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Just Can't Live Without...Origins Gloomaway Grapefruit Body Souffle

By TheGlamtastic · March 2, 2010 · 0 Comments ·
I love the snow when I'm snuggled up in my sweats watching re-runs of The Real Housewives of Orange County, but when I'm hiking through hills of snow and trying to avoid patches of ice on my way to work, I don't love it so much! In fact, when I step my stiletto into a big puddle of melting brown snow - I HATE the snow.

With mountains of snow and no sunlight to be seen, the days sure can seem gloomy. While my office is decked with fabulous florescent lighting that reminds me of the light over the dentist chair, it still feels a bit BLAH my early March.

At this time of year I need a pick me up! To cheer up my body and deeply hydrate dry, itchy and flaky skin, I've become a big fan of Origins Gloomaway Grapefruit Body Souffle. This ultra-light body hydrator feels like you're scooping up Cool Whip with your fingers and applying it to the skin.

It quickly absorbs into thirsty skin after a steamy shower or bath. It has the fresh, happy and clean scent of grapefruit that I've started to love! It's a unisex scent that if my husband used body lotion, he may even love.

It sounds cheesy but the ultra-clean white and vibrant yellow packaging even gives off happy vibes. Silly sounding I know, especially from someone who works in beauty and fashion PR full time, but light post-shower pampering products can make the day that much brighter!

As winter trudges along, I just can't live without Origins Gloomaway Grapefruit Body Souffle!

Are you a grapefruit girl or is there another body souffle you prefer? What moisturizer MUST we try? Tell us about it!!!

Please Note: I did not receive editorial samples.
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Shave It or Bare It?

By TheGlamtastic · February 16, 2010 · 0 Comments ·
Please note: I did not receive editorial samples.
Wolford Velvet De Lux stay-ups $45 - Net-A-Porter
The Art of Shaving Pre-Shave Oil - Rose Absolute $18 - Sephora
Philosophy Amazing Grace Perfumed Shave Gel $15 - Sephora
It's freezing! Before I exit my apartment, I bundle up in my warmest Burberry scarf, earmuffs, hat and gloves, and zip myself into my "Marshmallow Man" coat. However, the minute I walk outside my freshly shaven, silky legs are covered in goose bumps! I HATE WINTER!

In the winter, most women I know spend so much time hydrating dry skin, exfoliating or just keeping warm, that shaving sometimes tumbles down the priority list and ends up landing near the bottom with trash old beauty magazines or clean out the fridge.

After polling my friends, I want some fresh data. I want to know what YOU think!!!

Pop Quiz:

When It comes to your legs, are you a:
A) Waxer
B) Shaver
C) Other ________________ (NAIR, Lazer Girl, Pray for the hair to stop growing, etc)

In the winter months, would you say that you shave your legs:
A) Once a week to avoid feeling like a guerilla
B) Every few days
C) Everyday - it's a must on my list

Your main motivation for shaving your legs is:
A) Hygiene
B) I don't want to get caught in a make-out session with hairy legs
C) I prefer the way it looks and feels

After spending my Valentine's Day in a tight, hot pink belted Rebecca Taylor dress (yes, it was so hot), black stockings and super high booties, my silky legs were shaking and I was craving a hoodie! Apparently, that's not a sexy look. Who knew?!

Tell us your winter beauty secrets! When it comes to winter beauty maintenance, would you prefer to shave it or bare it?
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Chocolicious Shower Gifts for Your Valentine: We Heart Philip B.'s Chocolate Body Treats

By TheGlamtastic · February 11, 2010 · 0 Comments ·
Please note: I received editorial samples for review.
$62.50 - http://www.philipb.com/
Valentine's Day is a curse and a blessing; I love being surrounded by delicate truffles, peppermint bark and hot chocolate treats, but I hate what they do to my waistline!

Get your fill of chocolate treats with Philip B's Chocolicious V--Day Gift Set, which includes Chocolate Milk Body Wash and Chocolate Milk Body Creme.

