do-it-yourself

Banish your cellulite and celebrate National Coffee Month!

Self-massage can be used to energize yourself at any time of day. Try these 9 techniques from Massage Envy!

Whether you want to give this as a gift or keep it for yourself, this Candy Cane Bath Salts recipe is sure to please!

With more parties on our schedule than we know what to do with, it might be time to up the glam factor. Lash extensions are an easy and customizable way to wow.

Incredibly affordable and ridiculously easy

Make beauty recipes at home with ingredients from your pantry.

While cranberry sauce is bound to make its way onto many dinner tables in the coming months, these sweet-yet-tart berries can be used as way more than a side dish!

While gym memberships and group classes may be for some people, they aren’t for everyone. Burn calories and get fit in the comfort of your own home with one of these at-home workouts. From Pilates to P90X, we want to make you sweat!

In honor of National Skin Care Month we’ve rounded up some of our best go-to tips and products for healthy, glowing and clear skin. Trouble with acne, sun spots or wrinkles? Keep reading! Oily Oily skin can be a nightmare thanks to over-active sebum-producing glands. Sebum, for those that don’t know, is our body’s all-natural […]

A luscious leg mask recipe

The weather is heating up, which means we’re wearing a little less makeup on our faces and breaking out the sandals on our feet

A few home remedies that can bring you relief.

From the 17th century canals of Amsterdam to the modern architecture of Rotterdam and down to the political heart of Hague, Holland is a beautiful, thriving country — and the perfect inspiration for OPI’s newest collection! The Spring/Summer 2012 Holland Collection by OPI consists of 12 fabulous shades, which is your favorite?

One recent afternoon I was slated to receive Sacred Spaces’ signature treatment, a 90-minute, stress-loosening Thai yoga massage session, which uses a combination of stretches and rhythmic palm presses to induce a deep state of relaxation. And no treatment is complete without therapeutic oils, which, in this case, have been customized by NYC’s only clinical aromatherapist Eva Levin.

Though it’s not the start of a new year, the approach of September brings about its own promise of renewal and resolution, with the start of another school year in full swing and the summer season winding down and fall beginning. What better time for a healthful detox? It helps you eliminate toxins to speed […]

Before we know it, it’s going to be swimsuit season. And, unless you’re one of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit models, the thought can be apt to cue one huge anxiety attack. Spa brand ESPA insists there’s no need to panic. Here’s an at-home detox regimen.

The Lodge at Woodloch shared with us their at-home spa recipe incorporating delightful rosemary.

SpaFinder President Susie Ellis was recently a featured guest on Martha Stewart’s Sirius Radio Show to discuss everything from at home facials with ingredients that you can find in your own refrigerator to the importance of protecting your skin against the sun. Listen to spa-expert Susie enlighten Martha’s radio listeners about the best ways to pamper yourself at home as well as how to use SpaFinder.com and the new SpaFinder iPhone app to find a spa in your area!

Taking a day away from home or work to visit a spa is a great way to escape your stresses, but sometimes you need immediate relief…after hours. At-home spa treatments are great practices to unwind and give yourself (or a friend) some much needed pampering while saving time and money. An important element of all spa treatments is the ritual…in this case, soaking, relaxing, and making time just for you.

There are so many self-tanning lotions out there (and believe me, my pale skin has tried them all), but the Yves Rocher line is quickly becoming one of the staples in my ever-expanding collection of beauty products. One of the main reasons? Lack of that not-so-lovely smell that seems to linger hours after application with most lotions.