B & B Cream Takes Care of it All!

B & B Cream Takes Care of it All!

Ciao bella,

I have noticed for a long time now, ads and talk about B and B Cream.Well what is it anyway? B and B, all I could think of was Bread and Butter! And so many other combos!

It's Beauty Balm or in some cases Blemish Balm. So I decided to purchase some. I liked what it was offering as a cover up cream you can use under your makeup. Essentially a primer it also can be worn alone. Some B&B's have a luminescent glow also with different SPF's. I would consider them all a necessary part of our makeup regime for all of us complexion conscious gals! Quick and easy to look great all day!

A primer goes under your foundation or can be used alone. When applied it looks like the cheesecloth effect when a photographer applies the cloth over the lens! It really does work and makes your skin velvety and dewy looking! Just a few colors to choose from for every brand. So in essence a B & B Cream carries many different advantages instead of just one. It can be a primer, a coverup with a bit of color, an iridescent- pearly look, an SPF with different ranges of protection and enough color to wear it alone. Check your brand name's labels and which B & B Cream is best for you! They can be found in your local drugstore to high end department stores! Pricing from $15 to $50! So put some glow on and be beautiful with a B & B Cream!

Buona giornata and God bless the United States of America!

--Mary N. DiZazzo-Trumbull

Read prior weeks' "All That Zazz" columns at www.allthatzazz.com. Mary is a third-generation cosmetologist and a Massachusetts distributor of Kosmea brand rose hip oil products. She may be contacted at (978) 470-8183 or mary@mary4nails.com.

To Curl or not to Curl-that is the Question!

To Curl or not to Curl-that is the Question!

Ciao bella,

My cosmetic world is filled with all kinds of Beauty-Fix-Me-Ups. You know the "tricks of the trade" from concealers, eyebrow wax to the subject of today -- eyelash curlers! I own two pair. One plastic that folds up for travel and is lightweight. I also own the typical metal brand with rubber padding. I like using them when I am not using mascara and my lashes are tinted since they are light. Only upper lashes should be curled. Just use hot blow dryer on curler to warm them and curl away! They truly work! Using an eyelash curler with mascara is a personal preference. Trying and seeing is believing! You can also find battery-operated curlers with a heating element installed. The original metal device was invented by William McDonell and patented in 1931.

So through the years I did take the time to sometimes curl my lashes with the standard metal curler. It certainly does work making curly lashes. It is a look for sure! However is it worth the trouble? I also remember my friends who attended a strict parochial high school with no makeup rules. My cousin would apply Vaseline on her already natural dark lashes and curl them. Really great! In fact she was accused many times that she was wearing mascara.

I also found that by curling it stimulates lash growth. Caution must always be applied with a curler. A gentle hand should be used and curler lightly warmed as not to burn skin!

To curl or not to curl? Find out and see!

Buona giornata and God bless the United States of America!

--Mary N. DiZazzo-Trumbull

Read prior weeks' "All That Zazz" columns at www.allthatzazz.com. Mary is a third-generation cosmetologist and a Massachusetts distributor of Kosmea brand rose hip oil products. She may be contacted at (978) 470-8183 or mary@mary4nails.com.

Use It or Lose It Feel Good Beauty Tips!

Use It or Lose It Feel Good Beauty Tips!

Ciao bella,

The best costume for the day to attend CCAE!.

Ahhhhh -- the ending of summer blues! We all have the feeling! So time to gear up for fall with a new schedule, new beauty routines and comfy cooking to keep you healthy, beautiful and happy! Our days have been filled with pool/cabana, beach ball fun and admiring our well tended gardens! Feasts and food, strolling a Cape Cod path, lounging out doors will soon be a passing memory! So look forward to keeping the fun going.

Autumn happens to be my favorite season. It's the door that closes summer with a flamboyant burst of color. A time of hauntings to be whoever you would like to be for just one day and a time for thanksgivings! So start planning some beautiful, breezy days and make it work for you!

Take a class at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education. They have daytime and weekend classes all just for fun! No tests to be graded. Learn to speak a language, cooking classes from the best chefs around, taking a reading class allows you to explore the story with other interesting people and their viewpoint, sign up for a writing class so you can get started on that that book you want to write, computer classes and it goes on and on! For more info go to www.ccae.org or call for a catalog and one of their helpful reps will assist you! Fall semester starts in late September. I've been a student for almost 20 years!

Looking for some new bling makeup? LUSH COSMETICS has just launched their new makeup line "Emotional Brilliance"! Their gold and silver eyeliner brought me many complements this summer. Using them will put a new gleam in your eye! Pay it forward with food my dear friends!

