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! […]
3 Fast and Fresh Summer Looks: Video How-to
Go from blah to summer bombshell with these three super simple summer hair and makeup looks. A shout-out to the hair stylists at Drybar for teaching us how to create these chic and classy hair DOs! 1. A Day at the Beach: Soft Waves + Bronzer No time for a day at the beach? Fake […]
New! LATHER Summer Body Oils
When you can’t beat the heat, join it. Embrace the best of summer’s temperatures and temperaments with the new LATHER Summer Body Oils. They nourish skin with essential oils that glisten in the sun and scents that linger in the summer breeze. Inspired by LATHER’s in-store Blending Bars, these handcrafted oils are a blend of […]
Drink Your Beauty
Stay hydrated while revving up your energy with these nourishing shakes and beauty drinks. Glowing Skin: BlissLabs Nutricosmetics Triple Oxygen Glow Sticks. Mix these radiance-revving beauty supplements with water for the most beneficial “bubbly” you’ll enjoy all year. A brightness-boosting complex gives skin a luminous glow while vitamin C and a superfruit blend deliver much-needed […]
Kaeng Raeng: Detox in a Box + Discount
Yesterday morning I had a full-fledged dizzy spell. A major one. My fingers were flying across the keyboard as usual and out of nowhere, my eyes and brain lost connection, my vision went fuzzy and I felt on the cusp of losing consciousness. I panicked and willed myself up out of my chair, pacing back […]
Call to Duty: The Proactiv Anti-Acne Arsenal
Breakouts aren’t just for teenagers. As someone who’ll be celebrating another 39th birthday soon, I’m no stranger to the untimely appearance of hormonal or stress-induced pimples. And while my bathroom vanity is cluttered with a variety of anti-aging skincare products, I do have a few key anti-acne potions in my arsenal ready for those special […]
Hair How-to: Brooke Burke Charvet’s Pompadour Faux Hawk
Step-by-step breakdown of Brooke Burke Charvet’s “Dancing with the Stars” finale hairstyle. “Brooke Burke Charvet’s look for the Dancing with the Stars performance finals was inspired by her dramatic Michael Costello gown,” reveals celebrity hairstylist Jonathan Hanousek. “Her pompadour faux hawk with an oblong braided chignon helped balance the strong shoulders and textures of the dress.” Here’s the breakdown […]
Serum Theorem: Kalologie Skin Care Rewind and Emerge
I am seriously obsessed with serums. Facial serums are like nectar from the beauty goddesses as far as I’m concerned. If you think of moisturizers as the icing on the cake, serums are the cake. So with my serum professor’s hat firmly in place, I put two serums from the Kalologie Skin Care line to the […]
New Summer Lovin’ Beauty from LATHER
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 […]
Drybar Launches Saucy New Product Line
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 […]
Practical Beauty Buys Under $20
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 […]
From Hot Mess to Hotness: Mane Teeze Hair Perfumes
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 […]
