Beat the After Sun Blues!

So here we are, the week after Memorial Day, enjoying the first warm days of summer (at least that’s what’s happening here in the Midwest!).  We all flocked to the lake or to barbecues on Monday, stayed out all day, and now are suffering from our very first sunburn of the summer.  Here’s a refresher on sun care for your skin and hair during the summer months ahead:

1.  PREVENTION:  As your mother and health professionals everywhere can tell you, the best way to care for a sunburn is to prevent it from happening in the first place.  Especially with the prevalence of skin cancer among our generation, we must be careful to protect ourselves from the damaging sun.  Here are some of our favorite protective sun products:

Coola (SPF 45) is one of our favorite classic sunscreens, providing powerful protection, custom made for those leading an active outdoor life.  Endorsed by the American Lifeguard Association, this sweat-proof formula is the best we’ve got!

If you’re looking for a mineral alternative to classic sunscreen, Alba Botanica’s Natural Mineral Sunscreen (SPF 30) uses a chemical-free formula that provides excellent protection from the sun without compromise.

Orly’s Sunscreen for Nails is a must-have.  As you beach-babes know, after long hours in the sun, your manicure can become discolored and faded.  Sunscreen for Nails is a high-shine topcoat that protects the colors beneath it with its UV absorbent formula.

Rene Furterer’s Protective Summer Oil (KPF 90) uses sesame and castor oils with UV sunscreen to ensure protection for exposed hair while swimming and sunbathing.  It’s waterproof formula is a must for any beach bag.

2.  TREATMENT:  We know that there will be days that we didn’t plan ahead and didn’t apply the sunscreen as much as we should have.  Here are some treatments to refresh skin and hair after long hours in the sun:

The absolute best in the business, Hempz After Sun Gel soothes heat and pain from sun-burnt skin, prevents peeling and uses the nurturing qualities of hemp seed oil and tea tree oil to start repairing skin damage and even minimize the look of fine lines and wrinkles!

Bed Head Some Like It Hot Heat & Humidity Resistant Serum is not only treatment oriented, but also for prevention.  It, along with the Some Like it Hot Shampoo and Conditioner provide a shield to help hair that will be in the sun and water constantly.  This product in particular, though, is essential after sun, taming frizz and re-moisturizing burnt-out hair.

Rene Furterer Repairing After Sun Shampoo is specifically designed to combat the drying effects of sun, salt water and even chlorine, enriched with palm butter to restore shine and softness to your hair! Awesome.

So, enjoy the sun, ladies, but care for yourself while you’re doing it! Check out these products and more at http://www.beautyofasite.com to help you enjoy the summer in style!

Hempz: Serving Your Skin a Latte

I’m a Starbucks junkie.  I spend a significant amount of cash and calories every winter on Pumpkin Spice Lattes.

So, you can imagine my excitement when this year’s Hempz Treats included not only Mint Chocolate Cocoa, Sweet Vanilla Eggnog and Warm Apple Cider, but most importantly, Pumpkin Spice Latte scented high quality lotion.

Hempz Treats dessert fragranced lotions are infused with organic hemp seed oil for long term moisturizing. Rich in antioxidants and skin conditioners, each daily moisturizing blend celebrates the fragrances of cozy winters, nourishing your body when your dry skin needs it most.

For the month of February, all scents and both sizes of Hempz Treats Lotions are 20% off. Go ahead; save yourself the calories and indulge in your favorite tastes of the chilly season while deeply nourishing your skin. Guiltlessly!

Click here to start shopping for your favorite dessert!

Embrace Juara & Embrace Luxury!

Introducing: Juara Skincare and Spa Treatment products!

We are happy to announce that we’re now selling Juara, one of the world’s most creative, mysterious and luxurious product lines, featuring an infusion of Indonesian herbal spices and the most advanced skin treatment research.  Each Juara product uses a powerful and pure set of active botanicals that is extremely effective while being gentle, safe and extremely nourishing for your skin.

This “east meets west” skincare line was founded by four friends, dedicated to drawing upon the wisdom of ancient spa practices and combining those riches with everything that modern science has to offer.  The result of their hard work and passion: Juara Skincare & Treatments.

Click here to browse all of Juara’s unique and luxurious products!

Help us Save our Little Piece of the Planet!

