Over the years, I’ve bemoaned my seeming inability to develop petal-soft hands and long, strong nails that don’t break or peel into weak onion-like layers.
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of stopping by Telemundo 47’s “Primera Edición” to chat about every woman’s best friend — shoes!
Little girls nowadays have a plethora of footwear options — light-up sneakers, sparkly ballerina flats, stylish gladiator sandals, and so forth — but those of us who came of age in the ’80s fondly remember fisherman-style jelly sandals as being the definitive go-to spring and summer shoe.
The liquid lipstick trend is only gaining momentum as the summer season continues, with brands like Smashbox introducing new fluid lip lacquers and trail-blazing brands like Too Faced, Make Up For Ever, and Hourglass Cosmetics expanding their color offerings.
I’ve long admired Korres’ rich, velvety, indulgent body butters — available in mouth-watering scents like Fig, Guava, Japanese Rose, Vanilla Guava, and Jasmine.
When I was younger, I often heard women say that short girls shouldn’t wear maxi dresses but I’ve found that to be completely untrue since at 5’0″, I can rock an ankle-length or floor-length dress with the best of them!
Your eyeshadow palettes, finishing powders, blushes, lipsticks, and lip glosses likely come in sleek compacts, cases, and tubes with intricate etchings, near-sculptural ridges, embossed details, screen-printed images, and maybe even gem-like embellishments, so why would you tuck these perfectly packaged cosmetics inside a ratty or simply unremarkable makeup bag?
Few things remind me of my childhood summer adventures as much as jelly fisherman sandals — one look at those translucent plastic straps, and a smile spreads across my face as nostalgic ruminations ensue.
Combining tribal-inspired motifs with tropical florals, fluorescent colors, mystical symbols, and elaborate geometric patterns, every print fashion Mara Hoffman creates is positively hypnotic, a mind-bending, surrealist collage of Eastern and Western symbolism, of fantastical and realistic imagery, of modern and ancient visuals.
Who said babies have the onesie market cornered?
