Summertime and bright eyeshadows go together like pineapple juice and Coco Lopez so, before the leaves start to turn and the inevitable autumn chill sets in, give your lids a technicolor makeover with the LORAC Cosmetics Alter Ego Eyeshadow Palette in Dream Girl ($20 at LORACcosmetics.com).
In the days of portable everything — lightweight electronic tablets, wand-shaped scanners, foldable keyboards, rollerball perfumes, travel-sized dry shampoo, TSA-friendly facial cleansers and mists, pen-like stain removers, etc — the options for on-the-go hair styling tools remain bafflingly limited.
It’s not hard to see why New York-based designer and social media lover Rebecca Minkoff and actress-turned-CEO Jessica Alba, whose billion-dollar eco-friendly brand The Honest Company landed her on Forbes’ list of the richest self-made women, might just be kindred spirits.
There’s something visceral and intimate about putting pen to paper — whether it’s to jot down ideas in a notebook, document special moments and vent frustrations within the safety of a leather-bound journal, or express gratitude and affection in a handwritten letter or card.
According to the non-profit research organization Economic Roundtable, nearly 1 million people in the city of Los Angeles experienced homelessness over the last nine years, with around 13,000 people winding up on the streets each month and half of these being children.
Last week, I filmed a segment for Telemundo NY’s “Acceso Total” (which is poised to air on Labor Day) at Six Flags in New Jersey.
The temporary tattoo trend has taken off with such momentum that Beyoncé has even launched her own line of body art pieces.
For a while there, it seemed like exfoliation-seeking women with sensitive skin had found the perfect alternative to the jagged, coarse, and often irritating salt particles in most body polishes: plastic microbeads that gently sloughed off dead skin cells while practically gliding and rolling on the skin, never scraping, nicking, or chafing the skin.
Artists Dana Veraldi and Kevin Tekinel, the duo behind the T-shirt brand Deer Dana, have amassed a cult following thanks to their quirky and clever illustrated portraits of pop culture icons ranging from Bruce Springsteen and Howard Stern to Sade, Grace Jones, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Larry David, and Frida Kahlo.
With fall only weeks away, you may be preparing yourself mentally for the inevitable moment when you have to pack your bikinis, shorts, sarongs, and straw fedoras, but don’t even think about stashing your sunscreen along with your beach attire!
