More Mother's Day Beauty Picks!

As a Mother of two, I would certainly appreciate any, or all, of the items listed below. Wink, wink kiddos! 

For The Ultimate in PAMPERING:

Clarisonic Mia Fit

Today’s mom on the go needs a beauty routine that works outside the confines of her bathroom. The compact, travel-friendly and freestanding design of Mia Fit feels comfortable in the palm of the hand and fits easily wherever it’s stashed, from the bathroom cabinet to the gym locker. It gently removes everyday impurities, sunscreen and makeup for smooth, radiant skin that feels as good as it looks.
Price: $189, Available at Clarisonic.com

Erno Laszlo Masking Trio

No one deserves a moment of pampering more than your mom. For Mother’s Day, gift her the ultimate masking trio from Erno Laszlo. This gift set includes the Hydra-Therapy Skin Vitality Treatment, Hydra-Therapy Memory Sleep Mask and Transphuse Age-Defying Mask.
Price: $220, available at ErnoLaszlo.com

June Jacobs Mini Masque Quartet

Treat mom with only the best this year. June Jacob’s Mini Masque Quartet includes 4 best-selling masques to hydrate, nourish, detoxify and renew skin to perfection. Refresh with Mandarin Moisture, nourish with Cranberry Pomegranate, clarify with Papaya and detoxify with Pumpkin Enzyme.
Price: $35, Available on JuneJacobs.com

Peter Thomas Roth Rose 3-Piece Kit

Give the gift of youthful-looking skin to your mom this year! Housed inside a beautiful rose-printed case (no wrapping necessary) you’ll find cult favorites, including Rose Stem Cell Bio-Repair Gel Mask and Cleansing Gel and Pink Bombshell Lip Balm.
Price: $49, Available at PeterThomasRoth.com

Skin Laundry

This Mother’s Day, treat mom to her first treatment free at Skin Laundry! Skin Laundry, the California skin clinic transplant with three NYC outposts, utilizes a signature 10-minute advanced YAG Laser & Light technology treatment to completely cleanse skin by removing all dirt and bacteria to help even out skin tone, decrease pore size, improve scars and blemishes, and reduces wrinkles – making skin healthier, stronger and more radiant immediately and over time. Skin Laundry’s accompanying skincare collection works in conjunction with the treatments (although the products can be used on their own), offering an opportunity to rejuvenate and revitalize skin at home.

Skin Laundry Rejuvenation Essentials Kit

Perfect for any mom that is looking to achieve a natural and youthful glow. This advanced anti-aging and rehydrating regimen noticeably reduces appearances of fine lines and wrinkles, designed to improve the overall look of skin tone, texture, smoothness and elasticity. The kit includes minis of the Renewing Eye Cream, Night Renew Treatment, Restoring Night Serum and Rejuvenating Anti-Aging Facial Masks
Price: $160, Available at SkinLaundry.com and Skin Laundry clinics nationwide

goop by Juice Beauty Discovery Set

Gift your mom the goop glow with this travel size collection of Gwyneth Paltrow’s new venture, goop skincare. Perfectly curated to keep skin fresh and rejuvenated with powerful organic ingredients that are designed to brighten skin tone and target fine lines and wrinkles. Set includes:Revitalizing Day Moisturizer (0.5 fl oz), Enriching Face Oil (0.3 fl oz), Replenishing Night Cream (0.5 fl oz) and Exfoliating Instant Facial (0.5 fl oz)
Price: $125; available at goop.com/goopskincare

For The Ultimate in GLAMOUR:

By Terry Baume De Rose Nutri-Couleur in Coral Stellar and Mauve Moon

Indulge your mom with this tinted version of the cult favorite, Baume de Rose. The intensive, regenerative, multi-targeting balm conditions lips with luscious color for a glamorous, age-defying pout.
Price: $56, Available at B-Glowing.com

Laura Geller Limited Edition: The Truffles Collection

Treat mom this year with a gift better than chocolate this year. For four deliciously easy eye looks inspired by decadent chocolate confections, these 12 shades are packaged in easy-to-use trios that allow you to indulge in the versatile, long-wearing Baked Color Intense Eyeshadow formula.
Price: $45, Available at ULTA and LauraGeller.com

