Tag: Beauty

  • MAKEUP MONDAY| ELLIS FAAS MAKEUP

    Makeup for me is like a kid in a candy shop being told they can get whatever they want. Honestly, I have the hardest time discarding expired products and recently did a purge of items I’ve had for almost 3 years. That’s why, when I heard about ELLIS FAAS, I had to try them out.…

  • EIGHT SKINCARE ENTERS THE BEAUTY MARKET

    I’m really excited to tell you all about this new product, Eight Skincare. Now, I haven’t tried these products for myself, just yet, but I did want to give you the 411 on Eight Skincare. Backstory: In 1944 in Oklahoma, my mother, Ida Wanda Burns—a true Rosie The Riveter type—was working in an airplane factory…

  • STYLED FOR FALL AT VOGUE STARRING FOSSIL

    Yesterday, Fossil and VOGUE hosted one of the most innovative, interactive press previews I’ve ever been to. Though I don’t mind knocking back a few specially made cocktails and noshing on passed hor d’oeuvres, I prefer to feel a part of any situation I’m in. So rather than talking at us, Fossil and VOGUE let…

  • BEAUTY REVIEW | THISTLE STREET SOAP CO.

    Six weeks traveling throughout 10 countries can take a major toll on your skin. Some places can be moist and humid, while others can be arid, dry heat. And if your in London, it’s rain all day, everyday. Now, some people can live with variable temperatures grazing their epidermal layer, but not me. That’s why when…

  • BEAUTY REVIEW | SEBAMED INTIMATE FEMININE WASH

    By Abbie Parker / Edited by Tillie Eze Growing up, I was always highly allergic to scented body washes and could only use Dove. Now, that I’m an adult, my pH balance has changed making me even more sensitive in the nether region. From constant yeast infections caused by scented washes to Summer’s Eve not…

  • STYLECARTEL GIVEAWAY | CITY COSMETICS DRAGON’S BLOOD BEAUTY ELIXIR

    Fashion Week is here! You excited? Well get. We’re giving away quite a few things this month related to fashion week, starting with City Cosmetics Dragon’s Blood Beauty Elixir. This Hollywood secret is now available to the mass market. Ok.. it’s not really available as they’ve already sold out of the pre-ordered batch, but this is…

  • BEAUTY HOTSPOT | GUERLAIN SPA AT THE WALDORF ASTORIA

    Nestled in 14,000 square-foot area of the Waldorf Astoria, you’ll find the ever glamorous Guerlain Spa. Built with 14 treatment suites, a nail salon, a fitness center and relaxation area you can soak in the French-inspired sanctuary with a rose strewn lounge. And as we struggle to beat the heat or stay dry, depending on…

  • BEAUTY HOTSPOT | MY SHOBHA

    Located in six prominent neighborhoods in New York City and Washington D.C. you’ll find a vibrantly colored salon destination specializing in hair removal called My Shobha. Brainchild of Shobha Tummala, she founded this concept after discovering a missing sector in the beauty market that was coincidentally innate to her upbringing. From there she chose to…

  • HAIR HOW-TO | E-CURE TREATMENT

    I recently took my braids out and made the decision to not continue down the road of relaxers. For all the weight put on your hair from the density of extensions, the first step was to use a treatment intended to strengthen your hair, but not for an everyday or even every week usage. The…

  • BEAUTY REVIEW | CLAYSPRAY

    Last week, in a private suite in the Mandarin Hotel, we discovered Clayspray, the world’s first clay emulsion in a spray. So many new beauty products are popping up on the market today. Everyday it’s a constant gimmick of something that works for every skin type, but as we often forget, not every beauty product…

  • FROMTHELAB.COM AVAILABLE ON GILT CITY

    Gilt City, the latest addition to the monthly beauty subscription, give you the inside product scoop, in a new way.  Up to 18 months before the market will ever get to test run the newest eye cream, hair mask, pore refiner, skin tone correct, whatever is soon to hit the shelves, it’s delivered to your…

  • BEAUTY REVIEW | BONA CLARA

    Everyone’s skin is not created equal and as you age, your go to secrets from your 20s won’t always crossover to your 30s or 40s or 50s. Bona Clara, a brand cultivate only 3 years ago set out to create formulas, not by skin type, but by age bracket. Understanding that age is the most…