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New! SugarPill Apothecary

Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down at Capitol Hill’s new neopharmacy.

Posted by: Katie Ormsby on Mar 10, 2011 at 08:00AM 1 Comments

Slideshow: SugarPill may just be the sweetest neighborhood nonpharmacy ever. All photos by Lucas Anderson.

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Slideshow: SugarPill may just be the sweetest neighborhood nonpharmacy ever. All photos by Lucas Anderson.

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Even slabs of pink Himalayan salt get silver platter treatment at SugarPill. Photo by Lucas Anderson.

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SugarPill also sells salt in tiny tester tins ($2.25). Photo by Lucas Anderson.

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Fine paper goods for love notes or to complete get well wishes. Photo by Lucas Anderson.

As its name suggests, Capitol Hill’s new SugarPill is not your typical apothecary.

Want to satisfy your sweet tooth? Check. Trying to hunt down pink Himalayan salt? Check. Looking for something to soothe that cold you’ve been battling? You can find that, too.

‘I wanted to open up something a little bit unusual, not just a pharmacy,’ explains owner Karyn Schwartz, who is eager to share her passion for natural medicine. Her house blends, including Clear the Airways Bothersome Cough and Northwest Herbal Cold and Flu (about 7 bucks), are made from ingredients like elderberry, marshmallow leaf, mullein, anise, and peppermint.

SugarPill isn’t just about getting over bad feelings. You can now drink the chocolate elixir of Marie Antoinette’s court. Schwartz’s favorite treat is a line of historic drinking chocolate from the KaKawa Chocolate House; the recipes are carefully researched for accuracy.

More of a savory, less sweet? Find just about every gourmet salt under the sun: pink, gray, black, coarse, finely ground, etc; slab, packaged in sweet glass bottles, or in teeny, adorable tester tins.

And when there is nothing to cure and no craving to satisfy, SugarPill also offers a selection of beautifully wrapped soaps, girlie perfumes, delicate glassware, and greeting cards.

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Tags: Capitol Hill, Health and Beauty, New Seattle Boutiques

Trunk Show: Regina Chang

Locally made jewelry, vintage goods, and organic beauty at a studio sale on the south end.

Posted by: Laura Cassidy on Dec 07, 2010 at 10:00AM 0 Comments

Where: 4429 39th Ave S, Seattle 98118

What: Local jeweler and stuff-maker Regina Chang celebrates the opening of her new studio with a studio sale featuring holiday jewels and pieces from her new vintage decor and gifts collection.

Chang is also hosting a new line of organic beauty products, NYR Organics.

When: Tuesday, December 14 from 5 to 8

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Tags: Locally Made, Seattle Vintage, Gift Guide, Locally Designed, Health and Beauty

Meet Kim Kardashian

The silver-coated reality star celebrates the launch of FusionBeauty’s holiday collection at Bellevue Square on November 19.

Posted by: Sarah Hirsch on Nov 12, 2010 at 08:00AM 1 Comments

Kim Kardashian at Nordstrom in Bellevue: Filling in the lines.

Kim Kardashian, the-famous-for-being-famous media darling, is appearing in the cosmetics department of Bellevue Square Nordstrom on Friday, November 19 from 4:30 to 6 in celebration of FusionBeauty’s “Objects of Desire” holiday collection and its new Illumifill Line Filling Luminizer, a line-filling facial highlighter.

As is stated in an interview in the current issue of W magazine (you have seen her dipped in silver, right? — don’t click on that if your boss or your two-year-old is around), Kim can’t sing, act, or dance, but she is utterly fabulous at being herself and capitalizing on her famous…ahem…assets.

Now, Seattle and Bellevue get their chance to lay their eyes on the pop culture phenom in the flesh. And – the first 150 people to purchase $75 worth of FusionBeauty products will meet la Kardashian and receive her autograph.

Oh, and these products she’s promoting for FusionBeauty? They were used at her W cover shoot. Take that with whichever quantity of salt you’d like.

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Tags: Health and Beauty, In Person

Beauty Ball

High Maintenance spa’s annual good-look-a-thon is Friday, November 19.