OPI Soft Shades Collection

Softly shaded, seriously opaque and knockout gorgeous, these pastels are perfect for the mom who wants to make a subtle statement. Lilac, yellow and green redefine cool, while creamy white makes an indelible impression. Peach and blue have never looked more grown up. All are demure, yet a little edgy.
Price: $10 each, Available at Ulta.com

UD | Gwen Stefani Eyeshadow Palette

Gift your mom with the look of the coolest mom we know – Gwen Stefani. To create the UD | Gwen Stefani Eyeshadow Palette, Chief Creative Officer & Founding Partner (and fellow mom) Wende Zomnir spent countless hours at Gwen’s house talking makeup and carefully crafting each shade. The palette is packed with 15 must-have, super-flattering shades of eyeshadow, for creating Gwen’s iconic look.
Price: $58, Available at Sephora, Ulta, select Macy’s, Sephora.com, Ulta.com, Macys.com, Beauty.com and UrbanDecay.com

CYBER WEEK: I have you covered!

Yes, Thanksgiving is right around the corner which means it’s time to start thinking about what you can score with those great shopping deals. Did you know that 55 percent of holiday shoppers were in stores and online over Thanksgiving weekend last year? Let’s see what’s in store for 2015, with the overall week now being dubbed “Cyber Week.”

BUT FIRST…

RETAILMENOT (www.retailmenot.com)

Before even entering the Black Friday door busters or logging in for Cyber Monday, arm yourself with the RetailMeNot app. Recent survey findings from RetailMeNot state almost 65% of consumers find their biggest financial holiday season stress to be the cost of gifts and turn to Black Friday and Cyber Monday for bargains.

RetailMeNot makes make it easy to save money when you are shopping online and in store by sharing hundreds of thousands of digital promotions and coupons from a variety of retailers on their site and app – West Elm, Best Buy, Target, Sephora, Frontier Airlines, Toys ‘R’ Us, Amazon, Saks Fifth Avenue, Macy’s etc. Walk into a mall or shopping center and RetailMeNot will use geofencing to send you notifications with coupons at the stores closest to you.


ALTERNA HAIRCARE

Cyber Week Deal: Friday, 11/27 – Friday, 12/4

· Caviar Moisture Trio – Travel-friendly Caviar Moisture Shampoo & Conditioner and Caviar CC Cream, this fan favorite collection is perfect for stocking stuffers or holiday traveling.

Price: $10, Available at Sephora and Sephora.com while supplies last

· Repairx Trio – Help repair stressed strands with this trio that includes: Caviar Repairx Shampoo & Conditioner and Caviar CC Cream

Price:$15, Available exclusively at salons

BEAUTY.COM

Find the perfect gift for every beauty junkie on your list

Cyber Week Deal: Monday, 11/23 – Monday, 11/30

· More than 50 gift with purchase options at Beauty.com

· Click here for updates on daily gift with purchase options from favorites such as bliss, bareMinerals, Caudalie, Deborah Lippmann, Laura Geller Origins, and Too Faced, amongst others

· These amazing deals are only available while supplies last


BLISS

Black Friday Deal: Friday, 11/27 – Monday, 11/30

· 30% off all products at blissworld.com by using the code: Dazzle30 at checkout

· Deluxe gift with purchase – freewith any $150 purchase, this is kit includes: micromagic microdermabrasion treatment, triple oxygen ex-‘glow’-sion, fabulips sugar lip scrub and fabulips softening lip balm in a limited edition Kate Spade cosmetic bag (valued at $176)

· Holiday beauty gift bag free with any purchase of $75 or more. Usebrilliant15 at checkout

Available at Blissworld.com

Spa Only Members

· Treat your feet with a pedicure: 30% discount and a FREE full size Foot Patrol product

· Personal shopping– Give bliss your shopping list and price points and bliss will have your gifts ready for you when you are finished with your service. Available in all NYC locations


Cyber Monday Deal: Monday, 11/30

Save an additional 40% off 10 of bliss’ best-selling bundles. Customers can use the promo code brilliant15 or DELUXE at checkout to get one of our free gifts

