My son celebrated his 12th birthday on Saturday, and my super awesome cousin Patricia helped me plan a whole day’s worth of surprise activities: a trip to a trampoline playground, a stop at an indoor arcade and bowling hall, lunch at a saloon-style restaurant, and a visit to a puppy shop where you could actually play with the puppies and pet them (so, basically, my son’s idea of heaven).
Singing sensation, fashion and beauty icon, and overall cool girl Gwen Stefani has taught us that one easy way to “spark the fire” is through a striking, richly pigmented, power-packed pout.
When I think of the ever-expanding collection of Dolce & Gabbana Dolce perfumes, I picture Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana taking on the role of curators of a magnificent fragrance garden, drafting a landscape design that delineates where to plant each bloom, meticulously selecting seeds of both familiar and exotic flower species, testing the soil’s pH level, carefully deciding when the soil is ready and the season is optimal for planting a specific bloom, pulling weeds and mulching their flower beds, determining which decorative details to add (a cobblestone walkway here, a stone wall there, an idyllic pond with a wooden bridge to the far left, and so forth), and pruning blossoming flowers as needed — all while wearing the most stylish gloves and tool belts (think printed, lace-adorned, gem-encrusted, and adorned with three-dimensional resin flowers, something akin to the headphones they released for Spring 2015).
By now, serum-infused sheet masks have soared in popularity, with beauty lovers like myself extolling their virtues — their convenience, their portability, their mess-free quality (no rinsing necessary!), and their effectiveness.
Next time you browse through Kylie Jenner’s Instagram feed, pay close attention to her manicures — from the Squareletto nail shape she’s popularized, which has the same tapered look of the Stiletto nail but features a square tip with slightly rounded edges, to the colors she favors (the girl clearly has a soft spot for teal and mint shades!).
Some months ago, after applying a dry shampoo gifted by a friend, my very tall husband walked by my very short self and paused for a moment, sniffing the air right above my head.
For the five years since San Francisco-based brand Algenist stepped into the skincare scene, I’ve touted its top-notch products — particularly the offerings within the aptly dubbed Genius range.
For years, I’ve had an often tumultuous, passionate, and volatile relationship……with my hair!
For years, I’ve written about my deep-seated disdain for faux lashes, a sentiment fueled primarily by my belief that full-on falsies look incredibly unnatural and are often so over-the-top in their length, color intensity and volume, that they make otherwise acceptable lash lines resemble fuzzy caterpillars created using brown and black pipe cleaners.
While I can’t wait to share all the brand new launches from Urban Decay with all of you lovelies, I first need to do a mega- super-duper rewind and chat about a recent (albeit not brand spanking new) release that changed my world — or, at the very least, elevated my lip game to new heights.
