. There’s plenty of that, so plenty of time on my feet. That’s why I was curious about medical pedicures, which I heard about from the rigorous reporters on…
Tags: Valerie Monroe
My current beauty routine: Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer Light Revealer mixed 1:1 with Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair Retinol Moisturizer for a subtle glow; colorescience brush-on powder sunscreen for when I’m out and about. Altreno tretinoin prescription lotion 0.05% and…
Tags: Valerie Monroe
…more pedestrian one: dry, cracked feet. I used to be vain about my feet. I had bi-monthly pedicures—happily contributing to the multibillion-dollar foot care industry—even in the colder months when my feet entertained no public audience. During the pandemic lockdown…
Tags: Valerie Monroe
…you can reach your feet, these four simple motions will soothe and strengthen. You can do them standing or sitting, in socks or bare feet. Just be sure you feel steady if you stand: Roll the sole of the foot…
Tags: health, healthy living
…surgically shortening the toes and narrowing the feet, and injecting silicone into the pads of the feet. These are all likely to lead to severe foot pain, a major cause of general disability in women, especially as they age. For…
Tags: health, healthy living, Mary Carpenter
…shortening the toes and narrowing the feet, and injecting silicone into the pads of the feet. These are all likely to lead to severe foot pain, a major cause of general disability in women, especially as they age. For the…
…has a cushioned footbed. $98, bernardo1946.com. Totally casual and comfy, Lands’ End Gatas sandals hug your feet just right and stay put thanks to the elastic front strap. Also available in turquoise, purple and black. $45, landsend.com. Get a leg…
Tags: summer fashion 2017
…bow across the front. It’s the kind of detail that will make you happy to stare down at your feet (your comfortable, standing-on-firm-ground feet) all day long. Then there were the kitten heels in a jaunty blue-and-white stripe and a…
Tags: Nancy McKeon, spring fashion 2018
…animal prints. Here, take a peek at our picks: LEFT: Come in from the cold to snuggle your feet in these comfy Laidback London Naira Boots ($190, Anthropologie). Inspired by traditional moccasins, these fluffy sheepskin-lined boots with hand-stitched details…
Tags: janet kelly, shopping, what we want now, What we want to wear
…feelings about crow’s feet: I like them. Personally, I think crow’s feet are the least unbeautiful of wrinkles; you get them from squinting, sure, but also from a fully engaged smile—called the Duchenne—in which the corners of your eyes get…
Tags: Valerie Monroe
…can be slapped up flat against a wall, or accordioned across it, adding movement to a flat surface. Made in China, the mid-20th-century double-sided Coromandel screen above is almost 98 inches wide and seven feet tall. The feet stand on…
…great pain. Within a few hours her blood was found to be poisoned by the poisonous dye of her stockings having entered the wounds in her feet, and the account states that in order to save her life both feet…
Tags: book excerpts, books, Weekend Reading
…the floor. Keep the feet engaged. Inhale, gentle pressing the feet into the floor, the sitting bones into the chair seat and rising through the crown of the head and then… (fourth pose) Exhale to gently rotate to the right,…
Tags: fitness, health, healthy living
…six feet or more wide, and it can tower over a small one-story house.” Go ahead and read that again, let it swill around in your brain for a moment. Twenty feet tall, six feet wide, or more? That statement…
…989 square feet, the latter end perhaps larger than the average Manhattan apartment. Different ships on Viking River Cruises‘ trips are special to different rivers; the Elbe River Veranda Suites are 250 square feet, still enough for a separate sitting…
Tags: travel
…health care may be especially important for feet, which benefit from regular inspection and moisturizing. I have tried to do this more vigilantly since getting advice from my ex-mother-in-law, though I ignored it at first. With age, feet need better…
Tags: Covid-19, health, healthy living, Mary Carpenter
…store necessaries. A velcro cuff seals the deal on this Paninaro Pull-On Boot, which sells for $140. RIGHT: Pajar Canada’s version of a puffer for the feet, the new 10-inch Tacey 2.0 ($200) in quilted metallic nylon keeps feet cozy…
Tags: janet kelly, shopping
…Black. 4 feet 9 inches by 5 feet 10 inches, it’s $499 at Bowron. LEFT: If you want to pull out all the stops, go for this Patchwork Mink Blanket from Pologeorgis. Only(!) $5,400 at Moda Operandi. RIGHT: If…
Tags: 2018 winter fashion, Nancy McKeon