COOLING BEAUTY FOR THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER

August—the dog days of summer are nearly upon us. And if you live in the western US, temps really heat up in September. Keeping cool remains essential for weeks and months to come. Stay cool with these beauty essentials that will refresh your skin and raise your spirits.

Get ready for the stress and heat of the day with Skyn Iceland Antidote Daily Cooling Lotion ($45) . An anti-stress skincare range, Skyn Iceland draws minerals and healing properties from Icelandic glacial water. The Cooling Lotion will help keep soaring temperatures from irritating and reddening your skin with soothing white willow park and anti-inflammatory Icelandic kelp. Skyn Iceland Arctic Face Mist ($29) shares

FREE BROW WAX FOR BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS

Posted by Dorene Kaplan 10.15.12

Boom Boom Brow Bar, the go-to spot for expert tweezing, plucking and waxing in New York City, wants to give breast cancer survivors…and strugglers a boost. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, during all of October, the Greenwich Village shop will give FREE eyebrow waxes to women who have overcome or are coping with breast cancer.

“These women are rock stars as far as I’m concerned, and it’s the least I can do to help them feel their best brow-wise,” stated Boom Boom (aka Malynda Vigliotti), owner of Boom Boom Brow Bar.

In addition to brow care, Boom Boom offers a full menu of facial and body waxing treatments, makeup application, and brow and eyelash tinting. You can

HARRODS SWOONS FOR SQOOM

Posted by Dorene Kaplan 03.01.11

Photo Credit: SQOOM

For U.K. luxury beauty aficionados who must have the latest, here’s a product for you. Launching exclusively at Harrods this week is SQOOM, a German skin treatment system that uses ultrasound and gels to activate muscular tissue and boost regeneration and elasticity of skin cells. The handheld sonic device delivers specially developed gels deep into the skin to make skin look brighter, tighter and more radiant.

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