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Feed Your Face: Banana & Olive Oil

The best ingredients for face masks are always organic and made with ingredients you can find in your kitchen! This mask made with banana and is specially created for dry skin by Iva Sebestyan, owner of the facial spa, Flora’s Cottage in Ridgewood! Ingredients 1/2 banana 1 tablespoons olive oil Directions 1. Remove make up and thoroughly clean the face with your cleanser. […]

Our Picks: My Favorite Shampoo for Colored Hair

I am obsessed with a shampoo. It all started when my daughter had a curly-haired little friend over whose hair smelled so good I wanted to bury my nose in it. Turns out it was Oribe shampoo. Their Shampoo for Beautiful Color and Conditioner keep my colored hair moisturized and lustrous ($46 each). It’s made with watermelon, lychee and edelweiss flower […]

Can Ingesting Collagen Slow Down Your Aging Process?

You know you’re losing Collagen. The effects are evident in the mirror. Saggy skin, wrinkles and dryness all increase as we age, and lack of collagen is in large part to blame. Collagen is a protein our body makes, and we can think of it simply as a building block in the big structures that […]

My Favorite Brush for Beach Hair

Also Read: Is Magic Sleek Worth the $$$?! Not only do my kids love The Wet Brush Detangler, I do to!  I bought it for my daughters to make brushing their long hair less painful, but then tried it on my own hair and loved it. It has super flexible bristles that detangle hair  without pulling or breaking hair–even after a day […]

Beauty Secrets: Is Goat’s Milk the Cure for Puffy, Tired Eyes?

So is goat’s milk the secret to reducing puffy eyes? It is for me. I was out looking for new lip color and stumbled on this: Kate Somerville Goat Milk De-Puffing Eye Balm. I seriously looked like crap because I’d had a terrible night’s sleep. The woman at the counter rolled it under my eyes […]

Summer Beauty Must-Have: Liquid Sunshine.

This is a must-have for summer: LimeLight Liquid Sunshine, a bronzer…if you can find it! Think of it as make up for your arms and legs. Use it for one night and it washes off in the shower.The stuff has been flying off the shelves. I discovered it Beauty Con, a convention where people in the beauty biz […]

I Can’t Believe I Fell for this FB Scam–I Feel Like a Sucker!!!

I’m usually smarter than this. I usually think of myself as being pretty savvy when it comes to FB crap, but this one got me and made me feel like a sucker. As I was scrolling through FB admiring friends’ photos, a pop-up appeared offering a free trial Pearlessence, an anti-wrinkle cream that claimed to be […]

Magic Sleek: is It Worth It?

If you have frizzy, unmanageable hair and are considering keratin, read about Magic Sleek first…  For most, summer coming means sun, beach, BBQ, and vacations.  For me, warm weather means FRIZZ!  I basically spend June – September looking frightful.  I need the absolute perfect weather conditions for me to have a good hair day.  The slightest moisture in the […]

The First Step to Ridiculously Soft, Supple Lips

One of our favorite things is the cult favorite: The Lip Scrub and The Lip Slip One Luxe Balm by Sara Happ. If your lips are suffering from the cold temps this winter, this is just what they need. By exfoliating lips with The Lip Scrub, you’ll eliminate that dry flaky skin and leave lips ridiculously soft and supple. Pick your […]