Happy Earth day to our fans and friends! Today reminded us about the importance of being green.  Saving the Earth and caring for nature is something that we can do one step at a time.  We have to remember that every step counts!

Looking for ways to take care of our planet?  Here are just a few of our products who take caring for the Earth seriously:

1.  Tigi Love, Peace and the Planet is a range of superior quality hair care products that make earth friendly packaging their number one priority.  And not only does each eco-friendly bottle, tub or tube use only a minimal amount of synthetic material, but each product sports as many fresh and natural ingredients as possible.  Hug a tree with every style!  Click here to get started.

2.  Get Fresh Santa Monica Lifestyle Reusable Shoppers feature fabulously stylish designs on strong, market quality tote bags.  Save the earth using one less plastic bag at a time!  These are reasonably priced and HUGE!  Perfect for groceries.  Click here to see them!

3.  Organic Grooming is a men’s product line featuring incredible organic products that carefully consider the earth when producing and packaging their products.  Many products, including their triple milled bar soap, uses completely biodegradable packaging, even printed in soy ink!  Click here to see all of their products.

Produce-Fresh & Straight from the Market

Chocolate Milk Bath

After being cooped up during the winter, I desire nothing more than something fresh once March hits.  I start eating as much fruit as I can get my hands on, and I look forward to the first warm day when I can throw my windows open!

My skin, I’ve found, has those same freshness cravings.  So many of the products and soaps I use on my skin contain harsh chemicals.  I may look the way I want, but some of those ingredients can simply wreak havoc on my body.  Luckily, Fresh Body Market offers a complete line of fresh-off-the-shelves bath and body products made of organic, natural ingredients.  Each product is even packaged in a market-like container, to remind you and your loved ones that they are using the freshest formulas available to nurture and pamper your skin.

This month at Beauty of a Site, we’re offering all Fresh Body Market products at 10% off.  It’s the perfect opportunity to give your skin that freshness it’s been yearning for.  Not sure where to start?  Our best selling product at Beauty of a Site is the Chocolate Milk Bath (pictured right).  A perfect way to spend a relaxing afternoon, this adorable bubble bath looks just like  jug of chocolate milk! ( Also available in coconut and strawberry).

Fresh Body Market products are not the only sale items this month.  Check out our Monthly Specials page (click here!) to see which other featured items you can save on!

Rescue Thinning Hair & Look Your Best!

With Valentine’s Day around the corner, it’s important to clean up your look for the lovely lady (or handsome man!) in your life. For many, this includes dealing with the frustrations of thinning hair or receding hairlines.  At Beauty of a Site, we’ve seen incredible results with one of our newest products- Clinicure, by Joico.

This revolutionary line of products for thinning hair uses a completely botanical formula that combines proven natural ingredients along with cutting edge science.  Resulting in an extremely effective product (without harmful chemicals) Clinicure promises to help produce thicker hair- at different stages of hair loss!

Part of the effectiveness of Clinicure’s formula is its attention to individual needs, and the realization that at every stage of hair loss, different formulas are necessary.  Thus, Clinicure offers products for early stages of hair loss as well as advanced stages.  Have chemically processed hair?  Clinicure also divides its formulas up into natural hair & chemical processed hair, to make sure that the ingredients create the optimum hair growth in your individual hair situation.

The easiest way to enjoy the immediate results of Clinicure is to try one of their four starter kits, which include all three products to nurture and strengthen your hair.  Choose either natural or chemically processed hair, and then whether your hair is in the early or later stages of thinning.  Use your starter kit daily and watch for incredible results!

Click here to browse all of our Clinicure products! For tips on when and how to use each product, check the bottom of the description for each product at Beauty of a Site.

New Organic Products: IKove for Hair, Bath & Skin

New for Fall 2009, Beauty of a Site announced our more recent product addition: IKove by Florestas.  This range of haircare, skincare and bath & body products is completely organic and natural, using a botanical base full of oils and extracts from the forests of the Amazon.

We have to label IKove products as some of the most guilt free beauty products we’ve ever seen.  A socially responsible company, IKove is dedicated to growing the economy of the Amazon, allowing local villages to stop cutting down trees and protect the region’s beautiful and rare rainforests.  The company uses certified organic ingredients, avoids synthetics and potentially harmful chemicals, while also avoiding any animal ingredients. IKove also strives to use as many certified fair trade ingredients as possible.

