Get In Love With Lush!

Get In Love With Lush!

Ciao bella,

Mary with two friends at LUSH in Berlin

Usually I get my "Lush" list ready from Lush catalog and I'm off to my fav Lush store to purchase it all! Great gifts for friends and myself. However this year I'm going in for just Valentines Day luscious-ness!

Lift your heart and spirit with some skin softening, scented LUSH!

Here is what you'll find for lover's day at Lush!

LOVE LOCKET BATH BOMB - inspired by a locket necklace made with uplifting, sensual oils. "Unlock" the yellow center for a secret hidden inside! Outside of the locket is full of paper hearts that will float on the surface of the water then a hidden heart inside will create a spectacular scenario to make hearts flutter!

NEON LOVE SOAP - inspired by 12 months of Neon Love and lyrics from love songs in neon writing. Scented with rosewood oils, bergamot for rich fragrance. Cut a sliver to find a "heart" felt surprise!

PRINCE CHARMING SHOWER GEL - made for princesses or anyone who needs a Prince Charming in their life! Fit for royalty this neon pink shower gel with marshmallow root, Fair Trade Vanilla base with almond oil to moisturize. Using refreshing pomegranate juice to refresh - Prince Charming will sweep you off your feet!

CLOSE TO YOU MASSAGE BAR - a super softening, rich blend of Shea butter and olive oil. Made with corn flower to make skin silky smooth to bring someone Close To You!

TENDER IS THE NIGHT MASSAGE BAR - a sensual and sexy massage bar is here year round! Melt this bar on your skin and take in the intoxicating blend of vanilla, jasmine and ylang ylang.

THE KISS LIP TINT - moisturizing butters and a very tasty organic agave syrup leave lips plumper for kissable lips!

Also check out TOUCAN LOVE GIFT inspired by the 1980s movie Cocktail, and Tom Cruise's memorable Hawaiian shirts! Includes love inspiring treats!

Also NEON LOVE GIFT - includes RED FUN to inspire the gift recipient to leave messages for their loved one in bath or shower! Includes TURKISH DELIGHT shower smoothie and DUSK TIL DAWN MASSAGE BAR to be enjoyed by two! BUBBLEGUM LIP SCRUB for smooth sensuous lips!

So get the love on and make it a LUSH-ious Valentines's Day!

Buona giornata and God bless the United States of America! Wishing one and all a happy, healthy New Year for 2014!

--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.

Pierced Ears-only please!

Pierced Ears-only please!

Ciao bella,

My parents left it up to me when I acquired the desire to pierce my ears. I was a teen and I decided one day to visit our local Methuen Mall and get my ears pierced. It was an enlightening experience with no fear because I knew in the end I would be able to decorate my ear lobes with complete abandon! And I certainly have! At this point I will never be able to wear all my earrings unless I live to be 90! From 4-inch long Chinese pagodas, to pea size cultured pearls, they fill my jewelry arsenal! Who remembers their ear piercing -- when and how & did they do it against Mom's wishes? I needed to put my thinking cap on for that one. After all it is sort of the first sign of independence, freedom or just a statement especially if it was more than ear piercing. I just remember doing it and then telling my parents knowing they probably wouldn't mind. After all coming from Sicilian decent on Mom's side, babies had their ears pierced in infancy. Mom thought it was great and liked my first gold starter studs! I still have them!

Pierced ears go back to biblical days and Moses. Wearing pierced earring loops was a sign of being a slave in the Bible!

In India when girls pierced their ear lobes it was a symbol of a religious act.

To insure a proper Christian burial sailors wore a pierced earring of gold. Wearing the earring loop of gold indicated they sailed around the world and if perished in lands unknown the earring would insure a proper burial!

These present days pierced ears are for embellishing the ear. In a few years down the road I had each ear lobe pierced with another hole insuring to give the other a rest. In the eighties earrings were long & weighted heavy. I saw too many drooped and split ear lobes in my day & it was not going to happen to me! I also may wear clips now and then as a preventative measure. Getting my first pierced ears were the first sign of growing up to become the glamour gal I proudly am today! So many styles for every mood can make a beautiful outlook with just a few ear bobs to frame your face fashionably so!

Buona giornata and God bless the United States of America! Wishing one and all a happy, healthy New Year for 2014!

--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.