As a teenager, I owned a salon-style hairdryer. That’s right… the kind you wear like a motorcycle helmet! I kept it in my parents basement, and fired it up as needed to heat my hair while wearing a deep conditioning treatment. I would spend 15-20 minutes, flipping through my beloved Sassy magazines and waiting for my hair to soak in all of that moisturizing goodness.
As the mother of a very busy toddler, I no longer have time for this kind of luxury. Someone should explain this lack of time to my dry, brittle hair– it demands an occasional deep conditioning treatment. When I get an opportunity to deep condition, it needs to be as fast as Paris Hilton on a third date. Alterna’s Ten Hair Masque absorbs deep into the hair shaft in under five minutes, so a minimal time investment left my hair looking shiny and smooth, and feeling soft as silk.
To use, apply Alterna’s Ten Hair Masque to damp hair after shampooing. Use a wide tooth comb to evenly distribute the conditioning treatment, and leave on for 3-5 minutes.
Alterna Ten Hair Masque contains:
Alterna Ten Hair Masque comes in a 5.1 oz. jar, and retails for $55 at Beauty.com and other fine beauty retailers.
Ladies, ladies, ladies! Mark your calendars now… in mid-October, 
Lola’s holiday season Spellbound Color Clutch contains 18 shades of shadow (you read that right– 18!) conveniently organized into 6 color-coordinated trios to make selecting colors a snap. The shadow colors included range from white to deep gray, some matte and some sparkling. Three nourishing gloss shades (with a hint of mint), two creme blush colors to enhance your cheeks and a generously-sized mirror make this elegant palette all you’ll need for the boardroom or the ballroom. 
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Chanel Rouge Hydrabase Creme Lipstick wears extremely well, even in the face of obsessive coffee drinking! This lipstick applies smoothly, and resists feathering. Lotus Rouge is a brick red shade that imparts urban sophistication. Chanel Rouge Hydrabase lipstick retails for $25 at 
Jane Iredale and Sarah Jessica Parker go way back… thus Jane selected the name "Carrie" for this sassy red shade of her PureMoist LipColour, paying homage to SJP's character in the HBO series Sex and the City. As a fan of the show I must confess this sexy lush shade of red reminds me more of the brazen Samantha. PureMoist LipColour by Jane Iredale can be purchased at 
Benefit Cosmetics Silky Finish Lipstick in "Frenched" is part of the Betty Look makeup collection. This delicious cherry-red shade provides sheer color that the experts at Benefit describe as "buildable". Apply one coat for a sheer stain of red, or multiple coats for a darker shade. Silky Finish Lipstick retails for $16 at 
David Scott, founder of the Makeup Lounge in Toronto, will soon launch the David Scott Collection here in the USA. A collaboration with top chemists and his own clients, David's current lipstick collection contains 40 high-pigment long-lasting shades. His traffic-stopping "Orange-Red" lipstick is the glamorous shade worn by every fearless fashionista this fall, and the formula is enriched with grapeseed oil and natural minerals to keep lips kissably soft. Snag one for $26.95 at the 
Lip liner is crucial when wearing dark lip colors. When red lipstick bleeds into the skin surrounding the lips, it accentuates fine lines, adding ten years to your appearance.