The Cut has a great piece about where Dove’s new ad campaign falls short. If you haven’t seen it, you should watch the video, then read their post.
I totally agree with The Cut, but also feel the ad was near perfect, but went too far. The point literally illustrated in the ad is much better and more positive than the more narrow one it tries to hit you over the head with towards the end.
My friend (and hair-stylist extraordinaire) Courtney Rice’s salon, Sunday Morning Hair, is featured in Refinery’s round up of the best salons in LA!
On our trip through all of super bright and shiny Texas (more to come) I pretty much fell in love with Neutrogena SPF 70 face lotion.
i got a manicure a while ago before my trip to NYC, and I went with Shellac polish because I’m hard on my nails and i had to be presentable at the start and end of my week and a half long trip…
honestly they were great and lasted the whole time; but now I feel like my nails have been brutalized and are dry and not nice….
it’s funny to me that people think LA is a cultural or intellectual hinterland when so many cool things keep happening. Maybe those people just watch too much cable?
Case in point: Slake Magazine is now on it’s 3rd issue (as in printed, heavy and hold in your hands issue), featuring writers such as
and young artists like
and they throw pretty good parties too.
Haven’t checked it out yet?
Now’s your chance to get with Slake and possibly get a free pair of sunglasses. The contest is fairly straightforward: if you buy a one-year ($60), two-year ($110), or gift subscription to Slake by October 20, you’ll be entered into a contest to win one pair of l.a.Eyeworks-brand sunglasses. There’s more details about the contest, and more about the magazine in general on their site here. Contest ends on the 20th!
while you are there: check out the limited edition prints of illustrations that have appeared in the issues.
by the way: if i win, these will be mine:)
Rimmel just sent me a bunch of new product: and while, as always, I’m really into their eyeshadows, I’ve become a recent convert to something I never thought i would try: Primer.
Traditionally meant to go under foundation or powder, the primer smooths out your skin a bit, and feels light and not at all oily while on. The Rimmel one, Fix & Perfect Pro 002 is seriously great: you feel like you aren’t wearing anything while you look like you aren’t wearing anything but you look a bit better:)
However, now that I’m obsessed with it: I need to get a primer with SPF: unfortunately, Rimmel doesn’t make one.
Other options are from Makeup Forever (SPF 50!)
or NARS (SPF 30)
both at Sephora.
loving the hair from Paul Smith’s Spring 2011 show….
my friend, artist Julia Sherman, as a part of her practice, has become interested in nuns in order to examine the creative and cultural production of these ‘Utopian’ communities.
Out of this interest, beautiful Monastery Creations soap was begat.
they are beautiful and handmade by the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration (yes, really) in Wyoming.
love the packaging, love the concept, love the website: which is here.
