We love Sisley. Who else has the balls to charge $154 for a face sunscreen, even a botanically rich and delicious one that BD's beauty editor pals all reach for first? Now your chappy winter hands get the same swanky treatment with rich, un-greasy Sisleÿa Global Anti-Age Hand Care ($128 for 2.7 oz at 877.551.SAKS). Its apple seed extract is touted to reactivate collagen, nasturtium petal extract to handle age spots, and there's SPF 10 UVA and UVB to keep you from forming more. We can't truly vouch for all that for a few more months, but the stuff does feel like silk and lasts longer than anything else we've tried. Amortized per use, it's still not quite a bargain, but you've only got two hands—and who knows the trouble they'll get into?
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You know Claus Porto soaps—those giant bars in art deco boxes you always give some lucky schmoe for Secret Santa? People love them, but man are they unwieldy in the shower. When shopping for oneself (the true spirit of the season), go for convenience with CP's new-ish Liquid Pump Soap in the same scents you already know (Citron Verbena, Honeysuckle, Red Poppy and our favorite, not surprisingly, Wild Pansy). The wheat protein and aloe moisturize, but we find this formulation is especially good when you're oilier.
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With all the goops we sample, clogged pores have become our cross to bear. It's gotten to the point where few scrubs and masks are nuclear enough to cut through the sebacious spackle. Cellex-C's Speed Peel Facial Gel, however, has so much minty fresh sloughing power it's positively macho. Surprising, then, that it's loaded with fruit (fig enzyme and bitter orange). Even better, the stuff works FAST. Slather it on, wait two minutes, rub it off with a little water, and voila: tightened pores, smoother surface, rosy glow.
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What, exactly, is a "texturizer?" In our experience, it's an unnecessary extra product that makes your hair slightly sticky, slightly greasy, and gives no hold. But there are a few great ones out there—Bumble and Bumble Surf Spray comes to mind, as does the less expensive, more nutritious Con-text Conversion Spray by beauty supply stalwart Joico. It calms fly-aways, protects from the sun, adds just enough volume, and restructures damaged cuticle with human hair protein. Think of it as a subtle new friend. Available by calling 800-44-JOICO.
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The Save Our Hair Edition,
part 1
Oh man, that L.A. "hairdresser" screwed us up this summer. We turned to an old veteran who was supposed to thin out and re-shape our choppy bob so we could grow it out, and we ended up looking like Carol Brady on crack. Visiting a pal who was getting a cut from Sally Hershberger's Steven Dillon (starting at $200), who also does Natalia Vodianova, we took down our sad, barrette-addled ponytail and asked for advice. After shock, commiseration and only one quip that we kind of looked like Meg Ryan, Steven took out his shears and snipped away until, suddenly, the mushroom cap effect was gone, as was the rat tail. In their place was a deceptively long-looking shaggy bob rock star sort of thing that has been growing out seamlessly. You've already read about the bells and whistles at Hershberger's Meat Packing District salon—the natural light, the futuriffic tilty shampoo sinks—but what you didn't know is that, come January, Sally's students will be open for business at $40 a cut. (Our patron saint Steven will be teaching them some tricks.) A genius cut for us after we'd lost hope and now they're throwing down for the masses. It's a Christmas miracle! (Next month, color help for scary, grown-out highlights.)
Sally Hershberger Downtown
423 W. 14th Street
212-206-8700
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