An Oldie But Goodie

I am often on the road touring stores, looking at new store sites and meeting with manufacturers. As I move rapidly from place to place, I am limited as to how many beauty products I can stuff in one ziploc. I often forgo body products in exchange for at least four skincare products, tinted moisturizer and my must have--Acqua Di Parma Colonia fragrance.

What a delight it was when I showed up to my hotel tonight and they had Molton Brown products in the bathroom. I embarked on a heavenly shower with Molton Brown Energizing Seamoss shower gel. We have carried this product in our stores since I started bluemercury almost 10 years ago.

This rich, thick moisturizing shower gel has a scent which takes you away to the beach. Fresh, clean and green, I had forgotten how wonderful it is. It is always a treat to rediscover something that was wonderful 10 years ago and is still wonderful today. How often does that happen?

Skin Emergency – A Cold and A Festering Pimple

After picking up my 4th cold this year from one of my germ carrying school children, my skin was a wreck. This, combined with the comfort food required given the never-ending freezing spring we’re having (read: French fries) gave me a big, obvious pimple to the left of my lips on my lower cheek. This was so obvious, my 3 year old daughter said, “What is on your face?” I finally figured out the perfect solution. Two nights ago, I grabbed my Remede Intensive Double Serum - a dual chamber oxygen and vitamin c serum - and used the oxygen side (you can choose or use both together) and put this antibacterial dream serum on my pimple and the vitamin c side all over my face. The pimple was dried up over night and I felt as if I had just infused vitamins back into my sick-with-a-cold looking skin. The next night I used my MD Skincare 2 step peel pads (my go-to at home deep cleansing facial) and rubbed the vitamin c serum on again after. The next morning all was clear. I am way too old to be getting big, giant pimples.