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Mar
04
2010

Spa Week Daily Drugstore Frenzy: Top 8 Cheapie Mascaras

 great20lashIf you follow us on Twitter or are a fan of us on Facebook, you’ve probably seen that we like to pepper you with questions about all kinds of crazy things. We always like to hear your responses - but I think the question we asked this week might have garnered our biggest response yet.

You see, we wanted to know what your favorite drugstore standbys are - whether you swear by a $3 blush, a $5 eyeshadow palette, or $2 makeup removing towelettes, the aisles of the drugstore are full of treasures waiting to be discovered. Well, we got SO many responses that we’re going to be doling them out over the next week or so!

Mascara was one of the most popular recommendations from you, so we’re starting out with the all-star lash paint lineup. Here were the 8 that appeared on our hallowed social network feeds or are favored by the lovely ladies in our office.

Spa Week Daily’s picks
1. L’Oreal Extra Volume Hydra Plumping Collagen, $7.95 at drugstore.com
2. CoverGirl Lash Blast Luxe, $7.99 at drugstore.com
3. Maybelline Full ‘N Soft, $6.59 at drugstore.com

Reader picks
4. Almay One Coat Triple Effect, $8.19 at drugstore.com, @EpicSkin
5. Maybelline Great Lash BIG, $5.99 at drugstore.com, Patrice Pereira-Adore, Rebecca Frommer, and Sandy Savidge Hetherington
6. L’Oreal Voluminous, $7.29 at drugstore.com, @debseverini
7. Cover Girl Professional All-in-One, $4.99 at drugstore.com, @SpaBeauty
8. Rimmel Lash Extender $7.49 at drugstore.com, Kate Kvilhaug

It’s not too late to make your voice heard - comment, tweet, or post your drugstore faves of any type, and see them here over the course of the next week!

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Feb
08
2010

Reader Response: Did You Chow Down During the Super Bowl?

chipsAfter the Saints went home with Super Bowl rings last night, Michelle asked you guys on Facebook and Twitter - did you indulge in junk food during the game?

Some of you were like me and did:
@FFSCOLUMBIA — ugh!…my little nephew and I went thru a movie theatere style box of sour gummies in 15 minutes!
@PamperMeFab — I had this pumpkin bread (cake) from Trader Joe’s with cream cheese frosting. It was so delicious and worth every calorie!
@diahnee — hawt dawgs
@S_Tenuta — cake and panda express… YIKES! Thank god for tomorrows boxing class! Lol!
@rampea2 — Chips!! (lots of them)

And then a couple of you were unmoved by party treats:
Winona Patterson — Honestly, I behaved pretty well. My hubby made some awesome chili, and I didn’t gorge myself… but well, there was that cheese dip that I just couldn’t walk away from.
@thejenlevin — I was very good at the party today! Only ate some veggies and fruit! And no beer! Don’t need a slip up day right now!

Whether you overate or overdrank during the game, or you just need a little healthy detox, might I recommend the following Spa Deals

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Jan
13
2010

You Speak Out: The Food Diaries

appleOn Tuesday, we asked our Twitter and Facebook friends if they keep a food diary and if so, how. It looks like our respondents were pretty evenly divided between those who used technology to help them achieve their health goals and those who stuck with some old-fashioned methods that worked!

An Apple A Day (or a Blackberry, or an Android…)
Lisa Fung-Fernandes: iPhone app. Love it
Amy Schneider Cohen: anyone have an android app they would recommend for this?
Jessica Russell Hernandez: Iphone
Jennifer Bender McDonald: Online…The Daily Plate.com
Karen Mitchell: I do MUCH better when I log what I eat, otherwise I think I have more calories left for the day than I do. I’m with Jennifer and use TheDailyPlate.com
Christina Almond: I have kept one in the past and I actually kept it on my Blackberry! :)

Old-School
Meike Dayan Oliver: pen and paper
Monica Lucente Snyder: pen and paper.
Teresa Formato: in a small notebook in my purse-actually works to help eat healthier and not like a ravenous wolf if you do it.
Cassandra Herbert: pen and paper
Adina De Coteau: Notebook I carry everywhere
@AlwaysInStyle: pen paper, but i always stop after two weeks. it gets tiresome to right everything down.

