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Spring into Summer Skincare
Summer has arrived! Ah, those first sweet days of summer! Spring Your Skin into Summer. Summer brings so much fun, sights and possibilities. We’ll have lazy days and really active days. That means changing your skincare regimen along with your outfits. For example;...
Donna Karan’s Style for Strength – Celebrating Our Heroes Auction
So special to be present at an event for such an important cause on June 5: the Style for Strength – Celebrating Our Heroes auction to raise money for Veteran Services USA treatment for post traumatic stress in veterans. Organized by Donna Karan and Cheri Kaufman, the...
Makeup Show 2023!
Attended Opening Day of 2023's The Makeup Show in New York City! A great three day event! Beauty professionals, everyone from makeup artists to fashion stylists and all pros, enthusiasts and students in-between, were fortunate to go to the Metropolitan Pavilion....
Flashback: TV Appearance in Georgia!
Part 1 Part 2 Check out the above flashback throwback tv appearance (split into two parts). I've been reviewing and organizing videos of my past TV appearances. I have traveled all over as a cosmetics and skincare authority, from Canada to Europe, Africa, the...
Holiday Cheer 2022
Christmas time in New York City is the best part of the year! Every holiday season, I visit Macy's and Bloomingdale's. My earliest years in New York were working in cosmetics and perfume as a salesperson and as a product model in the City's huge department stores....
In the Barbershops and Beauty Parlors: Thirty Years of Health Advocacy
Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Arthur Ashe institute for Urban Health Back at one of the settings where I was a health advocate: SUNY Downstate Campus! We're celebrating the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Arthur Ashe Institute...
Relaxing Spa Experience at the Baha Mar!
Need to get away? Come to Nassau, The Bahamas, my family home. You must stay at @GrandHyattBahaMar . Luxurious spectacular accommodations, seven pools, casino, bars, pristine grounds, and a beautiful spa! When I went to my family hometown of Nassau Bahamas, I spent...
Makeup Show Spring Show 2022: Nice to Be Back!
The Makeup Show is back and better than ever! In early May, after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, 3000 professionals in the cosmetics industry roamed New York City’s Metropolitan Pavilion! More than 70 makeup and beauty vendors showed off their wonderful...
It’s Spring: Wake Up Your Skin!
Ahhh, Spring! When we think of spring, we start to put away our winter wardrobe (no more covering up!) and bring out lighter textures and more colorful palettes that reflect the new season. We should also pay attention to our skin and whole body. Take advantage of the...
The Makeup Show Returns!
Good News! The Makeup Show is back home in New York City! After two years of gatherings online, the show for makeup professionals held a successful event in-person in November and has planned more good things to come in 2022!The Makeup Show is the must–go event for...
15 Ways College Years Can Hurt Skin
You're in! You're officially a college student and now considered ready to take on adult roles of preparing for a career, making your own decisions, etc College students want to look like adults, but not look old before their time! Just as students have to avoid the...
Magnificent “Lightscape” Experience in Brooklyn
December at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. That Lightscape exhibit was so magnificent. We've all spent so much time indoors and we need fresh air and inspiration from art, music and light. What a great thing to do outside! This exhibit must be repeated every year. My...
How the Being “Too Festive” Affects the Skin
How we celebrate and enjoy the all the big holidays this year may be different from other years. Many of us will be making up for the lost year. There are those who will be able to have do a variety of socializing, family gatherings, open house potlucks and even big...
Skin Type 2.0: What’s Your Complexion Reaction?
You’ve checked off your skin characteristics on the “What is Your Skin Type” page. You’ve figured out if you’re normal, dry, oily or a combination skin type. Let’s look beyond skin type and see complexion reaction types. THE LUCKY ONES: There are the lucky ones whose...
Prep Skin for Fall
Skincare at Summer’s Close: after spending a lot of time outdoors this summer, we must prepare the skin for fall and changes in the weather. We just completed more than three months of sun-worshiping and hot weather, spending hours outside, soaking up the rays...
DIY Fall Fun: Harvest Pumpkin Facial Mask!
When one of my favorite stores begins to stock pumpkin spice–flavor foods (the only thing I don’t see there is pumpkin-spiced kale!), that’s when I know I can take advantage of that nutritious, ubiquitous, orange squash — and make my own fall harvest pumpkin mask...
Are Workouts Good or Bad For the Skin? Yes!
Exercise is so important for both the body and mind. But it can wreak havoc on the complexion! What can a workout do to our skin and how to prevent damage?The sweat glands in the skin make acidic secretions — undecylenic, lactic and urocanic acids — are part of the...
Don’t Let Halloween Scare Your Skin!
Color blocking by Vargas Beauty & Arts Academy. Avoid post–Halloween horror Skin! Use good skincare habits so that you don’t still find green or blue makeup in strange places a week later. Failing to remove heavy makeup thoroughly is not a good thing! Old makeup...
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Pat Collins
(@PatSkinSmarts)
Brooklyn, New York