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Delightfully elegant, ultra-light and extremely hydrating, Cuccio Naturale Lyte Ultra-Sheer Body Butter is a regenerating moisturizer that deeply nourishes dry skin.  However, Cuccio's newest body butter is set apart from all the others by its rejuvenating power: it's designed to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles on your hands and feet.  Perfect for a routine manicure, continued use of Cuccio's Ultra-Sheer Body Butter formula will totally help your skin appear more vibrant, youthful and featuring a healthy glow.  Check out each fragrance and its specific benefits below:

Honey and Soy Milk: Honey's natural humectants gently soften and condition the skin while soy lipids deliver Vitamin E to regenerate damaged skin cells and tissue.

Guava and Mangosteen: A revitalizing and healing anti-oxidant and vitamin combination. Renews and deeply hydrates for soft, smooth and silky skin.

Pomegranate and Acai: The most potent blend of anti-oxidants in one ultra sheer body butter! Reduces fine lines and wrinkles, promoting healthier and younger looking skin.

Tuscan Citrus and White Tea: Boost and brighten your skin tone with the blend of white tea and Tuscan citrus. White tea contains polyphenols to help increase the skin’s elasticity.

I'm a Starbucks junkie.  I spend a significant amount of cash and calories every winter on Pumpkin Spice Lattes. So, you can imagine my excitement when this year's Hempz Treats included not only Mint Chocolate Cocoa, Sweet Vanilla Eggnog and Warm Apple Cider, but most importantly, Pumpkin Spice Latte scented high quality lotion. Hempz Treats dessert fragranced lotions are infused with organic hemp seed oil for long term moisturizing. Rich in antioxidants and skin conditioners, each daily moisturizing blend celebrates the fragrances of cozy winters, nourishing your body when your dry skin needs it most. For the month of February, all scents and both sizes of Hempz Treats Lotions are 20% off. Go ahead; save yourself the calories and indulge in your favorite tastes of the chilly season while deeply nourishing your skin. Guiltlessly! Click here to start shopping for your favorite dessert!

Unsightly, persistent and downright annoying, blackheads are a serious killjoy.  Blackheads are just like any other pimples, except that they form in wide open pores and remain uncovered.  Touching the air turns the pimples black, and helps them pop out for the world to see.  So starting right now, we make it stop.  Here are six quick steps to help you stay blackhead free! 1. CLEANSE:  Keep your skin clean!  Choose an acne cleanser with either benzoyl peroxide or salicylic acid to fight oily build-ups.  A routine is key- don't let the grime creep up on you!  We suggest something like Dermastage's Acne Cleanser. 2. TONE:  Choose an alcohol-free facial toner to balance the ph-level of your skin.  Toners are designed to keep your skin healthy, allowing for ultimate moisture absorption and shrinking pores.  We suggest Alba Botanica's Sea Kelp Facial Toner, full of certified organic and extremely powerful ingredients.  Perfect! 3. SPOT TREAT: When and if pimples sneak through your defense, treat them right away! Choose an acne gel or acid treatment very much like Dermastage's Acne Relief Gel to dry up the pimple as quickly as possible! 4.  MOISTURIZE: The key to avoiding blackheads taking over your face is constant exfoliation.  To offset this scrubbing, however, healthy skin needs moisture to keep proper levels of elasticity.  Moisturizing before exfoliating is key.  Exfoliating opens up pores and clears them out, and even though moisturizer is excellent for your face, leaving pores clear after exfoliating is a much better idea.  So let your face soak up some moisture before you scrub! Try a super energizing moisturizer like Cor Silver's Anytime Moisturizer. 5. EXFOLIATE: At least twice a week, scrub your skin and exfoliate dead skin cells.  Especially during the dry season, dead skin cells build up on the surface of your face and create blockages.  Keep your pores clear and open with a simple scrub, like Juara's Rice Facial Scrub. 6. MASK:  Once a week, polish off your skincare routine with a clarifying mask that not only removes built up deposits but also includes a chemical exfoliant to eat up tough-to-clear build up.  Our new favorite mask is The Holy Mud Company's Pumpkin Glycolic Mask. Work these steps into your routine and watch black heads disappear!

