Are you a stickler for doing things right, especially when it comes to caring for yourself with whatever it may be during your daily beauty regimen? Same here, but, I must confess, as you will too, once you learn of 4 beauty mistakes you’re making…in the shower!

Shower NoNo #1: Washing your face 1^st thing. It may be instinct, but washing your face first thing will only cause breakouts near your hairline. Wondering how? Well, if you wash your face first, before shampooing and conditioning, you will most likely not wash it again, after you have conditioned your hair. This may lead to breakouts on your hairline…and no one wants that. Work your way from head to toe when washing yourself in the shower.

Shower NoNo #2: Using the Wrong Cleanser Wash Everyone has a different skin type and not all soaps are ‘customized’ to suit all. If you have dry skin, steer clear of any foaming cleansers, while they may be ‘trendy & new’ these will only dry out your skin more! Use a creamy cleanser that is customized for your skin type.

Shower NoNo #3: Not Exfoliating While it’s ok to not exfoliate your face daily (we would advise not to do so) it’s important to exfoliate and get rid of the dry, dead skin cells your body produces daily. Sounds gross? IT IS! And that’s why you should use a loofah to gently scrub a dub that off your body and leave your skin super-silky soft.

Shower NoNo #4: Staying In Way TOO Long  If you are showering for more than 15 minutes, you better stop diddly-daddlying in there! Sure, it’s relaxing, and yes, a long hot shower is tempting, but really, it’s causing a major problem for your skin…total dryness! Try to set your shower to 15 minutes or less and you will start to notice that your skin texture and quality will be improving over time!  

Around the office, we obviously talk about our products and our experiences with them and now that the summer season is here, we are all about nails. But when you are showing off your nails, it's not just the nail that matters; this is why we want to express the importance in caring for your cuticles. Many people have different ways of caring for their cuticles, one of the most common ways we know are to just push them and cut away. However, what you may not know is that this is one of the worst things you can do for caring for your cuticles. You should never bite, push, cut or peel your cuticles. Rather than ridding them, treat them to be healthy and beautiful, because after all they are part of your nails.

First start with an exfoliating hand & cuticle treatment cream, like Philosophy's Time on Your Hands . This hand and cuticle cream heals sun damaged hands, dry cuticles and works incredibly fast to reveal it's desirable effect. It leaves hands and cuticles incredible smooth. 

If for some reason you prefer not to use Philosophy products, there are plenty of other cream brands you can use, like Clinique. Clinique, we know, is one of everyones most favorite skin care line and we can totally get why! This Clinique Deep Comfort Hand and Cuticle cream is long lasting and will keep your cuticles and hands hydrated for 12 hours, talk about great quality!

Now before you go ahead and call us hypocrites, we still are sticking to our word to not push back and trim your cuticles, HOWEVER, if you use a cuticle nipper, like the Tweezerman one we have, to use to cut a hangnail, we're all for it! Anything to keep your nails healthy and clean, we're all for it, but to push back and trim away those cuticles, no, no, no.

Lastly, a personal fave of ours, the Dr. Hauschka nail oil pen! This handy dandy pen is awesome; it comes with a felt tip applicator, so it's perfect to throw it in a bag and go. This oil is perfect for a simple and easy daily treatment to strengthen and clarify nails, promote healthier growth and softer cuticles, as well as enhances keratin to strenghten soft or brittle nails. That what we're talking about! Beautiful, strong, healthy nails for all year long!

What's up Facebook fans? You've come to the right place to get the full details for our Puzzled Perfume contest!

Here's how it works:

• -Every hour, on the hour, we'll be updating the image with a new image revealing another piece of the perfume puzzle on Facebook.
• -Stay tuned for each new photo!  If you know it, guess it! Please ONLY guess ONCE per photo clue uploaded...if you guess more than once, only your first guess will count. Fair is fair and rules are rules...so play the game and stay tuned!
• -Don't forget, the first person to guess the perfume name right wins! There will only be ONE winner for this contest

• -Winner will be announced on the hour after the hour that the first person has guessed the fragrance correctly!
  

Hold up... what do you win? How could we forget to mention the most important part of the game?

PRIZES

If you’re the first to guess the perfume correctly with the 1st photo puzzle piece upload, you get a $ 50 FragranceNet.com gift certificate

Be the first to guess it right on the 2nd piece, win a $ 40 gift certificate

And so on.. and so forth...$ 30 gift certificate if you're the first to guess it with the 3^rd piece

$ 20 gift certificate if you guess it right with the 4^th piece

$ 10 gift certificate if you guess it right with 5^th piece

GOOD LUCK & Have Fun!