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This just in! We just got these swatches of the OPI Hong Kong Collection-- they are just gorgeous! From left to right: Suzi Says Feng Shui, Jade is the New Black, Dim Sum Plum, Hot & Spicy, Red My Fortune Cookie, Bling Dynasty From left to right: A Good Man-Darin is Hard to Find, Lucky Lucky Lavender, Meet Me on the Star Ferry, Panda-Monium Pink, Pearl of Wisdom, Chop-Sticking to My Story Order yours HERE!

Every year, Beauty of a Site sends gifts to hundreds of happy friends, spouses, fiances, girlfriends and family members across the world to celebrate Valentine's Day.  We've found that the unique products we have to offer are perfect for this thoughtful holiday.  To help you find the perfect gift for the loved one in your life, we've put together a page featuring our best selling Valentine's Day merchandise from the last several years to give you a great place to start.  Click here to visit our Valentine's Day Store! Some of our favorite products from over at the store are included for you here: 1.  Organic Bath Company Bubble Bath Roses.  These simple, inexpensive but teasingly romantic bath bombs are perfect for more casual relationships, friends, or even small gifts for family.  At an affordable $11, you can give someone you love a dozen roses that when added to warm water will fizz and create a moisturizing, relaxing bathing experience. One of our top sellers! 2. Kama Sutra Gift Sets. For new couples or seasoned lovers, the Kama Sutra Gift Sets include a range of products to produce a sensual, romantic experience.  Choose from a variety of flavors and price ranges to set the mood for your Valentine's Day! 3. Serendipity 3 Serendipitous Perfume. Thoughtful, classic and delicious, the Serendipitous Perfume is a wonderful gift for any woman on your list.  A fragrance of vanilla, cocoa, amber and citrus, this passionately addictive and alluring perfume is classic while being mysterious- and easy on the pocketbook!  An affordable $35 for a timeless, romantic gift. Browse these gifts and more at our Valentine's Day store! Click here. [caption id="attachment_700" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Organic Bath Company Bubble Bath Roses"][/caption]

Fresh month, fresh product, and best of all: fresh discounts for you, our faithful reader.  Here are two of our favorite products for you that are on special this month:

Rene Furterer: For this month only, select Rene Furterer shampoos and conditioners are 15% off. These specially formulated shampoos and conditioners treat different hair types with appropriate formulas that deliver noticeable and clinically proven results.

FREE Mandarin Honey Sugar Scrub: Receive a FREE 5 oz Qtica Smart Spa Mandarin Honey Sugar Scrub with any $30 Qtica / Zoya purchase placed during October.  This deliciously tropical smelling scrub will smooth & refresh skin while transporting you somewhere warm & fabulous! Check out the rest of our monthly specials here.

New for Fall 2009, Beauty of a Site announced our more recent product addition: IKove by Florestas.  This range of haircare, skincare and bath & body products is completely organic and natural, using a botanical base full of oils and extracts from the forests of the Amazon. We have to label IKove products as some of the most guilt free beauty products we've ever seen.  A socially responsible company, IKove is dedicated to growing the economy of the Amazon, allowing local villages to stop cutting down trees and protect the region's beautiful and rare rainforests.  The company uses certified organic ingredients, avoids synthetics and potentially harmful chemicals, while also avoiding any animal ingredients. IKove also strives to use as many certified fair trade ingredients as possible. The lush and luxurious ingredients in the IKove products are what truly set them apart as unique- as must-haves!  Acai Berry is one of IKove's favorite ingredients, an Amazonian palm berry harvested from the forests of Brazil.  Totally PACKED with antioxidants, fatty acids & omegas, Acai Berry is truly a miracle fruit, fighting premature aging and encouraging healthy skin. We're totally excited about these new products and hope that you are too!  If you've tried, please let us know what you think!  You can see all of the IKove products here.

As we approach Breast Cancer Awareness month, we wanted to make you aware of some of the great ways you can raise awareness just by sporting some of your favorite Beauty of a Site products in October! Order in the next week to have your products in time! 1. Use your favorite styling products with a for-the-cure twist! At Beauty of a Site, we're offering limited quantities of two favorite styling products in special edition pink ribbon packaging to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Select 10 oz Kenra Volume Sprays will come in pink bottles and select 1.7 oz will feature a "Pink for the Cure" pink ribbon on the bottle. Both companies use proceeds to support breast cancer research, early detection & support services. 2. Rock some perfect pink polish & support your favorite cause: Essie's Yes We Can, Pink! is a beautiful light, warm shade of pink that not only works perfectly with any wardrobe, but shows support for Living Beyond Breast Cancer, an organization dedicated to ensuring the best quality of life for woman affected by breast cancer. OPI Pink of Hearts 2009 (available soon!) is a gorgeous and empowering light pink cream polish. OPI will donate portions of its sales to both Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Rethink Breast Cancer in honor of October's Breast Cancer Awareness month. 3. Try out classic lotion in a special edition- with a pink pump for the cure!: For a limited time only, all of our Hempz Herbal Moisturizers & Hempz Age Defying Moisturizers are featuring a pink pump to show some support! These limited time only "Because We Care" editions help support breast cancer research by donating part of Hempz' proceeds. It's the perfect time to purchase these products that you already love, for the same low price, and help support a greater cause!

