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Look H-O-T while tying the knot. Just W.E.D.S (Biter dudes: just E.D.S. Um, unless your back is hairy and you got a backless tux).
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Wanna look good on your big day?
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OK, stupid question. Of course you want to look your best for your wedding, not to mention for the photo album. So think W.E.D.S. - Wax your 'stache; Exfoliate; Destroy pimples; and get a Sunless tan.The Benefits
- Get glowing with natural skin care. Your complexion's one of the first things people (and cameras) notice.
- Preserve aquatic life by going green. As you shower, toxic chems (like parabens) in conventional beauty products are washed off and may slip through in the water treatment process.
- Less irritation and redness on the big day with natural products.
Personally Speaking
Leetle hint, ladies: don't wait to wax your brows or 'stache until an hour before you hit the aisle (or go on a date). As Heather can vouch, you'll end up going through a whole bottle of concealer.Wanna Try?
Wax your 'stache:- Moujan 2000 Hot & Cold Wax - made with sugar, water and plant extracts.
- Parissa Body Sugar - sugaring is like waxing, minus the oil and water ($10).
Exfoliate:
- Naturopathica Bamboo & Lemongrass Body Scrub - lemongrass smells divine and bamboo powder rids you of flaky skin ($42).
- Blooming Lotus Chocolate Rose Body Polish - one of our all-time fave exfoliantz ($15).
- Trillium Organics Body Polish - your skin will eat the pink grapefruit version right up ($13).
Destroy pimples:
- Desert Essence Blemish Touch Stick - with 11 essential, non-drying oils ($9).
- Dr. Burt's Herbal Blemish Stick - from Burt's Bees, with tea tree oil and willow bark ($9).
Get a sunless tan:
- Lavera Self-Tanning Lotion - organic soy and sugar extracts give good glow ($26).
- SpaFinder - treat yourself to an all-natural spa. Check the Eco-Spas box to find one near you.
Feb 16,2007
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Hmmm. Just in time for this tip, my skin has gotten all scaly and dry - mainly because of a suspiciously mental experiment I did last weekend.
In a fit of inspiration on Saturday, after finding that I had no exfoliating scrubs left (but strangely feeling a deep-seeded urge to scrub myself), I decided to get creative. Who needs exfoliators, anyway? Rummaging around the bathroom, I stumble across a neat new pumice stone, given by a friend. One side is really smooth and fine-grained and the packaging refers to it as a "polisher." "Lovely," I think. After all - Blooming Lotus and Pharmacopia make my favorite exfoliating scrubs, and THEY call them polishes... A few minutes' vigorous rubbing on arms and legs seems to hurt more than it should, and draws a little blood, but hey - it must be working - after all, it is a POLISH...
Now obviously, this choice was bordering on mental deficiency. Note to self: don't try to exfoliate arms and legs with a pumice stone, no matter what the packaging says.
-Heather... off to drink cocktails and beer goggle myself all evening ("Girl, you are HOT when you're bleary-eyed. And scabbed.")
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Posted by: Donna Walls | February 16, 2007 at 07:04 AM