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Hello Beautiful!
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By Carolyn Brundage
Recessionista.
Budgetista. Economista. Three of the brilliantly original
names that have grown in popularity of late. And while being
practical seems to be in favor, being pretentious can be much
more fun.
So this week I rounded up the top luxury
beauty brands, because while the best things in life may be
free, the best things in beauty can cost a pretty penny.
Smells like teen spirit
Or perhaps, tween
spirit, because, let's face it, even with the eight years that
Ageless Fantasy perfume promised to take off my age, I'm no
teenager. But wanting to look, er, smell younger, I was
intrigued by the science and sentiment behind Harvey Prince
& Company's Ageless Fantasy.
Touted as "the
world's first antiage perfume," Ageless Fantasy promises to
defy "skin's natural age-revealing scent" making its wearers
smell younger.
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| Live the
Luxe Life of a Real Housewife |
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You may have seen the episode of Bravo's Housewives or
Orange County where the ladies dropped into the Beverly
Hills Sonya Dakar Skin Clinic for a day of pampering. You
don't, however, have to live on the West Coast to find these
celebrity-favored skin treatments.
A+ Skin Care, in Old
Town, offers the full line of Sonya Dakar products and skin
care treatments including the famous Fitness Facial, the
UltraLuxe Facial which incorporates synthetic snake venom, and
the newest Clarifying Facial which combats the most stubborn
acne conditions, all at 50%
off! Get the Inside
Scoop on the Clarifying Facial, from our recent Spa Girl
review.
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| Star Treatment: Getting
Gorgeous the Superstar Way |
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Hollywood's A-listers understand a thing or two about
pampering. Take a page from their books and indulge in
star-style treatments at some of our favorite Chicago
spots.
Lymphatic Drainage Massage is said to be
Catherine Zeta-Jones' massage pick. Lymphatic Drainage
Massage is a light; pulsating massage that stimulates the
lymphatic system, reportedly helping defend the body against
disease and viruses.
Get it! Fuga
Salon on Southport offers Lymphatic Drainage Massage; $95
for 60 min. or $130 for 90 min. Fuga, 3853 N. Southport
Avenue, Chicago, IL 60613. Phone: (773) 880-1280.
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