As a long-time fan of Pacifica and its delicious body butters, I’ve done a joyful shimmy whenever the California-based brand has announced a new launch.
There’s always been an easiness to fashion designer Mara Hoffman’s clothes, a carefree Bohemian attitude made modern via psychedelic prints and exuberant colors.
From aquatic paintings like Claude Monet’s “Waves Breaking” and Hokusai’s “The Great Wave,” floral still life works like Edouard Manet’s “Carnations and Clematis in a Crystal Vase” and Pablo Picasso’s “Flowers,” and abstract works like those by Brazilian painter Beatric Milhazes, this season’s garments nod to the storied masterpieces hanging in the walls of the Loeuvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Hermitage Museum.
In recent seasons, you might have seen more and more rings sculpted to resemble the heads of different creatures within the animal kingdom.
Like most makeup aficionados, I have a soft spot for MAC Cosmetics but, that said, I’ve never been a huge fan of their Mineralize Lipsticks — if only because they were never, in my experience, particularly long-lasting.
Several weeks ago, I received a lovely gift basket from Dove’s publicity team filled with goodies with which to celebrate the first day of Spring.
Festival season is officially here, and the Butter LONDON Spring 2014 collection perfectly captures the free-spirited, gypsy-meets-jet-setter vibe of these yearly outdoor concerts and jams.
Some people are gifted when it comes to blow drying their strands — they know exactly how to best angle the blow drier with one hand while, with the other, rolling and twirling a round toothbrush with the ease with which a marching band majorette would twirl her baton.
It’s rare when a makeup artist espouses the benefits of minimalism, and yet Bobbi Brown has become a household name by doing precisely that: suggesting that women should use makeup as a means through which to enhance their natural beauty, using a light hand throughout the application process and refraining from overly theatrical looks that might appear mask-like.
As we transition from winter to spring, it’s vital to adjust our skin care routines accordingly.