The lush and luxurious ingredients in the IKove products are what truly set them apart as unique- as must-haves!  Acai Berry is one of IKove’s favorite ingredients, an Amazonian palm berry harvested from the forests of Brazil.  Totally PACKED with antioxidants, fatty acids & omegas, Acai Berry is truly a miracle fruit, fighting premature aging and encouraging healthy skin.

We’re totally excited about these new products and hope that you are too!  If you’ve tried, please let us know what you think!  You can see all of the IKove products here.

Hair Treatment, Fabulous Mascara & Our Favorite Cuticle Oil

DermOrganic Oil Treatment

As September starts us thinking about Fall, we have some brand new specials for our Beauty of a Site Shoppers. This month, we’re offering six new promotions on some of our favorite stuff!

Time to try DermOrganic! This incredible hair oil treatment, which also comes in a shampoo & conditioner form, uses organic Argan Oil from Morocco, which infuses hair with incredible managability, shine and a silky texture.  Similar to Moroccan Oil hair products, DermOrganic products are as instantly effective for your hair as they are safe for your body!  This month only, we’ll include  a free trial size DermOrganic Argan Oil Treatment with any DermOrganic purchase!

And because we loves these products so much we can’t STAND it, we’re offering $5 off selected colors of Blinc (Kiss Me) Mascara & Eyeliners!  These never-budge, never-run, wash-off eye makeup products are staff favorites.  We can’t get enough of them!

Blinc Mascara

Our favorite cuticle oil to date- Creative Nail Solar Oil– comes in a super handy throw-in-your-purse balm style product that we never leave home without.  This month, we’ll toss in this miracle worker ($10 value!) for free with any $40 CND purchase.  Now how about that!  Really… you can’t pass this up.

Get more information about these and our other monthly specials here!  For the month of September, you can find the following specials at Beauty of a Site:

• Selected Get Fresh Products 50% off
• Free Solar Balm with any $40 CND purchase
• Selected Urban Apothecary Cosmetics 50% off!
• Selected Qtica Gift Bags 20% off
• Free Oil Treatment with any DermOrganic Purchase

Click here to visit our monthly specials page!

Showin’ Some Love for Mother Earth

From special webcasts and tree plantings to energy workshops and picnics, people all over the world are taking action for Earth Day. There are so many ways to say “Thanks!” to the earth and spread the important message of environmental consciousness.
What are your plans for Earth Day? Wondering how to make a difference?

Here are a few easy ways to get involved and celebrate our planet:

• Organize an Earth Hour in your community. Get everyone you know to turn out their lights for an hour on Earth Day.
• Volunteer at a nature conservancy, local park, or even an elderly neighbors yard. Till the Earth while you till your benevolence!
• Learn about E-cycling and Free-cycle programs in your community. Share the information with friends and family.
• Find and join a tree planting event. These types of events are usually free and easy to find on Earth Day!
• Walk to work or wherever you can all day long. Leave your car keys behind and start strutting today to make an even bigger impact!
• Brown bag your lunch. Try to use as little wrapping as possible, recycle left over packaging, chose healthy foods and buy them locally.

These are just a few activities you can get involved in. Check out the Earth Day Network at www.earthday.net to find local and global events, activities, and other ways to make a difference.

Beauty of a Site wants to help you go green on Earth Day – check out these earth friendly products:

Get Fresh Eco Friendly Reusable Shopper

Principessa Aluminum Water Bottle

Organic Grooming (Earth-friendly formula & packaging!)

Baby Shower Overload!

2009 has already proven itself to be an expensive year for gifts – baby shower gifts that is. Having already exceeded my yearly allowance of trips to Toys R Us, I found myself wondering just how useful some of the more expensive baby items are for my mothers-to-be? How many times will you actually use an inflatable spout cover that looks like an octopus? Or is it just cute?

Bio Bio Baby Rice Starch

One item that I have found most mommies wanting in bulk is a wonderfully organic rice baby bath by Bio Bio Baby. Made in Italy from 100% natural starch rice, this baby bath softens, calms, and soothes baby’s skin and helps alleviate rashes. Whether it’s diaper rash or irritation from detergents, newborn baby’s skin requires the utmost care and a tender touch. What better way to help your friend with their new addition than to give her something she can really use!