Style Matters: Mother's Day pampering works for every budget
Published May 10, 2007 at midnight
Give Mom something she'll love for Mother's Day - a makeover. Here are beauty treatments for all budgets.
Facials and cosmetic procedures
Champagne budget:
• Start with some Botox ($255) to eliminate frown lines (from when you didn't call or write).
• Spring for a Lasergenesis treatment ($500), a type of laser that stimulates collagen, tightens pores and helps reduce blemishes.
• Get her microdermabrasion combined with a light peel and hydrating facial for smoother skin ($125).
Total: $880
Diet Coke budget:
• Neutrogena Advanced Solutions At Home MicroDermabrasion System ($39.99 at Walgreens) says it diminishes fine lines and wrinkles.
• Neutrogena Advanced Solutions Facial Peel ($25.99 at Walgreens) works to replicate the results of a professional facial peel.
• Oil of Olay Total Effects 7X Visible Anti-Aging Vitamin Complex with UVprotection ($18.99 at Walgreens) is a great moisturizer.
Put all products in a brightly decorated basket and you have a gift a mother will love.
Total: $84.97
For champagne budgets:
Consider threading, an ancient method of hair removal that precisely shapes the brows. The top layer of skin is not peeled off as in waxing. Threading works for everyone and is an excellent option for those who use Retin-A, Accutane $15-$20
For Diet Coke budgets:
Style Matters couldn't find a drugstore product we liked so we contacted a beauty school which typically charges about $7.50 for eyebrow waxing.
Champagne budget:
What mother doesn't want smooth legs sans razor stubble? Most full service salons have aestheticians who do a full leg wax for about $65.
$4.99
Shampoo and blow dry
Champagne budget:
Make Mom feel like a queen with a salon shampoo and blow dry. Try Pam Grieve at Salon Posh, where many of Denver's bold-face names go.
Total: $40 and up
Diet Coke budget:
Chain salons, such as Fantastic Sam's, offer very reasonable prices.
Total: $12.95
Manicure and pedicures
Champagne budget:
Gift Mom with a "mani/pedi" so she has sandal-ready feet. Salon manicures run about $25 and pedicures about $50.
Total: $75
Diet Coke budget:
Beauty schools charge about $9 for a manicure and $17 for a pedicure.
Total: $26
Professional makeup
Champagne budget:
Make Mom feel sexy and beautiful by having her makeup professionally done. Renowned local makeup artist Michael Moore (simply -moore.com) charges $125 for a one-hour session.
Total: $125
Diet Coke budget:
Take her to any cosmetic counter and ask for a free makeover. Buy her a favorite lipstick (around $20).
Total: $20 or less
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