01/27/10

A Breath of Fresh Air

We can all use that about now, what with cold and flu season in full swing, can’t we? From the local gals who brought us organic nail care (Marie Elena Lamari of Yonkers and Cherie Corso of Pelham of G2Organics), comes a lovely, and useful, herbal inhalation jar. Just remove the lid and inhale deeply: the invigorating scent is a wakeup call to your stuffy nose and aching sinuses. Need a bigger hit? Use a tablespoon of the herbs to one cup of boiling water and steam your miseries away. Like all G2Organics products, Breath of Fresh Air is Reiki-charged, so you get good karma and energy from the product as a bonus. Just $24.95 at

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01/20/10

I’m Nuts About Macadamias!

Not the ones you eat—although I love those too—but the brand-new Macadamia Natural Oil hair-care line that combines concentrated oil extracts from macadamia nuts and argan seeds along with yummy botanicals. Trust me, I’ve tried just about every hair-care product on the planet—and I love, love, love these. Just a dollop of the Deep Repair Masque twice a week (work it through hair, rinse out after five to 10 minutes), and my hair went from coarse, dry, and frizz-prone into soft, silky, and smooth—I swear. I admit, I was skeptical about putting the Healing Oil on my hair and leaving it in, but one or two pumps to wet hair actually helped my hair dry faster and...

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01/13/10

Packing Heat

Good things come in small packages and we just love this travel-size flat iron—it comes in girly colors of fuchsia, pink, and blue and its own heat-proof travel pouch so you can just toss it in your overnight bag and be good to go. Don’t let its small size (7-1/2 inches, weighing in at less than a pound) fool you—it’s petite and powerful, packing heat and sealing in your hair’s moisture to eliminate frizz and fly-aways.

Keratin Complex’s Travel Mini Flat Iron, $59, available online at KeratinComplex.com.

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01/06/10

Ready, Set, Strut!

Sometimes I get product pitches that are so ridiculous, I just have to laugh before I hit the delete key. But this one is so sublimely silly that I’ll share, only the names have been changed to protect the guilty:

“Rumor has it that even the Victoria’s Secret Angels need layers of makeup applied to their posteriors in order to make them runway-ready, and while the average girl may not have her own makeup artist, she does have Unmentionable’s Butt Lift In A Box, the best way to beautify your butt. This three-part system reduces the appearance of cellulite and makes skin look smooth, tight, and “lifted.” Complete with Plumping Catalyst to plump,...

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