Festive Ideas from Avon

  You just might be able to find something for everyone from one place-- Avon. And choose a few affordable must-haves for you.
A new and exciting skin care advance from Avon, Anew Genics is worth trying, as is the Anew Platinum Eye and Lip Creme. To add a festive glow to you hair and skin, there is the So Luminous collection.  Nail polish with sparkle, lip color with  dazzling punch and eye make-up to make your eyes dramatically unforgettable (like the Professional Eye Smokifier) can help you look your celebration best and it is all so beautifully affordable.













http://shop.avon.com/

                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                             

Solid, Baby!

Travel may now be a bit easier--lugging your shampoo and conditioner, anyway. One Bath and Body presents solid shampoo and conditioner to keep your hair beautiful while you are on the go. The company states:
"Where Natural beauty is also Down to Earth Gorgeous." And they mean it.



http://www.onebathandbody.com/

Taming Tempestuous Tresses

Don’t look now but there go the winter winds and here comes the beginnings of soon-to-be-sultry humidity—you know, the kind that plays havoc with any attempt at a smooth hair style? Pantene has a few tools that can honestly help restore hair’s smoothness and shine. Starting with  Pantene Pro-V Restoratives shampoos, conditioners and treatments--they are created with advanced pro-vitamin formulas that penetrate to the core, and help to fortify the structure of the hair.

Then apply some Frizz Control Ultra Smoothing Balm to help tame unrelenting frizz and flyaways for easy-to-manage, smooth, virtually frizz-free hair throughout the day on either air-dried or heat-styled hair.

Pantene’s products always live up to expectations and these really work beautifully.

http://www.pantene.com

Deliciously Fragrant Baked Goods for the Bath

Lemon Cookie, Oatmeal Raisin, Coconut Macaroon, Chocolate Chip Cookies….

No, you’re not reading the wrong products review page. This is not our Food Review site. These are some of the fabulous new shampoo/shower gel/ bubble bath elixirs from Philosophy.

How do they do it? Philosophy keeps coming out with new mouth-watering body washes with the fragrance of delicious baked goods and tempting comforting desserts. Pumpkin Spice, Red Velvet Cake, Double Rich Hot Cocoa, Warm Pear Cobbler, Gingerbread, Cinnamon Buns.

And the delicious scents are not the only plus—these magical liquids can do triple duty as shower gel, bubble bath and shampoo, which will leave your hair soft and fragrant. The formula is so rich you might find you don’t need that conditioner. This means you only have to take one bottle with you into the shower-- at home, while traveling, even camping. Raspberry Mouse, Oatmeal Raisin, Pink Frosted Layer Cake…..

And many of these scents are available in clever “cookie” tins ($30), charming classic cookbooks ($35) and bake shoppe-boxes ($30) that make great gifts, especially for the holidays.

And after you’re all showered and refreshed, try the new Philosophy make-up, a selection of natural looking cosmetics for eyes, cheeks, lips and face that will leave you with a beautiful glow.

http://www.philosophy.com

Travel Hair Care

Travelling? Taking a trip? Then you will need travel sizes of some wonderful products for your hair. Fekkai Travel Faves has a collection of just-right take along sized products that are just right for keeping your hair beautiful. Packed in a sturdy, soft case, are portable sizes of Glossing Shampoo, conditioner, glossing crème, sheer-hold hairspray—even a mini-comb—with wide teeth so it won’t pull at your hair. Another travel case holds portable sizes of the technician color care products.

Frédéric Fekkai salons is offering the complimentary Travel Kit of your choice with any Salon Service Package Purchase!

Now you can take Fekkai products with you where ever you go! With a purchase of any existing package, Fekkai Salons give you a complimentary Travel Kit of your choice. This perfect kit is easy to pack in your weekend bag and comes with all of your Fekkai faves for those summer weekend getaways.

WHERE: 5^th Avenue

SoHo

Greenwich

Dallas

Beverly Hills

Melrose Place

Palm Beach

Ans, if you need to keep the frizzies in check, you might also want to add the 5 oz spray bottle of Fekkai’s Marine Summer Hair Zero-humidity frizz control, purchased separately.

Bon Voyage…and Beaux Cheveux!

Aveeno Alert

Many have secretly been using Aveeno lotions as a kind of spot-hair-conditioner, even just secretly running the excess from a hand application over their tresses. Now, your hair can have its own Aveeno hair care products. And, to celebrate the introduction of the AVEENO^® NOURISH+ Hair Care Collection, the AVEENO^® Brand will take over three salons across the country on Wednesday, May 27^th and offer women the chance to rewrite their hair’s story and give it new life, in just three washes. Beginning at 10:00 AM, women in the three cities will receive a free hair wash with AVEENO^®

NOURISH+ Shampoos and Conditioners, a professional blow-dry by stylists, and receive tips on how to give their hair new life at home in the following cities and salons:

Boston Minneapolis Seattle

James Joseph Salon Level Haven

30 Newbury Street 903 Washington Ave. S. 5810 24^th Avenue NW

First 200 women First 100 women First 100 women
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM

Women who attend the events will be given free, eco-friendly pedi-cab lifts to and from the salons; they will also receive expert tips and product samples and be encouraged to take before and after photographs to showcase the results achieved from just one wash with the products. For those women who do not live in Boston, Minneapolis or Seattle areas, they can log onto www.HairWithLife.com and register to receive free samples of the AVEENO^® NOURISH+ Hair Care Collection, as well tips on how to give hair new life.

