Remember when you were 12 and you’d stop into Walgreens to pick up a $2 tub of some funky colored face mask to use at your next slumber party? Those masks rarely did much for us other than provide some great girlie entertainment. That’s pretty much the position I’ve always taken on face masks – […]
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New Wave: Make it or Fake it with these Haircare Finds
Good hair does not come easy. Seriously, have you seen Chris Rock’s wise-cracking documentary “Good Hair” about the lengths African American women go to for their coif? Hysterical but haltingly serious. Unless you were blessed with a naturally perfect head of hair (lucky you!), odds are that you drop a pretty penny or two on […]
Prime Time: LOreal Studio Secrets Magic Perfecting Base
With a name that includes the words “magic” and “perfecting,” the new L’Oreal Studio Secrets Magic Perfecting Base had a lot to live up to in my mind. I’m always very cautious about face products; I have a tendency to break-out and hate taking that risk. I was intrigued though by this new primer from […]
Say Bonjour to Smooth Skin: Votre Vu Trouble Spot Treatment
I wish I had known about Votre Vu Trouble Spot Treatment in high school and college, when I always seemed to get a zit at the most inopportune times (Senior Prom, Picture Day, Graduation … oh and just about every day in between). I tried Votre Vu’s Trouble Spot Treatment ($19) for the first time […]
Product Review: Nude Skincare Cleansing Facial Oil
One look at this facial cleansing oil and we all shook our heads simultaneously. “I’m not gonna try it. You try it….” rang out across the SpaGirl office. So we (generously) passed along our sample to friend and fellow blogger Carrie Wheeler of crackinggood.com. Now we’re kicking ourselves for not being doughty enough to try […]
Savvy Spa Girls: Spa and Salon Coupon Deals for $50 and Less
Enough already with this pasty skin, congested complexion and these chipped nails, we’re hitting the spa. And since it’s totally fashionable now to whip out your coupons at the check-out counter, we rounded up 10 of our best bangs for the bucks. Don’t be shy to use your coupons, it’s hip to clip! $45 Womens […]
Detox on the Rocks Spa Deals
Here’s a thought. How ’bout ditching that late-night New Year’s Eve party and its evil twins — the monster hangover and empty pocketbook — for a relaxing and re”New”ing spa day? We’re helping you get a jump-start on a healthy New Year with specially priced treatments at eight Valley spas. Just $60 or less (most […]
Skin Strengthening from the Inside Out: L'Oreal Skin Genesis
Do we really need another skin serum? Life is complicated enough without the added bother of slathering on yet another magic potion everyday. But with the dual power of a patented Pro-Xylane complex plus hyaluronic acid, the new Skin Genesis Daily Treatment Serum Concentrate from L’Oreal Paris delivers a high-tech, cell-strengthening system that when coupled […]
Oprah Taps the Clarisonic Skin Care Brush among her Favorite Things 2007
Breaking news: Oprah has unveiled her Favorite Things 2007 and in the beauty department, she picked Kai Body Buffer and Butter, Claus Porto Soaps and the Clarisonic Skin Care System as must-haves. It makes us think she’s feeling a little dirty about something since they’re all cleansing products. Hmmm. Now Kai we can understand. The […]
Saving Face: Face Parlour Offers Unbiased Product Reviews
With more than 20,000 products in the $6 billion skincare biz, how do you sift through all the bottles and jars to find ones right for you? Well, if you’re like me, you try and try again (and again). A new website has launched that attempts to make the process a little less daunting. Face […]
Miracle or Coincidence? Eminence Organics Skin Care Zapped the Zit
About a week ago I got an uninvited visitor. A huge, mongo zit the size of Miami. It was gurgling underneath the skin on my chin like a volcano ready to blow. It’s what they refer to in the aesthetics biz as a cyst (or cystic acne), and I’ve been frequented by the little mother […]
Talking Dirty: Deep Clean with Clays and Muds
Except for that time that you traipsed it across your momma’s clean floors, a little mud never hurt anyone. Especially when it’s slathered, lathered and splattered across your body. Clay and mud treatments are a staple of the spas and you’d be surprised to know just how much dirt (the good kind) gets mixed up […]