· bliss fabulous foaming face wash set of 2; Price: $28 ($48 value)

· bliss micromagic microdermabrasion set of 2 full retail; Price: 457 ($96 value)

· bliss fabulous makeup melt gel-to-oil cleanser set of 2 bliss triple oxygen CPR technology trio: radiant energizing serum, energizing vitamin c day cream, instant energizing foaming mask full! Price: $102 ($170 value)

Available at Blissworld.com

BLUSHINGTON

Black Friday Deal: Friday, 11/27

20% off ALL products + services for Friday only. *Not applicable to gift cards or memberships; Valid in-store only

ERNO LASZLO

Combat dry skin and any other skin concerns this winter with multiple deals and savings from ErnoLaszlo.com to keep you fully loaded with all your skincare essentials.

Cyber Week Deal: 11/23 – 11/30

· Spend $225 and receive: 3-piece Firmarine gift including: Firmarine Moisturizer SPF 30 (15ml), Firmarine Night Cream (15ml), Firmarine Serum (5ml)

· Spend $350 and receive: 3-piece Transphuse Gift: Transphuse Day Serum (5ml), Transphuse Night Serum (15ml), Transphuse Line Refining Cream (2ml) + the $225 Firmarine Gift

· Spend $450 and receive: 3-piece Repair Gift: Timeless Skin Serum (15ml), Phormula 3-9 Repair Balm (30ml), Phormula 3-9 Eye Repair (1ml) + the $350 Transphuse gift + the $225 Firmarine gift

June Jacobs

Cyber Week Deal: 11/23 – 11/30

Make sure to stock up on all the June Jacobs favorites (and include gifts for any skincare junkie on the list) with promotions on JuneJacobs.com that last throughout all of Cyber Week. Starting Monday, November 23rd until midnight on November 30th, receive 24% off on all orders. Free shipping and a free full size Neroli Mist will be included in any order of $50 or more, while supplies last.

Available on JuneJacobs.com

KENNETH COLE BLACK

Black Friday Deal: Friday, 11/27 – Saturday, 11/28

Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Kenneth Cole brand, Black is a sexy and sophisticated masculine fragrance that reflects the elegance and style of the city. There is an opulence that only Black conveys – it evokes an undeniable presence that’s as masculine, modern and timeless and the color itself. With its invigorating blend of mint and mandarin combined with masculine notes of incense, exotic woods and black suede, this fragrance is a modern combination that’s both fresh and sensuous at once. Kit includes: 3.4 oz EDT, 3.4 oz After Shave Balm and 2.6 oz Deodorant.

Price: $40 ($110 value); Available at Macy's

KÉRASTASE PARIS

Black Friday & Cyber Monday: Thursday, 11/26 – Wednesday, 12/2

Enjoy savings on luxurious haircare products and deluxe gifts from Kérastase!

· 10% off all online orders

· Free deluxe sample of Chronologiste Parfum Oil

· Free shipping on orders $75

Visit Kerastase-USA.com/SpecialOff-Show for details


LAURA GELLER

Stock up on Laura Geller favorites for every beauty junkie on your list with a variety of deals, multiple gift-with-purchase options, and free standard shipping on all orders over $50 throughout Cyber Week on LauraGeller.com.

Black Friday Preview: Monday, 11/23 – Thursday, 11/26

· 25% off all orders with code: PREVIEW25

· 30% off orders over $100 with code: PREVIEW30

· Laura Geller Fabulous Favorites 3 Piece Gift With Purchase ($34 Value) on orders of $50 or more. GWP features a travel size Baked Bronze-n-Brighten in Medium, Mini Color Drenched Lip Gloss in French Press Rose and the Spackle® Under Make-Up Primer in Original

Black Friday Deal: Friday, 11/27 – Sunday, 11/29

· 25% off all orders with code: FRIDAY25

· 30% off orders over $100 with code: FRIDAY30

· Laura Geller Black Friday 3 piece Gift with Purchase ($30 Value) on orders $50 or more. GWP features a Mini Fortifying Lashes Eyelash Primer, Mini Color Drenched Lip Gloss in Café Au Lait and Mini Spackle® Original Under Make-Up Primer (0.50 oz.)

