Happy Friday beauties!  So I've kind of been on a natural beauty kick as of lately and couldn't be happier.  If you've followed me for a little while, then you know I am beyond in love with this AMAZING cream and skincare line that incorporates the best of beauty and science.  Today's products celebrate the all natural approach to getting gorgeous.  This summer I found myself finding more and more of my beauty faves in the all natural aisle.  And I have to admit, I do love it.  This haircare line is my new absolute favorite.  What I've used so far I've loved and the choices are nearly unlimited for all types of hair and concerns.  I also find myself reaching for this little tube of wonder on the daily.  Between the sun and surf, our lips can take a beating and this is soothing salvation.  One more tip? Use a hair mask...nightly if you have major summer damage.  I love this one but if you're in need of major hair rehab in a hurry run to the kitchen and grab that olive oil.  Your hair will thank you a million.  Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

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Happy Friday beauties!  So I've kind of been on a natural beauty kick as of lately and couldn't be happier.  If you've followed me for a little while, then you know I am beyond in love with this AMAZING cream and skincare line that incorporates the best of beauty and science.  Today's products celebrate the all natural approach to getting gorgeous.  This summer I found myself finding more and more of my beauty faves in the all natural aisle.  And I have to admit, I do love it.  This haircare line is my new absolute favorite.  What I've used so far I've loved and the choices are nearly unlimited for all types of hair and concerns.  I also find myself reaching for this little tube of wonder on the daily.  Between the sun and surf, our lips can take a beating and this is soothing salvation.  One more tip? Use a hair mask...nightly if you have major summer damage.  I love this one but if you're in need of major hair rehab in a hurry run to the kitchen and grab that olive oil.  Your hair will thank you a million.  Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

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Happy Friday loves!  Spring is definitely in the air and that means a major refresh of the beauty closet.  Today I'm sharing my latest beauty loves that are everything your hair and skin crave during these warmer, sun-filled months ahead.  First in any beauty regime is cleansing your skin in the most thorough yet gentlest way possible.  The latest tech gadget that's caught my eye is the Foreo Luna. This handheld cleansing device, much like the Clarisonic before it, rids your face of any and all makeup, debris and pollutants of the day as it sweeps the pores clean and makes way for the more efficient absorption of all your beauty routine products.  But happily, the benefits don't stop there.  The Foreo also has an anti-aging mode that uses direct lower-frequency pulsations that, when applied to wrinkle-prone areas, reduces visibility of fine lines and wrinkles and brings you firmer-looking skin.  Now that's what I call workin' for ya!  Sunscreen is also something that, if you don't already use faithfully (aka daily), you need to make a part of your everyday face routine.  Sun exposure (not just the kind you get from a day at the beach but the type you get driving in your car or sitting at your desk) is one of the biggest factors toward premature aging. Keep your skin smooth and youthful with a great physical block like this one from Kate Somerville.  Hair needs UV protection too and nobody does it better than Phyto.  Don't go out without it!  Soft colors (like these from Essie) and rosy lips and cheeks (a la Bobbi Brown's pot rogue) say springtime pretty.  Oh and one more thing I just cannot forget to mention is THIS scrub by Peter Thomas Roth.  Rich in enzymes and natural dead skin slougher this peeling gel exfoliant is the absolute best one I have ever tried and I've tried a lot!!  Please don't miss it…your baby bottom skin will thank you!  My other spring beauty must-haves are all linked below and are more than worth a try.  Hope you enjoy them half as much as me!

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Happy Friday loves!  Spring is definitely in the air and that means a major refresh of the beauty closet.  Today I'm sharing my latest beauty loves that are everything your hair and skin crave during these warmer, sun-filled months ahead.  First in any beauty regime is cleansing your skin in the most thorough yet gentlest way possible.  The latest tech gadget that's caught my eye is the Foreo Luna. This handheld cleansing device, much like the Clarisonic before it, rids your face of any and all makeup, debris and pollutants of the day as it sweeps the pores clean and makes way for the more efficient absorption of all your beauty routine products.  But happily, the benefits don't stop there.  The Foreo also has an anti-aging mode that uses direct lower-frequency pulsations that, when applied to wrinkle-prone areas, reduces visibility of fine lines and wrinkles and brings you firmer-looking skin.  Now that's what I call workin' for ya!  Sunscreen is also something that, if you don't already use faithfully (aka daily), you need to make a part of your everyday face routine.  Sun exposure (not just the kind you get from a day at the beach but the type you get driving in your car or sitting at your desk) is one of the biggest factors toward premature aging. Keep your skin smooth and youthful with a great physical block like this one from Kate Somerville.  Hair needs UV protection too and nobody does it better than Phyto.  Don't go out without it!  Soft colors (like these from Essie) and rosy lips and cheeks (a la Bobbi Brown's pot rogue) say springtime pretty.  Oh and one more thing I just cannot forget to mention is THIS scrub by Peter Thomas Roth.  Rich in enzymes and natural dead skin slougher this peeling gel exfoliant is the absolute best one I have ever tried and I've tried a lot!!  Please don't miss it…your baby bottom skin will thank you!  My other spring beauty must-haves are all linked below and are more than worth a try.  Hope you enjoy them half as much as me!

