beauty

This year, multiple beauty and skin care companies have partnered with Look Good…Feel Better, a national public service program dedicated to helping women with breast and other cancers manage their treatment and recovery with renewed spirit and greater confidence. Operated through a national network of more than 14,000 volunteer beauty industry professionals, the program’s free […]

From the sea to your skin comes the seaweed anti-aging serum from Cygalle Healing Spa at Casa de Campo. With just 2-3 drops smoothed over your skin, this intensive serum is said to target wrinkles, age spots and sun damage.

Cleopatra’s best-kept beauty secret.

Today, Beach Bum Tanning Salon will be hosting a “Free Lindsay!” rally in support of jailed starlet Lindsay Lohan, who is serving a 90-day sentence in Los Angeles for drunk driving. The Lohan family are loyal Beach Bum Tanning Salon customers and avid bronzers (Lindsay even released her own self-tanning product-Sevin Nyne, which like most of her endeavors, was plagued with controversy).

The basics: Collagen is produced by the skin and gives it elasticity and firmness, which is lessened as we age (hence wrinkles, crows feet, lines around the lips, you get the idea). So, because collagen is naturally produced by our skin, what a collagen facial does is help stimulate the production, using a special collagen protein serum. Collagen facials are said to leave the skin looking plumper and revitalized. It also helps with anti-aging efforts because dead skin cells are sloughed away. I learned a very interesting fact about exfoliation…more on that in a minute. Collagen facials are especially popular (especially in Tinseltown) before a special event. Typically, this is a pricier spa beauty treatment than say a spa’s signature facial.

It’s as simple as 1-2-3. To keep your hair color as vibrant as if you’d just left the salon chair, all you have to do is apply two or three small dabs of the product throughout dry or damp hair (longer hair may need a further dab). No need to rinse, I just ran my fingers through my mane and was out the door.

Whether you’re a New Yorker or a tourist who’s checking out the Big Apple this weekend, make your way over to the new Limelight Marketplace: The next three Sundays, Om Aroma & Co., an organic spa and skincare line, is offering free (yes, free!) mini-facials or 10-minute massages with a $20 in-store purchase. What better way to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon than with a mini spa session?

There are so many self-tanning lotions out there (and believe me, my pale skin has tried them all), but the Yves Rocher line is quickly becoming one of the staples in my ever-expanding collection of beauty products. One of the main reasons? Lack of that not-so-lovely smell that seems to linger hours after application with most lotions.

Did you know that some sunscreens can be more hazardous to your health than beneficial to your skin? The Environmental Working Group has put out a huge study and website detailing research which reveals that some of the sunscreens that we trust to protect our skin could contain elements that are permeating our skin and could cause damage to our bodies and increase the risk of cancers.

I have thick, curly hair. Lots of it. This means that I’m almost always on a desperate hunt for the most nourishing, detangling, moisturizing, de-frizzing conditioner available, whether it’s targeted at curlies like myself or to those with over-treated or processed hair (which my hair is not). I’ve tried everything from deep conditioning treatments to leave-in-conditioners, and just when I think I’ve found the perfect product, I’m introduced to a new one.

About 80 percent of sun damage occurs before the age of 20, according to Ariel Ostad, M.D., an assistant clinical professor of dermatology at New York University Medical Center. That’s why products with free-radical fighters (from alpha lipoic acid to vitamin C), are necessities as we get older. They help fight the damage done, by slowing the oxidation process that causes sun spots and wrinkles, and preventing further damage, such as collagen and elastin breakdown. These free-radical fighters also work chemically in the deeper layers of skin to help it endure and recover from sun exposure.

While some of us may have wondered how it is possible that the bushy-browed Brooke Shields can need help growing eyelashes, there is no question that having full, long lashes is something desired by many women (and men too). And with demand comes a market, and in the case of eyelash elongating, a rapidly growing […]

Question: “I have had my upper lip and eyebrows waxed in the past, but I have never had my bikini area waxed before. I usually just shave that area when necessary but am thinking about giving waxing a try.”

The more mature our skin becomes, the more important the right foundation becomes. Finding the right balance of sheerness and coverage can be tough. You don’t want anyone to see your foundation, and you want to hide imperfections that come with age, including unevenness of tone and wrinkles. Colorescience Pro Sheer Crème Foundation feels luxuriously […]

From famed dermatologist Dr. Howard Murad, widely acknowledged as one of the world’s foremost authorities on skin health, come Murad Sleep Reform Serum and Murad Sleep Reform Dietary Supplement.

Just in time to still enjoy knee-skimming skirts (which many of us wear all year), bathing suits and beautiful tans (easy to have all the time thanks to spray-tanning), Gillette’s come out with a convenient, time-saving way to shave. The new Venus Spa Breeze® razor has built-in bars of shave gel, so no need to […]

As I mentioned in my last blog, I visited the new Sense, a Rosewood Spa at the Carlyle for a spa treatment (90-minutes, $280) last Friday. While I was there to learn more about the brand and this spa in particular, I couldn’t help but notice that the spa appeared to be quite busy. Later […]

Top Spa Awardsby Susie Ellis, SpaFinder InsiderLast night was a big night for us….we hosted our 2008 SpaFinder Readers’ Choice Award event at the new Guerlain Spa at the Waldorf=Astoria. It was thrilling to be able to present our awards to top spas from all over the world in this beautiful setting. It was truly […]

After a weekend in Daytona at “Bike Week,” (my contribution to our marriage) am back at my desk. As soon as Peter sends me some photos of us on his Boss Hoss motorcycle I will post them. It did actually turn out to be a lot of fun. In the meantime an article in Hospitality […]

  I had to cancel my trip to the European Spa Summit and Beyond Beauty show held in Paris this week. Bummer, I really don’t like to be a “no show” for something I had planned. But I am also trying to be less intense about work and more flexible when it comes to family […]