SPRAY IT
If you can’t say it…spray it. A bunch of fun new products are out on the market if you want to get your spritz on this season.
Pearl Mist
Pearl is considered an “Anti-Wrinkle Moisturizing Mist,” and can take the place of heavy face creams when the weather gets warm. Use it as a primer under makeup, or for touch-ups during the day. It was created by a Hollywood makeup artist who knows a little something about setting makeup in the sun – she worked with the cast of Baywatch, among other credits.
Whether or not Pearl gets rid of wrinkles, well…your face will appear smoother, and that’s a start. Its top ingredient is water, so either way moisture is good. / $39.99 at www.dermafresh.com
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Model in a Bottle
Model in Bottle is a setting spray – that means it goes on after you apply your makeup. Think of it as…hair spray for your face. No, no, don’t think of it like that at all! It’s not sticky or tacky and it has a lovely, gentle garden scent. It will feel a little strange the first few times you use it…but then it’s no problem.
(And while it does not contain SPF, it won’t reduce the sun protectant effects of your makeup. You do have SPF in your makeup, don’t you?)
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Please remember to TEST THESE THINGS OUT before you spray them all over your face. You never know what your skin will react to…and all we need is you on that sunset cocktail date with a face blown up like a blowfish. / $18.00 at www.modelinabottle.com
King of Shaves
Shave & Smoothing Shaving Spritz
The oncoming spring means you’re gonna get to show off your gams – but you might want to give them a good shave first. The popular British line King of Shaves has now created the Queen of Shaves – or at least a new product called King of Shaves Woman. Their Shave & Smooth Shaving Spritz is a genius idea – instead of drying soap or goopy foam, you spritz on this moisturizing solution, massage it into your skin, and crack out the razor.
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While it’s best to use in the shower or bath when your skin is already nice and soft, you can even spritz it on the run to avoid that “Oops, missed a spot!” look. / $5.99 at www.drugstore.com, www.shave.com/usa, or your local Rite Aid
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Aveda’s Caribbean Therapy Flower Water
I once went to a spa where we were freely encouraged to spray our faces with a combo spritz of water and rose water oil. It was so refreshing, and it smelled so light and so good. Aveda’s Caribbean Therapy Flower Water does the same thing – hydrate, moisturize face and scalp, and freshen mood. Let me remind you – you don’t drink it, you spray it. It has natural ingredients like Caribbean sea salt and glycerin from coconuts. The scent I tried was fresh and floral. This is the perfect item to stick in your carry-on for plane-related spritzing. / $25 at Aveda salons, spas, stores or www.aveda.com
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Sonya Dakar Aromosal Mist
There are three phases of skin care in every beauty junkie’s life: the teen years, when you kick off with Clearasil and Oxy10 (back in my day, it was Phisoderm – remember that gross sponge?), then you start playing with products from the department store in your 20s…and when you hit your 30s, you get serious about skin. That’s when you buy Sonya Dakar products. Her Aromasol Mist is a spray-on toner that helps repair damaged skin and balances normal skin. It comes in several “flavors” including Acne, Scarring, Irritation, and Discoloration.
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I tried the Maintenance formula, and found it to be refreshing in its scent and its feel on my face. And it’s chock full of natural ingredients, like Dead Sea Minerals and Geranium and Rosewood extracts…so say it AND spray it. / $25 at www.sonyadakar.com or 1-877-72-SONYA Now we’re only weeks away from the real deal – sum-sum summertime! Be sure to email us with your favorite summertime beauty tricks and products – maybe we’ll include them here!
XO
Wendy
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about wendy shanker
Wendy’s first book, “The Fat Girl’s Guide to Life,” was published by Bloomsbury USA. You may have seen Wendy discussing it on “The View,” “Good Morning America,” “CBS Sunday Morning,” “The Jane Pauley Show,” “Life & Style,” “Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered,” and “CNN Saturday Night.” Wendy co-hosted Oxygen’s “She-Commerce,” a show about shopping and style. She also appeared on Oxygen as an entertainment correspondent for “Pure Oxygen,” and a movie reviewer for “Girls On.”
Her byline has appeared in Glamour, Self, Shape, Cosmopolitan, Marie-Claire, Seventeen, Mode and Grace and on MTV, as well as underground women’s magazines like Bust and Bitch. She is a contributor to the anthology Body Outlaws: Rewriting the Rules of Beauty and Body Image (Seal Press, 2004), and The Modern Jewish Girl’s Guide To Guilt (Dutton, September 2005).
Wendy is honored to be a national spokesperson for NOW’s Love Your Body Day. She is also one of Us Weekly’s Fashion Police – so she is constantly expecting a B-list celebrity to kick her ass. Find out more about her at www.wendyshanker.com.
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