LUSH it Up for Valentine's Day and Easter 2016!

LUSH it Up for Valentine's Day and Easter 2016!

Ciao bella,

I was so excited to see all the New Lush products for our upcoming holidays! Not only do they smell delish and are ready to smooth out winter's wrinkles but great eye candy! Cheering up anyone's day of the blues.

Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics are a treasure trove of "feeling the best you can be this winter season"! So let's see here just a few of the Lush-ious products they have for you!

Prince Charming Shower Cream- it's definitive scent is a rich blend of grapefruit, sandalwood and geranium oils. Fair Trade vanilla and fresh pomegranate juice leaves your skin soft and glowing. Fair Trade Organic Cocoa Butter is used for richness. Guaranteed to sweep you off your feet into the sunset!!

The Kiss Lip Scrub- sugar and sea salt polish your lips to keep them kissable.

The Kiss lip gloss- moisturizing and luxurious with protective butters including Fair Trade shea butter. Has a subtle pink glossy sheen and a natural skin plumper for irresistible lips!

Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair shower gel- for those gals that have to! Do it with beautifully floral lavender, Jasmine and rose petal-infusion and an empowering combo of fig juice and guava. Will become part of the Lush permanent collection.

Unicorn Horn bubble bar- shaped into a pastel Horn you can enjoy a magical bath of beautiful essential oils, rainbows and dreams. Pastel colors are soothing with a shimmer of enchanting pink waters, sparkling with silver swirls. A calming, mystical, uplifting fragrance of ylang ylang, neroli and lavender awaits you with mounds of mystical bubbles!

Somewhere Over The Rainbow soap-contains Sicilian mandarin and neroli oils with a dash of Turkish rose to pop you back up on your feet! Sweet!

NEW! Bouncy Bunny shower jelly- uplifting Brazilian oil brightens and tones your skin while seaweed extract works it's magic to soften.

NEW! Roses All The Way soap- shaped like a curvy Red Rose this will soften and sooth your skin with decadent rose oil and sweet rose syrup. A Rose garden at your fingertips.

This is just a few of the LUSH collection of goodies for all to indulge!

Happy Valentine's Day to all with love and kisses!

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.

Charcoal-a Beauty Treatment!

Charcoal-a Beauty Treatment!

Ciao bella,

You won't find it near your grill in the backyard. It's not the latest discovery sinceCharcoal has been around for a very, very long time. You can find it at your fav Beauty Counter with quality products.

Activated Charcoal is being used to purify skin acting as a lifesaver for your complexion.

We use all kinds of makeup and never realize that just washing and rinsing it off isn't enough. Going out into the environment whether it's cold or hot reeks havoc on our skin.

We must take care of our precious mugs and purify.

Lush sells a Charcoal soap that I like. Great for cleansing the bode!

I highly recommend a Charcoal mask to deep clean and exfoliate.

Mostly Charcoal acts as an absorbing, drying agent that draws out impurities almost like a magnet. Working as a skin-care ingredient, it draws out dirt and oil that our skin can not do naturally or just by cleansing and rinsing.

Charcoal's properties are highly recommended for oily skin and acne prone skin. However when used on Normal to Dry skin acts as an exfoliant and deep pore cleanser.

I love a Charcoal mask myself having just Normal skin, I find it extremely soothing and a great exfoliant.

So go out and purify!

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.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year

Ciao bella,

Resolutions!! What Resolutions?? Everyday should be a Resolution to do five if not more good things everyday, walk around with a smile because it doesn't cost a red cent!

Live a fulfilled life by appreciating all the things you have and not to dwell on the things you want. Cross off a "to do" on your Bucket List and do it memorably with style.

Thank God for the blessings you have. Choose friends wisely for envy is an evil clock.

Today is the the last day of the rest of your life. There are no second chances.

Treat life with grace and ignore the loud and boisterous. Live, love and laugh everyday is what I preach. My Dad used to say "The Best is Yet To Come". The best is also now and what we make of it. Don't look back on yesterday, today and tomorrow are fresh beginnings waiting to be relished. No what ifs or shouldy( I should be able to do this or that) thinking! Always do the best you can. And just knowing you did your best will bring sweet dreams and Beauty will shine through!

May all your wishes come true in 2016!

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.

Celebrate The Pumpkin

Celebrate The Pumpkin

Ciao bella,

One of the only saving graces to the end of summer and the start of autumn are the magnificent colors of the season. The grand pumpkin! Bright eye candy! It's an uplifting sight to see them lined up at farm stands and piled up in front of the grocers. Such a sturdy fruit, so yummy and then again another of Mother Nature's beauty treatments and medicinal cures!

This orange squash is native to North America. Approximately 90 percent of pumpkins from United States are grown in Illinois. Pumpkin color can vary but most popular are orange and yellow.

Inside the core, which contains the seeds, is high in nutrients with the seeds having a high Zinc content, known to be terrific for the skin. The Zinc helps to heal acne blemishes and sooth irritated skin. The alpha-hydroxy acids help to exfoliate and revitalize. The pulp is also used to reduce the appearance of scarring. The bright colored fruit are chalk full of multivitamins which nourish the skin.