Cyber Monday Deal: Monday, 11/30 (offers below can be combined for one day only)

· 50-75% off select products

· 45% off orders $135 or more with code: CYBER45

· Free Large Foundation Brush and Deluxe Spackle® Supercharged Sample (1 oz.) with orders of $50 or more

PETER THOMAS ROTH

Black Friday Deal: Friday, 11/27

Buy a Peter Thomas Roth Mega Rich Body Cream and get a free CC Eye Correcting Concealer; Price: $18.00 ($42 value)

Cyber Monday Deal: Monday, 11/30

Buy a Peter Thomas Roth Ultra-Lite Anti-Aging Cellular Repair and get one for free; Price: $52.00 ($104 value)

RALPH LAUREN FRAGRANCES

Cyber Monday Deal: Monday, 11/30

Throw in an extra gift for any man on your list this holiday season. On Cyber Monday only, customers will receive three travel-size bottles (7ml) of Polo Red, Polo Black, and Polo Blue with any Ralph Lauren Fragrance purchase of 3.4oz or larger.

Available exclusively at Macys.com

SKIN LAUNDRY

Skin Laundry is a simple, smart and safe laser skin treatment solution designed to make maintaining healthy skin both accessible and convenient. The signature 10-minute medical-grade treatment uses modern technology and advanced non-invasive lasers and light therapy to vaporize the dirt, debris, pollutants and toxins in the skin and deep within pores for brighter, cleaner and clearer skin. Regular treatments will visibly improve skin’s smoothness, evenness, tone, texture, radiance and clarity, while diminishing the appearance of acne, pores, hyperpigmentation, reducing the look of lines, wrinkles and restoring firmer, tighter skin.

Black Friday Deal: Friday, 11/27

Skin Laundry is offering an exclusive week-long in-store promotion from Saturday, November 21st through Sunday, November 29th at each of their locations in Los Angeles, Scottsdale and New York City.Free Starter Kit includes full size products: Gentle Foaming Wash, Clarifying Toner, Advanced Protection Daily Moisturizer SPF 35 and Restoring Night Serum ($110 value) when you join the Laundry Club and sign up for the 4 treatments per month membership.

Cyber Monday Deal: From Thursday, 11/26 – Monday, 11/30

Save an additional 25% online on all products in their extensive collection

STRIVECTIN

Stock up on all your skincare essentials with 20% off site-wide and with any purchase at StriVectin.com from November 21st until December 1st.

Black Friday Deal: Thursday, 11/27 – Saturday, 11/29

· Receive a Holiday Travel Treats ($45 value) set with any $75 purchase. The kit includes three deluxe samples of the SD Advanced™ Intensive Concentrate for Wrinkles & Stretch Marks, Advanced Retinol Intensive Night Moisturizer, Instant Retexturizing Scrub

Cyber Monday Deal: Monday, 11/30 – Tuesday, 12/1

· Receive a 24/7 Skin Facial Fix Trio ($35 value) set with any $75 purchase. The set includes: three deluxe samples of SD Advanced™ Intensive Concentrate for Wrinkles & Stretch Marks, Advanced Retinol Intensive Night Moisturizer, StriVectinLABS 5-Minute Weekly Glycolic Peel Duo Packette

Available at StriVectin.com

URBAN DECAY

Black Friday Deal: Thursday, 11/27 – Friday, 11/28

Crush Your Gift List with 20% off site wide on UrbanDecay.com. Score cult favorites for the holiday season including the latest addition to the NAKED palette franchise, NAKED Smoky, plus limited-edition must-haves, like Vice 4, that will fulfill the color craving for the makeup junkies on your list.

Cyber Monday Deal: Monday, 11/30

Bust out the laptop charger and cozy up to your wireless router – Urban Decay has got a killer Cyber Monday deal and you’re not going to want to miss out…the Naked Vault Volume II is coming back. Sold out in just mere HOURS when it first launched earlier this month, this blockbuster set includes EVERY SINGLE PALETTE in the NAKED franchise: NAKED, NAKED 2, NAKED3, NAKED Smoky, NAKED Basics and NAKED2 Basics.

