VIV Says: Blog

Botox is a hot topic these days — recently, Julia Roberts revealed why she doesn’t follow the Hollywood trend and Teri Hatcher posted photos of her furrowed brow on her Facebook page to prove she’s not a user. However, other stars, such as Virginia Madsen, make a strong case for Botox injections. But we’re just not ready to have toxins shot into our face with a needle. So we decided to try Rodial’s new Glamtox Sticks ($60) — nicknamed “Botox in a bottle” — and used by the likes of Victoria Beckham and Sienna Miller.

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The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards were satisfying on so many levels: Jimmy Fallon rocked as host; some of our favorite actors like Edie Falco, Jane Lynch and Kyra Sedgwick (left) took home gold statuettes; and the fashion parade on the red carpet didn’t disappoint.

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Since we’re still haunted by the harrowing, heart-wrenching depiction of the slaughter of dolphins in the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove, we’re sad to learn that the killing continues in Taiji, Japan, and elsewhere in the world. Ric O’Barry, the one-time Flipper dolphin trainer-turned-activist whose endeavor to save dolphins was the catalyst for The Cove, returns to Taiji with his filmmaker son Lincoln in the premiere episode of Blood Dolphins, a new Animal Planet miniseries launching Aug. 27.

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On a recent trip to Hawaii, we went a little wild — for a traditional dish called poke, that is. Pronounced “poh-keh,” it’s often composed of sesame-soy dressed cubes of raw ahi tuna, a sustainable alternative to overfished bluefin tuna. In Hawaiian, poke means “to slice or cut crosswise,” and this salad originally consisted of slices of the day’s catch tossed with Hawaiian salt, seaweed and chopped kukui nuts. Nowadays, poke recipes are a bit like pizza — anything goes — and it all tastes great.

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While we find America’s Next Top Model a guilty pleasure, we relate much more to the just-as-gorgeous over-35 contestants on TV Land’s She’s Got the Look, which premieres its third season tonight. Selected from thousands who applied, 10 women ranging in age from 35–54, including a bus driver, a prosecutor and a grandmother of six, compete for a prize package that includes a contract with Wilhelmina Models. (Photo credit: Kristian Dowling/PictureGroup)

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The “Big C.” Just the phrase fills us with dread. And the idea of a comedy about it perplexed us. As anyone who’s been touched by it knows, a cancer diagnosis is nothing to laugh about. But there’s humor in the darkest situations and Showtime finds just the right balance of it in The Big C, the new Monday-night series starring Laura Linney as a woman whose late-stage melanoma diagnosis gives her permission to live her life — whatever remains of it — on her own terms.

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We think mixing a tall pitcher of lemonade or stopping by a young entrepreneur’s stand is integral to an idyllic summer — on par with outdoor festivals, beach trips and porch swings. Varying legends place the origins of the popular beverage in 14th century Egypt as well as 17th century France, but stateside we can celebrate with National Lemonade Day on Aug. 20.

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We often find ourselves wishing we could pull off dramatic, full eyebrows the way stars like Penélope Cruz and Salma Hayek do. But over the years we’ve plucked and waxed our brows, and can’t seem to get that glamorous look just right. To help women like us create the perfect brow, IT Cosmetics just launched the Brow Power Universal Eyebrow Pencil ($24), which works with all brow colors and encourages regrowth of eyebrows after overplucking.

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A sneak preview of Eat Pray Love at an event celebrating the vendors partnered with the film had us salivating over the abundant food, exotic locations and sensuous romance in the screen adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling memoir about her travels of self-discovery to Italy, India and Bali, Indonesia. The lush beauty of each locale leaps right off the screen — and makes us want to book a trip to all three!

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Even in the heat of summer, we remain a Bikram yoga devotee, encouraged by instructors who half-jokingly note that after the 100-plus temperatures in class, the steamy outside weather will feel milder. We love the way the heat enhances our flexibility and makes our muscles more pliable, so we decided to check out a hot Pilates class at Crunch — a mat class where the temperature is cranked to 95–100° F.

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