I used to think that summer was all about vacations, warm nights & sunny days, but the older I get, I'm finding that the weekends of my summer are filled with weddings.  And with all of my friends getting married, there seem to be constant bridal showers to attend!  If you're like me, you're coming down with the wedding registry blues, and you're ready to give the bride something she'll love! Here are some of our from-our-experience tips on getting the bride the perfect, unique gift. [caption id="attachment_403" align="alignright" width="156" caption="Get Fresh Memories of Paris Bubble Bath"][/caption] 1.  Preparing for a wedding is stressful.  Each bride could really use a break and time to relax more than anything.  Though rest and relaxation don't fit too well in a box, a spa gift certificate does!  Send the bride-to-be for a day of stress-free pampering! 2.  A complete Breakfast-in-Bed kit for her and her fiance to enjoy on the honeymoon and beyond!  Include cute & comfy pajamas, a bed tray, a pair of plastic place settings and cups that won't spill in a carefully arranged basket.  How thoughtful! 3.  A beautiful bottle of bubble bath.  The Get Fresh Memories of Paris Bubble Bath is our favorite shower gift to give, because the bubbles are not only scented like a romantic bouquet of flowers, but the gorgeous glass bottle is simply beautiful! A luxurious bath is something a girl never grows out of! 4.  A photo calendar featuring photos of the bride and groom to be!  If you're close enough to the bride to be able to sneak around her computer (of her fiance is willing to help!), collect 20-30 photos of the couple to make into a photo calendar.  Include their families' important birthdays, anniversaries and little notes to make their first year together special. How are you keeping up with all of your bridal showers?  Have any good gift ideas to pass along?  Please share!

On rainy days, enjoying Zoya Matte polish, Rosie Jane's Leila Lou and Moroccan Oil's Hydrating Hair Mask help us survive the gloom. Today was a rough day, but with these wonderful treats (and jelly beans) we survived!

Sun screen is something we've been smearing all over ourselves since the time we were infants. We feel good about protecting ourselves from sun damage, but rarely pause to consider what exactly we're putting on our skin; what exactly we're allowing our skin to absorb. [caption id="attachment_347" align="alignleft" width="92" caption="Azur Sunscreen, SPF 30 & 40"][/caption] Sunscreens include powerful sun-blocking ingredients that, while being extremely effective at protecting our skin, can be absorbed into our systems and cause some serious damage.  Ranging from free radical damage, disruption of hormone activity and potentially carcinogenic activity, chemicals like oxybenzone, avobenzone, octocrylene & octinoxate found in many sunscreens might hurt your skin worse than a sun burn! Don't worry... we have a solution!  We're really excited about Azur sunscreen, an all-natural, mineral based sunscreen that is 100% chemical free- and effective!  Loaded with important vitamins & moisturizing aloe vera, this luxurious sunscreen attributes its effectiveness to using a physical instead of a chemical barrier against UV radiation.  What a good idea. If you're interested in ordering some Azur sunscreen, click here.  We'd love to send you some.

It's June 1st, which puts Father's day at two weeks out.  Now, we know that Beauty of a Site isn't your first thought for a way to treat the man in your life, but we wanted to make you aware of some of our favorite ways to show Dads, husbands, friends & brothers that we care. Beauty of a Site offers a section of our site to men; listing brands that cater to mens needs and catergorized by product type to make shopping for the perfect shaving supplies, shampoo & body wash even easier.  Some of our best brands specializing in men's products are: Organic Grooming (herbal, organic, eco-friendly products) American Crew (classic, popular & well-known) Bed Head B For Men (a testosterone tilt on popular Bed Head salon products) Kusco Murphy MAN (the coolest looking packaging ever) Rude Man Haircare (the FUNNIEST packaging ever) Woody's (unique, effective & fun) Anything you'd like to see that we don't have for you yet?  Let us know and we'll check them out!  We're just starting to really focus on offering a dedicated section for men, and we could always use suggestions!

I've always been told that eating an apple will wake you up much faster than a cup of coffee. Whether that's true or not, nothing's more of a pick me up than a fresh orange in the middle of the afternoon! What is it about fruit that's so exciting? We're not quite sure about the specifics, but we know that when we're suffering from mid-afternoon laziness, fruit is the perfect summer-y pick me up. Here's some tips for getting some fruit-y wonderfulness into your routine:

• Toss a lemon in with your water.  Not only will the little citrus improve taste, but your water bottle looks so much sunnier!
• Wear a bright fruity nail polish shade on your toes.  When you slip off your heels in the afternoon, you can enjoy your OPI Banana Bandana pedicure!
• Add a cherry red accessory to classic black clothes or the perfect orange accent.  Those bright, fruity shades can be truly chic- and so fun!
• Snack on grapes at your desk.  Easy clean-up, easy to eat and necessitates no quick swallowing when the phone rings!
• Throw on some fruity lip balm.  Agatha Ruiz' Tutti Fruity is the perfect pick-me-up.
• Wear a fruity lotion on your hands that is fun enough to give your cubicle, car or bathroom a little extra flavor, but not overpowering to your coworkers, dentist or students.  We suggest California Mango Natural Lotion.  Mmmm.

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