Seeking to make the “Best Tressed List” with a stunning haircut and color? When you’re in Boston, there’s only one salon for those in-the-know: Salon Acote. Salon Acote, owned by Alexander Safar, is a sunny, beautifully appointed salon on Boston’s posh Newbury Street where you can get flawless, fashionable haircare, listen to foreign music, enjoy [...]
Salon Acote – A Breath of French Air on Boston’s Newbury Street
by admin on January 30, 2012 in Hair Salons
GOOD CLEAN ALOHA FUN
by admin on January 26, 2012 in Soaps, Souvenirs
I’m all for taking home souvenirs of your trip, and one of my favorite things to do is to bring back beauty products made with indigenous ingredients of the region. That’s why I’m crazy about Island Soap & Candle Works products that I sniffed out at the ABC stores and at Hilo Hatties. Stash any [...]
Clarins Day Spa: Doorway To Heaven
by admin on January 25, 2012 in Spas
Enter Bloomingdale’s in the Boston area, at The Mall at Chestnut Hill, and make a beeline to the cosmetics department. There, amidst many prestigious beauty brands you’ll find the door to the impressive new Clarins flagship Chestnut Hill Day Spa. Here, at this inimitable oasis, you will open the door to a new, intoxicating world [...]
Spa Kea Lani — The Spa Who Loved Me
by admin on December 8, 2011 in Spas
Seeking The Full Monty of pampering spa treatments? It doesn’t get any better than Spa Kea Lani, located at the Fairmont Kea Lani Resort in Wailea, Maui. This serene 4,000-sq.-ft. sanctuary offers many lovely and healing treatments, many of them consisting of secrets of healers that have been passed down from generation to generation. [...]
Curl, Interrupted
by admin on November 28, 2011 in Haircare tips, Travel Tips
I admit it — I have wavy hair. Nothing too curly or frizzy – just, as my husband says, “hair with a bend.” So it is with the utmost pleasure for me to say that I now have the straight, silky hair of my dreams — thanks to Keratin Complex straightening. In 2007, Keratin Complex [...]
Faster Fixes For A Whiter Smile
by admin on October 27, 2011 in Teeth Whitening
It happens. You’re leaving for an important business trip – or you’re going on vacation – and the night before leaving, you realize that your teeth could stand to be a little bit brighter and whiter. What to do? Well, I have got three answers to your toughest problems. The fastest fix out there is [...]
Good As Gold
by admin on October 20, 2011 in Skincare Tips when traveling
There’s a new kid in town — Orogold Cosmetics, a new line that features 24K gold in its ingredients (www.orogoldcosmetics.com) Why gold? Gold is known to have antioxidant properties and is an anti-inflammatory that speeds up the healing process. It is hypoallergenic. One of the more important properties of gold is that it penetrates the [...]
I’m In Love With A Wonderful Buy
by admin on October 12, 2011 in Skincare Tips when traveling
If you’re a fan of Botox but hate the high price, check out MyChelle’s NoTox Anti-Wrinkle Serum. First of all, this first-class formulation smells decadently delicious, thanks to such ingredients as geranium oil, coconut and honeysuckle. It’s also loaded with five peptides that support collagen and elastin production. Unlike other serums that coat your skin [...]
Pack Beauty Without Cruelty Into Your Flight Bag
by admin on June 10, 2011 in Uncategorized
PACK BEAUTY WITHOUT CRUELTY INTO YOUR FLIGHT BAG By Debbi K. Kickham, www.Gorgeousglobetrotter.com As the author of the bestseller THE GLOBETROTTER’S GET-GORGEOUS GUIDE, the world’s first beauty book for traveling women, I know a great product when I see one. That’s why my new BFF is BWC, the Beauty Without Cruelty brand. The company was [...]
LOOK-YOUR-BEST TRAVEL TIPS
by admin on April 25, 2011 in Travel Tips
As the author of the bestseller THE GLOBETROTTER’S GET-GORGEOUS GUIDE, you know that I’m always going somewhere. And I not only want to, but I need to look terrific, especially now that I’m going to be a guest lecturer on cruise ships and in the “public” eye aboard many luxury vessels. Not only do my [...]
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- Salon Acote – A Breath of French Air on Boston’s Newbury Street
Seeking to make the “Best Tressed List” with a stunning haircut and color? When you’re in Boston, there’s only one salon for those in-the-know: Salon Acote. Salon Acote, owned by Alexander Safar, is a sunny, beautifully appointed salon on Boston’s posh Newbury Street where you can get flawless, fashionable haircare, listen to foreign music, enjoy [...]
- GOOD CLEAN ALOHA FUN
I’m all for taking home souvenirs of your trip, and one of my favorite things to do is to bring back beauty products made with indigenous ingredients of the region. That’s why I’m crazy about Island Soap & Candle Works products that I sniffed out at the ABC stores and at Hilo Hatties. Stash any [...]
- Clarins Day Spa: Doorway To Heaven
Enter Bloomingdale’s in the Boston area, at The Mall at Chestnut Hill, and make a beeline to the cosmetics department. There, amidst many prestigious beauty brands you’ll find the door to the impressive new Clarins flagship Chestnut Hill Day Spa. Here, at this inimitable oasis, you will open the door to a new, intoxicating world [...]
- Spa Kea Lani — The Spa Who Loved Me
Seeking The Full Monty of pampering spa treatments? It doesn’t get any better than Spa Kea Lani, located at the Fairmont Kea Lani Resort in Wailea, Maui. This serene 4,000-sq.-ft. sanctuary offers many lovely and healing treatments, many of them consisting of secrets of healers that have been passed down from generation to generation. [...]
- Curl, Interrupted
I admit it — I have wavy hair. Nothing too curly or frizzy – just, as my husband says, “hair with a bend.” So it is with the utmost pleasure for me to say that I now have the straight, silky hair of my dreams — thanks to Keratin Complex straightening. In 2007, Keratin Complex [...]

