The moment I saw the new Maybelline New York Color Show Vintage Leather collection at Target, I wanted every single shade; after all, I grew up listening to (and yes, idolizing) Joan Jett, Pat Benatar, Chrissie Hynde, and Shirley Manson — all hard-edged girls who wore leather and rocked out as hard as their male counterparts when on stage.
Close your eyes and picture a pair of tweezers.
As a naturally curly-haired gal, I’ve always been on the prowl for haircare and hair styling products that would help moisturize my often dry mane, help me tame frizz, add natural-looking hold and definition to my sometimes unruly curls, revitalize limp strands, and basically resuscitate my curls, restoring them to their ounce coil-like springiness.
Save for some folks with legitimate forms of albinism, I may just be the palest Puerto Rican girl ever — and I get teased rather relentlessly for it (during a recent visit to PR, my father actually compared my skin tone to the color of a white styrofoam cooler).
You know that cooling sensation you feel as you slather on an aloe-based formula on sunburnt skin?
Earlier this summer, Demeter Fragrance Library revealed the newest addition to its aromatic portfolio, which already consists of over 250 scents — all made with 95% natural ingredients and incorporating no phtalates or artificial dyes.
Last year, I rounded up some of the most popular BB Creams in the market and broke down the benefits and disadvantages of each but, since then, even more brands have jumped on the BB bandwagon, with Wei, Lancôme, Ole Henriksen, Origins, and Too Faced among them.
Usually, whenever the word “cult” is uttered, we think of all the deranged yet charismatic folks who, throughout history, proclaimed themselves religious leaders or prophets, amassing a group of blindly devoted followers who grew increasingly isolated from mainstream society as they dove deeper and deeper into a secluded life with their new “families,” with the entire twisted journey ending in mass murder-suicides, FBI raids, mass fires, and shoot-outs. David Koresh and the WACO catastrophe or Jim Jones’ cyanide-laced drink cocktail, for instance, immediately come to mind.
The fat lady of lore may be waiting in the wings, doing vocal runs in anticipation of the moment when she’ll finally step on stage and belt out summer’s swan song, the curtain cascading down to the floor to signal the end of the season.
It’s been over 40 years since Maybelline New York first launched its now iconic Great Lash Mascara and, year after year, it continues to win over new consumers, retain its long-time fans, and soar to the top of beauty editors’ must-have lists.
