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Mischo's Mistletoe Beauty Guide

As much as I love sharing beauty education with you all (yes, that's what this blog is all about!), it's time to have some fun. It's my favorite time of the year, which means it's time for the second annual "Mischo's Mistletoe Beauty Guide". Like last year, this guide is all about achieving that "kiss me under the mistletoe" look with gorgeous hair, skin, nails and makeup. So let's begin.

With all the hustle and bustle associated with the holiday season, you owe yourself the gift of rest and relaxation. We mentioned the Guerlain Spa at The Waldorf-Astoria earlier this year and felt it only appropriate to include it in this guide. The spa menu includes body treatments, facials, manicures & pedicures, massages and makeup. And, the Sublime Deluxe treatment, well it has to be heaven on earth! You've added a visit here to your with list, right?

Healthy skin is beautiful skin. So if you're investing in facial treatments or if you're starting a skincare regimen, then we feel that you should invest in our favorite beauty tool, the Clarisonic Skincare Brush. The most important step in a skincare regimen is cleansing because it removes makeup, dirt, oil, product build-up and dead skin cells. Our favorite beauty tip is encouraging readers to cleanse both morning and night, and Clarisonic helps to ensure a deep, thorough and gentle cleansing.

We included La Mer in last year's guide because we love it so much! It is luxury skincare at its best. Consider incorporating the Miraculous Beginnings Collection, exclusively available at Saks Fifth Avenue, into your current skincare regimen.

Remember YSL Beauty's release of their fall collection of nail colors earlier this year? Well, we're STILL in love with them and feel the shades are perfect for the holiday season.

The Shu Uemura Art of Hair collection of products originally knocked us off of our feet and blew us away. We still love them because they're continually innovating. Not only is there a collection of products for every hair type, but there are also in-salon "hair beauty ceremonies" which are customized to meet your hair's specific needs.

So this guide is really about achieving the most kissable lips, right! And because that's the case, the Tom Ford Private Blend Lip Color Collection speaks for itself. All we have to say is, we'll take one of each shade! Kissable lips are worth it, right?!

Our beauty picks could go on forever and ever, but what we really want for the holidays - well, besides all the kisses we can get while under the mistletoe - are love, peace and happiness!

So, which of the above are you adding to your wish lists!

Mischo Beauty Side Note: My Dream Salon (Part 2)

My apologies to everyone for the lack of posts this week! It's been hectic and I can't begin to tell you all how grateful I am that you are all hanging in there with me! Thank you! I wanted to share the above photo with you all because it completely took my breath away!

I stumbled upon it a few days ago while browsing Shu Uemura's Art of Hair. I'd blogged over a year ago about my dream salon looking like this- but the salon above, which is the Chris Chase Salon, has taken it's place! I'll be adding this photo to my vision board and will be stopping by for a tour so that I can see it up close and in person!

Mischo Beauty Loves Shu Uemura Art of Hair's Essence Absolue

Those of you who've been following my blog for the past year or so already know how much I love the Shu Uemura Art of Hair product line. My best beauty advice is to always, always, always buy for your hair, skin and nail type/needs/issues, and so not only did I love the Shu Uemura haircare line after using it, but it includes a product for just about every need! And, of course I love that!

Shu Uemura's newest product, Essence Absolue, is multitasking - which is perfect in this economy! You can use it as a pre-poo/pre-shampoo treatment, blow drying serum, leave-in conditioner, hair polisher, add it to dry ends before bed, and the list goes on and on! It's key ingredient is "Camellia Oil"- which I've discussed before, and I love the light scent. The beauty lover/product junkie in me WILL be using this up to the very last drop, and definitely making hair cocktails with it!

Disclosure: Products in this post were provided for consideration by the company. For more information, please see my disclosure.

Mischo Beauty Pick: Shu Uemura Art of Hair's Moisture Velvet

I can't tell you how much I love it when a product knocks me completely off my feet and blows me away, and that's what happened after using Shu Uemura Art of Hair's Moisture Velvet line of haircare products! I love, love, love these products and I haven't felt this way about a haircare line since first using Kerastase products!

Now most of us know and love Shu Uemura for skincare and makeup, and now we have yet another reason! The Moisture Velvet line is formulated specifically for dry hair and contains an ingredient called Camellia Oil, which nourishes, softens and rebalances moisture in dry hair. It's said that traditionally, geisha would use the oil to smooth, soften and enhance the beauty of hair.

Well, I can't begin to tell you how my hair (relaxer-free) felt after using the combination of the Nourishing Shampoo, Nourishing Conditioner, Nourishing Treatment and White Tea Polishing Milk. My type 4B, naturally tightly coiled hair, was easy to comb through and felt like silk once I'd finished styling it! Seriously.

And for those of you who've made resolutions to start a haircare regimen, there are products for every hair type: Full Shimmer (for natural to color-treated hair), Moisture Velvet and Silk Bloom (for damaged hair). I highly recommend giving these products a try!