CHOCOLATE MILK BODY WASH
Who doesn't love chocolate milk? Throw me some graham crackers and I'd be back at snack time, I wish we had snack time at work...

This mouth-watering chocolate-scented body wash cleanses the skin and leaves you with a light coco scent. This rich bubbly body wash is made up of cocoa butter, oat protein and wheat amino acids with aloe. It leaves skin feeling soft, without any residue or sticky film.

CHOCOLATE MILK BODY CREME
Seal your skin with a rich moisturizer! I adore lotions and potions, creams and skin soothers. This year, I've become quite a fan of the Chocolate Milk Body Creme. This nurturing blend of chocolate and vanilla extracts, coco butter, sunflower seed oil and a rich parfum of mouth-watering milk chocolate leaves skin nourished. This super-hydrating body creme is the perfect solution for dry, itchy, winter skin! Treat yourself to that decadent chocolate delight. Apply, hydrate and enjoy!

Delicate, delicious skin - LOVE THAT!

What's on your Valentine's Day wish list?


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Light It Up For Valentine's Day: Godiva Strawberry Rose Candle, C.O. Bigelow Mentha Lip Tint & Calvin Klein Euphoria

By TheGlamtastic · February 8, 2010 · 0 Comments ·
Godiva Strawberry Rose Candle $24.95 - http://gifts.redenvelope.com/
Bigelow Chemists: Mentha Lip Tint in Bare Mint $7.50 - http://www.bigelowchemists.com/
Calvin Klein euphoria Eau de Toilette $40 - Sephora
When you think of Valentine's day, images of truffles and cheesy red roses may appear, but I'm hear to change all that! This year, here are some Valentine's Day goodies that may transform your vision of Valentine's Day.

Get It Hot
Close your eyes. All you can smell is the essence of ripened strawberries covered in what your senses have decided is a rich robe of milk chocolate. Open your eyes. What you're really smelling is Godiva Chocolatiers Strawberry Rose Candle, which brings decadent scents of chocolate and fresh strawberries. The scent is strong upon opening the box, but calms once the candle is lit. This candle is sure to inspire some fire in the bedroom...you know what I mean.

Kiss It Better
Mint in my lipgloss, oh how lovey! Experience fresh breath and super soft lips with the help of C.O. Bigolow's Mentha Lip Tint Bare Mint. This lip gloss feels almost electric as peppermint oil hits the lips and adds a layer of sheer, oh-so-sexy gloss. This nudey cutey lip gloss offers a refreshing, cooling sensation. It keeps lips tingling for at least 5 minutes and leaves a minty, kissable smile for a few hours after application.

Gets You Hot or Not?
There is always one fragrance that screms sex! Not in a dirty, slutty way, but in a come hither way. This year, that fragrance is of course Calvin Klein's Europhia. This sensual scent may turn your Valentine's Day from PG to R-rated quite quickly. The scent utilizes a powerful combination of pomegranate, persimmon, black orchid, lotus blossom, champaca flower, liquid amber, mahogany wood, black violet, cream accord, and the list goes. on.

This is one of those fragrances that has women wanting to be around you and men swarming around you. They just can't get enough!

What is your Valentine's Day secret? Dare to share?

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Save Your Skin with Eve Lom Rescue Mask

By TheGlamtastic · January 28, 2010 · 0 Comments ·
Eve Lom Rescue Mask $110 - Bloomingdale's
We all wish we had time to give our skin the TLC it deserves, but with a hot husband, job and oh-so-crazy schedule, I don't always have the time. Sometimes I wish there was a skin care fairy godmother to take care of my skin while I handle everything else in my life.

Now, I've found an an under eye mask that helps to save my skin. Eve Lom Rescue Mask helps to soothe irritated, blotchy and dry skin as it cleanses pores and exfoliates dead skin cells. Eve Lom Rescue Mask comes with a spatula to help you put the correct amount of product on your face, instead of slathering your face in palmfuls of cream. It also helps to avoid product contamination - who wants germs in swimming through their face mask?

The secret ingredients? Honey, almond meal and extract, glycerin...the list goes on.

