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I Feel Pretty…Oh So Pretty! Nail Polish for Men Trend

These days, it seems, ladies aren’t the only ones wanting to looked polished. The latest trend, called “Nail-Paint,” aims to give men a cleaner, more polished look and can be a great service add on for your spa or salon! It has even been seen on celebrities like Johnny Depp and Jared Leto. Everyone knows [...]

Massage Your Feet for Healthier Skin…

Could reflexology be the answer to your skincare woes? With its much-acknowledged body benefits, reflexology is often hailed as a holistic wonder. But could the alternative medicine heal your skincare woes as well as healing your body? Skin is, after all, the largest organ in the human body and acts as a protection from the [...]

Friday Feature – Hot New Trends in Wellness & Spa World

The International Spa Association (ISPA) recently held their annual convention in New York. At the convention, several new spa trends and services were spotted including parties at the spa, treatments for stressed and time-pressed consumers, cross-cultural traditions, and a whole lot of purple – from lavender-scented treatments to mauve colored nail polish! Here’s a recap [...]

Freaky Friday Spa Treatment – Detoxification with Leeches

Well here’s a unique spa treatment that really “SUCKS”!:) Today’s featured Scandle Freaky Friday Spa Treatment is a leech treatment where for a mere $600 you can get whatever ails you sucked out. Who would pay to have something like this done to them?  Well, how about actress Demi Moore who in an interview with [...]

Scandle Candle Freaky Friday Spa Treatment – Earthworm Poop Wrinkle Cream

This unusual cream uses a special complex made from earthworm castings (poop), reported to reverse the aging process of skin. The castings are sterilized and made into an extract before being added to the final product (good to know)!;) lol It’s well known that plants grow best when fertilized with earthworm castings because they break [...]

Love Your Body & Sole

Went in for a massage last week and I think that everyone in the entire building could hear me screaming for mercy! lol I thought, there has to be a better way to relieve muscle pain than pay someone to give me more? Well, I was reading about another form of massage called reflexology that, [...]

Beauty You Can Eat

Just imagine eating chocolate that prevents acne and doesn’t make your hips spread…now that’s what I’m talking about! Well, the good news is there is an emerging trend of edible cosmetics  in the beauty industry that allows you to eat your way to clearer skin, healthier hair, and brighter eyes. While women have long ingested pills [...]

Celebrate The Holidays with Vodka Tampons and Eyeball Shots

Every year around this time I see newspapers and websites with scary stories about really unsafe and stupid things that college students will do to get a buzz on, but this year I’ve learned of 3 that really take “The Holiday Fruit Cake!”;) 1.)Eyeball Shot – involves putting a shot of vodka up to your eyeball [...]

Do It Yourself Botox? Don’t Do It!

I’m all about Do It Yourself (DIY) beauty! It’s fun and a lot of times can save you beaucoup bucks over having a professional do the service for you. However, there is one DIY beauty trend that I would never recommend…not even to my worst enemy (well, on second thought there are a few that [...]