The vitamin C maintains skin health by preventing the collagen from breaking down. Vitamin A softens and cleanses and softens the skin.

In days gone by it was staple food of the Native Americans. They used it to make medicine and wove dried strips of it into mats. Was also used as a cure for freckles and as a remedy for snakebites! You can find the benefits of pumpkin in your beauty aisle. There are peels and facial masks and anti-aging creams along with lotions, shampoos and body washes.

Here is a do-it-yourself facial with this extraordinary fruit! Mix 2 teaspoons pureed pumpkin, 1/2-teaspoon honey, and 1/4-teaspoon heavy cream. Smooth on face leaving on for 10 minutes. Rinse off with warm water for glowing, smoother skin!

Buona giornata and God bless the United States of America!

Here's wishing all my associates at The Post-Gazette and my readers a fun and spooky Hallowe'en!

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.

The Beauty Shoppe

The Beauty Shoppe

Ciao bella,

Mom and Nana in their Beauty Shoppe, circa 1940s

I simply adore live theatre. I attend at every chance I get. Recently I attended "Saturday Night, Sunday Morning" at The Lyric Stage here in Boston.

The whole play was set in a beauty shop of all black women called "Mary's Press and Curl." It was 1945, just before World War II ended. The woman, Mary, lost her husband early on in the war. She decided to turn her big house into a boarding house for women and turned another room into her beauty shop.

The camaraderie of the women as they gathered together with their customers was very touching. Of course each day was a different scenario, however filled with compassion and understanding. They would console the gals in many ways who wondered if their men were coming home to them or if they were even still alive. Remember it was World War II and letters, if any, were far and few between. The men who did return presented another set of problems. The gossip of everyone's business held seat front and center as always in a gathering of women. Yet there was always a sympathetic ear. The shop was a place to vent and break down revealing their feelings. The shop was a place to fantasize and dream of what life will be like in their future. Wishing for better days and also perfect hair. Many experimental hair straightening solutions failed leaving girls vulnerable to ridicule and running to Woolworth's wig department! The shop acted as a refuge to hide from the problems made by the war. It was a place of comfort and sharing.

The memories of my Mom and Nana's Beauty Shoppe came flooding back as reminiscent times told by my Mom so long ago. The familiar "tools of the trade" from the era in the play were very much alike as well. Including the scenarios that women pull through by expressing their inner thoughts to hear advice or a kind word. It got me thinking -- the beauty shoppe was more than just a place to get your hair done.

Beauty and wisdom all do lie in the menu of services in a Beauty Shoppe.

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.

Get Scary with LUSH for Hallowe'en 2015

Get Scary with LUSH for Hallowe'en 2015

Ciao bella,

This is one of my favorite times of the year! I started getting my Hallowe'en costume together at the beginning of summer. You must be ready and plan or you'll be wearing your Nana's apron, carrying a spoon and pretending you're a cook or something last minute like that!

Here are some ideas to a spook-takular season!

Get in the mood of the season with LUSH! Their new Hallowe'en limited edition products will help you to smell wickedly good and feeling soft! This year LUSH has packaged up a hanging Pumpkin Ball filled with Lushious goodies as well as a hanging Bat Ball!

The Pumpkin Ball contains Sparkly Pumpkin Bubble Bar to bathe in shimmery, swirling water of bubbles with fruity lime and juniper berry! You'll emerge sparkly and feeling sweet!

Lord of Misrule Bath bomb is a wine colored, mystically scented soak to soften over sun kissed skin!

The Bat Ball contains Nightwing Shower Jelly and a Fang-tastically zesty jelly that smells intoxicatingly delicious. It will brighten up those dark nights!

Lord of Misrule Shower Cream is an herbal wash with a mischievous earthy color! Your body will feel and smell too good and will ward off the nightly ghouls!

So everyone get ready for a spooky season with LUSH and get scared!

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.

Airbrush Makeup

Airbrush Makeup

Ciao bella,

Applying a good foundation can be difficult. But when applied properly it should look completely natural. The only way to achieve that true look is professional airbrushing. It will make you camera-ready.

Airbrush make-up has been used for decades by the film industry. As far back as Ben-Hur in the 1920s this technique reigns supreme to cult status. Ever since Demi Moore's 1992 cover shot on Vanity Fair, the actress was wearing nothing but a painted-on suit that a make-up artist created with airbrushing. It caused quite a stir and a trend was set.

Today airbrushing has gone mainstream. From countless celebrities that relied on this flawless look to the everyday woman.

Traditional foundation can look and feel cakey or thick. But airbrush make-up leaves a light seamless veil of color on the skin by misting it on for sheer, flawless coverage. It minimizes imperfections giving skin a natural-looking finish that looks radiant in real-life situations.

What about all those newscasters? Their complexions always look so great. The answer is airbrush make-up. You can now find at your favorite make-up counter airbrush make-up spray. It truly gives a flawless finish!

So for that special occasion whether it's a big birthday, or a bride, or a prom queen, find a salon nearest you that does airbrush make-up, or, do it yourself. Are you ready for your close-up?

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.