BODY > BEAUTIFUL ON THE OUTSIDE.ROYAL HAIR TREATMENT The crown of every woman is her hair. And this crown should be pampered pam·per tr.v. pam·pered, pam·per·ing, pam·pers 1. To treat with excessive indulgence: pampered their child. 2. and treated with the utmost respect -- she is the queen, after all. With Fekkai Hair Care Kits, beauty guru Frederic Fekkai has created the royal treatment for a variety of hair types. The five kits are Technician Color Care Complete to protect colored hair, Glossing Complete to restore the shine in dull hair, Luscious Curls Complete to defrizz curly hair, Full Volume Complete to lift limp hair, and Protein Rx Complete to strengthen weak hair. Each kit is priced at $29 and can be found exclusively at Bath & Body Works stores and via bathandbodyworks.com. Syndicate Cosmetics has brought concern for the environment and personal health into the land of beauty and cosmetics with its Syndicate Nail Polish. This polish prevents the spread of infections and fungi that can be found in common nail polish bottles because it can only be used once. Also, it does not contain the toxic chemicals formaldehyde formaldehyde (fôrmăl`dəhīd'), HCHO, the simplest aldehyde. It melts at −92°C;, boils at −21°C;, and is soluble in water, alcohol, and ether; at STP, it is a flammable, poisonous, colorless gas with a suffocating or dibutyl phthalate Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) is a commonly used plasticizer. It is also used as an additive to adhesives or printing inks. It is soulble in various organic solvents, e.g. in alcohol, ether and benzene. , which are found in conventional nail polishes and are potentially harmful to the endocrine system endocrine system (ĕn`dəkrĭn), body control system composed of a group of glands that maintain a stable internal environment by producing chemical regulatory substances called hormones. . To top it off, the kits have recyclable outer packaging to ensure that no part of this kit hurts the environment. Syndicate Nail Polish may be purchased for $30 at www.syndicatecosmetics.com. ONE-TOUCH COSMETICS If you have access to the Internet, you now have access to a personal expert makeup artist. Giella.com, the new Web site for Giella custom blend cosmetics, creates personalized makeup for any woman with just the click of a button. Giella.com can find anyone's custom colors and textures for her face, eyes, lips, cheeks and nails using an online version of Giella's Color Perfect Analysis system. Each individual's Color Profile is saved so that the perfect custom cosmetic can be created over again. Clients also can add benefits such as hydration hydration /hy·dra·tion/ (hi-dra´shun) the absorption of or combination with water. hy·dra·tion n. 1. The addition of water to a chemical molecule without hydrolysis. 2. , oil-control and pore minimizing. CUSTOM SCENT It seems like every star is making his or her own scent these days. So why not you, too? Blend your own eau de parfums, personalizing your scent for every occasion and mood, with Susanne Lang's Custom Blend Kit. Each box contains 10 bottles of 5-milliliter eau de parfums -- Grapefruit Yuzu, Neroli neroli (n  ·rōˑ·lē),n Citrus, Aqua Marine Same as Aquamarine. See also: Aqua , Himalayan Rose, Tuberose tuberose: see amaryllis. Absolute, Vintage Patchouli patchouli or patchouly (both: păch`  lē, pəch , Nude Musk, Opulent Spice, Amberwood and
Vanilla CO2 -- so you can mix and match. The kit also contains a funnel
and atomizers, so you can bottle larger batches of your favorite
combinations. Kits are $95 at Anthropologie stores and at
luckyscent.com.
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