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Curlfest Does Lit Again!
Another successful Curlfest event in Prospect Park! Each year attendance increases and this year's festival brought more than 20,000 colorfully dressed and colorfully coiffed people and their admirers to Brooklyn. The Curly Girl Collective's mission is "to create...
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Do You Know Your Skin Type?
Why do you need to know your skin type? Whether your skin is dry or oily, or both, certain products work better on your face depending on your skin's personality! To avoid reactions (more dryness, more oiliness, breakouts etc) Check out the characteristics of each...
How We All Can Protect Our Skin
Whether outside for work or pleasure, you’re still subjected to the sun’s rays. See your dermatologist every year and talk with them about skin detection and protection. In between visits… COVER UP! I always make sure my shades block both UV rays. We’re sometimes...
Skincare Tips for Moms–To–Be
Every woman is a super woman, whether she is a hard worker, brilliant thinker, enterprising and glamorous, or a record holding athlete, flexible and strong in body and spirit. Then a new opportunity comes: expecting her first child! Women will now encounter challenges...
Eight Skin Resolutions for the New Year
Start the New Year with skincare resolutions! Promise that you will regularly practice these facesavers. Keep your Skin-Smart, healthy, protected and soft. Skin Resolution #1 – Prepare and Protect Skin For A Everyday Skin Defense: Step up the skincare routine this...
Beauty On The Geek: Beauty gets Tied–in
By Cee Brown, Associate Editor Other than an ironic Halloween costume, the target audience for pop culture tie-ins usually top out at age 12, just before most are allowed to use makeup. From Dick Tracy decoder rings in cereal boxes to Lion King figurines in fast food...
Oil Up Adding to Your Skincare “Diet”
Flowers, Seeds and Nuts give us wonderful, healing oils. From cleansing to moisturizing, each oil has different properties. But as with anything, each oil may affect you in different ways. Just as it can help, it can hurt. So if you’re interested in adding more oil to...
Hair Out at CurlFest 2017
The fourth annual CurlFest in Brooklyn's Prospect Park was a huge success! I was so impressed with the event. It was very organized. The massive audience included so many beautiful Black (and other curly) sisters embracing their hair! Hair and beauty products, from...
Belief is More than Skin Deep
Skin — and how we react to skin — is so intertwined in how Michaela DePrince became a star ballerina. Please take the 11 minutes to pay close attention to this inspiring NBC news story. My daughter and I watched Michaela's remarkable journey in silence. I could feel...
“On Your Feet” Moving: Don’t Miss It!
In exactly one month, August 20, the musical On Your Feet will close on Broadway. I will be sad to see the show go. Last year, I wrote about the feel and look of Gloria and Emilio Estefan's high energy musical. Here is the link to the review:...
Eyes Have It… in the Summer
Summer is just beginning, the skin is glowing, but people don't think about taking care of the delicate skin around the eyes. Summer heat can totally dehydrate your skin starting from the inside out, leaving your face and body dry, including the face and skin around...
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Skin Smart Feet Solutions that Are Sure to Beat the Heat!
Ah, summer is here. Time for flip–flops, sandals… but after a winter spent in shoes and suffocating boots, you need to be skin smart to make your feet look their best, and to protect them. You may notice blisters and callouses are more frequent during the hot summer...
How Tennis Icon Serena Williams Can Avoid Pregnancy Skin Faults and Win the Match
Serena Williams is already known as a super woman: record holding tennis player; athletic, flexible and strong in body and spirit; enterprising and glamorous. And now she's expecting her first child! Ms. Williams will now encounter challenges that her years of...
Three Diverse Women Driven to Beauty
Every vendor at the International Beauty Show and International Esthetics, Cosmetics and Spa Conference has a story as to why and how they became involved in the beauty and spa industry. This convention that takes over most of New York City’s Jacob Javits Center is so...
Spring has Sprung International at Beauty Press Event
Five companies bring in spring and warm weather beauty at the press event held by Beautypress. Two companies use shea butter in luscious, soothing and smoothing ways. Shea butter is no longer a niche ingredient; now all cultures can see the benefits of its use on...
Winter That Skin
The Polar Vortex is here. Ice-Ice, baby! Cold weather dehydrates, making skin dry out, feel tight and itchy, and even crack. So change your skin management during these harsh winter months. “Layer Your Face” just as you layer up your clothes. It can make all the...
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