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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 […]
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 […]
3 DIY Body Treatments from Luxury Spas
Three celebrated resort spas share their secrets for bringing the spa home. Spa at L’Auberge, Sedona, Arizona L’Apothecary Clear Mind Scrub This Spring, the Spa at L’Auberge de Sedona will debut L’Apothecary, a place for guests to concoct and design their own bath salts, body scrubs, oils and masques from elements found in Sedona, including rosemary, […]
Simply Sweet Vanilla and Brown Sugar Scrub
A healthy sugar scrub to relieve dry, flaky skin. At just 19-years-old, Lauren Hamilton churned her passion for natural products into a successful beauty business. What started as a terrible teen acne (we’re sure you remember those days as fondly as we do!) has flourished into Simply Sweet Body Scrubs, an all-natural, healthy and affordable line of scrubs. […]
DIY Spa Facial
About the only thing I crave more than a soothing, expert spa facial is a slab of double-fudge chocolate cake drizzled in icing. And because I don’t indulge in either as much as I would like to, I find that creative substitutions keep the cravings in check: Cocoa-covered almonds for a daily chocolate fix, monthly […]
Berry Good: Antioxidant Cranberry Facial
A nourishing cranberry facial mask for a clean, bright complexion. Yes, cranberries are delicious and add fantastic flair and flavor to your Thanksgiving table. But did you know that the anti-aging properties of cranberries also help fight against the free radicals that lead to wrinkles and premature aging of the skin? That’s right, and plus, […]
Skin-Brightening Kiwi Facial Mask
A refreshing facial mask that exfoliates and brightens the skin. Did you know that kiwifruit have more vitamin C than oranges? They do! Plus, kiwi are loaded with vitamin E and exfoliating alpha hydroxy fruit acids. This furry little brown-skinned super fruit pairs up with yogurt in this recipe to gently lift dead, dulling skin cells. The extra pinch of lemon accelerates the process […]