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The Warren-Tricomi hair salon has a new home in New York City, and I was fortunate enough to go visit this week: The Plaza hotel (actually, it’s now called The Plaza Retail Collection, since half of the famed hotel was recently turned into condominiums and retail spots). And what a space it is! The salon is a mix of old and new, with a wall from the “old” plaza worked into the décor. Complete with associations with Sally Hansen for its nail stations and L’Oreal Professionnel for its color stations, and stellar stylists like Marc Mena (who gave my straight strands new bounce with a long layered cut), I have no doubt this new location is going to become an old favorite very soon.

–Angelique

Man oh man, in the words of Corina, “Temptation is a part of life, it doesn’t matter if it’s wrong or right.” Do you remember that 90’s jam?

So tomorrow is a big night for me. My girl Coco is throwing herself a birthday party at 9 pm but prior to her party I have two options:

a) Check out a screening of Will Smith’s new flick “Hancock” which I heard is sooo- hilarious!

b) Attend a sexy party hosted by an old flame, C.

And I use the term “old flame” loosely here since I only hooked up with C once but it was un noche caliente that involved key lime pie and an eye mask. Haha!

C told me that his party going to be packed with beautiful people and that I could possibly get “material” for this column. C is known for having an infamously outrageous and sexy lifestyle so perhaps there will be an orgy of sorts? Or a spanking room?”Material” is definitely code word for “super sexy craziness”.

Here’s my dilemma: Is it wrong to hit up this sexy party over the screening? I don’t want to piss Sam off but I’m curious to check out the scene at the party. In all honesty, I’d rather see the real thing any day over Han”cock” if ya know what I mean, wink, wink.

Also, I hate missing out on things, it’s one of the worst feelings for me! Perhaps that’s why I go out so much? Anyway, I need to hear from my mujeres – yay or nay on the sex party?

Un Abrazo Fuerte,

Alexis

Yesterday I went to Lather Spa in NYC for a full-body exfoliation using their antioxidant Cranberry Sugar Rub, followed by a Vichy shower. I’d never had a Vichy shower before, but I was familiar with their line of body products at lather.com. I would’ve been super-psyched for the treatment except for the fact that I had to be kinda naked for it–yikes! Anyway, I hopped onto the foil-covered table (which made the noisiest crinkling sound ever), got under a towel and relaxed as the technician began to rub my limbs with the sugar scrub. Ahhh. Then I rolled over, put my face in the massage table’s face-holder thing and looked down at the tile floor to see the technician’s feet in a pair of green rubber Wellies. What the…? Then, GUSH! The shower turned on and I felt the pounding water from several showerheads on my back. After the initial shock it felt good, until water began dripping down my neck, over my head and into my eyes. Suddenly, I couldn’t see; her boots were getting wet, the tiles were getting slippery and I felt like I was in a scene from the movie Hostel. ‘Get me out of this dungeon shower!’ I thought. Then, it was over. The post-shower, lotion-y rubdown afterwards eased all anxiety, and I was left with one thought: I wanna go again!–Angelique

I’m not the type to get on a plane in sweatpants. I think you should be dressed up to fly and show some respect for the people you’re visiting. Plus, doesn’t it hype you up for the trip if you’re wearing festive attire? Anyway, as you’ve probably guessed, I also wear makeup on airplanes; not a lot, but just enough so that I don’t arrive at my destination looking as though I just awoke from a dead-like slumber. My friend recommended Clinique Supermoisture Makeup ($23, sephora.com). She flew to Miami and said it kept her skin super-hydrated on the flight, and super-cute upon her arrival. One tube for seat 3F, por favor!

-Angelique

This is an imaginary conversation I had with Laura Mercier, creator of the Laura Mercier Gold Digger Collection (lauramercier.com):

Angelique: I love gold. Gold jewelry, gold Gummy Bears…
Laura Mercier: Me too. Why do you think I added the shade to every product in this collection?
Angelique: You know what my favorite piece is? The Eye Colour Pots, with the cream on one side and shimmery powder on the other. The smoky eye it creates is something fierce. But I don’t use the brush to apply it; I just use my fingers.
Laura Mercier: Why don’t you use the brush?
Angelique: Ummm…I don’t know, Ms. Mercier. I think I can blend the cream better with my fingers. And I like getting my fingertips all smudgy and pretending I was just booked and fingerprinted at the precinct downtown for a petty crime – nothing serious.
Laura Mercier: I do that, too! Only I pretend I was busted for being the fiercest makeup creator ever. But they never make me do time.
Angelique: I guess that’s just how we roll.