Check out their websute and if you live anywhere near one of these three locations give it a try!

The Grass is Riz, Tame the Frizz

Spring is in the air and if the recent furnace-blast of summer temperatures just experienced put a little too much spring in your hair—aka frizzies—then here comes Frizz-Ease by John Frieda, just in time. Here are a couple of new applications of Frizz-Ease—Straight—Heat Defeat, a protective styling spray, and Straight Fixation Smoothing Crème—that has a nice sound to it.

The spray bottle fits nicely in the hand and aims the product just where you need it. This Heat Defeat can be used to protect the hair before you blow dry and after. The creme helps your hair stay silky smooth and straight for up to 24 hours. Both the spray and the creme work well at taming hair that gets too stimulated by humidity.

As always, affordable hair care frizz tamers that really work—without weighing down your hair.

Eucalyptus Euphoria

Here’s a hair care line that really wakes up your scalp and also leaves your hair looking healthy and glowing-- Root Awakening from John Frieda. Start with the shampoo and finish with a conditioner that is sure to wake up your hair and you.
Root Awakening products hydrate the scalp for visibly healthier, stronger hair with greater shine, bounce and manageability. Formulated with effective levels of natural Eucalyptus, each product in the comprehensive line invigorates the scalp to awaken 3x healthier hair. The formulas purify and nourish the roots and scalp to promote healthier-looking growth and instantly foster noticeably more resilient, radiant hair. The tingling sensation and energizing scent of the products create a multi-sensorial experience that lets you know the formulas are working at the root to promote healthier looking hair.

There are several formulas:
Root Awakening™ Health Infusing™ Shampoo and Conditioner for normal hair – Formulated with nourishing vitamins, this health-boosting duo nurtures visible hair health by feeding the roots for bouncy, shiny, radiant hair.

Root Awakening™ Nourishing Moisture Shampoo and Conditioner for dry hair – Containing vitamin E and targeted conditioning agents, this shampoo and conditioner deeply hydrates and nourishes from roots to ends, restoring essential moisture for soft, silky hair.

Root Awakening™ Strength Restoring Shampoo and Conditioner for breakage-prone hair – Developed with panthenol, this restorative shampoo and conditioner set instantly fortifies and silkens from roots to ends to reduce breakage and foster visibly healthier hair.

There is also a very handy detangling spray--don't you love those?.

Why Eucalyptus? This plant is not just a favorite of Koalas, Eucalyptus globulus oil is said to have therapeutic and antimicrobial properties and there’s no denying the fragrance itself is invigorating but your scalp will also feel a delightful tingle.


Price: About: $6.49

Snickerdoodle in the Shower

It is Philosophy’s philosophy that every day is a holiday. And the holiday collection of mouth-watering scents and fragrances will put even the grouchiest grump in a better mood to start the day. One unique Philosophy product is their 3 in 1 shampoo, shower gel and bubble bath elixir. It really can be used for any of the three purposes, and it does what you ask of each.

This multi-tasking, award-winning shampoo, shower gel and bubble bath formula cleans and conditions hair and skin in one easy step leaving them feeling soft, smooth and smelling delicious. It is a gentle yet thorough cleanser that will send your senses reeling with an array of fragrances so vast that you could try a new one every day for almost two months and still not have experienced all of them.

Some of the seasonally inspired scents include: Pumpkin Spice Muffin, Caramel Apple, Black Licorice, Café au Lait, Double Rich Hot Cocoa, Spicy Pear Cobbler, Orange Cranberry Spritzer, Angel Cakes, Snickerdoodle, Gingerbread--hungry yet? (No, we didn’t put these in the wrong products review page--they only sound and smell like they belong in our food review blog.) The flavor fragrances will delight anyone and inhaling the fresh food aromas may even help satisfy food cravings… maybe.

Our philosophy is that is that even if Philosophy made no other product except the fabulous 3 in 1, they would have lived up to their philosophy.

Just one suggestion--since the elixir is so deliciously thick and rich, it would be easier to get the liquid out of the container if it came with a pump. Idea?

About $16 to $20 each. And worth every cent--scent.

Intense Conditioning

Now that you’ve colored your hair, you’ll want a conditioner that goes beyond the little tube you got in the package. The response to the conditioner in Clairol’s Nice’ n Easy Perfect 10 hair coloring kit was so great that the company decided to offer the Color Seal Weekly Conditioning Gloss separately.

We agree. This conditioner really does live up to its name, making color-treated hair shinier, healthier and smoother and has the added benefit of helping to seal in the color.

The generous 58 ml. tube should last a long time since the conditioner only has to be applied once a week (and rinsed out after about two minutes). It is easy to open and apply in the shower and it protects your hair and your hair color. And it smells great.