I have found that baking, cooking and sharing the dish brings joy to all! Just a thank you and that look of yummy as they taste a homemade treat is worth all the labor! You feel good and feeling good is beautiful! When I do cook for people I feel like I am giving them a piece of the joy I made it with!

I have also found this wonderful recipe club www.justapinch.com for tried and true blue ribbon recipes! Healthy cooking recipes and Mom's traditional menus from around our great USA! Try one today!

So keep it going strong as we head into Autumn. Remember, "use it or lose it"!

Wishing everyone a safe and happy Labor Day Weekend!

--Mary N. DiZazzo-Trumbull

Read prior weeks' "All That Zazz" columns at www.allthatzazz.com. Mary is a third-generation cosmetologist and a Massachusetts distributor of Kosmea brand rose hip oil products. She may be contacted at (978) 470-8183 or mary@mary4nails.com.

Beauty is in the Laughter!

Beauty is in the Laughter!

Ciao bella,

Mary with Italian-American Comic and Massachusetts Native, Mario Cantone.

Happy Anniversary to me! It has been 10 years writing my beauty culture column for the wonderful Post-Gazette this summer! It has given me full rein to express myself and my opinions from beauty rituals and beauty product to where beauty lies in all aspects of our lives! I thank the staff at Post-Gazette for all they do for me personally and of course to the editor my friend Pam Donnaruma whose family has made it possible for several generations for writers as myself to share with our peers our expressions of everything an Italian newspaper is worthy of! God bless you all for this privilege!

I mentioned laughter as my headline and laughter shall be the beauty tip this week!

This past weekend brought my husband and me back to Provincetown! We took the fast ferry and was greeted by our best friend Rich J. who picked us up in his jeep and touted us around for days! Fun in the sun and kept cool in the pool afternoons!

Recently, a popular morning TV show introduced Mario Cantone as their guest! He was Charlotte's wedding planner as well as a good friend to her in Sex and the City on TV and in the movies! A comedian at his best! He hails from Stoneham, Mass. Not many stand-ups make me laugh but Mario holds a special place in my heart! He was playing Provincetown's Art House and I was determined to make it! And laugh we did all night! Designer-to-the stars Bob Mackie and cabaret singer Marilyn Maye were in our audience as well! We split our sides! I felt so wonderful from the experience. Luckily enough we were just sitting for dinner and there was Mario! Oh my God I am going to meet and kiss Mario! And I did! He stayed and chatted and life could not have been better at the moment! So when a last minute opportunity arises to laugh-take the plunge and do it out loud!

Buona giornata and God bless the United States of America!

--Mary N. DiZazzo-Trumbull

Read prior weeks' "All That Zazz" columns at www.allthatzazz.com. Mary is a third-generation cosmetologist and a Massachusetts distributor of Kosmea brand rose hip oil products. She may be contacted at (978) 470-8183 or mary@mary4nails.com.

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder: A Theatre Weekend in New York City!

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder: A Theatre Weekend in New York City!

Ciao bella,

I love a "get away weekend"! I feel it rejuvenates the soul. Don't get me wrong I adore my Boston digs however nothing like a trip away to feel a richness of experience that surely brings out the beauty in all of us!

I subscribe to the New York City Guide monthly and it does inform me in printed glory all the latest happenings in New York City. The new restaurants, museum exhibits, shopping and, of course, what's playing on Broadway. I do have an endless love for live theatre. I am also a huge fan of television's "Big Bang Theory". The storyline of that 30-minute sitcom is the antics of four brilliant, socially awkward friends, one engineer and three physicists, along with the pretty blonde neighbor who is a waitress wanting to become an actress, all living in Pasadena, California! Only four are geeks! Can you guess? The geekiest, and main star of this show, is Jim Parsons. He is absolutely wonderful. He also reminds me of my David a bit and since they have the same bathrobe I know there are other similarities.

Jim Parsons is playing the starring role of Elwood P. Dowd in this old time play called "Harvey" on Broadway! The story about a man who lives in a beautiful home with his sister and niece and his imaginary friend, a six-foot-tall rabbit named Harvey! It's a marvelous comedy with layers of emotions and the kind, gentle manners of Elwood P. Dowd. It made me think why more people should be more like Elwood who just wanted to make everyone happy, made a gal blush in a proper way, could care less about the materialistic side of life and loved a cocktail or two without regret! Laughing is good for the soul and laugh we did with Harvey. There were also tears of realization that Elwood's naïveté and gentle way just barely exist in our world. I believe it existed in my parents world!

So now I go about my day if there is a question or problem and ask "What would Harvey/Elwood say?"

