Over the last few years, Western beauty companies have finally started to embrace and adopt some of the skin care practices that have long been a mainstay in Korea, where women are known to approach facial cleansing and hydration with meticulous care and a near ritualistic solemnity.
If you watched The Sound of Music a lot as a kid — and had a dad who, for reasons unknown, owned both the soundtrack and a special CD with the Vienna Boys’ Choir singing “Edelweiss” and “The Hills Are Alive” (along with marching band music tapes he’d pop in as a mild torture device whenever we weren’t getting out of bed quickly enough!) — then you might just be my life twin but, aside from that, you probably have a treasure trove of songs that pop into your head at random intervals (and in Julie Andrews’ voice of course).
For years, I’ve heard women with blemish-prone skin praise turmeric for its uncanny ability to eliminate breakouts, heal acne scars, and reduce the sebaceous glands’ oil secretion, thereby leading to clearer, non-greasy skin and less visible pores.
When Clarins releases a new skincare product, I tend to perk up eagerly, an almost Pavlovian response developed after years of primarily positive experiences with brightening, soothing, anti-aging, and radiance-boosting formulas.
The poet William Goldsmith Brown once wrote, “The sweetest sounds to mortals given are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven.” This Sunday, remind your mom of how sweet you think she is and how thankful you are for her being an endless source of encouragement, love, forgiveness, understanding, and inspiration.
You might just hum Mariah Carey’s “Honey” when you apply the new Lancôme Absolue Precious Cells Nourishing Lip Balm ($50 at Lancome-USA.com, Lancôme counters, and Saks.com), as the lyrics, “Oh baby, I’ve got a dependency/Always strung out for another taste of your honey” surfacing from the depths of your memory.
Mother’s Day comes a few weeks early for Mother Earth, as we celebrate her today, on April 22nd, other wise known as Earth Day.
The best things in life are free, and for a limited time, that includes the L’Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream and the L’Occitane Shea Butter Light Comforting Face Cream.
By now, serum-infused sheet masks have soared in popularity, with beauty lovers like myself extolling their virtues — their convenience, their portability, their mess-free quality (no rinsing necessary!), and their effectiveness.
Derek Zoolander may not have been an ambi-turner, but that didn’t stop him from becoming a pop culture icon or from opening the Derek Zoolander Center For People Who Kids Who Can’t Read Good.
