Oops! It's so easy for us to forget about maintaining our feet when our work starts to pile up! We need to wear flip flips or other sandals to beat this heat but often times other things (see: life) take priority over a little mani-pedi... [More]
They say that oil and water don't mix, but we'd like to disprove that statement with Ocean Mist Shaving Oil ($13). Step in the shower (or the tub!) and smooth this over your legs for a close shave and silky skin courtesy of this combo... [More]
Seriously, why are we still getting pimples? Wasn't that supposed to stop once we quit ditching classes and having a curfew? Thank goodness for Mario Badescu's Drying Lotion ($17). Where was this stuff in high school? A little dab before bed and we wake up... [More]
Hooray for beauty products for a cause! Allowing us to indulge our obsession while helping others - it's a wonderful thing. 25% of the proceeds of each bar of this Cleanup Soap ($8) goes to non profit organizations working for landmine removal and survivor assistance.... [More]
The true authority on eyebrows, Anastasia has a great line for shaping and grooming eyebrows to make sure that we are always looking polished. One of our favorite items is the Gel Brow Pen ($21). We love it for its ease of use: the pen... [More]
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If you're a slave to a daily blowdry-and-flatiron routine, you'll want to give Phyto Phytobrush Special Smoothing Shampoo for Blow-Drying ($24) a try. Specially created with intense moisturizers and honey to protect hair from heat damage, it contains natural thermoprotective agents to keep hair happy.... [More]
Longtime fans of Tom's of Maine's all-natural toothpastes & deodorants will be chomping at the bit (ha) to try their new Anticavity Flouride Mouthwash. ($7) Available in lemon-lime and spearmint flavors, it's concocted with naturally sourced fluoride to protect & strengthen teeth, while green tea,... [More]
Common beauty wisdom states that under no circumstances should curly hair ever be brushed - that is, unless you're into Little Orphan Annie frizz. But regular wide toothed combs often aren't enough to unknot stubborn ringlets, even with the judicious application of leave-in conditioner. The... [More]
Ok girls, do yourself a favor, take the cash you've been hanging onto for your next trip to the nail salon and pick up a tub of Barielle's 60 Second Mani-Pedi ($25). This scrub sloughs away the rough skin and cleans up cuticles in just... [More]
Ostensibly, Dionis' Grounded In Nature Tropical Fruit Cuticle Cream ($5) is, as the name implies, just for cuticles. But upon use, we discovered this almond oil & mango seed butter infused cream does wonders on cracked, dry heels worn out from summer sandal wearing. It’s... [More]
The Dignified Abandon Extravagant Hair Clip ($140) from the Oicho Collection by Little Von Loo lives up to its dramatic name by injecting hair accessories with vintage tea hat sensibility. With super-sized roost feathers in vibrant turquoise, we take cues from the Can Can costume,... [More]
Alright ladies, it’s time to talk economics. We’ve been indulging in salon brow waxes to keep our faces looking flawless, but the $$ is adding up. It’s just hard to give up a sculpted brow when we know the best we can do at home... [More]
Whoever said "beauty knows no pain" obviously wasn’t getting regular bikini waxes. Reduce your own beauty pains with PFB Numb It ($25) – a topical anesthetic that helps numb skin to make those waxing appointments less wince-worthy.... [More]
We are not condoning promiscuity or anything, but hey, sometimes a date goes really well and it’s been forever since you got laid and they’re really cute and… Well, all we’re saying is be prepared, mmkay? Your new “just in case” purse kit, IOHO, should... [More]
We're going to gracefully deny that we've ever shaved our toes or or that little patch of hair under our belly button, so let's just say we use these Sally Hansen Naturally Bare Waxing Strips for Faces and Little Places ($6) for our eyebrows. They've... [More]
One of the Outblush staffers actually hit herself in the head so hard with her full-size diffuser she nearly blacked out and gave herself a really impressive goose egg bruise. As a get-well-soon present, we got her the Hot Sock Diffuser ($6), a lightweight, flexible... [More]
How many times have you walked out of your house freshly tweezed and feeling great, only to notice that you missed like, four little blonde hairs invisible without sunlight? We feel your pain. But never again shall this common female plight plague you, thanks to... [More]
Why should men get to shave in barbershops, complete with lather and hot towels, while we're forced to hack away in our bathrooms with dull razors and pithy, pink shaving cream? While we can't promise the hot towels, we can tell you that you'll never... [More]
Until the day that certain, OK, all, guys accept that we'd really like our nether-regions to just do the damn thing and look like this, we're gonna have to keep grooming the old hedge. The good news is that the Schick Quattro Trimstyle ($13) makes... [More]
There's no point in sugar coating what you already know, so here it is: Shaving sucks. And while there's nothing we can do to change that fact, the newly released Moisturizing Cream Shave ($4) from Skintimate does make the whole process smoother (see what we... [More]
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