Category: Great Shopping

We Love Makeup: It's in Our DNA
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We Love Makeup: It’s in Our DNA

It’s just one of those things. We’ve loved make up since middle school, and we’ve become quite the connoisseur  with all our years of practice. We do it for ourselves; it’s not about impressing anyone.   We love the process, the experimenting, the texture, the fun.  We’re always looking for something new. So naturally we’re […]

Shopping with Friends: A Miss America Comes to Town
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Shopping with Friends: A Miss America Comes to Town

Former Miss America and Jacksonville native, Leanza Cornett, recently headed the cast of Nunsense! at Alhambra Theatre.  It ran for five weeks and ended on February 5. While Leanza was here, her young friend Elise Lobb, a local high schooler, model, and terrific golfer, took her to one of her favorite beaches boutiques, Rosie True. […]

Love Luscious Long Lashes?
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Love Luscious Long Lashes?

Well, let’s be honest. Who doesn’t? Lately we’ve been seeing lots of women sporting some beautiful lashes and everyone’s heard about Latisse.  But eyelash extensions had us intrigued.  When we met The Beaches Online’s newest sponsor Paradise Grooming for Men‘s owners, we couldn’t take our eyes off of theirs.  Really!  So we asked, “Tell us […]

Celebrating Hydrotion/Beach Bum: Quality Skin Care Products Made Fresh for You in Jacksonville Beach.
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Celebrating Hydrotion/Beach Bum: Quality Skin Care Products Made Fresh for You in Jacksonville Beach.

The Jacksonville Beach skin care and body products company Hydrotion/Beach Bum celebrated its first year in business, and The Beaches Online was there to celebrate. We’ve used their products, we like them, and we think you will, too. Dr. Spring Behrouz is the scientist who developed the just-right combination of fresh, natural, and anti-oxidant ingredients […]

Here's a Great Gift Idea for Last Minute Holiday Shoppers...
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Here’s a Great Gift Idea for Last Minute Holiday Shoppers…

    …(or even for yourself. We won’t tell.) We truly love the local shopping scene here at the beach  and are fortunate that we really don’t have to leave the island to get nearly all of our needs met. This makes Christmas shopping so much easier.  We’ve got the perfect gift package for those in […]

How to Buy a Christmas Tree: Chatting with Big D & Bubba in Jax Beach
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How to Buy a Christmas Tree: Chatting with Big D & Bubba in Jax Beach

Our next visit to a beaches Christmas tree lot was Big D and Buddy’s in Jacksonville Beach.  For the fifth consecutive year, Big D (David, really!) and Buddy have sold Fraser Furs and firewood in the lot next to Terry’s Country Store on the west side of  Penman Road, between Beach Blvd. and Atlantic Blvd. […]

How to Buy a Christmas Tree: R and R Christmas Trees in Neptune Beach
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How to Buy a Christmas Tree: R and R Christmas Trees in Neptune Beach

Over in Neptune Beach, we met Rick Sauls, who runs R and R Christmas Trees on the corner of Atlantic Boulevard and Penman Road, at the edge of the Winn-Dixie parking lot.  Rick and his partner from Michigan have been selling Christmas trees, from Michigan, for twenty years here.  They’ve employed lots of beaches youth […]

TBO Video Series:  How to Buy Your Christmas Tree at the Beach!
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TBO Video Series: How to Buy Your Christmas Tree at the Beach!

We thought it would be fun to tour some of the many Christmas tree lots at the beach and talk with the tree sellers about the variety of trees they carry, check out the service, and learn to haggle for a good price! The Beaches Online is visiting at least one tree lot for each […]

Books Galore at an Outdoor Bookstore!
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Books Galore at an Outdoor Bookstore!

If you love books then get yourselves over to St. Paul’s Catholic School‘s annual used book sale Saturday and Sunday. The merry team of volunteers have done it again – they organized by category and alphabetized by author – roughly ten thousand books, and the sale is in progress now. You can find this fantastic selection […]