Lots of great gift ideas for V-Day!
Stay tuned!

Sally Hansen

After days of searching all the local drugstores and Target, I finally found the Sally Hansen Carmindy-inspired line. For those of you who aren't familiar with Carmindy, she's the makeup artist on What Not to Wear. Anyway, I found her products at Duane Reade at 98th and b'way. Haven't tried the lipstick just yet. We will see if it is worth the mention in Parenting Mag.

Where in the World Sally Hansen?

A few days ago I wrote about a Sally Hansen lip gloss I admired. I went looking for it, naturally. I found it at one Duane Reade drugstore. If you are reading this blog and you don't know about D.R., it's a big drugstore chain in NYC. I also found the lip gloss at Walgreens. At the same time that I was looking for this product, I was also looking for another Sally Hansen lip product, that I read about in a parenting magazine. It was incognito. Why are some products impossible to find? You read about them in a magazine, but they are sold nowhere.

Arrgh!

Laundry Genius!

I know I don't typically write about laundry detergents, but as a new mom,there are times doing laundry seems to dominate my life. Especially when my son has a stomach bug. Get the picture. We don't have a washer/dryer in our apartment, (there's a laundry room in our building) so I usually lug the laundry and detergent downstairs. Sometimes I take Henry too. Anyway, you can imagine how excited I was when I discovered soak. As you can see from this picture, soak comes in many sizes, including travel-friendly packets. Makes doing laundry a little bit easier.  Soak was originally conceived as a no-rinse laundry aid. It's gentle enough for fine wools, swimwear and baby clothes. But I used it in my washing machine with great results. Try the delicate cycle.
Soak is non-toxic,biodegradable and phosphate-free. It's also free of perfumes and irritating dyes.

Buy soak at soakwash and freshpair.com.

Drugstore lip glosses

Today I met a young woman sporting a pretty, sheer pink lip gloss.  From where I was sitting (next table over) it looked just like my expensive Lipfusion lip gloss. If I had to name the color I'd call it 'hint of pink.' This gloss is from Sally Hansen's plumping line. Dahlia told me she decided to stop plunking down a ton of cash for lip gloss and reached for the drugstore brand.
In this case, the results were fantastic.

$9 at drugstores

Fun!Free!Facials! ... Tomorrow!

Hi Readers ... Free mini-facials tomorrow!

WHO:          The Plaza Beauty by Warren-Tricomi

WHAT:         Sjal Facials and BECCA touchups

WHEN:         Saturday, January 23^rd, 2010

    12:00pm – 4:00pm

WHERE:                

          The Shops at The Plaza

One West 58^th Street, Grand Concourse Level
NYC
214 223 4694

Please note: Facials are on a 1st come, 1st serve basis.

UnBliss Worthy

Dear Bliss Spas.

Yesterday I went to your Soho location looking for a face cream. You didn't have it. No big deal. I was prepared to leave the spa store and move on with my day. But the esthetician approached me and told me I needed a facial to help get rid of some dry spots on my face. Thanks, but no thanks. I really didn't like being told I needed a facial. Next time try a new approach.

JB
Product Perfect

CVS' Beauty360 Launches Web site

CVS' Beauty360 site has officially launched. But it is more a site within a site than anything else. Not too exciting if you ask me. Lots of brand names and several prestige names, but the site is kind of messy.

Loving Dove

Happy New Year!  Here's a picture of my baby ringing in 2010.

I'm sorry I haven't posted anything in a while. It's been a busy start to the decade.
One quick beauty note ... gotta give it to Dove.

I tried their unscented body wash at my mom's house. This stuff is so thick and creamy. Wonderful. And it really is unscented. Will definitely try it again. Thanks Dove.

Noah's Naturals

I was just thinking that I needed to exfoliate my hands when a body scrub arrived via messenger (yes -- you can use body scrubs on your hands.)
It's from a company called Noah's Naturals.
I tried out their Brazilian Body Polish. I'm not any closer to looking like Gisele Bundchen, but my skin does feel smoother. I still need to moisturize though. I'm so dry.

I'm also trying out the company's grapefruit cleansing gel. This is a great product. Light, refreshing, with a minimal scent.