Earlier today, I stopped by Telemundo NY’s “Acceso Total” to showcase some amazing holiday gift ideas for beauty enthusiasts — everything from luxury makeup brushes and sonic facial cleansing brushes to picturesque eyeshadow palettes, body butter collections, rollerball fragrances, hair care kits, holiday-themed nail enamel sets, and a surprise-filled beauty advent calendar.
With only one week left until Thanksgiving, it’s officially time to kick off our Holiday Gift Guide spectacular!
How often do our purchases serve a purpose beyond our own enjoyment and satisfaction?
If you spend enough time shopping for, reading about, or reviewing beauty products, chances are you’ll develop an eagle eye when it comes to spotting them while watching your favorite TV shows.
From Warm Cotton to Fresh Laundry, Mountain Air, and Rain, the unassuming but captivating scents in the CLEAN Perfume library have always managed to evoke the simple pleasures of life, to capture the comforting feel of often-ignored aromas.
Cultural references tend to abound in Jean Paul Gaultier’s ready-to-wear and haute couture shows, whether through the mandarin collars and dragon-embroidered motifs of his ancient China-inspired Fall 2001 Haute Couture collection; the intricate Maasai-influenced beading, lavish head scarves and wax-print cloths in his Africa-themed Spring 2015 Couture collection; or the Sari-inspired skirts, patchwork gowns, stacked bangles, and off-the-shoulder tops and gowns in his SS13 Haute Couture collection, a Bohemian affair steeped in Indian culture and folklore.
Maybe it’s because I grew up in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, where the beach was always just a stone’s throw away or because, as a kid, my father cultivated his love of sailing and, as a result, packed up his entire family nearly every weekend for a new seafaring adventure, or maybe it’s because my mother was always so enamored by the ocean that she’d spend hours painting sandy expanses and crashing waves, but, whatever the reason, I feel the most serene, joyful, and pure when I’m by the ocean.
When the late fashion designer Oscar de la Renta spoke, the world listened — not just because of the exquisiteness of his confections or even because of his stature, but because he was a beacon of wisdom, a shining example of gallantry, an indefatigable advocate for women, and an endless source of inspiration.
It’s easy being green when you’ve got the right selection of beauty products!
After a decade of living in New York City, you can pinpoint a plethora of peculiar (and almost entirely unpleasant) smells: roasted peanuts that are just on the verge of being burnt, dried-up urine (it’s the unofficial smell of every subway platform), garbage rotting in the summer heat, day-old fish and sewage (a Chinatown special), horse manure (thanks to the “romantic” horse carriage rides tourists take around Central Park), cheap incense being sold on the street, car exhaust fumes, sweat and musk inside taxicabs (often made worse when the driver refuses to wear deodorant!), burnt rubber (from car, bus, and motorcycle tires), cat litter inside bodegas, and so forth.
