Rather than limit ourselves to celebrating our planet and being an advocate for Mother Nature on Earth Day, we should think about how we can make more eco-friendly choices on an everyday basis, right?
The back stories of many esteemed perfumers share some major commonalities: a sizable number of these noses hail from Grasse — as is the case with Olivier Cresp, Françoise Caron, Jacques Cavallier Bertrand, Nathalie Lorson, and Antoine Maisondieu — or, like Dominique Ropion, Edmond Roudnitska, Pierre Bourdon, and countless others, they studied at highly prestigious institutes and worked at famed perfume houses like Galimard (the perfumery that made scents for Louis XV’s court in the 18th century), Molinard, and Fragonard in the storied town, located on the French Riviera.
How seriously do you take your spring cleaning?
Tell the truth: aren’t you tickled when you order a glass of wine, and you’re asked for your ID?
Now that spring is officially here, it’s time to update that beauty routine to reflect the changing seasons.
I have a confession: I hate blowdrying my hair.
South by Southwest is officially kicking off here in Austin, marking the beginning of festival season.
The phrases “plumping lipstick” and “plumping gloss” have terrified me since the early aughts, when I tested out DuWop Cosmetics’ original Lip Venom and experienced what can only be described as sheer agony.
One of the greatest beauty trends to emerge in the last few years involves a return to basics and earth-derived ingredients, what marketers have dubbed the “clean beauty” movement.
Whenever I’m feeling stressed, I remember a little adage I came across that goes, “When you become a diamond, remember why life had to pressure you.” It’s a decidedly cheesy, T-shirt-ready phrase that’s probably on about a thousand Pinterest boards, but I find it oddly comforting on those days when, no matter how laser-focused I am, I question whether I’ll be able to perform whatever feat I’ve set out to accomplish — whether it’s preparing a huge holiday meal before guests actually arrive, penning a six-page magazine feature, preparing for a TV segment, or logging in a certain number of miles on the treadmill.
