Tocca's Latest Scent, With a Little Korres Kick

Don't you just love when two products combine to create something surprisingly special?

During a recent Sephora jaunt I sampled Tocca's latest, Bianca, an interesting melange of lemon, green tea, and rose. I'm a big fan of the brand, but I approached Bianca with trepidation, since Tocca's last two entries didn't rank high on my list (I was disappointed by the drydown of Brigitte, and just plain

Five for Friday: The Forgotten (Travel Essentials)

Don't you just hate it when you go on a trip and forget some truly critical beauty goods? I tend to forget the same things every time, for various reasons, which I'll explain below. Check out my five most forgotten items, and my favorites in each category:Lip Balm. Oh, I always pack plenty of glosses, and sometimes some lipsticks, but good old lip balm? I always forget it. Let's face it - even

New from Korres: Vanilla Plum, Sugar & Spice

When I'm in the NY office, downtown, I take an express bus home (which is wonderful, by the way, a major upgrade from the subway and regular city buses...and it had better be, since it costs $5). Across the street from the bus stop is an evil, evil Sephora.Why is it evil? Because when it's drizzling and I've forgotten my umbrella (which happens 95% of the time it rains), I can't help but give in

5 Cosmo-Inspired Beauty Products

Can you believe I still haven't seen the Sex and the City movie? Shameful, I know.If you haven't had a chance to see it yet, or if you just can't get enough of the SATC hype, bring home some of these beauty products inspired by Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda's favorite cocktail...the cosmo!Me! Bath Ice Cream in Cosmopolitan is like a LUSH bath bomb -- throw it in the tub and it fizzes

Get Ready For Summer!

I can't believe it's Memorial Day weekend already! And you know what that means...the official start of beach season. My friend B and I will be spending our weekends lounging in the Hamptons, natch. And here's what I'll be taking along:Neutrogena Fresh Cooling Body Mist Sunblock: this has got to be one of the BEST innovations in suncare. It feels amazing going on, smells fresh and clean, easily

Beauty on the Road: Amenities Edition

So, friends, this wasn't the best week for internet access. I was just bursting to give you the Oscars beauty breakdown, but the internet gods in Mallorca just didn't seem to want to let me.And then? Blogger decided to inform me that its automatic anti-spam doodads had tagged my site as a spam blog! Lovely. So I had to wait a day for the Blogger people to review it and let me back in.But now I'm

Korres Yoghurt Cooling Gel: Made in the Shade

This morning a friend called and told me that in Miami last weekend, the wife of a friend of his mentioned that she'd gotten a nasty sunburn and was going to check out the Beauty Addict for a remedy.What? ME?Yes indeed, she was talking about this very site, which I found to be such a funny coincidence. So, Sunburned Reader in Miami, if you're out there, here's my absolute favorite after sun skin

Treats

As many of you know, my friends, the past few weeks of my life have been consumed by a new addiction: furniture and home decorating. Having just moved into a new place with nearly no furniture, there was much work to be done.I am still waiting for the couch to arrive.But, the bulk of the decorating is now behind me, and coincidentally, it is also payday, which seems an appropriate time to visit