This mask helps to enhance radiance and return skin to a healthy, hydrated state before a hot office meeting or night out.

What's your skin care secret?







Who is Eve Lom? Eve Lom is one of the most respected and sought-after beauty gurus. Born in Czechoslovakia, Eve met the renowned skin specialist Georgette Klinger in Hollywood in the early 1980s and began her career as a facialist. It was here that she gained a following for her facial. Eve headed to London and studied anatomy, nutrition and massage techniques. In China she trained in acupuncture. In 1984, the first Eve Lom salon opened in London. Her products and the signature Eve Lom facial are available worldwide.
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Beauty News: Shop, Click, Drugstore Beauty Arrives!

By TheGlamtastic · January 27, 2010 · 0 Comments ·
We all have our drugstore makeup favorites! Whether it's a shimmery gloss or a toning body lotion, on a rainy day when you're in the mood to experiment with new beauty buys without spending the big bucks, drugstores can be like an adult candy store! As you stroll down rows and rows of beauty innovations, it's easy to get sucked in!

According to WWD, now there's no need to get off the couch and head over to the local CVS or Duane Reade! Proctor & Gamble is introducing e-commerce this spring, so that all of your drugstore favorites can be delivered directly to your door. Think Sephora, but it will feature brands such as Covergirl, Pantene Pro-V, Secret and Olay instead of Stilla, Ojon, Bliss and PerriconeMD.

The site called e-Store, in parnership with the e-commerce site PFSweb, will exclusively feature Drew Barymore and your CoverGirl favs like ShineBlast Gloss, Secret Flawless Renewal, and many other P&G beauty and grooming greats!

Rumor on the street is that the company has been losing customers to brands already invested in social media, who have made Facebook, Twitter and e-commerce part of their daily routine.

Would you order from P&G online the same way you do from Sephora or Space NK?

You be the judge! Tell us what you think!







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Kill Germs Without Crazy Chemicals: CleanWell Hand Sanitizer

By TheGlamtastic · January 26, 2010 · 0 Comments ·
CleanWell All-Natural On-the-go Sanitizing Wipes Citrus Herb $4 - Bath and Body Works
CleanWell All-Natural Hand Sanitizer Spray Spearmint Lime $6 - Bath and Body Works
New York is one germy city. I am always disgusted after I see someone blow their nose on the subway, catch it in their hand and then touch the subway seat. YUCK!

Lately, I've become a crazy germ-killer. That's right, my apartment is stocked with Purel, we have a ton of of bottles of Clorox, Fantastic, Mr. Clean and so much more smushed into a small cabinet above the broom and paper towels. As much as I love keeping my apartment and my life as germ-free as I can, I hate that the chemical are a killer, sometimes literally!

My new Whole Foods obsession? CleanWell All Natural Hand Sanitizer. This alcohol-free, gentle germ killer uses a powerful formula made up of patented plant oils proven to kill 99.9% of germs.
It left my hands super soft, as if it added additional moisture, and left a clean, lime scent.

CleanWell is available at Whole Foods, Bath & Body Works, drugstore.com and many more. Check out their web site for additional retailers - http://www.cleanwelltoday.com/.

If you don't want to catch someone else's germs, the flu or virus-causing bacteria, keep an all natural hand sanitizer in your purse or try hand sanitizing wipes.

Have you tried CleanWell? Are You A Lover or a Hater? Tell us what you think?

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Having an Orgasm? Introducing NARS NEW Orgasm Illuminator

By TheGlamtastic · January 19, 2010 · 0 Comments ·
NARS Orgasm Illuminator $29 - Sephora
Anyone who is a makeup junkie knows all about NARS oh-so-lovely Orgasm collection. This legendary franchise, which began with Blush, now also contains a Lip Gloss, 3-in-1 Multiple, and Nail Polish.

Orgasm, NARS oh-so-sexy shade, is light pink in color with flecks of gold shimmer that add just the right amount of sexy shimmer to the cheeks, lips, eyes and toes. This sly shade looks fabulous on almost any skin tone, even if you have the skin of Snow White like I do!