Posted by: Laura Cassidy on Nov 05, 2010 at 02:00PM 0 Comments

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Nico Rich jewelry at High Maintenance’s annual Beauty Ball

Where: High Maintenance Skin Care Studio

What: Skin analysis, Yonka express glow facial with a fruit peel and a Jane Iredale make-up application. Plus: drinks, snacks, and gift bags for everyone who registers in advance. And: A Nico Rich jewelry trunk show.

When: Friday, November 19 from 11 to 6. Call to set up an appointment. Cost is $50; $20 goes toward the purchase of any product.

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Tags: Locally Made, Locally Designed, Seattle Trunk Show, Health and Beauty

Laser and Light Specials

Calidora Skin Clinic offers deals throughout October.

Posted by: Sarah Hirsch on Oct 14, 2010 at 02:00PM 0 Comments

Where: Calidora Skin Clinic

What: Laser Hair Removal
Reduce unwanted hair through several sessions of laser treatments. If you buy one package now you get a second for 50 percent off.

Laser and Light Therapy
Reduce and remove sun damage, broken capillaries, and age spots. You can save up to 40 percent on light therapy, and you get a free Photo-Facial LLT treatment with the purchase of a package of 12 facials ($450 value).

Titan Skin Tightening
Firm and tone skin by stimulating collagen production. Save 40 percent on Titan packages.

When: Now thru October 31

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Tags: Health and Beauty

Opening Day: Butter London + Nordstrom

Take the local companies up on some good deals on Friday and Saturday as they fete their new partnership.

Posted by: Laura Cassidy on Sep 20, 2010 at 08:00AM 0 Comments

Friend of a friend: Nonie Creme of Butter London

Where: The downtown Nordstrom and the Bellevue location

What: To celebrate five new Butter London shops-in-shops (in addition to the flagship, you’ll soon find the nail lacquers in the cosmetic departments of Tacoma, Bellevue, Alderwood, and Southcenter Nordstorms), you’re invited to partake in a few good deals and meet the local company’s creative director, Nonie Creme.

-With the purchase of two lacquers (I vote Fash Pack, been addicted to it for years), you will receive a free bottle of top coat.
-When you buy three bottles lacquers, you’ll get a gratis bottle of topcoat and one of basecoat.
(While supplies last)

Also, my sources tell me that everyone whosoever stops by the brand new counter and claims to be a Butter London bezzie mate gets a free gift – no purchase necessary. (Don’t worry, you’ll just be proclaiming yourself a buddy, in Brit slang, so don’t be shy.)

When: Downtown: Friday September 24 from 11 to 4
Bellevue: Saturday September 25; Creme will speak at a cosmetics trend show that begins at 8, then she’ll be making bezzie mates from 10 to noon

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Tags: Butter London, Health and Beauty

Trending: The Return of the Perm

Lisa Rowell from Sassoon Salon brings frizzy back

Posted by: Laura Cassidy on Jul 29, 2010 at 10:00AM 1 Comments

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Slideshow: The perms have returned, as this recent Prada campaign proves

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Slideshow: The perms have returned, as this recent Prada campaign proves

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Says Lisa Rowell, “The Louis Vuitton spring 2010 show definitely inspired my own afro. It was refreshing to see the hair play such a big role, and I loved that all the models were wearing different hair colors.”

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Another big hair look from Marc Jacobs’ Louis Vuitton S/S 2010 runway

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An Afro’ed look from the Commes des Garcons spring runway

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Make no mistake though; the official Sassoon fall/winter look is something altogether different. Of this brand new, just-released image from the global chain’s upcoming collection, Lisa Rowell of Sassoon’s Fifth Ave Seattle shop says, “I love a long, bold fringe on a short cut. This look will be terrific for giving clients texture and versatility, which is perfect for a new fall style.”

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Again, from Sassoon’s fall/winter collection. Says Rowell, “For our clients who like to keep their hair longer, this is a great option that keeps the look modern by featuring a strong fringe that frames the face. It shows clients they can get a gorgeous cut and shape without having to take off a lot of length.”

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“The sleek, straight texture of this model’s hair works perfectly with the cut. The haircut enhances texture and this particular bob provides a lot of styling options,” says Rowell of this Sassoon fall/winter look.

