Yes, people…I have found the best spray tan in the city! $15 will get you a full coverage – all over spray tan at A Tan for All Seasons near CSUN.

It’s a booth, so your not standing there buck naked in front of a 17 year old girl with a spray gun who is probably thinking “omg, is this what I will look like when I’m 39?”, it’s super quick, and one of the most important things is that you have the option to have the bronzer or no bronzer. I opted for the bronzer, but next time I’m totally going for the no bronzer, because the solution develops overnight so your all good to go.

The solution? Unlike the Mystic Tan is totally un-sticky. You can even go out after getting your spray with no problem. Other sprays will have you driving home all sticky AND stinky waiting for it to dry like a big ass piece of flypaper Most Mystic Tans have 4 jets spraying you in a single shot, but the Magic Tan has 27 jets of fine streaming jets to get a much more even tone.

The solution is a pink-brown mixture so that you won’t turn Real Housewives of Orange County signature orange, and it lasts about a good week. The better news?? On Sundays, the sprays are ONLY $10!!! For REAL!!

Spray on, lovelies…spray on!

A Tan for All Seasons
8678 Lindley Ave.
Northridge, CA 91325
818.993.1888

Build strength and donate your tuition to Doctors Without Borders in Haiti with a special pilates group reformer class starting Wed. Jan 27 @ 1PM a continue every Wed. for 4 weeks.

It will be by donation and ALL the funds will be donated to the Doctors Without Borders organization. You don’t need to of taken Pilates before to do this class and you can come 1 week or all 4. It will be fun and for all levels.

Come try it out and do a small bit to help Haiti at the same time! Space is limited so call the studio to sign up. 818-509-0914 or go to the website: www.pilatesstudiocity.com

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 1:00pm
Pilates Studio City 818-509-0914
11650 Riverside Drive
Studio City, CA

To learn more about this organization visit: www.doctorswithoutborders.org.

I made an appointment with Dr. Kranson Blair, dermatologist because I just don’t know what to do about these continual flair ups. I told him that Dr. Marks had given me a prescription for tetracycline, an antibiotic taken internally to treat acne breakouts from within. He looked at my face and said that it didn’t look too bad, that perhaps I was freaking out because I simply wasn’t used to having bumps on my face, albeit small, they are indeed a nuisance.

I was prescribed Epiduo which is a topical cream that you put on at night. The first night I slathered it on like it was regular night cream. Nothing major. The 2nd night, same thing. And the 3rd. By the 4th night, my skin felt like I had smeared napalm on it and was about to catch fire.

The 5th night, I only used a tiny bit and only on the most prevalent breakout areas, and it still felt like hot fish grease on my face. I took a few days off to give my skin a rest during which time I had a really bad breakout. I had also gotten kind of lazy on taking the tetracycline so that most likely added to it too. I resumed Epiduo again, and used it very, very cautiously, in tiny increments. Today my face is a bit more clear. The big breakouts are gone, but my face feels like turkey jerky. Hopefully, it doesn’t LOOK like turkey jerky.

So….the other day I was walking to the vitamin store, and passed a salon that had a bunch of MS Word fliers posted all over the front of the store window, the phone booth (do people still use public phones?) the pillars of the strip mall and wherever else they felt the need to post them stating “Watch Us On Tabatha’s Salon Takeover” on BravoTV.

*Image Courtesy of BravoTv.com

Ok so here’s my thing. Have any of you actually SEEN Tabitha’s Salon Takeover? Its about a salon that is completely screwed up, filthy, ineffective, and basically about to crash and burn. In a one segment show, Tabitha comes in and with a strong hand, consults on what, how and where to make the business of owning a salon could actually salvage the falling business. Knowing that, why would any one trust a salon that needed such dire help with their hair?? WHAT??

Seriously, I can honestly say that I probably will never go into Plush Salon based on just that whole little occurrence. Am I a diva? Perhaps.

A while back, my son was struggling with puberty -induced acne. I had signed up for the auto-ship treatment package for him, but he didn’t really like it too much as he found it really drying and quasi painful. Not wanting it to go to waste, I decided to try the mask, since I’ve never met a mask I didn’t like…and it really seemed to work in keeping my skin clear. Granted, at the time, I didn’t have acne to treat, but in general, it made my skin feel and look really good.

Over the summer, I started getting some mild flair ups and borrowed my sister in law’s proactive mask, and boom! the bumps disappeared! With these hormone inbalances that are going on and showing up on my skin, I’m going to bite the bullet and buy my own kit, for the adult related acne. What a major bummer…how at 39 am I cursed to deal with both acne AND wrinkles??? WTH??

sigh…and the journey begins. continues, or whatever.

So, I’ve gotten alot of inquiries asking what happened to the blog posts here at Spa-View.com so I decided to really do some thinking as to WHY I haven’t posted, and I have come to the realization that since the mid summer of 2009, my body has started changing. Hormones? Age? Diet? Lifestyle? I don’t know…I haven’t figured it out yet, and its been almost 6 months of trial and error.

When I started this blog, it was all about being fabulous, looking fabulous and feeling fabulous. And to put it simply, I haven’t really been feeling fabulous, and have been focusing my attention on getting back there.

I wasn’t sure I wanted to see Spa-View.com turn into a ‘help me, my skin is freaking out” blog, but as of recently, decided that this is indeed MY blog, and I can pretty much do whatever the heck I want with it. In the quest to find that fabulous again…I will again begin the plight. I will be taking you with me on my journey towards finding that balance…yet again.

I hope that my experiences can share some light on people who are suffering through the same trials and errors and maybe provide some relief for those of you who don’t know what the heck is going on…like me.

And so I begin….
xoxo
sylG