Summer Special for DUDES! At John Allan’s, the new men’s grooming club at Saks Fifth Avenue.

August 6, 2013

the new men's grooming club at Saks Fifth Avenue

John Allan's is the pioneer of men's grooming – with 3 clubs here in the city, Chicago, San Francisco, and Toronto. His membership clubs offer a range of full service treatment – sign up for a year and guys are welcome any time for a shampoo, condition, hot towel, manicure, shoe shine. Additional services include massage, facial, and shaves.

Let's not forget the pool table and stocked bar! ANYWAY: John Allan's knows that behind every good man, there's a great woman. This summer, John Allan's is celebrating with their Summer Lovin' promotion, partnering with Jo Malone to offer free samples just for stopping by the John Allan's counter.

Even better, share a great deal with your guy with mention of the Summer Lovin' promo (or present the flier). $25 a Full Service and 25% off product that same day.

Saks Beverly Hills – CA
(310) 887-5500

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Perfect cat eyes with Jesse’s Girl Cosmetics new Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner

I can't make a good cat-eye to save my life…

ENTER:

Jesse’s Girl Cosmetics new Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner

$6.99, JessesGirlCosmetics.com

It has a unique Japanese calligraphy-style brush that allows for precise, super-fine application that lets you create lines as small as one millimeter thickness.

It feels like painting and you basically cannot go wrong.

Just follow these steps…

Step 1: Apply foundation like you normally would and don’t forget your eyelids. This will give you a base for your liquid eyeliner for maximum grip.

Step 2: Pull your eyelid taut. Start from the middle of your upper lash line and draw a line to the outer corner of your eye.

Step 3: Go to the inner corner of your eye and with the same technique draw a line back to the middle where you started.

Step 4: To make the wing, start from how far out you’d like it to go, and draw one line back to your outer eye corner.

Step 5: Now, draw another line to create the desired shape, and fill in the wing

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5 Ways To Rock White Eyeliner with a tip from : Jesse’s Girl Cosmetics

August 3, 2013

5 Ways To Rock White Eyeliner

White eyeliner is must for making your eyes look brighter and more awake. With this bright beauty stick those with smaller eyes will find that white eyeliner accentuates their look widens their gaze. White eyeliner should be a beauty staple in your cosmetic bag. Here are 5 ways to use white eyeliner and not all of them are for your eyes.

ENTER: Jesse’s Girl Cosmetics Eyeliner in White

($1.99 RiteAide) a five inch kohl formula pencil with cap sharpener.

Use as Traditional Liner

Instead of lining your top lid with a thick smear of black, try using white. Since white eyeliner is bright and dramatic, this will create a noticeable, dramatic look

Layers of Color

Produce a white line of your top lid twice as thick as you would normally apply eyeliner. Next, apply black or brown liner on top of it with a line about half as thick. This will create a double eyeliner look that makes your eyes stand out without being as dramatic was a white-only liner look.

Highlight the Inner Corner

You can use white eyeliner to highlight the inside corner of your eyes to brighten your look. Starting from the corner, fan out about a centimeter on the top and bottom lid. This will make your eyes brighter, improving your look.

Under Your Brows To Highlight Your Brow Bone

You can white eyeliner to highlight your brow bone by swiping it directly underneath the brow then smudging it along the brow bone.

As Concealer

Hide a blemish by applying white eyeliner to it for first, then covering it with concealer. The whites will counteract the red of the blemish to create perfect coverage.

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meet REESE, a fierce young designer – jewelry, bathing suits, eye wear.

August 2, 2013

Check out this fabulous young designer, Reese (http://thinkreese.ca/).

24 year old designer and world traveler REESE work reflects the many cultures that her rare ethnicity has dealt her (Black, Native Indian, Egyptian, and Iraqi) and given her a powerful approach on design. Her creativity is boundless, designing pieces that are both illustrations of her unique and rare beauty as well as her vast personal interactions and experiences throughout the world.

The REESE brand is as cohesive as it is unique, a compilation of swimsuits and jewelry as well as a limited sunglass in collaboration with Kings of Past vintage eyewear. The swimsuits are a versatile collection of one and two piece creations constructed with open and mesh cutouts and complete with built in bras and bandeaus. These swimsuits, aptly named after their places of inspiration from New York to Hawaii, are subtly sexy and intently fashioned so they can transition from the beach to the street, day to night.

REESE jewelry ranges from rings, bracelets, necklaces, earrings and ear cuffs, all one of a kind pieces carefully hand-picked and hand-made; there is no one piece that is the same. Composed of carefully chosen materials, Reese’s intent is for the consumer to fall in love with the product because of its meaning, and appreciate the piece for the process that goes into the production and the resulting quality.

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Product Picks for the Perfect Stay-Cation: Bring the Spa Home WITH GOODIES FROM OLE HENRIKSEN

Eighty percent of Americans planned a vacation this summer, but if you can’t get away, enjoy the perfect stay-cation with an at-home spa experience, courtesy of OLEHENRIKSEN.

The products are formulated with high concentrations of clinically-proven active ingredients to treat skin care concerns, as well as balancing ingredients to calm and soothe the skin for a brighter, more luminous and youthful complexion. Of equal importance, they are formulated with indulgent and uplifting aromas and luxurious textures for a truly sensorial, spa-like routine at-home.

Below are founder Ole Henriksen’s product picks for pampering me-time and perfect, glowing skin this summer.

Lemon Strip Flash Peel

One-step express peel powered by lactic, glycolic and fruit acids that go to work in three ways to exfoliate and resurface skin, while algae extract soothes and calms
Increases cell turnover, brightens skin tone and reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles for a younger looking complexion

Blue/Black Berry Enzyme Mask

Hydrates with sodium hyaluronate and lavender, quenching and soothing dry, sensitive skin
Blue/blackberry fruit extract oxygenates, renews skin cells, smoothes and refines texture
Panthenol (Vitamin B5) hydrates and nourishes, while papaya enzyme renews skin and removes dead skin cells

POWER|peel^TM

A potent, 3-step clinical grade facial treatment that emulates both a microdermabrasion and peel service
Treats and reduces wrinkles, smoothes skin texture, and reverses hyperpigmentation and sun damage to reveal a brighter complexion

Pure Truth Youth Activating Oil

Pure, unfiltered, unprocessed and cold pressed Rose Hips Oil activates skin’s natural reparative ability
A single source of active Vitamin A, Vitamin C and essential fatty acids reveals bright, resilient and radiant skin
Evens skin tone, lightens dark spots, reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles

Bonus! Ole’s DIY Honey Oatmeal Mask

1 tsp plain yogurt
2 tsp honey
1 tsp finely ground oatmeal
1 vitamin A capsule
1 vitamin E capsule
5 drops lavender essential oil

Create a smooth paste with the aforementioned ingredients. Apply to clean skin. Leave on for 20-30 minutes and rinse. Best used once a week to calm, purify and nourish the skin.

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