The Foam Party

OK, here's a bizarre travel dilemma (incidentally, the title of this post goes out to anyone who's ever been on Spring Break). I LOVE liquid-to-foam cleansers, but they're impossible to sneak past the TSA unless you can score them in a mini size (which is almost never). The problem is that the foaming mechanism keeps you from transferring them into a travel-size container...if you tried to pour

An Unexpected Use For the Chocolate Orange...I Mean Tawaka "The Ball"

Remember the recent discussion about that bizarre little bath product, Ojon Tawaka "The Ball?" Well, it works as a scrub, and most certainly as a conversation piece, but last week I discovered a new and unexpected use for it.You see, my poor legs were covered in dozens and dozens of excruciatingly itchy mosquito bites. Day and night, they required near-constant application of Caladryl, the

Add A Little Spice (And Maybe Some Cinnamon Buns) To Your Shower

So, friends, I've finally gotten to the bottom of this "lost my beauty mojo" thing. It's the Fall. All I want to write about is Fall stuff. If I see another eyeshadow palette called "Tahiti" or a contest where I can enter to win a "Hawaiian Dream Date," I'll scream! (Can you tell I've been browsing the Sephora homepage?)Truth is, there's only so much you can say about summer beauty. The main

Shades of Autumn

I have a feeling that Fall might come early to NYC this year, friends. Can you feel it in the air? The nights are breezy and cool, almost sweater weather. And suddenly all those shades of summer are starting to feel a bit stale. My personal Fall transition started last week when I fell in love with Jampacked lipglass (that's always when I know Fall is coming, when I have an unexplained craving

Gear Up For Cooler Temps: The Berry Lip Returns!

Uggghhh. I have totally been ignoring the new MAC collections, which is probably reason enough to strip me of my beauty blogger badge (does such a thing exist?). But, my head isn't buried too far in the sand...I still managed to catch what's shaping up to be my favorite new shade of the season.Fellow berry lip lovers, say hello to Jampacked.This shimmery, grape-hued Lipglass is intimidatingly

Two Things In One

I've really got to hand it to Old Spice. Their commercials these days are just KILLING it. Remember that great Neil Patrick Harris spot from earlier this summer? "As a former make-believe doctor..." Loved it!Now Old Spice has somehow managed to take a product that's essentially a boys' version of Olay Body Wash with moisturizing Ribbons, and make it appealing to men. And they pull it off without

Got Mosquito Bites? Stick It To 'Em

OK, so perhaps this is slightly off-topic for a beauty blog, but it definitely deserves some airtime. Today I actually thought I might die from mosquito bites. I spent last night partying it up on someone's patio, and awoke this morning with about 30 bites on my feet, ankles, calves and knees...even my toes! (And those mosquitoes LOVE the scar on my wrist, they bite it every time. Bizarre,

Finally! The Perfect Self-Tanner for Face

I've been griping about the woes of facial self-tanners for AGES. Don't use them and you get the photoshopped head effect. Use them and you risk the possibility of orange hairlines, an uneven, dirty looking face, breakouts, clogged pores, foul tanner odors in close proximity to your nose, and worst of all, "tanners" that do absolutely nothing even after several applications.

Then in June I made

DJ Tanner Called, She Wants Her Hair Back

This past weekend here at Beauty Addict HQ, the 80's made an unexpected comeback. In my hair.I had previously blogged about my new Holy Grail of Hair Products, the Creme de Coco Masque from Bumble and bumble, and how it had enabled me to free myself from the chains of ALL styling products. That's right -- no serums, no sprays, no thermal protectants. My hair was perfect every time, right out of

My Blush, My Rock

You may have noticed the lack of posts around here these days. It's been an eventful couple of weeks here at Beauty Addict! Not to mention 3 big proposals and a complete absence of the "summer slowdown" at work, there's been...let's see...a broken car air conditioner, a broken computer, the worst summer allergies of my life, Windows Vista, a cracked windshield (thanks, NJ Turnpike!) and a trip to

I'll See You At the Debates, Bitches

And the political circus goes on! I never really talk politics on this blog, but lately you just can't avoid the convergence of the political, beauty, fashion and celebrity worlds.First John McCain lumps Barack Obama in with Britney and Paris as a "celebrity." Then TyTy Banks makes it worse by posing as Michelle Obama in that utterly bizarre Bazaar piece. THEN John McCain urges Cindy to enter a

Embrace the Vibrance of the Divine Breeze

Yesterday I walked into a local Duane Reade to pick up some razor blade refills (AND I was on the hunt for the new issue of People with the pictures of the Jolie-Pitt Twin Messiahs, but no luck there).As with many a drugstore, the blades were stored behind the counter, so I had to ask the checkout girl to grab them for me. I peered over at the selections.And then my mind totally blanked. Which

Tyra Banks as Michelle Obama

Tyra Banks' ideal first lady? "She'd need to know how to take a fierce picture but at the same time be able to eat fried chicken, have grease on her fingers...I would also want her to know how to beat her own face. That means do her own makeup."Tyra channels Michelle Obama in the September issue of Harper's Bazaar, dressing up as the potential First-Lady-to-be in a series of very Presidential

Is It a Baseball? Is It a Chocolate Orange? No, It's a Scrub!

Ojon Tawaka "The Ball." Quite possibly one of the most intriguing, oddly named, and potentially bizarre beauty products in recent memory. I've been curious about it since I first saw it on the Sephora website a few months ago. And now I HAVE ONE. Whee!I unpacked The Ball so hastily that I almost dropped it on the floor. Would it break into little slices like a Terry's Chocolate Orange? It sure