Romy Raves

Hey Fab Followers, you will be so glad you checked in with RR today if you happen to be an LA Fashionista because below is a special exclusive insider invite to a private BDB sale on June 29th and 30th. It’s a special media invite that I am allowed to share with my loyal fans, lucky you! Let me tell you, BDB sales are the BEST! Amazing deals on top notch fashions and accessories–I always find incredible, high quality items at BDB sales. This is NOT TO BE MISSED! And if you go, please tell them that Romy Raves sent you and then come back to this post and share your haul. Happy Shopping! 

Every once in a while, I am blown away by a product instantly. Usually, its when I can feel and see the results right before my very eyes and I stare in amazement. Well, GlamGlow Mud Mask is one of those WOW! OMG! products and ever since I tried it last night, I can’t stop marveling at the way my skin looks and feels.

GlamGlow is an amazing rapid gentle exfoliant mud mask for men and women, high in ancient volcanic ash, super antioxidants and minerals. GlamGlow’s active ingredients come from the South of France and activate a unique moisturizing collagen synthesis that works wonders on the face, neck and décolleté. The impressive actives in this addictive mask include: Volcanic Pumice Rock, French Kaolin Sea Clay, Green & White Tea Leaf, Grape Seed, Sunflower, Marigold Flower, Ivy, Cucumber, Organic Herb Extracts. This mask is so transformative that Hollywood insiders are addicted to how it gives them camera-ready soft glowing skin.

So why am I Ga-Ga for this Mask? First of all, it smells divine, like fresh clean flowers. Second, immediately when you put it on you feel it working because the granules start exfoliating when you apply it and you feel the potent ingredients start to activate right then. Then as it sits on your face you really feel it working by tightening your skin and pulling out the impurities-love that! It feels potent, active and really good. And then you wash it off and your skin is soft, supple, refreshed, smooth and glowing. But it doesn’t end there (as most masks typically do), my skin still maintained its radiance and freshness from the mask the next morning!

This is definitely a new Hall of Fame product for me and lucky you, I am giving away a GlamGlow Mud Mask to one lucky Romy Raves Reader. All that you need to do for your chance to win this impressive mask is become an email subscriber of Romy Raves and post a comment on this blog post telling me about your favorite ‘wow’ or transformative mask and why you love it. This contest will end at 12AM PST on Saturday, July 3rd, 2010. The winner will be selected using Random.org.

Happy Summer Beauty Mavens! I don’t know about you, but personally I absolutely love summer! Love the heat, love the balmy nights, sundresses and my beloved flip flops. Which brings me to the reason for this post: my dry, parched, old, rough feet, sounds lovely doesn’t it? Well, during the summer I live in my flip flops (Havaianas are the BOMB) because they are cute (mine have bling BTW), uber comfortable, and go with everything. However, the downfall of constantly wearing flip flips is weathered and dry feet–and I hate dry feet! I am always on the hunt for something that instantly transforms my parched feet into moist, smooth, supple happy feet and guess what? I think I have found something really great.

Let me introduce you to Honey Heel Glaze by Farmhouse Fresh my new addiction and favorite summer product. This is a divine honey-based moisturizer that brings softness and rich color back to your worn out feet. It is made out of genuine honey, aloe leaf juice, pineapple and papaya fruit extracts and fragranced with cinnamon and sweet cloves. All that you do is brush this golden spicy unction onto your dry feet and then rub it into your feet for chalkless bliss.

I kid you not, this spicy honey serum has worked miracles on my feet! First of all, the scent reminds me of pumpkin pie and is totally addictive and second, pineapple and papaya are natural exfoliants and help to get rid of the excess dry skin on your feet. After I brush this yummy glaze on my flip flop weathered feet, my skin just drinks it up. This non-greasy potion performs magic on my tootsies and after only one application, my tired old feet are instantly hydrated, smooth, and transformed. This is an inspired intriguing product and definitely a much needed new addition to my nightly foot regimen. Honey Heel Glaze = Happy Feet = Sexy Sandal Ready Feet = Happy Me!