Price: $165, Available at UrbanDecay.com

Happy Shopping! Cyber Week already has me excited with these major deals! 

Back To School Guide of Beauty Must-Haves!

Yes, we know that summer is coming to an end but I am not going to get all weepy on you while talking about it. I want back to school to be fun for all of us so let's be ready to look fab with these beauty products, ok? OK!

LET'S GET READY TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL:

Alba Botanica® Fast Fix Collection

Free of Parabens, Sodium Lauryl/Laureth Sulfate, Petrolatum, Artificial Colors and Phthalates

For everyone trying to look their best for the new school year, these pocket-sized products will fix your beauty dilemmas – quickly! From puffy eyes, to blemishes, thin lips or under-eye circles, the Alba Botanica® Fast Fix treatments pack a powerful, instant antidote for the busy naturalista. Formulated with 95% natural ingredients, each of the four pocket-sized remedies provides an immediate aesthetic fix, while also treating and correcting the underlying cause of the problem. Range includes: Fast Fix for a Pimple; Fast Fix for Puffy Eyes; Fast Fix for Undereye Circles; and Fast Fix for Thin Lips.

Price: $5.99 each; Available at Target, Walmart, Whole Foods Market, natural food stores, grocery stores, drugstores and online at AlbaBotanica.com

GO SMiLE Sonic Blue Teeth Whitening System Colors – VIOLET

GO SMiLE Sonic Blue Teeth Whitening System is the first LED sonic, rechargeable toothbrush that harnesses the power of blue light technology tuned to wavelengths shown to kill bacteria, increase whitening efficiency, and reduce plaque just in time for back to school pictures. The brush is used in conjunction with the new GO SMiLE Teeth Whitening Gel and your toothpaste of choice to whiten your smile in an easy process that replaces your usual brushing, rather than adding an extra step. 

Faster results - 2 days = 2+, 1 week = 4+, 2 weeks = 5+ and 30 days = 7+ shades
No extra steps - Simply pair the Teeth Whitening Gel with your favorite toothpaste to whiten and gently lift stains with virtually zero sensitivity
Kills bacteria - Emits specific light wavelengths that are shown to safely kill bad oral bacteria that cause gingivitis, gum disease and plaque

Price: $129, Available GOSMiLE.com. Contains 1 Sonic Blue LED 2 speed toothbrush with Blue Light, 1 3.5oz Teeth Whitening Gel (sold individually for $29), 2 replacement brush heads and 1 charging station. 

L’Oréal Paris Summer Lights Hair Lightening Gelée

Nothing is more beautiful than natural, just-back-from-vacation hair that seems to emit a certain glow. Whether you were able to lighten your locks or not over your summer, now you can ensure that you have that perfect sun-kissed hair before you make your first walk down the hall. L’Oréal Paris introduces Summer Lights – a progressive lightening hair color gelée formulated to create a variety of special effect hues for endless possibilities requiring nothing more than the heat from a blow dryer. The nourishing formula, enhanced with camellia oil and built-in conditioners, leaves hair satin-soft and gives a permanent healthy, beachy look.

Price: $6.99, Available at mass, food and drug retailers nationwide

Skin Laundry Clarifying Medicated Foaming Facial Wash

Everyone wants clear, even skin, and Skin Laundry will help clear your skin in more ways than one. This medicated facial wash gently exfoliates while providing anti-inflammatory and antibacterial benefits to calm skin and protect it from future breakouts. 

 Key ingredients include:

· Salicylic Acid – A beta-hydroxy acid that effectively and gently exfoliates dead skin cells to open up the pores and remove dirt and excess oil.

· Willow Bark Extract – An extract that contains salicylic acid, which helps skin shed dead cells and clear pores. This ingredient also encourages skin rejuvenation and has soothing and conditioning properties.

· Lilac Stem Cells – These stem cells help minimize excess sebum production. Lilac stem cells also have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.

Price: $25, Available at SkinLaundry.com

X OUT

X Out, by the Makers of Proactiv®.

