So I just tried out a new product from New York’s acclaimed Completely Bare Spa called Completely Buff and I looooove it. This unique facial treatment puts you in control of how much exfoliation you want…you simply scoop a dime to nickel size portion from the vial and mix it in the palm of your hand with your favorite cleanser. It’s suitable for all skin types and especially great for anyone who has sensitive skin, since you can use as much or as little as you want! The gentle blend of ultra-fine aluminum oxide crystals produces the ultimate skin smoothing solution. Word.
05.03.2010
Completely Buff
So I just tried out a new product from New York’s acclaimed Completely Bare Spa called Completely Buff and I looooove it. This unique facial treatment puts you in control of how much exfoliation you want…you simply scoop a dime to nickel size portion from the vial and mix it in the palm of your hand with your favorite cleanser. It’s suitable for all skin types and especially great for anyone who has sensitive skin, since you can use as much or as little as you want! The gentle blend of ultra-fine aluminum oxide crystals produces the ultimate skin smoothing solution. Word.
03.11.2010
John Frieda’s Sheer Blonde Entourage
So when I heard about this great new promotion from John Frieda, I had to share. As a card-carrying blonde for the past 9 years, I’ll be the first to say blonde is better and blondes really do have more fun! (Ok, that might be a bit of an exaggeration but I do enjoy my sunny tresses.) Anyway, check out ForBlondesOnly.com to sign up and see if the tour is coming to a city near you. If you live in the New York City area, Natasha Bedingfield will be performing at the Highline Ballroom on March 18th! The elite event lets all girls experience the benefits of being blonde with the royal treatment- hair station makeovers, amazing food and of course, cocktails- all to the music of Natasha.
01.25.2010
Contest- Design a tube of COVERGIRL LashBlast Length Mascara NYLON mag!
So COVERGIRL, one of my favorite brands, is doing yet another awesome contest. They’re partnering with NYLON magazine to give customers the chance to create and design a custom decal for COVERGIRL’s LashBlast Length mascara! The winner will get the VIP red carpet treatment- a trip to LA for NYLON’s big anniversary party in April and your design will actually get produced and be featured in the April issue of NYLON.
Check out www.NylonMag.com/Covergirl to enter- the deadline is February 2nd.
12.17.2009
John Frieda makeovers at TOPSHOP in New York City!
So one major benefit about living in New York City? Easy access to TOPSHOP. Now, thanks to the amazing people at John Frieda, you can get a mid-day makeover in Topshop’s dressing room! TOPSHOP teamed up with Serge Normant at John Frieda Salon, Joeur cosmetics and nail specialists M2M to create the ultimate army of fashion and beauty experts – and they are readily available NOW until December 21st! (Daily 1-7PM). All treatments are FREE but guests are encouraged to make a $5 donation to the Lower East Side Girls Club.
GIVEAWAY! Don’t live in NYC? Yeah, I miss it too. Don’t worry- I’m giving away FOUR sets of product from John Frieda’s Luxurious Volume collection – including Shampoo, Conditioner, Root Booster, Mouse and Hairspray! Leave a comment below to win! I’ll select four winners at random by next Monday, December 21st.
12.16.2009
Gift Idea: LATHER Planting Seeds gift set (for your mom)
So if there’s one thing that my sister and I gave my mother while growing up, it was a headache. When I came across this adorably perfect Planting Seeds gift set from LATHER, I knew my mom simply had to have it. The lavender-themed gift set celebrates the power of aromatherapy and LATHER’s founder’s discovery that lavender essential oil helped ease the pain of her migraine headaches. It was actually with this discovery that she gained a passion for natural healing and decided to create LATHER out of a desire to help others and, as an added bonus, LATHER will donate $5 from the sale of each gift set to benefit the National Headache Foundation for headache awareness, education and outreach. It really is the perfect gift…for $20 you get the Oatmeal Lavender Soap, Lavender Aromatherapy Candle and a little packet of Lavender seeds for your mom to plant come spring.
12.13.2009
Not Just (Sunday) Brunch at XIV on Sunset
So I actually haven’t “done brunch” since I left New York so when I heard about the new “Not Just Brunch” promotion at XIV on Sunset, I basically began telling people that they were obligated to check this out with me. I managed to convince my friend Sarah to dine a la circus freak with me before a little Christmas shopping at the Century City mall and we were both really and pleasantly surprised with how fun and amazingly delicious the food is at XIV.
I didn’t really know much about XIV except that it’s super close to my apartment and that I saw Maria Menounos walking in there when I first moved to LA and was walking down the street on my way to Chateau Marmont. Anyhow, the atmosphere is masculine but in a really chic way and the menu has yum things on it like deep fried french toast and falaffel burgers. Yeah, I had a hard time deciding but I settled on the falaffel burger (comes with fab fries) and a mimosa cause hey, it was brunch right? The performers, or, as I liked to call them, “circus freaks” just kind of roam around and do their thing. We saw some fire breathers, a guy who juggled some fire sticks, a girl on stilts and plenty of ballerinas. It was hilariously funny yet really classy at the same time. I’ll definitely be going back and especially when people are visiting from New York because this is definitely one thing I can say I never saw in the city that never sleeps.
