Playboy gift wish hits home
WARNING: The following gift will reveal loads about your hubby/boy/significant other's reading habits, if it should land under your tree this holiday season.
A St. Petersburg skin care line is listed among Playboy magazine’s suggested holiday gifts. The December issue, which is on stands now, names The Holy Mud Company’s Dead Sea Mud Mask among Hugh Hefner and the staff’s favorite products.
Holy Mud is co-owned by Tampa native and 1993 Playmate Alesha Oreskovich, who is now a licensed esthetician. The mask, said to be good for oily and acne-prone skin, costs $26 for a 5-ounce jar.
Call (866) 465-9683 or go to Holy Mud. And in the meantime, try not to think about what Hef and the girls do with all that mud.
-- Dalia Colón, guest Deal Diva


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