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 go of it, slathering on the moisturizers and lip plumpers with high hopes. Once in a while I happen upon a treasure; a product I keep in my well-edited cabinet.

My most recent discovery is Redken Real Control Mineral Elixir, touted as dazzling smoothing oil for dense/dry/senstitized hair. I love it! It’s a fine mist of oil that’s perfect for smoothing flyaway hair and making it shine. It’s for dry hair only (I use Kérastase Oleo-Relax on my just washed hair), so I don’t need the Mineral Elixir  every day, but I did this morning and it worked miracles. It’s 3pm, and my tresses are still looking lovely.

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Deal Alert: Offi at OKL

A smattering of awesome Offi pieces, especially for the nursery. Shop OKL now – sale ends Sunday!

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Art Event: Fort Point Open Studios

This weekend is Fort Point Open Studios in Fort Point Channel, Boston. Some of the artists I’ve blogged about, plus plenty of others, will be opening up their studios for visits and sales. Here’s a preview. Hope to see you there!

Saturday, October 17th and Sunday, October 18th, 11am to 6pm

Liliana Folta painting and contemporary ceramics

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Christine Vaillancourt painting and works on paper

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Robert Souther photography

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Jennifer Mumford encaustic, painting and drawing

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Jill Rosenwald Studio ceramics

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Stephen Sheffield photography, mixed media

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Jennifer Chin precious metal jewelry

honey_combHoneycomb Jewelry

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Front / Bob’s Your Uncle gifts, paper products

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Montage: Mudrooms

When my editor at the Boston Globe Magazine asked me to do a column on mudrooms, I wondered how I would find three great specimens. Turns out, I got more submissions more quickly than for any other assignment. Makes sense, with our wet winters and sandy, saltwatery summers. “Cloudy With a Chance of Backpacks” was published this past Sunday. Below are many of the mudroom submissions I received, plus a handful of others, including my own. (On the Cape. Unfortunately there’s no such space in our Boston condo, unless you count the living room. I don’t.)

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Photos: Architect Jan Gleysteen; architect Stephen Reilly; Sally de Gan of Spacecraft Architecture; S+H Construction and Amory Architects; photographer Stellan Herner; LDa Architecture; Jarmund/Vigsnaes Arkitekter; Desire to Inspire; Debborah Farrand; Coburn Architecture; FC Studio; photographer Trine Thorsen; Katz Residence; Robin Pellissier of Robin’s Nest; Meg Braff; TMS Architecture; photographer Ngoc Minh Ngo; Zero Energy Architecture; Sally de Gan of Spacecraft Architecture; architect Michael Collins; Sunset Magazine.

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Get the Look: 24 X-Stools

If you’re in the market for an extra spot to sit, put up your feet, or set down a drink, consider an X-stool. Actually, consider two – they look great in pairs. There’s a teak model for outdoors, an exquisite Biedermeier set in a curule form, sharp velvet upholstered examples by Jonathan Adler, as well as an identical design compliments of Ballard, a cardboard version for tree huggers and, of course, Mies van der Rohe’s leather and chrome Barcelona stool. Which do you love?

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Jonathan Alder Tangerine Velvet X Bench, $695 at Jonathan Adler.

Fiona Folding Stool in Teak by Skagerak, $189 at Nautical Key.

St. Tropez Adjustable Ottoman, $141 at Spacify.

Seville Leather Ottoman
, $1,399 at Room & Board.

X-Based Stool, on sale starting at $760.75 at Williams-Sonoma Home.

Cardboard Chairs
shown on Treehugger.

Vanity Stool, $249 at Wisteria

Barcelona Stool by Knoll, $2,046 at Hive

Axel Two-Tone Stool
, $129 at CB2.

Brown Wooden Stool
at Crafts In India.

Upholstered X-Bench
, starting at $179 at Ballard Designs.

Jonathan Alder Pickle Velvet X Bench, $695 at Jonathan Adler.

Yellow Felt X-Stool with Lacquered Tray at Antony Todd on 1st Dibs.

1960s Blue Velvet X-Bench, $750 at AreaID on 1st Dibs.

Dorothy Draper Painted Tabouret
, $2,000 at John Norwood Antiques on 1st Dibs.

Abaca Bridge Stool, $745 at Mecox Garden.

1940s French Tabouret, $3,500 at John Norwood Antiques on 1st Dibs.

Vanity Stool, $249 at Wisteria.

Colette Stool, $349 – $429 at Pottery Barn.

AB Collection  Tabourets with Vintage Turkish Ticking, $2,400/set at Branca.

French Style Bench in White Gold Gilt over Iron, $2,900 at Downtown.

Pair of X-Benchs in Natural Linen
, $4,200 at Apsara Interior on 1st Dibs.

Pair of Biedermeier Stools at Ritter Antik on 1st Dibs.

Walnut X Bench by Poet Furniture.

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