One of my faves is on sale at RueLaLa.com and it’s going fast! 

Check out MD Skincare’s Sale NOW!!! 

Happy Shopping! 

xoxo

Join the Barneys New York panel discussion moderated by Linda Wells, Editor in Chief of Allure Magazine on Wednesday, April 28th.  From 8:30-10:00 am you can meet and discuss with the doctors behind some excellent skin care lines and learn more about skin and beauty from a pro.  Tickets are $30 and space is limited so act fast!

Fusion Beauty is on sale at HauteLook.com now!

Be sure to check out my faves from the Pure Fusion line

like the Super-Charged Age Defense Radiance Renewal Serum.

Happy Shopping!

xoxo

From 4/1-4/7 SabonNYC.com is offering

a complimentary Shower Oil with any purchase. 

Just enter the promo code of your choice

(my fave is the lavender)

and it will automatically be added to your shopping cart. 

Happy Shopping! 

xoxo

** Promo codes are LEMONBASIL, GINGERORANGE, and LAVENDER **

The Body Shop is having a sale TODAY ONLY to get 3 full sized Body Butters for $30!!!

Get it?  Sale on 3/30 (March 30th) to get 3/30 (3 for $30) Body Butters?  LOL!  How clever are they?

Happy Shopping!

xoxo

My mom’s favorite beauty line, StriVectin, is on sale at HauteLook.com.

Head on over for up to 25% OFF on some already great value sets.

Happy Shopping!

xoxo

Starting today, HauteLook.com is having a sale on one of my favorite skincare brands, MD Skincare.

I have told you all before how much I love the Alpha Beta Daily Face Peel and the Alpha Beta Daily Body Peel.

Well HauteLook.com is now offering 40% off their Alpha Beta Body Peel

as well as other great deals on some of Dr. Gross’ other products.

Check it out before they all sell out!

Happy Shopping!

xoxo

In Spa Magazine’s Jan/Feb issue, they mentioned some great facial recipes to help you get back that glow the winter months tend to take away.  For example, smash together about 2-3 figs and 1 tbsp of olive oil for a great exfoliating mask and leave it on for 5-10 minutes.  Or puree 1/2 peach with 1/2 cucumber and leave it on the face for about 20 minutes for the perfect tightening and brightening treatment.  With recipes as simple as this, making your own facial treatments at home can be a snap.

Head on over to spamagazine.com/diybeauty to get 13 more beauty recipes that cover everything from head to toe.  My faves are the Green Tea Toner, Moisture-Rich Lip Exfoliator and Revitalizing Foot Scrub.  And don’t forget to pick up this Mar/Apr issue out on stands now for a list of some great spa bath products you can use at home to extend the benefits of that blissful spa massage.

Until next time my loves…  xoxo

On Thursday, March 11th, IDI and Dermalogica will be hosting a nationwide event to celebrate National Women’s History Month.  At each of their 19 training centers, IDI and Dermalogica will be teaming up with Step Up Women’s Network (a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting and advancing women) and offering one-on-one Face Mapping and opportunities for networking with other professional women.  The event will take place from 6:00pm to 8:00pm and you must RSVP at 1-888-29-CLASS to register.

To find the nearest location to you, visit https://education.dermalogica.com/locations.aspx and for more information on Step Up Women’s Network, visit http://www.suwn.org/

Hello my dears! So as you all know, I am back from my fabulous trip to Paris and just had to report back to you all on my experience. I absolutely loved Paris and completely fell in love with the city. So much so that I even added it to my list of places I could definitely see myself living. The beauty and art in the architecture and history of that city was simply amazing. Every detail just had me in awe. And my boyfriend and I met nothing but wonderful, kind, and helpful Parisians. We enjoyed all the touristy sites but enjoyed the local eateries the concierges recommended to us even more. I enjoyed the food so much that I even managed to get myself sick one of the days. Lol! I really had your typical “first time to Europe” experience: I got sick, lost 100 euros, and got scammed by a taxi driver. But aside from those few mishaps, I truly enjoyed myself and would love to go back again one day.

I think the thing that stood out to me the most in Paris, aside from the beauty of the architecture (I mean even the malls looked like museums and theaters inside), was the prominence of name brand shopping. It reminded me so much of NYC and really made me feel at home on 5th Avenue or SOHO. The only difference I found was how massive their beauty departments were. I’m always fascinated by the decor and beauty of the cosmetics counters and stores here in the states, but never have I truly felt like a kid in a candy store until I was in Paris. Take a look at the pictures below for a glimpse at what the cosmetics floor at Galeries Lafayette looks like.

Now these pictures don’t even do it justice because these are only from a portion of the cosmetics floor. You have to be there to know what I mean. But when I tell you that the beauty departments and stores in Paris are big, trust me… THEY ARE BIG!!!

Now what I remember most about walking up and down the beauty aisles was the presence of a cosmetics line I had never seen before called Black Up. I came across several of their counters all over Paris and it was the intensity of colors in their ads that really caught my eye. And once I made it up to an actual counter to see, test, and feel these items, I was utterly in awe.

Black Up is a brand dedicated to women of African descent but really appeals to women (and men) of all ethnic backgrounds. The range of colors and the intensity of their pigments were just amazing. If I hadn’t lost that 100 euros the day before, trust that I would have spent it all at that counter. So you can understand how much it broke my heart to have to leave Black Up behind as I can only gaze at their selections online at blackup.com and wait for the day that they will bring the line to the US. I’m hoping and praying that day will come soon (although the company has been out since 1999) because you guys just have to see this line. Any makeup fanatic would swoon.

So keep your fingers crossed with me and let’s hope we’ll all be rushing the counters of Black Up here in the states soon!

Until next time my dears… xoxo