A self-affirming brown sugar body scrub that brings your inner glow to the surface. What’s the best way to bring out the natural glow in your skin. A deep cleansing, nourishing body scrub of course. The brown sugar in this lush and lovely honey-kissed body scrub banishes lackluster, dead skin cells while the rich natural oils […]
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Faux Glow Guide: Self Tanning and Spray Tan Treatments Tips & Tricks
Everything NOT under the sun you need to know about spray tan treatments and self tanners. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links, and we will earn a small commission on your purchase. See our full disclosure policy for details. Most trend spotters point a manicured finger at Coco Chanel’s fateful French Riviera trip for the fashionably tan […]
Zest for Life Grapefruit Mask
A clarifying, revitalizing grapefruit mask. This delightfully refreshing and clarifying facial mask came our way from nationally recognized bridal makeup artist and beauty expert Miriam Behar. A highly sought makeup maven in the south Florida area, she says this easy grapefruit mask works for most skin types and preps the skin for a smooth makeup […]
Fresh Face Appletini Toner
Tone up with this all-natural facial toner for squeaky clean skin. We are constantly toning; toning our arms, toning our tummies, toning our bums. With a whole lotta tonin’ going on we tend to neglect toning our faces. Yes, your heard us right and no, we’re not talking about a super secret set of facial exercises that […]
Game Face Clay Mask
A two-ingredient DIY clay mask to draw out impurities from the skin. Get your game face on with this simple, detoxifying facial mask. Clay can soak up the yuck like nothing else. As it dries, French green clay is highly efficient at drawing oils and toxins from the skin. It’s also rich in minerals and phytonutrients. […]
4 DIY Sugar Scrubs, Four Ways: VIDEO
From face to feet, four DIY sugar scrubs to keep you sweet! Talk about a bum rap. Sugar has taken the heat for everything from acne to adult-onset diabetes. And while it certainly does make a beeline to the hips when eaten in the form of a cupcake, sugar can do wonders when directly applied […]
Pucker up! 9 Easy, Natural DIY Lip Treatments
Brighten your smile with these DIY lip treatments Somewhere in the sea of social media I read a post about the term “selfcare.” The author took objection to the term as selfish. To each her own but hellooooo, selfcare is what we all need right now, selfish or not. The folks over at AuraGlow know […]
Beauty Oops! Solutions to Bad Hair Days & Other Mishaps
Spa and salon experts serve up solutions to bad hair days and other beauty oops! by Lisa Kasanicky The business of primping and preening may be considered a superficial pursuit but let’s be honest: A bad hair day can get you off on the wrong foot and shake your confidence. And I speak from experience. […]
Boys Just Wanna Have Fun: A Home Spa Day for Guys
A DIY spa day for guys. He’s dashing, sensitive and a gift to all womankind, but he could certainly learn a thing or two about the art of grooming. Help your guy, and his pack of fun-loving Martians, learn the basics of good grooming by throwing a men’s spa party. And for just a few […]
Diva-in-Training Teen Spa Day (or Sleepover!)
A home spa day for teens. This post contains affiliate links to products on trusted sites. We may receive a small commission for purchases made through these links. Featured photo courtesy: Racool Studio at www.freepik.com. Girls just wanna have fu-un … right? Today’s teens and tweens know better than crank-calling the Baldwin in third period (drat […]
Make it Yourself! Valley Ho’s French 75 Facial & Cocktail
Recreate a swanky spa experience at home with Hotel Valley Ho’s French 75 Facial and Cocktail. VH Spa for Vitality + Health at Hotel Valley Ho in Old Town Scottsdale is known for its hip vibe and hypnotic spa services. Case in point, their cocktail-inspired French 75 Facial is 60 minutes of blissful facial botanicals […]
Green Apple Toner
A refreshing, balancing green apple toner spiked with mint and vodka. There’s something so refreshing about a crisp, tart green apple. Go figure that green apples would make the perfect base for a refreshing facial toner. Apples have high concentrations of pectin, which among many other health benefits, is a antioxidant that helps fight aging (yee-haw!). The slight […]
