Always in search of the latest beauty fixes, we’ve been trolling the aisles for what’s new, pretty and innovative. Here are a few of our faves. Booty Parlor Flirty Little Secret Body Creams. Hollywood A-listers like Jessica Biel and Angelina Jolie are heating things up with Booty Parlor’s seductive, double-duty products. Their new Flirty line […]
Archives for August 2009
Instant Gratification: LOreal Sublime Bronze Luminous Bronzer Self Tanning Lotion
True Spa Girls bask in the glow of the faux sun. From bank-breaking designer formulas to drugstore clearance items in the form of towels, sprays and lotions — we’ve tried nearly every self tanning product available. And after enduring streaks, splotches and orange faces (how embarrassing!), L’Oreal Paris Sublime Bronze has won out as our […]
All-day Lip Service: Estee Lauder Introduces Double Wear Lipsticks and Lip Pencils
A lipstick that lasts all day? Really? Always on the forefront of giving women what they want from their makeup, Estee Lauder has introduced a new line of Double Wear Stay-in-Place Lipsticks and Lip Pencils that boldly claim to last up to 12 hours. The Double Wear lipsticks have a top secret polymeric technology and […]
Scaly Skin Saver: Surgeons Skin Secret Moisturizing Stick
Life in the desert doesn’t come easy. You’ve got your occasional scorpion or rattlesnake confrontation and one broken sprinkler head and you can kiss your coddled rosebush goodbye sister. But we’ve also got our cocky little Gambel quail, endless sunny days and mesmerizing sunsets to balance it all out. It’s the dry skin patches that […]
Luxe for Less: Budget-Friendly Beauty Finds that Bring Home the Spa
Looking for the sweet beauty finds featured on Channel 3’s Good Morning Arizona this fine morning? Here ya go! Soap & Glory. Brought to you by the brilliant minds of Bliss spas, this fun line of body and skin products are lush, affordable and plastered with sassy sayings. Love the Feel the Kneed Massage bar […]
Double Duty: New Double-Ended Makeup Brushes from Sephora
It’s no big secret that a flawless face starts with the right tools. We’ve been painting our complexions with Sephora’s high quality brushes for years and can’t get enough of their new collection of Sephora Collection Double-Ended Brushes. Not only do they save space in your makeup bag, but they also come in the prettiest […]
Free Molton Brown Body Wash with Purchase
Long before our first pesky blemish, we were taught that oil and good skin don’t mix. That’s why we’ve spent a lifetime collecting oil-free products and avoiding greasy junk food. Recently, beauty companies are beginning to rock our fear of slippery skincare with pure oil products that promise to make skin flawless. The latest slick […]
Hippie Chick: Bohemian Style Glam
Back then, I was fat. I had only wispy patches of hair on my head. And I had no teeth. The year was 1969 and I was a drooling, bald one-year-old. But I’ve always been a hippie at heart. And with the past weekend marking the fortieth anniversary of the Woodstock Music Festival, I can’t […]
Product Review: Caress Evenly Gorgeous Exfoliating Body Wash
One whiff of the new Caress Evenly Gorgeous Exfoliating Body Wash and you’ll be counting down the hours until your next shower. The scent is so delicious, we wanted to slap it over cupcakes and devour it. Rich, thick and speckled with burnt brown sugar, the creamy lather gently buffs away dulling dead skin. Even […]
Notes from the Fragrance Files: Tokyomilk Parfums
Seems to us that the fragrance world has become bogged down by pricey, trendy scents backed by fleeting star power. That’s why we can’t resist when a fragrance line comes along with its own edgy voice. Our new love is the playful parfums from Tokyomilk — perfumes that capture a variety of moods and vices […]
Jungle Love: Lush Soaps up for a Good Cause with New Limited-Edition Goodies
Have we told you lately that we love Lush? Oh, well then, let us give ya a few more reasons to put Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics on your list of happy, good karma things. As part of its global public awareness campaign on palm oil and the devastation caused by its production, Vancouver-based Lush Cosmetics […]
How to get Angelina Jolie's Tousled Tresses Red Carpet Look
We got the inside scoop on how celebrity stylist David Babaii created Angelina Jolie’s look for the Los Angeles premiere of her hubby Brad Pitt’s new flick Inglourious Basterds. To give her long tresses a naturally tousled appeal, David slathered a healthy dose of his signature Hair Polish ($9.95) from root to tip followed by […]