Anyone want to help a girl out?
Amy Schneider Cohen: anyone have an android app they would recommend for this?

For our part, we checked around to see if we could find some good food tracking sites, apps, and tools. Here are our recommendations!

-Absolute Fitness iPhone app
-TheDailyPlate.com (as recommended by so many of our buddies!)
-If you’re an analog kind of person, you can’t beat the style and portability of a Moleskine

If your fave food-tracking tool wasn’t named here, leave it in the comments!

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Dec
24
2009

Twas the night before Christmas…

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’Twas the night before Christmas and all through the street,
Not a blogger was blogging, not even a tweet.

 No Tumblr was Flickring, no status was shared,
For once in their lives… nobody cared.

Companies’ ad spends were suddenly frugal,
And the world had stopped spinning on an axis of Google.

RSS feeds disappeared on a sled,
Mashable predicted a silent night ahead.

When flawless real-time searching just would not suffice,
The notion of NOW took a piece of advice.

2.0 took a seat and real life took the stage,
Spa Week Daily and the world were on the same page.

Enjoy the little luxuries of the holiday season,
Do things that make you smile— with or without reason.

Relax, indulge, be healthy, find zen…
And don’t forget YOU in 2010.

I sent this around in an email to to some of my blogger friends but was told I was crazy for not posting. 

Happy holidays!!!  

<3 Spa Week Daily

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Dec
10
2009

You Spoke Up! At-Home Facials

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We all know that nothing beats a professional facial - but time and money may not permit as many visits to the spa as we’d like! Which is why we asked our friends on Facebook and Twitter what their very favorite at-home facials are.

Believe it or not, we barely got the same answer twice! Which means, at-home facial fans, that we just handed you a wishlist…you’re welcome.

To start, we asked two beauty bloggers who were kind enough to pass along their favorites!

Nancy at Beauty411.net: Orlane Paris Absolute Radiance Light Box or new LaMer The Hydrating Facial.
Ms B. at Beauty Schooled: I’m an esthetician so I generally give myself peels followed by a hydrating mask in preperation for a big night.

And without further ado…onto your picks!

Smells So Good 
Shira Megerman: Mario Badescu Tonic and Rose water.
Eric Aho: mint julep bc it smells good and green feels healthy
@PhytoHairCare: Lierac Paris Comfort Peel :)
@amymartinG murad vitamin c at home facial kit!
@minkbeauty i love murad’s pomegranate exfoliating mask.

Hot Hot Heat
Caroline Benner: Warming mineral mask by the body shop!
Candice Cooper: Biore heated mask pods. Even gave my brother 1!

High-Tech Ladies
Adrienne Kolumber: oil of olay micro dermabrasion kit
Katy Edwards Jakus: SkinAgain Ultrasonic Massager and the new Crystal Conductive Gels (Zinc-kite and Mala-kite)
Lisa Gabriel: Ole Henriksen Micro Mini Peel system 
Kara A. Barcelo: All Paula’s Choice products
Susan Winters: Sensé by USANA

DIY-ers
Sharlene Ghorban: Yogurt and honey!!
@haselkorn Egg whites on the face! (Not the same as egg on your face.)

You Guys Are Lushes
Renee’ Hamp: I’m a LUSH”Y” too.
Tiffany Stano: Any of the face masks from Lush.
Jennifer Campbell: Another LUSH fan here.

 We’re Not Sure It Does
@ericanardello My favorite at-home facial? Leaning over a pot of boiling spaghetti on the stove! I salt the water, so that counts… right?

Thanks everyone! Stay tuned for next week when we’ll ask another question…

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