Shana Astrachan

Monday, May 20, 2013

Harry's Shave ♥ Fox & Doll Approved

I am excited to try these new razors, and equally excited to give them as gifts. Beautifully designed, with top notch reviews from both men and women and really reasonably priced (razor price starts at $10 and replacement blades under $2). What more could you ask for! Well, one of the two founders is also one of the co-founders of Warby Parker, one of my favorite eyeglasses companies (I admittingly own 3 pairs!). And similar to Warby they have a business model that gives back. For every order they donate a blade or dollar equivalent to an organization that shares their goals. A big thumbs up for everything about this company. Oh, and free shipping!

Use this unique link to place your order!
https://www.harrys.com/?ref=1b8959bcae

Ladies, if you are wondering like I was if they are going to make ones specifically for us gals, someone from Harry's told me that while female customers are loving the current design for themselves there IS something in the works. I'll keep you updated!

Fox & Doll approved! ♥

Friday, April 12, 2013

Foxy Nails

I have recently been playing with many fun nail styles and have been inspired by some of the local nail artists we have here in San Francisco. Mia of Sparkle SF gave me amazing nails for my Palm Springs Vacation. These included a sunset fade, lots of glitter and some mod black and white stripes. It was perfection! And last weekend I took a workshop from Taylor of SF Party Nails and learned many new techniques I can't wait to try out (see my super glittery girly samples below). If you want to learn how to do it yourself check out Taylor's super fun classes at Workshop SF, where I also teach my Fox & Doll Beauty School Rebel makeup series.

I plan to play more with different styles, and get my designs looking cleaner (ie no more messy edges at the cuticle).

essie 'Who Is The Boss' and OPI Sephora 'Are You Glistenin?'

essie 'Mod Squad', essie 'Splash of Grenadine', Zoya 'Heather', essie 'Who Is The Boss',

Mineral Fusion 'Glint of Mint', all topped with essie 'Matte About You'

My favorite 'three free' polishes I am loving are Mineral Fusion, Zoya, Fanchromatic, and Floss Gloss. The last two are also San Francisco made, yay! In case you don't know, you want to stay away from the following ingredients in your polishes: formaldehyde, toluene and dibutyl phthalate.

If you would like to know more about why these ingredients are to be avoided please read this:
http://greenbeautyteam.com/answers-advice/makeup/go-qthree-freeq-for-safer-nails/

The more I am wearing polish the more I will be switching over to using polishes free on these ingredients so watch here on the blog and on my instagram for great 'three free' color options and nail inspiration! I am a little addicted at the moment...