We’re happy to report that our war with seasonal skin disorder is over. Beauty Counter 1, dry unattractive facial issues, 0. We’d like to give a few shout-outs to those products that have helped us claim this victory: Josie Maran Argan Oil, Prescriptives Comfort Cream—we couldn’t have done it without you. But a special thanks [...]

As previously mentioned, we’ve become big argan oil devotees and have lately taken to slathering it on as a nighttime replenishing treatment and a daytime moisturizer (topped off with sunscreen) for hydration and a healthy glow. Josie Maran’s organic version is currently in our rotation, and it apparently has way more uses than the two [...]

Happy Earth Day to you and yours! We’re assuming that you’re making an effort to do something eco-conscious today—whether that means using less electricity and hot water, planting a tree, or partaking in one of the many green beauty initiatives we’ve clued you in to over the past month. For our part, we’d like to [...]

Seeing as how it’s our job to know everything and anything beauty, we take a small bit of pride in being able to field questions from friends and relatives who are trying to fulfill specific needs. While lamenting the current state of our non-tan skin with an equally olive-complected friend over dinner this week, she [...]

After predicting 2008’s gold trend, a luxury lash revolution that saw thickeners and vibrating wands wow consumers worldwide, and a collective embrace of all things Amazonian, we’ve come to respect and actually look forward to Spa Finder magazine’s annual beauty trend report. While the economic downturn looks like it will put the focus in 2009 [...]

If you missed last summer’s beauty brawl, in which salon owner and master stylist Philip Pelusi’s Tela Beauty Organics and Horst Rechelbacher’s Intelligent Nutrients vied for bragging rights as to who was in fact the first haircare line to launch with products bearing the USDA Certified Organic seal of approval, we’ll spare you the suspense: [...]

ARGAN OIL/(are-gan oil)/n./ 1. The extraction from the pulp and seed of nuts from the argan tree, found in Morocco and Algeria; /n./ 2. Typically harvested by women’s cooperatives and high in vitamin E content, argan oil has exceptional moisturizing properties and has been proven to have age-defying and skin-healing capabilities, e.g., “Do something good [...]