Every day, I share tips and tricks for infusing your life with beauty and glamour from chic clothes to makeup musts, from spa services to anti-aging anecdotes and beyond. Oh, and I temper it all with pretty party tips, chic clothing picks and an occasional dose of lifestyle advice.

I am an extremely driven entrepreneur, a journalist, a happy wife and mother of two (boys… can you believe it?), a beauty expert, a clotheshorse and a diehard optimist.

I’m Carolyn Brundage, Founder of PrettyCity.com, columnist for the St. Pete Times, Orlando Style Mag (and others) and beauty aficionado.

While my blog is hosted at PrettyCity.com it’s really my personal take on how to live beautifully.

I spend way too much money on beauty products and services (you can thank me later) and I also receive tons of freebies (see my editorial policy below). And much to the chagrin of my skin and hair, I try them all so that I can report back to you about what works and what doesn’t when it comes to gettin’ gorgeous.

Oh, and while some bloggers say giveways are très tackè, I think it would be tacky not to share my gratis goodies with you. Tune in every Monday for “Mani Mondays,” when I show off my newest manicure hue and give away a few fave new hues to a few of you.  And let’s not forget “Freebie Fridays” the one day each week that I open my beauty closet and share some of my SWAG with you!

My Editorial Policy

I am given products all.of.the.time. I also buy products like crazy. Whether I purchase a product or it is given to me, I publish my opinions — good and bad — with equal candor.  My most popular stories are my “Love it or Leave it” columns, in which I praise products that are worth purchasing and call out products that are a waste of money.

I review products on my personal blog, PrettyCity.com, as well as for my columns in the St. Pete Time’s tbt* edition and Orlando Style Magazine.  These columns are also distributed across the wire and sometimes appear in other publications.

My editorial policy and that of PrettyCity.com is simple: Truth in Beauty.  That’s a promise.

My Glamorous Path

I’ve always been glamorous. Although, I wasn’t always proud of it. 

The whisperings of glamour began at a very early age. At my sixth birthday party, I insisted on wearing my prettiest party dress as the other kids arrived in sneakers and shorts. In high school I experimented with lip gloss, hair color and bubble bath for hours on end. I was utterly out of place in the grungy nineties.  Thank god for graduation. 

In my early twenties I dabbled in modeling and acting, mostly because I believed in those circle my glamorous self could thrive. I hated modeling (it wasn’t at all glamorous) and acting involved too much waiting around.  Waiting is not glamorous.

And so, I realized that for me, glamour could not be compartmentalized.  I was the girl in jeans and heels at picnics and the co-worker who boycotted casual Fridays. As far as I was concerned, there wasn’t a moment that didn’t call for gloss and glimmer.  My motto became Glamour, Every Day.

For the skeptics out there, I can assure you that my love of sparkle and shine has not affected my IQ.  If you believe that beauty and intelligence are mutually exclusive, Everyday Glamour is not for you.

But for those who know that there’s nothing like a smokey eye and a three inch heel to boast a woman’s self confidence, I invite you to embrace glamour.  At work.  At home.  Among family and friends.  Be the most glamorous version of you… every day.   

And along the way, I’ll offer tips & tricks to breathe glamour into your everyday life.