LIFESTYLE + FITNESS + BEAUTY + MUSIC + HEALTH + WELLNESS
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The beautiful and amazing Melissa Ventosa Martin, Fashion Director of SELF Magazine, was interviewed by Vensette. Vensette is the premiere on demand hair and makeup service in New York City, the Hamptons, San Francisco, LA and Miami. Click here to read about her favorite NYC workouts that include SLT, Bari, New York Pilates and Tracy Anderson along with her health & beauty tips. We love that she also mentions Asteria Active as one of her favorite new fitness fashion brands! We're beyond stoked!
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Want to achieve that luminous, healthy glow in under 10 minutes? REN's Glycol Lactic Radiance Renewal Mask can help you achieve just that. Paraben and sulfate free, this potent, bio-active peel mask helps to minimize fine lines while it improves tone and firmness. This product contains natural fruit acids from Passion Fruit, Lemon, Grape and Pineapple as well as papain from Papayas that exfoliate the skin's outer layer, encouraging cell turnover.
With an active lifestyle, breakouts are common for my skin and this mask is especially made to "combat congestion, blackheads and blemishes". I've used this several times and with its clean and pleasant fragrance with delicate texture, it feels like an at-home spa treatment. REN uses only 100% plant and mineral derived actives and is free from synthetic ingredients with a philosophy of clean skincare based on purity, performance and pleasure. This product also received rave reviews on Into The Gloss which speaks volumes. What are you waiting for? Go and get your glow on.
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I normally go bare faced to workouts as I'm a morning workout person. But for those days when you go straight from work to workout and you still have makeup on you can at least prepare yourself by wearing waterproof mascara to escape the raccoon look so you can focus on your form and not your face.
Then there's the sting factor. Have you ever had that moment through mid sprint or mid tabata set where your sweat runs into your eyes and it stings so badly that you have to stop to wipe the sting out of your eyes just so you can see again?
Never again will you have to stop what you're doing. Especially if you're mid sprint at 10 MPH on a treadmill at Barry's Bootcamp. After testing some drugstore brands, we've found that the L'Oreal line of Waterproof formulas are sting free. For lush, bold lashes we suggest Voluminous Waterproof Mascara and for ultra long and full lashes a la "Doll Eye" look, Voluminous Miss Manga. The Voluminous mascara has a thicker, more plush brush that helps distribute product more quickly onto lashes in a clump free formula. Voluminous Miss Manga has a flexible wand to help define and fan out every lash, even the hard to reach ones. This formula allows you to build on layers for super long lashes but it can feel a little drier than other formulas so your lashes may not look as smooth. For this reason I prefer the Voluminous Waterproof Mascara.
Check back in with us as we'll be posting more reviews on workout friendly products! We're always on the search for new goodies to try out!
We can't attest to their "no ouch" factor but for more Waterproof Mascara reviews check out Allure's list for a variety of brands here.
Exhale Spa is all about Lifestyle. Their studio is a one stop destination for health, beauty, fitness and wellness. Exhale offers both Yoga and a variety of Core Fusion classes that range from Core Fusion Sport, Cardio and Bootcamp to fulfill any workout craving. In house Spa services also include massage and facials.
Core Fusion Barre is one of the more challenging barre classes we've taken in New York City. This ballet inspired class is designed to sculpt and tone your body through core-centric workouts focused on isolated exercises, alignment, flexibility and posture. Be ready to burn out each muscle group as you engage your core the entire class. The instructors here are friendly and great at helping you keep proper form and work up a crazy burn and sweat.
One of the best parts of their studio is that they have multiple locations all over Manhattan and outside NYC including Dallas, Atlanta, LA, Miami, Chicago, Boston, Stamford and even Turks and Caicos. Exhale is the place where you can workout and unwind under one roof for total YOU time.