My cousin is "one of those people."  "One of those people" who own everything that they could want, are terribly difficult to shop for and someone for whom I always have to figure out SOMETHING to buy for Christmas. Beauty of a Site's Swedish Elf Soaps are truly some of the perfect gifts for "those people."  They are funky, different, extremely high quality, Christmas-y and above all, totally affordable.  They are small gifts to show people you care, without the stress of tracking down something they don't already have! From the Victorian Scandinavian Soap Company, these Swedish Christmas soaps are perfect for everyone one your gift list, and are currently on sale for only $4.50.  Stock up! Give them in gift exchanges, send them to school with your kids and surprise your loved ones with something totally original. We're featuring the soaps to help clear out our Christmas inventory, so the discount is only available for a limited time.  Make sure and order soon! Click here to browse all our quaint Swedish Christmas soaps!

January is the perfect time to get our acts together; a fresh start when we can all get into the habits that will make the upcoming year an even better one than the year before. Here are five beauty habits that will keep you looking and feeling beautiful in 2011: Fresher Feet (1): We challenge you to a weekly pedicure.  With OPI's tropical scented scrubs and masks, five minutes in the shower keeps feet looking professionally pedicured all winter long.  Nothing makes you feel more beautiful than perfect soft and smooth feet in strappy shoes! Stronger Nails (2): Thirty seconds every morning with a clear coat of Dabu Nail Hardener not only keeps your manicure looking shiny and fresh, but protects nails from breaking, cracking or splitting.  Stronger, more beautiful nails only takes a coat a day! Younger Skin (3): Wash your face every night with a soap that does the hard work for you.  Cor soap's proven formula keeps skin glowing with a simple wash before bed.  Three minutes before bed and twenty years off your skin.  Definitely worth your time! Healthier Hair (4): Pamper your hair in 2011 with a decadent hair oil like Leonor Greyl's Palm Oil (Huile de Palme).  A pre-shampoo treatment intended to infuse your hair with moisture and protect it from damage.  A perfect treatment for anyone who's hair suffers from heat damage, over styling or winter dryness. Sexier Smile (5): The very best of any at home whitening treatments, Supersmile will help you achieve the perfect super-white sexy smile in 2011.  An easy and quick routine just like brushing your teeth at night will keep your smile more beautiful than ever!

For the month of December, we're celebrating CND's Creative Scentsations lotions and washes by offering them at 30% off!  Each individual 8 oz lotion and wash, usually priced at $10 each, is $7 to help you enjoy the giving season. Creative Scentsations washes and lotions feature unique, beautiful fragrances ranging from classic and comfortable, like apple & cinnamon to surprisingly fresh, like cucumber and aloe, to festive, like sparkling champagne. This huge variety of "scent-sations" is what sets CNDs lotions apart.  These high quality formulas are used at salons nationwide, boasting extremely nourishing ingredients that make them professional quality. The best of both worlds - creative fragrances and superior quality - set CND Scentsations apart as some of the most coveted lotions and washes we've ever sold. Click here to check out all of the fragrances that we offer! Looking for a unique gift for someone in your life?  Check out this beautiful gift set from Creative Scentsations!:

Booty Parlor has been giving us frisky, luxurious skincare and gifts for years, but we're totally excited by their two newest products!  Perfect for an extra special Friday night, or for maintaining beautiful skin through daily use, these are essentials for dames who love to feel gorgeous! Booty Parlor Lust Me, Dust Me Kissable Body Shimmer Trio: This group of three shimmering powders will add subtle sheen to any skin tone that not only makes your skin look sexy, but features three beautiful (and tasty!) fragrances and flavors! Click here to check it out. Booty Parlor's Flirty Little Secret Pink Caviar Scrub with Pheromones: Featuring skin polishing beads and sugar, Pink Caviar Scrub features BP's secret weapon: a powerful pheromone designed to make you irresistible to the opposite sex!

For the month of September, Beauty of a Site is partnering with Juara to offer ALL of their incredible skincare products at 15% off- all month long, on any sized order! In honor of those momentous occasion, I wanted to try out one of their most popular products: The Candlenut Body Creme. First impressions: Hello tropical. It's not an overpowering tanning oil-infused tropical smell, but a soft, calm, relaxing nutty smell (reminiscent of coconut). I hate overpowering fragrances, and this formula featured the perfect balance. Consistency: As a body creme, the product is definitely thick and creamy, but not in any way heavy. The moisturizer almost feels whipped; light enough to soak in, but thick enough to nourish the skin. Result: Skin feels silky, not sticky, but deeply moisturized. The scent lingers slightly, which has a surprisingly powerful calming effect! I actually used the product on recently sunburnt skin, and was amazed by how soothing the creme was! It isn't necessarily designed for healing, but it was so moisturizing that I felt serious improvement. Usage: Because of the creme's thick consistency, a little goes a LONG way! I used a .17 oz sample and was able to apply the creme liberally on both my arms and legs.  Success! I highly suggest giving this body creme a try, particularly at such a great price!  Click here to check it out!