Have you noticed them around town? Around the world? On your favorite style sites? Or maybe just in these pages? There was the fashionable frame-wearer in this piece about where to shop for eyeglasses, and there is Lisa Rowell, dispensing knowledge on her easy-going personal style and telling you where to get the best Gin Fiz — and the best new world frizz.

Rowell, the creative director at Sassoon Salon downtown, says it was last season’s Louis Vuitton and Prada looks that lit her Afro fire. If you missed those, they’re assembled here in a slideshow.

Now, before you get a chance to say it, I’ll mention it for you. There’s a certain hop, skip, and jump from those giant, ungainly runway ‘fros to our friend Lisa’s adorable but still very (let’s use an industry term) editorial ‘do. Stylish people always know how to interpret the seemingly unwearable. You might shake your head at Marc Jacobs’ LV looks and say “Never,” and you might even sigh at Rowell’s asymmetrically carved, tightly bundled locks and think, “Not that either,” but I bet that as we ride August and September out you’ll see more texture, more fuzz, and more frizz. Little bits of it here and there, and soft, subtle interpretations of the basic idea. And it won’t just be the heat, and it won’t just be our marine air.

If by fall you’re ready for something smooth and straight, what luck. Click through the slides here and get a sneak peek at Sassoon’s cool-to-cold weather collection. Rowell and her team were kind enough to share the images with us; they’re so brand new that you’re among the very first to see them.

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Trade Agreement

Pro Sports Club wants your abandoned treadmill and your flabby rear end

Posted by: Laura Cassidy on Jun 10, 2010 at 02:00PM 0 Comments

Yesteryear’s gut-buster gets you big savings at Pro Sports Club

Call it Cash for Clunkers – that’s what the world’s largest health club has tagged it.

Bring your run-down skateboard, your dust-covered, half-buried stationary bike, your still-in-the-box Six Minute Abs thingie to either Pro Sports Club location (yep, the one on the Eastside is officially the biggest on the planet; the Eastlake version is merely large) and get a truly significant portion of your membership fee chopped.

In Bellevue, you’ll save $1,000 on the $1,250 fee for single enrollment and $1,750 on the $2,250 family membership. In Seattle, knock $350 bucks off the regular $400 charge.

Push, shove, carry, or haul your clunky equipment in and know that wherever possible, the Pro Sports folks will donate the Thigh Master apparatus to an organization that can make use of it.

And between you, me, and those 32lbs of long-winter, frozen-pizza junk in your trunk: The fitness team isn’t picky about defining “equipment.” Show that you’re serious about signing up and that you’ve got something to play along with (an unwanted tennis racket would totally do the trick) and you’re practically ready for bikini season already.

How long do you have to take advantage of this stimulus plan? Almost three months. The promotion ends on August 31.

Oh, and one more word of advice: Once you’ve made good use of your membership – such good use, that is, that your muscles feel like pounded pavement – go see hardcore Shiatsu practitioner Dereck Olsen at the club’s spa. I’m speaking from experience here. Dude lives and breathes shiatsu, and there is no better match for your all-out workouts.

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Tags: Health and Beauty, Spring Cleaning

The New White

Green wedding planning party at Phase 3 by Gary Manuel Salon

Posted by: Laura Cassidy on Jun 09, 2010 at 08:00AM 2 Comments

Photo: Courtesy Adele Wechsler

Where: Phase 3 by Gary Manuel Salon

When: Monday, June 21 from 6 to 8

What: An evening of smart, mindful hair, makeup tips from the Gary Manuel/Aveda stylists, and a preview of gowns by Adele Wechsler, who uses organic hemp and silk, vegetable dyes, remnant fabrics, and fair trade labor to produce her collections.

Oh, and there will be cupcakes from Trophy and snacks from Herban Feast, too.

Green brides and grooms can register to win an Adele Wechsler headpiece and Gary Manuel products at the event; they may also enter in the national drawing (the Seattle stop is one of several across the country) for an Adele Wechsler wedding dress or a honeymoon vacation at the Hamanasi Adventure and Dive Resort, an eco-friendly destination hotel in Belize.

Get there on time: The first 100 guests get a swag bag.

