Winter Blues Got You Down?

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Every year come December, January, and February we repeat a cycle. It starts with gaining a few pounds during the holidays, followed by making goals for the new year (possibly involving weight loss). These New Year’s Resolutions make us feel clean and fresh and give us hope that whatever was left undone last year will be fulfilled in the blank slate that lies ahead. We then forget about our list of ambitions as we bask in the river of chocolate at Valentine’s Day. Heart Day is then over and we find ourselves in a lull, it is cold and dreary and we are waiting for Spring to lift our spirits.

How about lifting those winter blues by putting a new charge into your intentions for this year? Recommit to your New Year’s Resolutions or make up different ones that inspire you. No matter what you want for this year the beauty world has a solution that is sure to put a smile on your face!

Have Beautiful Skin All Year Long: Save time and get gorgeous skin with PCA Skin’s Purifying Mask. Quickly becoming one of my all time favorites, this mask detoxifies and exfoliates in one step! Bits of micro pumice buff your skin to a healthy glow while algae from the Red Sea, French Red Clay and Red Wine draw out impurities. You will see your skin brighten the first time you use it. Best Benefit: This mask does incredible work at clearing up breakouts.

Go To The Spa More Often: Keep this resolution by bring the spa to you with Liz Earle’s Energizing Body Scrub. Made with ground olive stones, this scrub smells and feels fantastic. What else would you expect from the woman who brought you the cleanser British Vogue calls one of the, “top must-have products of the last Millennium?”

Lose Weight: If your need for sweets is constantly getting in the way of your desire to shed pounds, try steering your sweet tooth in a new direction with Jaqua’s treats for the body. Whatever your craving this fantastic company has something for you: Cocoa Buttercream Frosting, Pina Colada, Peach Parfait, or their original scrumptious Buttercream Frosting.

Go Green: You already recycle and are loving your hybrid car, but you’d like to take it a step further. Smashbox and Pangea Organics are here to transform you into a eco-contributing beauty goddess. With every purchase from the new Green Room collection from Smashbox a tree will be planted in a developing country. Not only that, but all the packaging is either biodegradable or recyclable and you will love the collection. Taking biodegradable to a new level, the boxes used to package Pangea Organics can be planted in the ground to spout in your garden! Soak the boxes for one minute and nestle in the soil for plants of sweet basil and flowering Amaranth. The best in these two collections include Smashbox Bamboo Shadow Quad and Pangea’s Egyptian Basil and Mint collection.

Get Organized: If you love makeup as much as I do then I’m betting you need a place to store all those eyeshadows. What could be better than a train case as beautiful and fun as your most colorful shadow quad? Fluff has just what you are looking for and tons of choices, I personally couldn’t resist the Chelsea Girls Train Case.

Finally Get The Guest Room in Order: Every guest loves to be pampered. Make them feel special with the new creamy Jaqua hand soaps in Pink Buttercream Frosting and Pink Champagne (they look especially pretty too). Surround your visitors with yummy scents, the candles from Beyond The Basket do just the trick, try the Apricot & Honey!

Use My Gym Membership: Make your workout twice as effective with FitFlops, the flip flop that builds muscle while you walk. These shoes are so comfortable and they work your muscles no matter where you go.

(Images Courtesy Keith Levit Photography, Liz Earle, Pangea Organics)

Fun Fragrances for Pink Ribbon Month

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There is no other word to describe Jaqua’s Pink Potion than exactly that: Pink! An absolutely delightful concoction of everything pink.

So unique, I have smelled nothing else like it! A little bit jasmine, a bit of clove, a dash of tuberose, surely that’s rose I smell, even a smidgen of pink bubble gum (just a dash). One of the most fun, girly fragrances I have ever come across, the perfect pick for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The Body Shop - Invent Your Scent 2 for $26

For the month of October, a portion of the proceeds from the Pink Potion Collection will be donated to Breast Cancer Awareness. Pick one and help eliminate breast cancer, treat yourself to the hand cream, shower cream and luscious lotion and give yourself the pampering you deserve! With a cause this good, scoop up the whole collection and share with your friends!

(Image Courtesy Jaqua)

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Jaqua’s Peach Parfait
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Mary Kay, Making A Difference For Breast Cancer

Jo Malone’s Red Roses

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Known for her gorgeous fragrances, made to mix and mingle, Jo Malone has released her Fall contribution to Breast Cancer Awareness: Red Roses. This gorgeous fragrance is a modern rose scent comprised of seven types of roses, collected from gardens around the world.

When you purchase Red Roses Cologne or Bath Oil you’ll be helping Jo Malone to reach her goal of donating $14,000 to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Imagine dipping yourself into a hot tub surrounded by the seductive scent of red roses, melting the day away, knowing that you’ve made a difference in the world and now it’s time for you.

Don’t forget to layer your scents to create your own signature fragrance. Jo Malone’s Red Roses pairs perfectly with Nutmeg & Ginger, Black Vetyver Cafe, Vetyver, Grapefruit, Verbenas of Provence, and Tuberose (scent of the moment!).

(Image Courtesy Jo Malone)

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Jo Malone’s Scent An Event
Layer Your Scents
Custom Perfume Bliss

ghd 2007 IV Styler

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Ok girls, the ghd stylers are the beauty products of beauty products! The ghd 2007 MK4 Styler Iron 1″ straightens, curls, flips, waves, flits, whatever and wherever you want! It even comes with a how to dvd to show you all the new ways to use your styler! The Ultimate Styling tool, you will never need anything else. One of my all time favorite stylers this beauty has ceramic heaters for no static, no damage styling.

The best part? When you purchase the ghd Hot Pink 2007 IV Styler (with all of the same great features as the MK4) $15 of your purchase is donated to the Young Survival Coalition in honor of Breast Cancer awareness month. Last year almost $100,000 dollars was raised for the Young Survival Coalition, help ghd surpass last years success and treat yourself to a styler you will love.

The ghd stylers have rounded plates so that you can both straighten and curl, a temperature control so you can get exactly what you want for your hair type, heats up in 30 seconds and shuts off automatically if left alone for 30 minutes.

The thing I love the most about my ghd styler is that it leaves my hair so soft and shiny, very touchable! Don’t forget your ghd styling products and never have a bad hair day again!

(Image Courtesy ghd)