Rinse and Repeat

April 6, 2008

I remember when I was a kid (I’m 29 now), you always had to shampoo your hair twice to feel like you had washed your hair. All the bottles suggested rinse and repeat. Then, over time, one washing was plenty to get that feeling of “clean.” And rinse and repeat became optional over time. Not […]

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Foaming Scrubiliousness

April 3, 2008

Happy April! Do break out some happy pink and peach blush this month — and perhaps treat yourself to a new fresh spring scent. Or do like me and scrub away winter! Incidentally, this happens every winter — my skin craves heavy, oilier scrubs and then poof, with no warning (and before the weather gets […]

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Nurturing Showers

March 27, 2008

It’s been a long month, and I have found myself gravitating towards anything that says comforting or soothing. One of them is the Crabtree and Evelyn Comforting Shower Foam in Milk Soy Sugar. It’s a lovely scent – creamy and sugary and milky. The texture is amazing as well – it’s a light airy mousse, […]

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Yes, Body Chemistry Does Change

March 26, 2008

So “spring” in New York is definitely in quotes these days – very cold temperatures, no respite in bitter winds, and really, no spring. Yes, yes, I know that I am nuts to expect spring in New York this early, but I can always hope. So I wandered into Sephora tonight, in hopes of some […]

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My Lavender Fair Soaps has a little Sister on Etsy

March 13, 2008

One of the soap companies I am much remiss in not reviewing on here yet is My Lavender Fair. I have loved her Tipsy Hippie Soap (which is a honey beer cold process soap) as well as her Wild Oat and Honey. Now it seems that MLF has an etsy storefront under the name Balsam. […]

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Jeanne’s Bath Shoppe is Back — with a 15% Sale

March 6, 2008

Jeanne’s Bath Shoppe is one of my favorite etailers. She has lovely products and really good customer care. She had to close a couple of times last year, but she is back!! With a 15% off coupon if you use the code March (until March 23). So if you are thinking of ordering, allow me […]

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Green Tea and Honey Everywhere

March 5, 2008

On Saturday I wandered into Bath and Body Works, and immediately spied a new True Blue Spa line based on the properties of green tea, rice and sake. True Blue Spa is the BBW Bliss-like knock-off. The natural ingredients in them are all very good, but always hang out in a base with chemicals such […]

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Hannah’s Handprints has a new look

February 28, 2008

Last summer I was fortunate enough to meet Christina of Hannah’s Handprints — she was in New York from LA and was just lovely. I was a bit starstruck – after two years of ordering from indie etailers I was actually meeting one! At the time Hannah’s Handprints had a very long scent list, which […]

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A week of yogurt and green tea

February 23, 2008

So as you remember, earlier this week, I tried a very DIY remedy for my dehydrate cranky skin. The yogurt/honey/sugar combo worked so well that I experimented some more. Monday night I washed my face with yogurt after using my cleanser, and did that every night this week. My dryness is noticeably better. I also […]

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More Carol’s Daughter Raves

February 20, 2008

So the yogurt solution from yesterday was really effective. I did yogurt and honey again both last night, this morning and tonight and my skin is almost like new! Yesterday I did wander over to the Target near me which happens to be in the same building as a Carol’s Daughter boutique — and I […]

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Unhappy Face, Part 2 AKA Skin Therapy

February 18, 2008

So this morning I tackled Project Cranky Skin — under the shower I was thinking about how I know how to listen to my skin, and that just researching and buying a new product may not be the way to go. I mean — it’s cranky — why would a new product make it necessarily […]

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Unhappy Face, Part 1

February 18, 2008

My skin is unhappy. Like I-hate-life-and-therefore-will-act-out unhappy. I have sensitive skin — but not so sensitive that I have dramatic reactions on an everyday basis etc. It’s just a latent sensitivity and slight redness on the apples of my cheek. On the average day, most people would not realize I have sensitive skin. The things […]

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Fragrance Arsenal

February 16, 2008

The fabulous Julia of All About the Pretty saw the NYT article I mentioned yesterday. I love her post that she will always have her fragrance arsenal no matter who she is with, and so whole heartedly agree. It’s still very cold here in New York — definitely time for more hot chocolate. Enjoy this […]

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Happy Valentine’s Day

February 15, 2008

Just stopping in to wish you Happy Valentine’s — my scent of the day is Carol’s Daughter Almond Cookie layered with Coconut Hut’s Body Butter in Abominable Snowman. Yes, the name of the later is not too lovey-dovey, but it’s a lovely almond vanilla coconut blend — although the coconut is fading as the scent […]

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More Hot Chocolate and Some Winter Makeup Thoughts

February 11, 2008

Today I had the loveliest hot chocolate at Sweet Melissa Patisserie in Cobble Hill (an adorable Brooklyn neighborhood) — but topping the hot chocolate was the afternoon tea my husband and I shared (btw tea for 1 is PLENTY for 2). We have many scrummy cakes and mini-sandwiches, and also this amazing pistachio madeleine I […]

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