Beauty Flash

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For all you gals out there wanting to update your look fast, here’s the latest from the runways: Throw out your blackest black mascara for now, it’s Navy mascara that’s taking the lead. It’s everywhere from Givenchy to Benefit Cosmetics, and I’m not talking the electric blue of our ’80’s past. This time around it’s more elegant, a true Navy Blue. What’s the brand everyone is talking about? BADgal Blue from Benefit, this mascara is designed to make the whites of your eyes whiter and the color of your irises more vibrant. If the thought of blue mascara brings back memories of neon colors and jelly bracelets or you feel like you’ve been there, done that and not going there again, then give your sapphire lashes a new twist: layer black mascara at the ends of your blue lashes for a sophisticated touch or tip your blackest black lashes off with the new blue for a hint of what’s hot with a classic edge. This is also a great option if you need a more traditional look or you don’t want to look trendy, but you want to keep up with the latest styles.

(Image Courtesy Benefit Cosmetics)

At Home Spa Sanctuary

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aveda-candle.jpgWhile exploring my on going love affair with Aveda products I ran across a suggested ritual in their Caribbean Therapy line. Being that it had been an especially exhausting day and I could barely do anything but plop down on the couch and try to catch my breath, the word “Ritual” combined with “Caribbean” followed by “Therapy” could do nothing but seduce me out of my lethargic state. Sure enough, by the time I finished reading through the “Create your own spa sanctuary at home” I felt thoroughly pampered and inspired to take care of myself, rather than sit there like wilted lettuce waiting to be watered.

To add to the luxury of this treatment the Caribbean Therapy line has an entrancing sent swirled with cocoa butter, lime, mango, and vetiver. For just a minute you’ll swear you’ve been transported to St. John’s with someone handing you a rum drink with a pineapple happily hanging on the side. And besides, we all know Aveda never fails when it comes to great scents. Speaking of scents, there is nothing that makes you feel more like a goddess than smelling amazing. Imagine a hard day, you come home and treat yourself to a spa, go out feeling refreshed and pretty and someone gives you a hug and says, “Wow! You smell wonderful, like you just stepped out of a spa”. Now what would make you feel more beautiful than that?

So for all you goddesses out there, here is Aveda’s, sure to make you feel special, at home spa:

• Light a Caribbean Therapy Soy Wax Candle to infuse the room
with exotic aroma.

• Pour 4-6 capfuls of Caribbean Therapy Bath Soak under warm
running water.

• While bath is running, massage Caribbean Therapy Body Scrub
onto dry skin to exfoliate.

• Step in; deeply inhale the aroma of Caribbean essential oils.

• Lather a Caribbean Therapy Bath Bar and, working toward the
heart, use gentle, slow, circular motions to exfoliate the
whole body.

• After bathing, gently pat skin dry, then mist face and body
with Caribbean Therapy Flower Water to refresh skin; inhale
the neroli and orange aroma.

• Apply Caribbean Therapy Body Creme liberally using slow,
circular motions, working toward the heart.

• Curl up in a warm robe or blanket with a cup of Aveda
Comforting Tea.

(Image Courtesy Aveda)