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Minx nail coverings. Think ‘press on linoleum for your fingernails’……

Okay, the idea is trendy and innovative. Minx offers nifty little dots and colours of foil that ordinary polish doesn’t achieve in affect. (See ‘Pink Cheeta’)….

My ‘nail tech’ (whatever the new politically correct term for manicurist is these days) claims that for $1250 the Minx instructor came to the salon (ostensibly with the heat lamp…whoopee) and taught the application of these babies to the participants who then received certification.

You get a sheet of pre-shaped (trust me, none will fit your nails….) appliques. You warm them up. Cut them with ’stork scizzors’ and away you go. The MINX instructor ‘recommends’ NO TOP COAT (too time consuming after the tech has blown her brains out cutting and pasting that ‘royal stuart’ tartan on your tootsies). That’s Classy.

Pardon my skepticism, but it’s basically a sticker. I mean, with time, even my six year old son could slap these on (If I let him play with scizzors). Matching plaids, however, is another story, but if Minx really wants to impress me, I’ll pay their instructor $1250 to re-paper my kitchen walls. AMEN

Check out their competition.
Apparently patent pending, read ‘em and weep.

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Okay, so I thought….$150 vs. $499 (NOT $500—what a relief–Thank you Madison Avenue)…….I mean, how HAIRY am I really? (and, that’s a rhetorical question). I figured the $350 could be spent on something frivolous (like food or electricity).

Frankly—I was wrong. In my opinion, you would have better luck just rubbing the box under your arm than experiencing the benefits of No!No!’s hair removal. They like to say that it takes time. So before your next trip to Mustique… allot a good five years to spiff up your bikini line.

Conversely, the Silk’n SensEpil does deliver.

It is convenient, discreet, and usable. Most of all, IT WORKS.

I’ve decided that I can eat fish sticks by candlelight secure in the knowledge that I am indeed silky smooth. Amen

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EVER Want those luxe ‘Bambi-esque’ eyelashes that only young deer and little boys seem to possess with equal ease?

North Miami’s Jessica at GLAMHAIR Salon may have the secret to batting your baby blues (gorgeous greens, haunting hazels, beautiful browns….) with more swish.

There have been scores of topical products approved lately—sort of a ‘Rogaine’ for your eyelids. A few are available by prescription only–probably a good idea since becoming BLIND but having great lashes won’t really accomplish your likely desired result.

We did have one friend (who due to the needless potential for wasteful litigation shall remain nameless) who used one dermatologist-recommended mascara. We at YYC were unaware that she had begun this protocol; actually, we just thought that she had been on a two week
crying jag. The rims of her upper and lower lids were iodine stained this brownish rust hue that is noted as a side effect of the ‘treatment’…..she did maintain, however, that her lashes were longer. Isn’t that special….

Anyway, we opted for method two–the Faux FIX as it were. For $150 and an hour of ‘upclose and personal’ time–Jessica was able to painstakingly apply my new fringe lash by lash. You have an option of selecting lengths and colour as well as style.

Jessica (cell: 305 494-6867) uses En Vogue lashes and recommends water-based mascara such as Ardell Lash Magic (available at Sally’s) after application.

(*Note to self–SHOULD READ ‘SEMI PERMANENT’ EYELASHES)

(**ADDITONAL NOTE TO SELF: SHOULD READ:
‘ONE WEEK CLUMP OF FAUX LASH–IMPOSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN’ WITHOUT
PROFESSIONAL EYELASH EXPERT ON RETAINER)

Tokyo Lash Bar—Here I come! Ikimasho!

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