When it comes to your skin, getting ahead of yourself (or just getting confused!) is easy to do. The beauty aisles are jam-packed with products containing beneficial ingredients like antioxidants, retinoids, peptides and acids, and you might think you need to be using all of them – right now. All in due time Spa Girls! [...]
Until we unearth the mythical Fountain of Youth, the secret to maintaining a youthful complexion is simply this: Slather on the sunscreen. Shocked? Not likely. You’ve heard this before. Liberal and daily use of a broad spectrum sunscreen is the easiest way to fend off wrinkles, age spots and loss of skin elasticity. Why then [...]
It was just two years ago when a bright-eyed and bushy-haired Spa Girl found herself in the chic digs of Arizona's first Drybar and emerged with a sleek new do and renewed appreciation for the term “blowout.” Now the darling of the blow dry bars, Drybar has set the bar at an all-time high with the release of their first-ever product [...]
Can we talk practical beauty for a minute? While poppy nail art and sparkly eye makeup may be a tad more exciting, beauty does have a “serious” side. Well, not that serious but there is a lot to consider when you pick a product up off the shelf – convenience, cost, ingredients, color and so [...]
Oh, it’s coming. The ice may still be melting in most parts of the country, but girlfriends, the heat is almost on. With the three-digit temps just a blink away, we’ve been on the prowl for new beauty products to help hair and skin survive the summer of 2013. Our hats off to the forward-thinking [...]
Oh, the irony. You spend bookoo bucks getting a killer haircut, maybe a few fresh highlights and a rockin’ blowout only to have your coif suck up some gross smell that forces you to have to wash it all out the next day. The culprits could be anything from sweat (bring it on, summer), your favorite sushi [...]
Hot right now: Green nail polishes! Green nail polish might at first sound kind of, well … eww-ish. But we’re not talking split pea soup here. We’re talking fresh mints, vibrant limes and calming shades of jade and seafoam. Okay, so maybe green nails aren't for everyone, but as a highly respected local salon mogul told me recently, after [...]
Are you a nail art junkie? Us too! Nail art is hot, hot, hot and your evolving talent for painting your fingertips with bold stripes, cheeky polka dots and eclectic looks galore shall not go unnoticed thanks to Sally Hansen! Already in full swing, the Sally Hansen "I Heart Nail Art" Contest rewards one talented home nail artist per month with [...]
Her dress? Valentino Couture. The bling? Fred Leighton. And that hair? Living Proof. The always gorgeous Jennifer Aniston graced the Academy Awards red carpet in a stunning crimson gown and a coif that spoke of her tendency to keep it real. While many stars opted for sweeping updo's and sculpted curls (and a few really short, short [...]
Need on-the-spot beauty product advice? Yes, there’s a new app for that! So has this ever happened to you? You’re marching through the aisles of your favorite beauty superstore with one objective: You’re out of mascara. You need a new one. And you don’t want to blow your entire beauty budget on a mascara that [...]
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