A Trip Back to Madrid

I was in NYC for meetings and Tom Ford gave me a bag of goodies, including this gorgeous aqua bottle of Tom Ford's new Neroli Portofino Eau Fraiche Body Splash. The scent and texture reminds me of when I was an exchange student in Madrid at age 21. I lived with a Spanish family and their daughter, Laura, used to splash this cologne water all over her body before we went out at night. It had this heavenly, clean but complex citrus scent that seemed to blend in perfectly with the hot, festive Spanish nights. This is that scent!!! I adore it. This is my new summer splash for those hot days and nights.

Oldie But Goodie: Shiny Hair

I was at our shore house last weekend and pulled out a bottle of Frederic Fekkai Salon Glaze ($28).

During the summer, when it is really humid, sometimes I like to avoid conditioner which weighs my hair down and results in an elongated blow dry time during which my husband taps his fingers at the bathroom door and asks me every two minutes, "How much longer?"

But I still need some form of hydration so my hair doesn't blow dry to a frizzy mess. I go straight from shampoo, slather this glaze through my hair, wait about a minute (I think you are supposed to wait longer - but who has more than an extra minute?), and then rinse out.

It is light, so my blow dry is quick - but even better - my highlights always appear brighter and blonder than ever after using this. I love rediscovering products!

You Can Never Have Too Much Bumble

I love Bumble and Bumble’s brand new Color Minded Shampoo ($29) and Conditioner ($32). So much so, I begged them for my own personal super-size supply.
They pulled it out of their salon and sent it to me. There is something about this shampoo and conditioner that hydrates but also preserves my highlights and draws the light to them. Now I can slather it on my hair without worrying about how much I use.

Sun-shiny hair is mine for the whole summer, thanks to Bumble! I also have it in the little travel size too!

Hot Sun, White Skin

My husband looked at my skin the other day and said your skin is so white, usually it gets so freckly during the summer. I gave him a big kiss – not only because he noticed my skin, but also, I was so excited! My routine this summer is simple.



On beach days, I wake up and put on Skinceuticals Physical Fusion SPF 50 ($30/$64). It has a little bit of a tint which evens out my skin tone. I use this in the morning while I run errands – bike to the local coffee place and the farmers market, run the kids to the park, etc.

Pre-beach I use Skinceuticals SPF 45 in a tube ($37). For some reason, this is the best sunscreen I have ever used to prevent sunburn on the face.

At night, I keep M-61 Perfect Cleanse ($26) in the shower to scrub off all of the beach sunscreen and sand.

Then I use M-61 Vitablast C ($92). There is something about the Vitamin C, the Vitamin E, and the gallic acid (an antioxidant acid found in blueberries and flaxseeds) that is keeping the freckling off my skin. It looks so white and clear this summer!


When I was a kid, I used to strive for the baby oil face tan. Oh how priorities change...