I just love the luxurious, high quality and results oriented Kérastase products! And you are in luck, because this week Kérastase is hosting their 2nd Annual OUR TREAT EVENT on June 23rd in the WESTERN half of the US.  Nearly 250 participating Kérastase Consultant salons will open their doors and offer COMPLIMENTARY KERASTASE TREATMENT RITUALS AND BLOW OUTS – valued at $100!   

Additionally, Kérastase has also partnered with Locks of Love and will encourage guests who receive treatments to donate $10 to the cause.  In 2009, nearly 700 salons participated and nearly 13,000 complimentary Kérastase rituals were performed on clients who attended – so it was truly a great event with an amazing turn out and they are hoping to surpass those results this year!

This will be a fabulous and indulgent beauty treatment service for FREE with a minimal donation to a worthy cause. To find a participating salon in your area and print your own invitation click HERE

Enjoy!

Of all the beauty treatment and enhancements out there, I would say that eyelash extensions are hands down my absolute favorite beauty indulgence. Why you ask? Because men make passes at girls who wear lashes. . .no no I meant to say that I LOVE LOVE LOVE lash extensions because they instantly make me look sexy, flirty, awake and refreshed without one stitch of make-up. Some mornings I barely have time to brush my teeth and then I am out the door, but with my lashes on I feel ready for the day with no effort. What’s not to love about that??

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Well, every summer for the past few years I have always gotten extensions from various stylists and while they all have been great, Arlena Parker takes the cake! She is a gifted pro who is the only Advanced Certified Xtreme Lashes Stylist in Los Angeles. Xtreme Lashes is one of the leaders in the lash extension industry, their products are top notch and Arlena exclusively uses these products. Well a couple of weeks ago, I had the delightful pleasure of putting my eyes in Arlena’s hands so that she could customize a gorgeous full long lash look on my eyelashes, she took before and after shots to show the dramatic difference (see left) and OMG all I can say is WOW!

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It took her about two hours to create these amazing extensions that she meticulously glued to each and every one of my lashes and the effect is truly amazing! Xtreme lashes are synthetic so that they last longer, are wider at the base and taper at the end to mimic the natural curl so the they really look like an amazing enhancement of your natural lashes. Arlena is a pleasure to be around and her work is so amazing (she is the go-to-girl for botched extensions BTW) that you could not detect where my lash line meets the extension. My lashes are going on three weeks and I conitually get stopped for compliments on my amazing lashes (and now after three weeks time, it is about time for a fill-in.) You do have to be a little more gentle with these lashes than you are with own, you can’t use any oil based products but the results are stunning.

And I am also loving a couple of the amazing Xtreme Lashes products that are beautifully made and extend the life of your lashes. Xtreme Eye Makeup Remover and Facial Cleanser is a delightfully soothing aloe vera juice-based formula that gently cleanses the skin and easily removes make-up from your eyes and lash extensions. And I am obsessed and addicted to GlideLiner Long Lasting Eye Pencil becasue it is made out of an innovative long lasting gel technology that glides on easily without tugging, is easy to blend and then it sets quickly and stays put all day. OMG this beautifully pigmented liner achieves the perfect lined look and it really doesn’t move. My true test of whether a liner stays put or not is that with most liners, the line ends up on my lids, but GlideLiner never does and it even looks good at the end of the day–I LOVE IT!! This liner makes it into my hall of fame favorites!

So I can’t RAVE enough about Arlena’s work and these amazingly addicitve Xtreme Lashes. However, good extensions don’t come cheap (usually $300+ for a full set) and they are slightly high maintence, but the results are SO worth it! So take note LA/CA beauty mavens, give Arlena a call and ask for the Romy Raves Speical–She is offering a full set of extensions to my readers for $275, normally she charges $350 and believe me she is well worth it!

Arlena Parker, The Beauty Boutique in Studio City, California (818) 506-6400