Living in the desert poses a whole host of new beauty and skincare dilemmas because of the harsh, arid climate–so very different from the oppressive humidity of Shreveport, LA. I asked Dallas-based skincare expert Renee Rouleau for her expert advice on how to adapt to the dryness:
For oily or combo skin, Renee recommends adding water, [...]
Life in Vegas is a complete 180 from life in Shreveport. Sure, I’m still a freelance writer with a workaholic husband and a schizophrenic puppy. But, in short, I now have a social life. I have things to do, places to see, people to schmooze with. If I wanted to, I could go out every [...]
For the past decade, my hair has varied in length between about an inch and maybe three. To my mother’s chagrin, I chopped it all off upon graduating from high school and never looked back. Or, said another way, I never had the willpower to last through all the awkward phases involved in growing one’s [...]
This past week in New York, I surpassed the plush spas and opted instead to get services from independent aestheticians. The experience wasn’t the same–there weren’t gleaming waiting rooms, luscious robes, or saunas and plunge pools to relax in pre- and post-treatment; instead, the spaces I went to were secreted away: A makeshift space in a designer [...]
The Kim Vo Salon in Vegas opened several months back, in December 2008, but I hadn’t had a chance to check it out until my most recent trip, when I indulged in a Hairtini, literally a cocktail for your hair. You have three choices: Mojito, Lemon Drop, and Champagne Rinse. I went with the Mojito, which combines [...]
NY Mag recently published a short blurb about spermide facials–yep, that’s right: Sounds like sperm, is sperm. Or at least it comes from sperm. What’s even more amusing to me than this particular article is the fact that a certain spunky (not intentional, but I’m rolling with it) former boss of mine touted the miraculous anti-aging effects of [...]
My job as a travel writer means life is generally full-speed-ahead or all-stop. I’m either on the road, schmoozing and boozing, and eating all sorts of terribly delicious concotions, or I’m at home, subsisting on oatmeal, brown rice and beans, and green tea. As a rule, I’d prefer to be more balanced–go out to a [...]
A follow up on a previous post on Xen-Tan: I’m happy to report that I am officially tan. I’m pretty sure it’s not 100% faux as I’ve been doing some running in the 90-degree heat, but I know certain parts of my body that have not, nor ever should, see the sun, are looking considerably less [...]
For some time, a friend of mine in Vegas has been raving about this saucy little waxing salon called Box. Run by husband-wife duo Jason and Bree Goldwater–he does the advertising, she does the waxing–the independent salon has been getting a lot of press lately, thanks to menu offerings such as the “Sac and crack.”
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I got back from Las Vegas three days ago. It was sunny and in the 80s nearly every day–perfect pool weather–only I didn’t get to do much (any) lazing about in the sun as I was hard at work on an assignment for New York magazine. So when a PR contact of mine let me [...]