Melanie Gayle Fall Launch Party

This Wednesday, September 10 from 6-8pm Melanie Gayle will be having their fall launch party. Everything in the store will be 20% off and there will be cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Amanda Sterett will be making a personal appearance and they’ll have some great fashion giveaways. Don’t miss it!

I Heart Renée Rouleau, Too!

Well, Katie McNew and the gays aren’t the only ones who love Renée Rouleau - I do too! I went for my first facial with her on Friday and was impressed with her vast knowledge. She’s been working with skin for 20 years so I should have expected as much. I like her somewhat “old school” approach to skin care. She believes in trying to solve issues first with products and facials before attempting anything more drastic like photofacials or even Botox. She’s not against those things but just believes in trying a more natural way first. I’d write more details but Katie really said it all in her post so be sure to read it.

Renee Rouleau + Me = Love at First Facial

So, last week, I went to the new Renee Rouleau Spa at One Arts Plaza to check out the digs and try the signature service from none other than the facial phenom herself. I walked in feeling a little blah, but the intimate space was a welcome respite from the rain. As a beauty product junky, I could have spent all afternoon reading about the potions that were perched on floating shelves lining the walls (she’s created 60 products for nine different skin types), but duty called and I went in for my treatment. The takeaway from the experience is threefold.

1. Forget the recliner, and find a Renee Rouleau treatment chair. The minute I sank into what must have been eight inches of soft foam padding, I was a goner. She could have been waxing my bikini line with duct tape, and I would have emerged feeling relaxed and refreshed. Great first impression.

2. You know all the hype about her facials? It’s true. So supremely true. She quickly assessed my skin type and condition as we chatted pre-service—because I’d recently returned from the beach (too much sun!), she performed an exfoliation trifecta. I believe the technical terms are yummy-smelling scrub followed by a fancy water-spraying something, then another scrub. But you’ll have to ask her. The icing on the cake was the thick, cool mask she applied to end the treatment, sealing in all the moisturizing, nourishing products she had applied.

3. I should get more facials. I walked outta there with glowing skin and feeling like a new woman, a nourished woman, a—what’s the word I’m looking for? Ah, yes. This one is for you, Renee Rouleau.

Vote Now for the 10 Most Beautiful Women in Dallas

The polls have officially opened! You can vote once a day, every day, for your favorite beauty in D Beauty’s 10 Most Beautiful Women in Dallas competition. Winners will be featured in the winter 09 issue of D Beauty. Vote now! (And tell everyone you know to do the same.)

Gilt Group Launches Blog

Ah, yes. Yet another reason to check this site daily, as if 60 percent off on Catherine Malandrino (today’s sale) wasn’t enough. Behind the Scenes brings you the Gilty news on the group’s daily doings: from photo shoots and designer interviews to this week’s hottest fashion story—something about Bryant Park and some runway shows. Stephanie can tell you about it.