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Happy New Year! Whenever January rolls around everyone seems to be making their resolutions for the new year.  For me, I find goals to be so much simpler and a lot easier to achieve. So many of you along with family and friends always ask me for ways to look and feel better.  These ten beauty boosters are some of my favorite picks for getting gorgeous.  Start each day fresh faced and flawless with this decedent cleanser by Eve Lom.  While yes, it's bit pricey at the outlay, the things it does for your skin and the way it softens and smooths is beyond compare.  And, it lasts forever.  I always couple it with my tried and true absolute favorite tool, the Clarisonic.  If you own it, you love it.  If not, trust me, get one. Now.  Your skin will thank you and never be the same.  This curling wand gives my hair the perfect amount of soft, bouncy curves with shine for days.  The fact that it doesn't have a clip on it was tricky at first but so worth the learning curve.  Be sure to become best friends with the heat glove it comes with.   It will save you from all those painful fingertip burns, haha.  These hair vitamin supplements will keep you healthy and your hair lush.  I especially love how quickly they make your locks grow longer.  Finally, while it's nothing new for me, if you are looking for a beautiful, feminine fragrance that you can't live without give this one from philosophy a try.

I hope everyone's new year is off to a beautiful start.  Thanks for stopping by!

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Happy New Year! Whenever January rolls around everyone seems to be making their resolutions for the new year.  For me, I find goals to be so much simpler and a lot easier to achieve. So many of you along with family and friends always ask me for ways to look and feel better.  These ten beauty boosters are some of my favorite picks for getting gorgeous.  Start each day fresh faced and flawless with this decedent cleanser by Eve Lom.  While yes, it's bit pricey at the outlay, the things it does for your skin and the way it softens and smooths is beyond compare.  And, it lasts forever.  I always couple it with my tried and true absolute favorite tool, the Clarisonic.  If you own it, you love it.  If not, trust me, get one. Now.  Your skin will thank you and never be the same.  This curling wand gives my hair the perfect amount of soft, bouncy curves with shine for days.  The fact that it doesn't have a clip on it was tricky at first but so worth the learning curve.  Be sure to become best friends with the heat glove it comes with.   It will save you from all those painful fingertip burns, haha.  These hair vitamin supplements will keep you healthy and your hair lush.  I especially love how quickly they make your locks grow longer.  Finally, while it's nothing new for me, if you are looking for a beautiful, feminine fragrance that you can't live without give this one from philosophy a try.

I hope everyone's new year is off to a beautiful start.  Thanks for stopping by!

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  Today I wanted to feature some of my favorite beauty must-haves that help get me through the season of sand and sea with both beauty and ease.  I promise you that from lips to lashes, this top ten list doesn't disappoint.  

  While every season, there are those certain products you just can't live without, what I'm loving most about these picks is that they are all under the thirty dollar mark.  What more could a girl ask for?  

  As many of my beach days are spent basking under the cutest beach umbrella, my golden glow would never say so.  Sun-kissed color is only a pump away with this buildable color from Jergen's Natural Glow.  Just pinched cheeks always impart a healthy glow as well. Get them the easy way by using this indispensable little miracle worker from Bobbi Brown.  Dab it on the apples of your cheeks for a fresh-faced look.  Add a little on the lips for some low-maintenance lovely.  No mirror required.  Finally, I love to keep my hair lustrous and supple with a great leave in conditioner like this one from Phyto. Your stylist  {and wallet} will thank you come fall.

  Have a gorgeous weekend!

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  Today I wanted to feature some of my favorite beauty must-haves that help get me through the season of sand and sea with both beauty and ease.  I promise you that from lips to lashes, this top ten list doesn't disappoint.  

  While every season, there are those certain products you just can't live without, what I'm loving most about these picks is that they are all under the thirty dollar mark.  What more could a girl ask for?  

