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Sun Protection is Vital, Kiehl’s All-Sport Year Round sun block is available in different strengths and applications. 

Choose from lotions or sprays and don’t forget those lips.

Protection for active adults, this stuff will stay on through your daily activity.  

A lightweight, moisturizing formula, contains Vitamin E and Aloe while providing UVA AND UVB protection.  Oh yeah, and did I forget to mention it stays on while in water?!  protecting you and your loved ones in water up to 80 minutes.

It’s great, it takes a little while to work in but once it’s there it gives your skin a little sheen.

Those Curls sure do Spring you Straight into Summer! you may be curling pretty to attend graduation, the prom, a wedding or maybe you want to look good for the family bbq.  Regardless if it’s a special or ordinary day this Spring/Summer Season is the perfect time to experiment. 

 Curls can take you anywhere and I’m sure I’m speaking the truth when I say you can’t kill the curl.  It’s nice to go straight once in a while with a flat iron but sooner or later the curl springs back.

  Curls can be sweet a la Shirley Temple or big, bouncy, sassy a la –insert any female celeb, like Jessica Simpson, Beyonce, Madonna–  sooner or later they want those big, bouncy curls atop their heads and demand to get them better and with as little damage to the hair as possible.  Now we’ve got a whole new range of curling irons that will curl without damage.

So you understand I love my curls but there are other times I crave straight, sliky hair and that’s usually in the heat of summer.  Here’s a picture of me with stick straight hair, thanks to a flat iron!  It wasn’t summer as you can tell by the coat!

If you’re going to straighten, I would recommend using a ceramic flat iron, I have a pink T3 that I love but of course I’m dying to try the new wet-to-dry flat irons because I can use those extra minutes to sleep in.  There are a lot of other choices like temperature settings and size of the plates to factor in so it’s nice to look at a lot of different flat irons before you decide on which would be best for you.

Compare prices everywhere you shop online and factor in that Misikko offers Free 2-day shipping (on $50+) and right now you can get a free heat-proof pad with every flat iron purchase.

I got the T3 Twirl! and love it!  there are 4 heat settings, 140 degrees to 410 degrees.  I generally use the 230 but love the effects of the 370, I have very fine hair so it’s easy to curl but I like using a tool that is ceramic ionic and has Tourmaline crystals because I don’t smell that burning dog hair type of smell that I get with cheaper quality tools.  I just wish it were pink!!

Consider Curling in the Spring and going Straight in the Summer and no matter what you do keep on coming back and eventually I will find my camera cord and will show you pretty curls and straight style.

P.S. does anyone know where I am in the picture?

You’re headed somewhere by plane, you bought your ticket and have the barcode to prove it.  You want to avoid costly fees to check your bag and the fun that can be had when they lose it.  That’s what brings you to Beauty Baggie Builders, carry on and control your beauty!

The Beauty Baggie Builder for today comes from Banana Republic!  Mini versions of your favorite large size Banana Republic fragrances.  Minis are 2 for $15.00 or 1 for $10.00 and are available now only at Banana Republic stores nationwide.   The 7.5mL  size is perfectly portable.

21 different locations around the US!  This is the best information I can’t act on, please let me live vicariously through one of you! find out the locations here and of course see the beautiful things of Chanel.

Private Sale June 4th-6th, Public Sale June 7th

Welcome Aboard the first in a series of Summer Air Travel posts all about my thoughts on air travel.  The first in the series is about the hot topic of the fees for checking a bag.  The New York Post reported that American Airlines is now charging $15 for the FIRST checked bag.  Other airlines are charging $25 for the second checked bag and don’t you dare try to overstuff your first, they will charge you if you go over the weight limit.

All this means that you will have to pack wisely and carry-on yourself.  For you beauty-holics it’s the perfect time to splurge on a chic carry-on bag to house it all.  Here is my favorite, the Boxford from Longchamp pays for itself in 20 trips ($15 x 20).   If you booked your travel well in advance of these fees and charges, it’s worth trying to get your money back.  If not,  is the flying public going to be responsible for all their increases and fees as they occur? 

POND’S is sponsoring a very fun contest to find the trio of women that embody the sassy and sexy women of Donna & the Dynamos portrayed in MAMMA MIA!  All you have to do is get some of your 40-plus-and-fabulous girls together and make a video to upload to the Pond’s Contest Site.  If you’ll be in New York April 28th the spotlight could be on you!  Spotlight Live, 1604 Broadway (at 49th Street), Monday, April 28, 11am - 4pm.
To reserve a time slot call: 866-99-DYNAMO (39626).

Make sure to keep me posted!!

There’s only one way to combat dry hair and that’s with the right products to keep your strands silky smooth.  First thing, out with the old hair dryer and in with the new, I just got the Featherweight by T3 and I can’t recommend that highly enough, it’s cut drying time in half, I even use it on my girls - whose hair I’m ultra protective of.  It’s taken so long for girl2004 to get her hair past her shoulders, there’s no way I’m going to risk any burns to her strands or scalp!

Another thing I’ve been using for all three of us is the Kerastase Nutritive Masque.  It’s been great and we have very different hair textures.  Just shampoo your hair, rinse and apply the Nutritive Masque to the ends of the hair, wait five minutes and rinse out.

The conditioner rinses very easily and leaves hair soft and smooth.  My daughter’s curly hair has light bouncy curls that just won’t stop shining.  My thin flat hair has miraculously peeled itself off my face and actually has some lift and take off.

Kerastase Nutritive Nutridefense Masque is billed as an anti-drying treatment for dry and sensitized hair and in my experience that is true.  It uses Gluco-Active Technology (Glucose + Protein + Lipids) which help combat the effects of harsh external elements.  The main thing that I like about about the Nutridefense is that it is lightweight and doesn’t weigh down the hair.

People who would really benefit from this product are people who work outside, snow bunnies, beach babes, people who avoid hat head syndrome and expose their hair to the elements regularly and anyone else who just likes to have silky soft hair.