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It's been a cruel, cruel summer: scorching hot on the east coast and atypically cool spring & summer thus far in LA (of course I am writing this before I leave for the east coast and the sun just started shining today!) So all of you on the east coast might need to hit "Just Calm Down" Day Spa in NYC for some really great treatments featuring FarmHouse Fresh, a line of award-winning bath and body products that just hit the boutique at this luxe and relaxing spa.

"Our concept of adding a touch of whimsical humor to our bath and body routine can now be experienced by residents of and visitors to the Big Apple at the refreshing Just Calm Down spa in downtown, which is a wonderful entrée for our brand in Manhattan," states Shannon McLinden, CEO of FarmHouse Fresh® brands. "Spa lovers can enjoy our 'tempti-licious' products such as the award-winning Whoopie! shea butter body cream in a decadent dessert scent, Bourbon Bubblerbody polish with real Kentucky Whiskey, or Honey Heel Glaze moisturizer with rich honey and live papaya fruit cells. We are positive that women will be making a bee-line for these services that have you dripping in honey or soothed with a hot whiskey scour in a mani, pedi, or body exfoliation!"

FarmHouse Fresh Honey Heel Glaze

According to Tara Oolie, Owner and President of Just Calm Down, "We love FarmHouse Fresh because it combines seduction with girlish fun, and we wanted to blend their down-to-earth concept of life on the farm with sophisticated Gossip Girl-inspired Manhattan culture which combines lots of shopping and high-maintenance beauty, with mystery, intrigue, jealousy, and romance, topped off with flirtatious socializing over evening cocktails."

Because this is a unique pairing of two great companies, there are some new specialty treatments! The seductive new Queen Bee manicure and pedicure includes polish removal; soak; filing; cuticle trim; pedicure filing and callous removal; application of a sugar scrub followed by a Queen Bee scrub made of brown sugar, honey and bee pollen extract warm water rinse; and a FarmHouse Fresh Honey Heel Glaze massage for hands and feet to seal in moisture and keep hands and feet feeling silky and smooth and ready for anything!

Says Oolie, "Kick-off those Louboutin's and soak those couture toes in a one of a kind mixture of milk, honey and bee pollen extract. A seductive scrub and signature Honey Heel Glaze massage will keep your hands and toes in the social media know! Watch out B and S, the Met steps has the newest Queen Bee ready, willing and going to sting! You know your digits will love me. XOXO, Just Calm Down."

The one-hour Queen Bee pedicure retails for $85.00, the 30-minute manicure retails for $45.00, and they can be purchased separately or combined into one service. Extremely lightweight in texture with smooth finish, the FarmHouse Fresh®Honey Heel Glaze is fragranced with velvety cinnamon notes, sweet cloves and actual honey. It contains genuine all-natural honey--a humectant that helps attract and retain moisture--and vitamin-packed ingredients such as aloe leaf juice, pineapple and papaya fruit extracts. The Honey Heel Glaze retails for $24.00 in a 3-ounce glass jar, for those who want to feel like a Queen Bee at home.