Now, NARS introduces the next addition to the collection, the NARS Orgasm Illuminator. This sheer, weightless fluid isn't sticky or oily like many other liquid illuminators. When applied to cleansed skin, this beauty treat offers the perfect amount of shimmer and light diffusing shine, while flecks of gold, peach and pink allow natural luminosity to shine through with a hint of flirtatious color.

This beauty breakthrough was rockin' the runways before we even knew of its existence! The NARS Illuminator was used to create the looks backstage at many of the Spring/Summer 2010 fashion shows, including 3.1 phillip lim, Marchesa and Thakoon.

Give yourself the ultimate orgasm with NARS new Orgasm Illuminator! This beauty buy is available at Sephora.

Have you tried the other items in the Orgasm franchise? What's your favorite?
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The "Beautiful" Cure for Food Poisoning

By TheGlamtastic · January 6, 2010 · 0 Comments ·
Please note: I did not receive PR samples for review.
Kiehl's Since 1851 Superbly Restorative Dry Oil, 6.8 ounces $42 - Neiman Marcus
Tokyomilk - Honey and the Moon Travel Candle 10 - 6 oz. $12 - Beauty Habit
Guava Shower Gel by Korres $19 - Smallflower
"There must be quite a few things a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them." - from Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar

My husband and I just returned from a fabulous ten day holiday in Spain!

We traveled from Barcelona to San Sebastian. We drove through the stunning French country side into Toulouse, the fourth largest city in France. We ate like kings or like piglets, depending on how you look at it.

While hunting for a late night fine dining establishment day after Christmas, we learned a very valuable lesson - Europeans take Christmas very seriously! Almost everything was closed, Maoz Falafel, Starbucks, McDonald's, you name it! With the Christmas holiday still fresh, my husband and I had very few dining choices. We were starving after a long drive. At that point in the evening, I would have been thrilled to rob a vending machine or dine on Luna Bars. However, my husband wanted a "real meal", so he escorted me into one of the only restaurants open in town a.k.a. RED FLAG #1.

The minute we stepped into this Beauty and the Beast style traditional French bistro, I begged to leave! I could tell that there was something fishy about this dining establishment. Perhaps it was the large nude Romanesque statues hovering over us, or the lack of other patrons, but I new that this dinner wouldn't be the dreamy French dining experience I had envisioned. Needless to say, hours later I had food poisoning.

I spent the night sick (understatement) and when I woke up I went straight for a steamy bath. The beauty products that resurrected me and helped bring me back to life after a gross spat of food poisoning are items I now owe my health and vacation to, including:

Sometimes beauty can be the best medicine!




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A Gift for You, La Mer for Me

By TheGlamtastic · December 15, 2009 · 0 Comments ·
La Mer The Moisturizing Gel Cream $230 - Bloomingdale's
We've all been caught in the vicious shopping cycle, one gift for you and one gift for me.

After purchasing a little something for my hubby this weekend, I was running through the department store's first floor, which during the holiday season resembles the floor of the New York Stock Exchange pre-computers. Everyone was scurrying around, waving their lists and tossing their handbags. Before I knew it, I was standing in front of the La Mer counter.

Now, I've worked in beauty for the past five years and can say that I've tried practically every lotion and potion marketed in the U.S. and some abroad, but I had been holding out on actually purchasing La Mer on principle. Why should my moisturizer cost as much as my Tory Burch flats? That just seems crazy!

However, as of last Saturday, I have been converted! I am now in love with La Mer! I purchased my very own La Mer The Moisturizing Gel Cream for a whopping $230 plus tax. I cleansed my skin and applied a super small amount of product, practically the size of a pearl or two, once a day before bed.

I came into work on Monday to tell my co-workers about my conversion to La Mer, but the results were all over my face. After only a few days of usage (I am not kidding), my skin was intensely hydrated, less red, less dry. My skin appeared softer and was silky to the touch.

I guess you can put a price on beautiful skin and it's $230. Worth every penny!

What's your holiday splurge?



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