Change is hard most of the time. But watching Harvey changed my life and its perspective for the better! So go on take that trip and find some Beauty to add to your life!

Buona giornata and God bless the United States of America!

--Mary N. DiZazzo-Trumbull

Read prior weeks' "All That Zazz" columns at www.allthatzazz.com. Mary is a third-generation cosmetologist and a Massachusetts distributor of Kosmea brand rose hip oil products. She may be contacted at (978) 470-8183 or mary@mary4nails.com.

Base Coat and Top Coat -- the Absolute Bread in the Nail Polish Sandwich

Base Coat and Top Coat -- the Absolute Bread in the Nail Polish Sandwich

Ciao bella,

Years of experience as a nail tech truly proved to me and my clients that the right base coat and top coat are essential during a manicure session. They both help to make the polish adhere to the natural nail. They also help to prevent chips and breaks of the natural nail. Some colored polishes especially non-professional colors have a strong pigment and when a base coat is not applied will stain the nail with pigment that is a yellow or orange tint. If you are getting a pedicure always insist you want a base coat applied to your toes before polish. Some techs take a short cut by not applying the base coat. Even when applying your own polish always use a base and topcoat on nails and toes!

Base coat works like a double sided sticky tape. After applying base coat, polish color will effectively bind to natural nail providing a receptive to polish forming a tight bond. Base coats contain plasticizers which act with a flexible element causing the natural nail to bend and not break. They also contain cellulose creating that double sticky layer so polish will adhere to natural nail as well as the polish.

Top coat, usually clear acts as a sealer that is applied on top of top dried polish and very tip of natural nail to ensure long lasting results of polish. Top coat also provides a high gloss shine and should dry in a few minutes. Nitrocellulose is responsible in adding the high gloss shine. Top coats also contain plasticizers for flexibility. Nail scientists formulated these two remarkable coatings with different mixtures of ingredients to create a long lasting manicure. We professional nail technicians thank them for that and all their extensive research to make our industry a successful and healthy environment! For a natural nail consult, call me anytime!

Buona giornata and God bless the United States of America!

--Mary N. DiZazzo-Trumbull

Read prior weeks' "All That Zazz" columns at www.allthatzazz.com. Mary is a third-generation cosmetologist and a Massachusetts distributor of Kosmea brand rose hip oil products. She may be contacted at (978) 470-8183 or mary@mary4nails.com.

Essential Oils Can Make Your Day

Essential Oils Can Make Your Day

Ciao bella,

Ahhhhhh -- Aromatherapy! It can bring you back to childhood, a trip to Italy, Nana' s cooking or just a marvelous state to put you in a better mood! As of this moment I have incorporated a "lemon tonic" (smells more like lemon meringue pie) into my Natural Nail Manicures! Essential oils are used professionally to enhance a salon experience, use as a room air freshener, and also to create perfume. Why not bring it into your life!

There are rules of the trade when using Essential Oils. They should always be diluted with a carrier oil. There are many such as sweet almond oil, grape-seed, rose hip or soybean etc. You cannot use an Essential Oil in its pure form. Mixing 3 or 4 oils together with a carrier oil can be pure heaven!

Investing in an Aromatic Book or just searching for different scents and their qualities can prove most therapeutic when put to use, quite easily!

Here are some Essential Oils and their qualities:

Lemon. Booster for immune system, refreshing, uplifting, relieves anxiety and depression

Chamomile. Calming properties soothing skin that is itchy, has eczema, soothes nerves and anxiety.

Cinnamon. Antiseptic use, relieves tension and exhaustion.

Lime. Mood elevator, energizes, refresher, also aids in fatigue

Jasmine. Relaxing, calming, rids depression

Ginger. Aids in aching muscles and joints, good for circulatory issues, nervousness, sharpens senses

Geranium. Astringent, balancing, tension and fatigue relief, antiseptic properties

Lavender. Calming, soothing, mood lifter, relaxing

Frankincense. Stabilizer, soothes and calms, developer for inner strength

Marjoram. To treat migraine, general headache, depression, stress and anxiety

Thyme. For better memory and concentration, muscle aches and pains, fatigue relief

These Essential Oils are just a few of the many that are used in bringing to you good Karma!

So take a whiff and feel it!

Buona giornata and God bless the United States of America!

--Mary N. DiZazzo-Trumbull

Read prior weeks' "All That Zazz" columns at www.allthatzazz.com. Mary is a third-generation cosmetologist and a Massachusetts distributor of Kosmea brand rose hip oil products. She may be contacted at (978) 470-8183 or mary@mary4nails.com.