The 2017 Cannes Film Festival Red Carpet was full of glitter, glitz, and glam and sharply contrasted by cheap costume looks complete with synthetic wigs in fashion colors. Fabulous stylist-curated wardrobes, carefully posed clutches, poised postures…Cannes is one of the years big fashion events, Hollywood starlets drawing the attention of the world in all their…
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Wear, Watch, Listen, Read, Shop, Sweat…
Wear: Cut-away shoulders- they were all over the runways for SS17, as were flared legs and sleeves. Read: Marie Claire- the beauty bar has been raised, and segues to the next point…rejuvenate. Rejuvenate: Bioeffect Serum might be $160, but it’s based on a Geothermal Powered lab’s discovery in EGF, epidermal growth factor according to Marie […]
Wear What Who When Why How?
Wear: Cut-away shoulders- they were all over the runways for SS17, as were flared legs and sleeves. Read: Marie Claire- the beauty bar has been raised, and segues to the next point…rejuvenate. Rejuvenate: Bioeffect Serum might be $160, but it’s based on a Geothermal Powered lab’s discovery in EGF, epidermal growth factor according to Marie…
Met Ball 2017: Rei Kawakubo Comme des Garçons
The 2016 Met Gala’s theme is Manus x Machina, and appropriately, Marchesa tweeted out a collaboration with IBM- and their “Cognitive Dress” in the early morning hours. We’ve seen many memorable looks from past Met Ball themes of Punk and China through the Looking Glass. I just have Linda Fargo and Sarah Jessica Parker, as […]
UD: Urban Decay Up-Date
Urban Decay has had some recent product launches that have had beauty vloggers going mad- the Vice Special Effects lip toppers among them. While innovations such as lip toppers and brow mascaras seem like they’re new, women have been using glosses, lipsticks, and mascara for decades, and this is nothing new! My aunt used to…
Dr. Brandt Pores No More Primer, Oxygen Mask, Sleep Serum, and Time Reversing Cream Reviews and Demo
Dr. Brandt was a renowned dermatologist and physician- I met him when my aunt used to see him- I was sad to learn of his death after filming this video, in which I demo and review his anti-aging and skin-care products, including two from the DNA collection, or Do Not Age. Pores No More Primer…
Spoiled Rotten: Fermented Ingredients In Beauty and Skincare
You’ve likely already ingested something fermented, or rotten, and not known it- wine, balsamic vinegar, cheese…but would you consider incorporating rotting ingredients into your skincare regimen? In a W Magazine post, “Why the Korean Beauty World Is Going Natural, and Why You Should Too,” Gillian Sagansky quotes Sarah Lee of Glow Recipe as stating…
Hard-Water's Effect on Hair and Skin
In my previous post, H2-Oh-No: Hard Water Irritates Skin!, I discussed how hard-water had affected my skin. After noticing and hypothesizing over patches of inflamed flushed areas all over my body, doing some research, and self-diagnosing, I concluded I did not have a sudden bout of eczema, but rather hard-water dermatitis. In a Vogue.com article,…
Racist Beauty: Hiding the Real Natural You
“Mom, what happened to your hair?,” I exclaimed. She stood before me, and I assumed she had gotten a perm or some sort of hair treatment, but the truth was…I had never seen my mother’s natural hair texture until the end of my twenties! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBH6qzXCk6o] We often will see a video of a black…
Korean Brightening Beauty Secret: Super Vitamin C- Vitabrid C12
Vitabrid C12, vitamin C on crack, is a special 12hr time-released powder, developed by Dr. Jinjo Choy, which is to be mixed into water or toner and applied to the face. It retails for $58. But what’s it do? Vitamin C is a common ingredient in serums, BB and CC creams, and products meant…
