I’ve been on the quest for the perfect mascara since I was 15. I wore contact lenses, and most mascaras could not stand up to the saline solutions. Smudgy undereyes – not a good look. The pink and green Maybelline Great Lash never worked for me. Do you really think supermodels and celebs truly use [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Beauty’
March 15, 2010
Beauty Break: Vitamin Ultrasound Facials
I heart Natalie Maibenko. Natalie Maibenko, whose business is called Unique Verve (530 Tremont St., South End), is THE best facialist and massage therapistin Boston. I can say that with authority, having written three years worth of “Best Of Beauty” awards for Improper Bostonian. (Natalie won three times, twice for massage and once for facials. [...]
October 16, 2009
Beauty Break: Silky Smooth Hair
Publicists send me a fair number of beauty products. A lot of them I simply have no use for, like sparkly blue nail polish (though Coraline did tickle my fancy), lavender foot balm (who has time?), pink floral flip flops (if I lived in Florida), and thong tape (don’t ask). Sometimes I make a good [...]
September 9, 2009
Design Diary: Rheal Day Spa
When I hear Maine, I think L.L. Bean, clambakes and moose. Foliage if it’s fall, with some outlet shopping thrown in. Or preppy seaside retreats with crisp nautical motifs. Day spas? Not so much. Until I saw photos of Rheal Day Spa in Rockland, Maine, owned by esthetician Rhonda Nordstrom. I first learned about Rhonda’s [...]
June 10, 2009
Beauty Break: Brad Duncan and The Body Deli
One of the perks about being a writer is getting to experience the stuff you have to write about. I just spent two weeks profiling wedding services and beauty treatments for Improper Bostonian’s “Best Of”issue which comes out this summer. Thankfully, I didn’t have to attend a bunch of weddings to evaluate flowers, dresses and [...]
April 21, 2009
Beauty Break: Mizu and Sarra
Spring means no more Uggs and down parkas. For me, it also means an abundance of beauty treatments. While I could gladly succumb to a two hour massage (extra deep) daily, I’m not great about making time for all the other primping rituals. But alas, it’s all in a day’s work. For the third year [...]
February 26, 2009
Beauty Break: Upbraided
I know I owe you an Oscar post. Working on it. Meanwhile, thought I’d share a little Oscar coincidence. This afternoon, coming into my apartment, I ran into my neighbor, Nancy C. Nancy is way pregnant, over pregnant really, as in due last week. She looks fab, all skinny with a big basketball belly. But [...]
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