-Angelique

The other day my friend Jessica was telling me a story about how she was hooking up with a guy the other night and when they were done he asked, “Did you have a burger today? You smell like beef.”

Ay dios mio! I was totally mortified just hearing the story. I’m petrified of that specific type of “body odor”, especially during these hot summer months in New York!

And what was Jessica’s response? She told him that no, she hadn’t had a Big Mac for lunch, asked him to leave and never saw him again.

I told Jessica that my some of my gay guy friends eat fruits like kiwi and pineapple to help their semen taste better. Perhaps this trick could work both ways?

I also shared this article with her – even though it’s about sperm I’m thinking us mujeres can probably use it as a guideline too. Apparently, we’re supposed to avoid caffeine, alcohol and junk food. Of course, three of my favorite food groups!

Flustered by all the B.O. talk, I called Sam and (needing to know the answer to this burning question) blatantly asked him, “Do you think I smell funny down there?”

“Uh, no. Look, if you took your panties off in the bedroom and your plant immediately died then we’d have problems,” he said with a laugh. I giggled and thanked him for his honesty.

So, do I have to cut down on my hamburguesas and patatas fritas this summer or am I just being paranoid? Are you ever scared about stinking down under too? What do you do to avoid B.O. in those areas? Have you ever been in a similar situation to Jessica’s?

Un Abrazo Fuerte,

Lex

I don’t have children, or any baby sisters or nieces. But if I did, I would be all over Vera Wang Glittery Shimmer Stick ($25, sephora.com). Vera Wang’s pretty tween-teen fragrance Princess was a flowery success, and now in solid, sparkling form, it is the perfect present to gift that special girl in your life. Hell, I’m about ready to buy one for myself!

– Angelique

I love the summer. Love the flowers, love the BBQ’s, love the strappy dresses, love the drive-ins and weekend nights that last forever; love it all. And now I have yet another reason to add to the list: Clarins has made the spectacular commitment to donate 100 percent of profits made from online purchases of their suncare products to CHILDHELP, an organization committed to the aid and protection of abused and neglected children. Visit clarins.com for details, and let’s pass along some sunshine to those who really need it, shall we?

–Angelique

Chicas, you will NEVER believe what I’m about to tell you. Recently, the lovely ladies at Clinique announced that, in conjunction with the upcoming release of their new line of lipstick, High Impact Lip Colour SPF 15, they were having a contest for all us beauty editors. What they did was assign a raffle ticket to each of us and then drew three random winners. Ladies, I WON! And what I won, you can win, too: A pair of your dream shoes! (No, this is not a joke.) The Clinique Dream Shoe Contest will be held online at Clinique.com from August 20 to September 20, where you can take a quiz to determine your shoe–and lipstick–personality. Of the people taking the quiz, three a day will be chosen to win a shade of High Impact lipstick. At the end of the month, 10 winners will be chosen and given a $600 gift certificate to Nordstrom department store to buy their pair of dream shoes! I am seriously still hyperventilating from the win, and all I know is I better pull myself together soon because it just would not do to pass out in a pair of cobalt blue Manolos. Yes, chicas, I got the Sex and the City: The Movie shoes. Buena suerte!

–Angelique

That’s the new question being posed by Demeter fragrances. You know the ones I’m talking about: They’re little clear, square bottles and the aromas are based on real-life smells, like Pure Soap, Baby Powder, Laundromat (which really does smell like you stuck your head in a drier filled with clean, Downey Fresh towels), Honey, Holy Water….I could go on and on. It’s fun to click around their website and see if they’ve bottled your favorite childhood scent memory. Their newest collection is based on candy, which includes Tootsie Roll and Dots ($5-$39, demeterfragrance.com). I’ve smelled them, and I just have one word: yum!

–Angelique