Contact Gary Manuel with questions.

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Tags: Weddings, Seattle Wedding Gown, Sustainable Such and Such, Health and Beauty

New! Knows Perfume

Now West Seattle is in the know on all the best scents

Posted by: Caitlin Creel on Jun 04, 2010 at 08:00AM 0 Comments

Photo: Charlotte Chen

Slideshow: Inside the new Knows Perfume in West Seattle; here, we love the old-school Brit look of Penhaligon’s, England’s premiere perfumer

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Slideshow: Inside the new Knows Perfume in West Seattle; here, we love the old-school Brit look of Penhaligon’s, England’s premiere perfumer

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Very sensitive: the airy shop was designed not to overwhelm your senses.

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Glamorous bottles from the French line Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier

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Beautifully wrapped in Japanese papers, Aroma M’s scents are exotic and clean

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Just opened in the Junction: Knows Perfume. Owner Christen Cottam definitely knows it.

The design is smart (open ceilings so shoppers won’t be overwhelmed by the co-mingling of bottled aromas), the selection of independent fragrances from around the world is generous (men’s and women’s, spicy and floral, earthy and fresh, musky and light), and the try-before-you-buy policy is customer-friendly.

We hate to name-drop, but here are a few of the shop’s featured products and lines (check the slideshow for images):

L’Artisan Parfumeur This Parisian niche perfume house creates fragrances that feel like perfect gifts – except you’ll want to keep them yourself.

Penhaligon’s England’s premiere perfumer with classic scents for men and women.

Juliette Has a Gun A fun, hip line of fresh, young scents.

Aroma M Oil-based scents fit for geishas, beautifully packaged in Japanese hand-crafted papers.

Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier Fragrances made from traditional French perfume recipes that come in old-fashioned glamorous red glass bottles.

Smell Bent This Santa Monica-based company mixes high quality ingredients with humor producing playful and funky scents like Sunshine and Mama Cassis. Definitely not your ordinary perfume collection.

McBride A Lucky magazine cult favorite brand that makes soy soap bars and luscious body balm at wallet-friendly price points.

MBeze Check out the air-plane friendly small bottles or the signature body mist spray.

And soon to come: diffusers from the Anthousa Collection, a Seattle-based line.

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Tags: West Seattle, Health and Beauty, New, Soon, and Gone

Look Out

Steven Barrett Salon hosts a mini-FACE runway show on June 12

Posted by: Laura Cassidy on Jun 02, 2010 at 03:00PM 2 Comments

Great news for anyone who missed this year’s FACE fashion show: Steven Barrett Salon is throwing a party that’s going to look a lot like it.

On June 12 at 5p, the high-style salon is celebrating their first year on First Ave SECOND AVE by hosting a runway show featuring fashion from Barneys New York, and hair and makeup looks by their own visionary team members.

Snacks, beer, wine, and cocktails? Yes, of course.

Don’t be a freeloader: Donations are strongly encouraged; 100% of them go directly to Sunflower Children. Givers who pitch in at least $40 will be rewarded kindly with a gift certificate for a complimentary haircut at the salon.

RSVP is required. Put your fingers on the keyboard and type info (at) stevenbarrettsalon.com to reserve your space.

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Tags: Health and Beauty, FACE, Barneys

Smooth Move

Free brow waxing at the Wax Bar’s new West Seattle location

Posted by: Laura Cassidy on May 28, 2010 at 11:00AM 0 Comments

The Wax Bar, where “make yourself at home” includes an invitation to crack open a specialty brew.

Chief among the Wax Bar’s bragging rights: They’re the only spa in Washington with a license to serve alcohol. Sure makes bikini-readiness a little easier to deal with.

Something else they’re proud of: They’ve got a brand new shop in West Seattle. Brides with maids and other gangs of spa-addicted travelers will want to know that the large, recently opened joint can better accommodate bigger parties.

You’re invited to the new space, at 4462 37th Ave SW, on June 3 for complimentary brow shaping, cocktails, and sweets. They’re calling it — get ready for this — a sip and rip.

Act now: The first 50 people to RSVP get a special gift upon arrival.

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Tags: Health and Beauty, Seattle Wedding Details