  As many of my beach days are spent basking under the cutest beach umbrella, my golden glow would never say so.  Sun-kissed color is only a pump away with this buildable color from Jergen's Natural Glow.  Just pinched cheeks always impart a healthy glow as well. Get them the easy way by using this indispensable little miracle worker from Bobbi Brown.  Dab it on the apples of your cheeks for a fresh-faced look.  Add a little on the lips for some low-maintenance lovely.  No mirror required.  Finally, I love to keep my hair lustrous and supple with a great leave in conditioner like this one from Phyto. Your stylist  {and wallet} will thank you come fall.

  Have a gorgeous weekend!

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Hello girls!  There's nothing I love more than a great beauty post.  Except for maybe a summertime Friday.  Today I get to delight in both and so do you.  Every summer we all seem to covet the same few things when it comes to looking our best.  The top three:  A Flawless Glow, A Fresh Face and Lush and Healthy Hair (aka Your Crowning Glory).

Here are a few of my favorites from each category.  All are worth your time and money.  My top picks, however, are the standout favorites that I find work the best for me, are most worthy of their price tag and have earned a reserved spot in my beauty arsenal.  Here's what works...

YOU WANT:  A Flawless Glow

      A Few to Try:  Kate Somerville Towelettes provide a beautiful amount of believable color and are super convenient as the come packaged in single-use, sealed packets.  The only problem I find is that because they are colorless (think of a baby wipe), you always inadvertently end up missing a spot and are left with a telltale streak of "Oooops".  Neutrogena Micro-Mist Airbrush Sunless Tan had me curious before giving it a go.  I never understood how an aerosol delivery could evenly coat and color your skin.  I needn't question its ability, as this one just somehow miraculously achieves an evenly applied sunkissed glow.  Dalton Cosmetics Golden Pearl Bronzer is quite alluring with its promise of a hands-free, no dry time, non-transferrable tan.  While I discovered the first two to be true, I cannot say that my white clothes ever really fell for the third claim.

        One to Buy:  Neutrogena Micro-Mist Airbrush Sunless Tan, $10.  I am quite fair and I use the number two version.  The depth of color is enough to be noticeable, yet subtle enough to look real.  

YOU WANT:  A Fresh Face

      A Few to Try:  Laura Gellar is so good at creating the products you want and need to help you look your loveliest.  Her cult favorite primer, known simply as Spackle, targets fine lines, pores and uneven skin surfaces to give you a smooth, makeup ready canvas.  All be told, this primer is hard to beat.  Mally Roncal gives it a go, however, with the creation of her Mally Poreless Face Defender.  As the name implies, this product aims to keep your skin flawless and fresh without even a hint of any cakey or powdery residue.  This one is another great bet.  MAC  is never one to be left out of a cosmetic competition and the shine-prevention wars are no exception. Their Skin Refined Zone Treatment from the 'Prep + Prime' line is fantastic.  It goes on unassumingly under makeup and holds oil, shine and make up meltdown at bay all day long.  Facing an exceptionally hot and humid kind of day?  Not to worry, simply dab a small amount of this liquid wonder atop your skin and voila, you are instantly and beautifully refreshed.

        One to Buy:  MAC Skin Refined Zone Treatment, $21. While all three of these choices are fabulous in their own right, my summer go-to has to be this miracle liquid from MAC.  One tube will last you the entire season right into the fall, at which point, you'll addicted to its magic and wanting to wear it all year round.

  

YOU WANT:  A Crowning Glory

      A Few to Try:  Ojon Volume Advance Volumizing Conditioner.  Straight from the rainforest, this hydrating conditioner will infuse your hair with lush, supple moisture and leave out the heavy, weighed down feeling that can have us never wanting to condition ever again.  When your hair has enjoyed a few too many days at the beach, call for help from Phyto's Phytolisse Express Smoothing Mask.  As a fine haired girl, this is one I only use every now and again but when I do, my hair happily thanks me by behaving its bouncy best.  MIT science powerhouse Living Proof  has come up with some of the most innovative technology the beauty world has ever seen.  Their Restore Conditioner is just one more example.  Expressly formulated with Living Proof's moisture-controlling molecule, this conditioner restores the top layer of dry, damaged hair and brings it back to the smooth and shiny condition you once knew.

       One to Buy:  Ojon Volume Advance Volumizing Conditioner, $23.  The title of this one does not disappoint.  My fine hair never felt better, right after the first use.  I've even found that on days when your hair is looking dry or acting blah, sweep it up into a ponytail and apply a quarter-sized dollop of this conditioner before heading to the gym.  Afterwards, simply rinse and shampoo and you are ready for a great night out.

