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Vaseline
Pick up Elle, Vogue, Mirabella or Mademoiselle and you'll learn that every make-up artist in the galaxy has the same spring beauty formula as the Flaming Lips: Vaseline. Dabs of petroleum jelly on lips, lids, lashes and brows transform you (cheaply) into a glistening sex goddess á la Wild Things. Clear Sunglasses
If you like to wear your sunglasses at night--to bike or dance or just walk home on a breezy evening--pick up a pair of clear, goggle-style plastic shades at any pharmacy or hardware store. They protect corneas and contacts from smoke, dust and flying gravel, and people will ask you if you're in Blur. Parsol 1789
Trust Europe to come up with a formula to prevent premature aging. Americans have always been concerned with UVB rays--the ones that burn skin and cause cancer--but Parsol 1789, recently approved by the FDA, blocks wrinkle-causing UVA rays. Many U.S. companies, such as Coppertone, have incorporated this critical ingredient in the best sunscreens of '98. Without, poems by Donald Hall
Poets Donald Hall and Jane Kenyon certainly don't lack color, they just lack each other. Without is Hall's new collection of lyrical, honest and heart-wrenching poems that chart Kenyon's battle with leukemia and his struggle to continue living in her absence. Hall reads from Without at Powell's (1005 W Burnside St.) at 9:30 am Friday, April 3. Water Joe
When health nazis won't get off your case about all the coffee you consume, fake them out with caffeine-enhanced water. We especially like this brand, invented by two Wisconsin college students. Each 16-ounce bottle has the jolt of one cup of coffee, and it tastes exactly like water. You can buy Water Joe at Peterson's newsstands, or check out the Web site (www.waterjoe.com).
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