A perfect bronze, subtle shimmer, silky moisturizers and even a bit of sun protection- we call it: the recipe for sexy summer skin. DuWop calls it: Revolotion. DuWop's Revolotion features a breakthrough blend of intense moisturizers, SPF 15, and a bronze shimmer that is perfect for highlighting face, shoulders, legs- anywhere that deserves subtle attention.  Revolotion is available in two shades to help this sheer body makeup blend seamlessly with any skintone to enhance your body's complexion without rub off, lines or unnatural color. DuWop even suggests that this miracle moisturizing blend can be applied to provide instant slimming effects! Watch the video below, produced by DuWop, to learn how to use Revolotion today!

Try Revolotion during August only and save $5!  Normally $28, purchase this here, at Beauty of a Site, for $23 through the end of the month.  Click here to shop this and more excellent DuWop cosmetics procucts!

Introducing: Juara Skincare and Spa Treatment products! We are happy to announce that we're now selling Juara, one of the world's most creative, mysterious and luxurious product lines, featuring an infusion of Indonesian herbal spices and the most advanced skin treatment research.  Each Juara product uses a powerful and pure set of active botanicals that is extremely effective while being gentle, safe and extremely nourishing for your skin. This "east meets west" skincare line was founded by four friends, dedicated to drawing upon the wisdom of ancient spa practices and combining those riches with everything that modern science has to offer.  The result of their hard work and passion: Juara Skincare & Treatments. Click here to browse all of Juara's unique and luxurious products!

Wrapped in shimmery silver and black, this odd brown looking soap hardly looks like the miracle we've all found it to be.  Each Cor Silver Soap looks like this: the funny color, in a thick circular shape, and hardly any different than any bar of soap you've ever used.  But the results, dear friends, are far from ordinary. The staff of Beauty of a Site have all tried Cor, and every single one of us that has tried it-- young'uns fresh out of college, hard working women of their thirties, dear mothers and grandmas-- has absolutely loved the results they've seen.  Each lady reported a tighter, brighter skin tone, featuring a healthy glow, a slightly smoother complexion and a gradual evening of spots and scars, even controlling breakouts.  The soap's miracle ingredient, silver, has a bacteria fighting quality whose results are truly unmatched in the skincare industry. Here is the tried and true nightly routine that we have all adopted for maintaining these great results: 1.  Wet face and hands.  Work up a lather of Cor soap.  A little bit goes a long way, so you'll only need a bit off the bar to actually get the lather going. 2.  Apply soap to damp face, working the soap into the skin all over face.  Do take care to avoid your eyes! 3.  Let the soap sit.  Give the soap about a minute to do some intense cleaning.  Tidy your bathroom sink, brush your teeth - do whatever you want to do - but make sure and give the active ingredients some time to do magic. 4.  Rinse your face thoroughly, perhaps using a wash cloth.  Notice the tightening you'll already be able to feel - the soap is working! 5.  For any problem areas or breakouts, leave a bit of Cor soap on the spot overnight.  Be amazed by the progress you'll see in healing by the next morning. 6.  Keep up your routine.  You'll see some small results immediately, but the best and fullest results come with repeated use. Interested in trying Cor soap, but not sure about the investment?  Start out by purchasing the travel sized bar for only $14!  This small bar will go a long way, and is definitely enough of the soap to help you see all of the stages of benefits before investing in the larger bars.  See all of the Cor skincare products here.

Happy Earth day to our fans and friends! Today reminded us about the importance of being green.  Saving the Earth and caring for nature is something that we can do one step at a time.  We have to remember that every step counts! Looking for ways to take care of our planet?  Here are just a few of our products who take caring for the Earth seriously: 1.  Tigi Love, Peace and the Planet is a range of superior quality hair care products that make earth friendly packaging their number one priority.  And not only does each eco-friendly bottle, tub or tube use only a minimal amount of synthetic material, but each product sports as many fresh and natural ingredients as possible.  Hug a tree with every style!  Click here to get started. 2.  Get Fresh Santa Monica Lifestyle Reusable Shoppers feature fabulously stylish designs on strong, market quality tote bags.  Save the earth using one less plastic bag at a time!  These are reasonably priced and HUGE!  Perfect for groceries.  Click here to see them! 3.  Organic Grooming is a men's product line featuring incredible organic products that carefully consider the earth when producing and packaging their products.  Many products, including their triple milled bar soap, uses completely biodegradable packaging, even printed in soy ink!  Click here to see all of their products.