Want eye, lip and cheek shades hand-picked by makeup legend, Pat McGrath? How about Shu Uemura hair products that Chris McMillan swears will tame even the wildest locks?

You can win these and other fabulous items by entering our Allure beauty giveaway! It’s free to enter so what have you got to lose? Look effortlessly beautiful with the help of some of the beauty industry’s heavy-hitters. It’ll be our little secret.

You can tell a lot about someone by their hands. Smooth or wrinkly? Rough or unscathed? Indeed the shape your paws are in can speak volumes about your grooming habits and even (gasp!) how old you are.

Beauty Editor Post recommends five non-surgical ways to help your hands not give away your age. Among their suggestions is a spa treatment:

“Treat your hands to specialized spa hand treatments with enzymes, serums, and masks to boost the health of the skin on the back of your hands. Use the same nourishing or hydrating face serums as well. Don’t forget to apply sunscreen, and remember, what works on the face, works on the hands.”

So treat your hands to some R&R with a Spa Week manicure or a home serum treatment. Think of it as an investment in your future.

Carrie Bradshaw had two loves in her life: New York City and Manolos. We all remember that tragic episode when she gets mugged of her strappy sandals and has to walk (ew) shoeless until Miranda brings her old sneakers to wear (double ew). The horror. But I digress – back to the shoes.

Basically, Spa Week and Rioja wine are giving away a pair of Manolo Blahnik shoes. You read that right. Free Blahniks. And if that weren’t enough, you may also score a case of Rioja wine. Entering couldn’t be easier. Visit Spa Week, enter your contact information and you’ll be entered to win! Free shoes or free wine? Carrie would do it.

(Photo courtesy of HBO)

Get your dialing fingers ready — our participating spas are live! Starting today you can make your Spa Week appointments for April 13-19. Just choose which market you’d like to visit and read up on the various treatments. Everything is available on Spa Week right now — so what are you waiting for?

Happy Spa-ing!

How will you welcome the warm weather? And you better not say spring cleaning! Keeping Up with the Huxtables posted a list of their top 10 ways to “keep up” and enhance your look for the spring.

Among her ideas I know which ones I’ll definitely get to (“10. Take me time so that you are relaxed. Stress causes break outs on your skin, wrinkles, and bags under your eyes from lack of sleep. You do not want stress to effect how beautiful you are!”) and, due to my geographical relocation, probably won’t be keeping up with (“8. Tanned. Add a little color to your life, leaving you glowing for the world to see.”)

But my favorite of course is “4. Spa treatment. Taking a spa day is always relaxing for the mind, body, and soul.” I couldn’t agree more. When your body feels refreshed, everything else will follow!

And what do you know? Starting THIS MONDAY, March 16th, our list of participating Spa Week locations will be up on the site and ready to take appointments. Happy Springing!