Make a great first impression on your first day by having clear skin. With 8.5% Benzoyl Peroxide, this one-step Wash-In Treatment washes a powerful breakout fighting formula into pores to help kill the bacteria that causes pimples. Smooth beads exfoliate dead skin cells and a unique moisturizing complex protects and soothes skin. X Out™ is paraben and sulfate-free, non-comedogenic and dermatologist tested, making it’s suitable for all skin types.

Price: $24.95, Available at Xout.com or (888) 524-7952.

LET'S START THE FIRST DAY IN STYLE:

CIRCA Color Treatment Tinted Lip Butter

This nourishing lip balm has a hint of color and a soft shine finish that can be easily applied in the halls while walking to the next class. The subtle hint of color gives a fresh face and natural look. It is enriched with a blend of natural oils and butters that conditions, soothes and deeply hydrates. This never-sticky tinted lip butter is available in six sheer shades and helps improve dry and chapped lips.

Price: $10, Available at Walgreens

CIRCA Color Balance BB Cream

For a quick get up and go in the morning, a multifunctional beauty balm that hydrates, primes and camouflages for brightened and even-toned skin is key. The lightweight, velvety and oil-free formula provides the line’s fullest coverage and features an optical pearl pigment for a naturally luminous glow. The four shades prevent shine without a chalky, matte finish.

Price: $14; Available at Walgreens

L’Oréal Paris Colour Riche La Lacque & Le Matte Lip Pens

For the girl looking to add an extra pop of color to her pencil case, this super-pigmented lip pen delivers color in a sleek, easy-to-use application. With maximum color pay-off and comfortable, non-drying wear, these first-to-mass lip pens offer a precise application in 2 prestige-inspired, varying finishes: smooth lacquer & creamy matte.

Price: $9.99, Available at lorealparisusa.com 

L’Oréal Paris Advanced Haircare Nutri-Gloss 2-in-1 Shampoo & Conditioner

Say goodbye to dull, lackluster hair and hello to the power of shiny, soft hair to make an impact on your first day back. L’Oréal Paris introduces the NEW Advanced Haircare Nutri-Gloss 2-in-1 Shampoo & Conditioner to help cut down the time spent getting ready on the first day. The high-shine formula with unique protein pearl technology acts as a professional glossing treatment laminating hair with intense shine and nutrition for sealed-in shine and a silky, flowing touch.

Price: $7.49, Available at lorealparisusa.com

Nails inc. Flash Pack Nail Tattoos

This school season, rock the hottest trend with Nails inc Nail Tattoos. The exclusive tattoos have been designed to fit perfectly on your nails to crease salon-inspired nail art in seconds. Wear over bright shades or muted pastels, and mix and match to create your own, unique nail look (I am officially obsessed).

Price: $12, Available at Nailsinc.com 

Peter Thomas Roth Acne-Clear Invisible Dots

Yes – invisible, you heard right! Don’t let those blemishes get in the way on the first day of school; these innovative clear acne patches will help eliminate acne, treating the affected area to minimize the spread of bacteria. Two custom* sizes allow for complete coverage as concentrated 0.5% Salicylic Acid works overnight and throughout the day to effectively reduce and heal. Tea Tree Oil, a natural astringent that helps clarify and refresh skin, helps prevent the spread of blemish-causing bacteria. Hyaluronic Acid is a natural humectant that helps hydrate skin to prevent excessive drying and irritation.

Price: $30 (6 sheets of 12 clear patches), Available in September at PeterThomasRoth.com

Proactiv+ Repairing Concealer

This concealer instantly helps treat blemishes with salicylic acid while also hiding imperfections. Look great and fight acne while sitting in class with these four shades that work together and allow for quick customization to ensure an exact skin tone match, providing natural-looking coverage. The formula boasts allatoin to increase skin smoothness, jojoba to help lock in skin’s moisture and salicylic acid, a medicine that penetrates the follicle and encourages the shedding of dead skin cells. The formula’s salycilic acid also helps keep the pores clear of cellular debris, reduce acne blemishes and helps keep new ones from forming.

Price: $24.95 for regular shipment members, Retail Price (Non-Member): $32.00, Available at www.proactivcatalog.com or by calling 1-888-710-2161