So, you’ve sworn off chocolate. And the rest of Grandma Ethel’s ever-so-potent rum cake is in the trash. Between holiday shindigs and New Years Eve bottles of bubbly, you’ve managed to successfully tack on a few too many extra pounds this season. The jeans are a bit tight, your co-workers keep mentioning how your mom must be a great cook, and the thought of donning a bikini for your getaway weekend next month is giving you hives. Unless you plan to hibernate all winter (though tempting when it’s -8 degrees and snowing like the north pole outside), you, my friend, are in need of a resolution – a New Years Resolution, that is...
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Should all acquaintance be forgot?
Your guide to fashion leftovers 
By Jenny Brewer

It’s the time of the year when the temperature drops. Your winter gear is starting to send you into the throes of a wardrobe rut. You might be starting to feel guilty about not using the gym membership you bought as much you resolved to do at that fabulous New Year’s party you went to. The party season is over and the holiday decorations are back collecting dust. And you might be wondering about some of the trends from ’05. What’s okay to carry over into this fresh New Year?  Read on, lovelies. [ Read More... ]

Lux Life
Long-lasting lashes from LuxLash
by Amy Derjue

When a spa or salon talks about brow or lash treatments, it usually means they offer brow waxing and makeup advice. There are few options for people who want to add hair to thin brows, or who want to thicken their lashes without the aid of several coats of mascara. With the opening of LuxLash on Newbury Street, those people can finally receive treatments that will help them achieve the lustrous lashes and brows they dream of, without spending all day in a makeup chair. [ Read More... ]