I got a foot spa as gift a few years ago. It was from the Sharper Image. It’s fabulous! I’d prefer a full spa, but these portable foot spas really get the job done after a long day on a pair of ridiculous pumps. This European Touch Petite Portable Foot Spa provides a hydro-therapeutic water massage treatment for feet. It retails for $1,095 at Sally Beauty. I love the look of shoes, but I hate wearing them especially if I have to actually walk. In my perfect world I’d live on a beach and walk barefoot or with comfy socks all day. Otherwise, if I could just hop out of a car and right into a chair somewhere at an event, that would be the best scenario, but life doesn’t work like that. I usually find myself not focusing on the event and fantasizing about getting home and using my foot spa. I have issues with most shoes. Now I can only wear boots and flip flops and I can only wear the boots if I can conceal the thick a** socks I’m rocking underneath. I guess you could blame that on 2 years of living in Miami Beach wearing flip flops 365 days a year. Anybody else own a foot spa or have serious shoe issues like me? How do you deal with aching feet? Do you just grin and bear it? Or are you the type to choose cute over comfort? Or are you lucky enough to be able to wear any shoe with ease? Share in the comments!

While you’re practicing healthier hair habits, you should know that certain natural oils are comedogenic. Here is a list of oils that have been proven to increase comedones/acne. This is especially helpful for women that are prone to acne. Some of the oils are worse than others and some may not cause acne on certain individuals. Cocoa Butter is one of the offenders, receiving a 4 out of 5 on the scale. I’ve known quite a few people that apply cocoa butter to their faces everyday and have no blemishes, but if I do it, my face freaks out.

The Silk’n Silk’n SensEpil™ Hair Removal Kit ($499 at Saks) is a portable, FDA cleared device that promises the same results of in-office laser hair removal treatment, but in your own home.

Okay, let’s say it could deliver on all it’s promises and it was perfectly safe to use, it would save money on razors, waxing, and spa visits in the long run. It got an average rating of 4 stars out of 5 on Sephora by 63 reviewers. A negative is that it will only work on fair skinned people with dark hair.

Not many people will spend this kind of money on something that may or may not work. It’s a curious product, and if it really worked I might consider it… would you shell out the dough?

Continuing on my quest to provide you with the healthiest yet flyest beauty products, meet SpaRitual. It’s the first brand of vegan nail lacquers. I discovered it sometime last year at a high end spa and fell in love. The line is free of DBP, formaldehyde and toluene. The colors are hand-blended and use the science of color therapy to soothe, seduce, nurture or ignite. Check out these haute colors from their Dramatic High Notes collection.

Skin not so smooth and giving you the blues? Try exfoliating. Over time dead skin cells can build up on the skin’s surface, making your lotions, butters and moisturizers unresponsive. You spend a lot of money on those products and you want them to work. To do this you have to get rid of built up dead surface cells by exfoliating. If you’re thinking, “I don’t have time for all of that”, well think again. Exfoliating gloves are a great way to exfoliate daily in the shower while you bathe. You can buy a few pair and use them in lieu of a sponge or towel. They are about as much as you will spend on towels (like these for $5, click photo for details) but they have way more time-saving, exfoliating and beauty benefits than a normal towel.