Summer Wrap Up : My Favorite Picks From This Season, Part 3

With so many, it is hard to choose, but here are the rest of my top picks from this summer.




Scent: This one is easy! I love Kai fragrance. Love it. The gardenia and white exotic flowers make me (and Mr. Lox) swoon. I can't say enough about this delicate fragrance!

Moisturizer for the Body: I have tried quite a few lotions, but none are leaving my skin as soft at Payot's Regenerating Dry Oil Spray. This light oil hydrates without being too greasy, which sounds weird for a huile, but is true. And it smells fantastic!

Shampoo: For my color-treated hair, nothing is coming close to working as well as EverPure by Loreal. The sulphate-free shampoo keeps my color from fading and leaves my hair feeling clean.

Conditioning Treatment: After getting a little creative at home, I found the best way to help my hair recover from the processing I was bestowing upon it was to steam a towel in the microwave and wrap it around my damp hair after applying Leonor Greyl Hair Masque. Madonna is rumored to use this as well, but I doubt she has to heat her own towel.

Sunless Tanning: This is a tricky one for me, as sunless tanning just makes me nervous (or doesn't work at all on my skin). Out of what I tried, my best results came from Mystic Tanning's Face Kit. The color that is deposited when you apply the tan helps to ensure it goes on evenly. It dried quickly and lasted for a decent amount of time.

Now that summer is over, what you are looking forward to this Fall? Tell me in the comments!

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Mystic Tan Face Kit

I recently went Glamping with my family as a nice finish to a very strange summer. I am typically really pale and as an "indoor kid", I am cool with that. However, as not all of my family share my love of television and air conditioning, I wanted to look like I didn't spend the summer perfecting the sport of couch surfing.

Let me just say, I am terrified to use sunless tanner on my face. However, I am more afraid of the damage that sun does to your face, so I "cowboyed up" and decided to check out the Face Kit, by Mystic Tan.



This kit contains a base, which is like a moisturizer to help ensure an even coverage. It's light and didn't feel like it was going to clog my pores. It dried quickly. This kit also comes with a can of Sunless Tanning Spray, the signature Mystic Tan product and a large tube of Shimmer Face, a bronzer to help make your tan look extra fantastic.

As previously disclosed, I am not good at home tanning. I will give you highlights in my kitchen, but I am clumsy when it comes to self tanner. So as you can imagine, I was nervous. I exfoliated evenly and followed the directions. Mystic Tan has a color added to the spray product so you can see what you are doing, which is helpful for me. Five minutes later, I had a slight, natural glow that looked great. By the time I woke up the next morning, I looked as if I had finally had a really relaxing weekend in the great outdoors, instead of working towards my goal as world champion Couch Surfer. My tan lasted several days and while I doubt I fooled my kayaking brother-in-law, I looked like I had spent some time in the outdoors he loves so much.

I really liked it! You can check this kit out at Ulta, Sephora or DrugStore.com.


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