Go ahead and try these few for yourself and see which are your "Ones to Buy".  No matter your personal preference, you won't be disappointed by these picks and you'll end up with a few new fabulous favorites.  Have a beautiful weekend and thanks so much for reading!

XO,

SUMMER BEAUTY: A Few to Try, One to Buy

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Hello girls!  There's nothing I love more than a great beauty post.  Except for maybe a summertime Friday.  Today I get to delight in both and so do you.  Every summer we all seem to covet the same few things when it comes to looking our best.  The top three:  A Flawless Glow, A Fresh Face and Lush and Healthy Hair (aka Your Crowning Glory).

Here are a few of my favorites from each category.  All are worth your time and money.  My top picks, however, are the standout favorites that I find work the best for me, are most worthy of their price tag and have earned a reserved spot in my beauty arsenal.  Here's what works...

YOU WANT:  A Flawless Glow

      A Few to Try:  Kate Somerville Towelettes provide a beautiful amount of believable color and are super convenient as the come packaged in single-use, sealed packets.  The only problem I find is that because they are colorless (think of a baby wipe), you always inadvertently end up missing a spot and are left with a telltale streak of "Oooops".  Neutrogena Micro-Mist Airbrush Sunless Tan had me curious before giving it a go.  I never understood how an aerosol delivery could evenly coat and color your skin.  I needn't question its ability, as this one just somehow miraculously achieves an evenly applied sunkissed glow.  Dalton Cosmetics Golden Pearl Bronzer is quite alluring with its promise of a hands-free, no dry time, non-transferrable tan.  While I discovered the first two to be true, I cannot say that my white clothes ever really fell for the third claim.

        One to Buy:  Neutrogena Micro-Mist Airbrush Sunless Tan, $10.  I am quite fair and I use the number two version.  The depth of color is enough to be noticeable, yet subtle enough to look real.  

YOU WANT:  A Fresh Face

      A Few to Try:  Laura Gellar is so good at creating the products you want and need to help you look your loveliest.  Her cult favorite primer, known simply as Spackle, targets fine lines, pores and uneven skin surfaces to give you a smooth, makeup ready canvas.  All be told, this primer is hard to beat.  Mally Roncal gives it a go, however, with the creation of her Mally Poreless Face Defender.  As the name implies, this product aims to keep your skin flawless and fresh without even a hint of any cakey or powdery residue.  This one is another great bet.  MAC  is never one to be left out of a cosmetic competition and the shine-prevention wars are no exception. Their Skin Refined Zone Treatment from the 'Prep + Prime' line is fantastic.  It goes on unassumingly under makeup and holds oil, shine and make up meltdown at bay all day long.  Facing an exceptionally hot and humid kind of day?  Not to worry, simply dab a small amount of this liquid wonder atop your skin and voila, you are instantly and beautifully refreshed.

        One to Buy:  MAC Skin Refined Zone Treatment, $21. While all three of these choices are fabulous in their own right, my summer go-to has to be this miracle liquid from MAC.  One tube will last you the entire season right into the fall, at which point, you'll addicted to its magic and wanting to wear it all year round.

  

YOU WANT:  A Crowning Glory

      A Few to Try:  Ojon Volume Advance Volumizing Conditioner.  Straight from the rainforest, this hydrating conditioner will infuse your hair with lush, supple moisture and leave out the heavy, weighed down feeling that can have us never wanting to condition ever again.  When your hair has enjoyed a few too many days at the beach, call for help from Phyto's Phytolisse Express Smoothing Mask.  As a fine haired girl, this is one I only use every now and again but when I do, my hair happily thanks me by behaving its bouncy best.  MIT science powerhouse Living Proof  has come up with some of the most innovative technology the beauty world has ever seen.  Their Restore Conditioner is just one more example.  Expressly formulated with Living Proof's moisture-controlling molecule, this conditioner restores the top layer of dry, damaged hair and brings it back to the smooth and shiny condition you once knew.

       One to Buy:  Ojon Volume Advance Volumizing Conditioner, $23.  The title of this one does not disappoint.  My fine hair never felt better, right after the first use.  I've even found that on days when your hair is looking dry or acting blah, sweep it up into a ponytail and apply a quarter-sized dollop of this conditioner before heading to the gym.  Afterwards, simply rinse and shampoo and you are ready for a great night out.

Go ahead and try these few for yourself and see which are your "Ones to Buy".  No matter your personal preference, you won't be disappointed by these picks and you'll end up with a few new fabulous favorites.  Have a beautiful weekend and thanks so much for reading!

XO,

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