Breakfast at Bendel's
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via HenriBendel.com
A few weeks ago, I hit up
my favorite breakfast soirée of the year... or, at
least, the only breakfast soirée worth trekking
through midtown pre-first-cup-of-coffee for:
Bendel's beauty breakfast.
The BBB is pretty
much every girly-girl's pink dream. Remember how,
when you were little, you would fantasize about how
cool it would be to hang out in a toy store after it
closed, when there were no other customers there?
Well, picture that... except instead of a giant foot
piano, it's a ton of beauty industry V.I.Ps wanting
to show you the newest additions to their brands.
Cool, huh?
I've been lucky enough to attend the event in years
past, when I worked at Cosmo. This year, I
was thrilled to be invited as a blogger in the
Total Beauty community.
After carefully testing my new finds, I came across a
few favorites that I'm dying to tell you about.
Here's one of them:
Beauty Rehab Spearmint Lip Balm,
($12, beautyrehab.com
or at Henri Bendel), is a British import
-- David Beckham and the wife are reportedly big
fans.
What have you been using
to treat your chapped lips this winter? Do yourself a
favor... go get it now, and throw it away. Because
it's not working as well as this does.
Beauty Rehab is, quite ironically,
my new addiction. It's one of those products you
think you love because it smells delicious enough to
eat, but then you realize its actually working and
you feel like you made a new BFF. The intensive lip
treatment is made from Sweet Almond Oil and Shea
Butter, which soothe and soften dry lips (in about
five seconds, I might add) and also has Lemon and
Spearmint to nourish your skin and freshen your
breath. I love its slick consistency, too -- it feels
kind of oily at first (not sticky at all),
but once you feel it sink into your dry crevices, all
you'll want to do is an instant reapply.
Since BR is the only rehab program with one step
instead of twelve, there's no excuse for pulling a Kenickie and
falling off the wagon. (Sorry... had to do
it!)