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What I Did on My Summer Vacation: Products I Used & Loved
August 31, 2010 | 
Author Ok so this year I actually had two vacations. Nice job if you can swing it.. given that other than one trip to NY last year, I hadn’t been anywhere for about 4-5 years, that’s pretty darn good. (wait. I am not counting the 2 weekend trips to San Francisco.. both times with family.. and one was a real pain when we came home. Animal House party anyone?)
Comments ClosedMusic Note: Brian Culbertson Is Spreading Love for Jazz + R&B + Funk on XII & Tour!
Brian Culbertson is well-known in the jazz world. If you don’t know who he is, make sure you read this blog post and listen to the rather lengthy podcast with Culbertson about his new CD XII that dropped in late July. He’s about to go out on tour to support this and will be touring the rest of the year– though not all dates are set.
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Comments ClosedKim Vo Gets Tinsley Mortimer Poolside Chic at Tao Beach at the Mirage, Las Vegas!
It’s the dog days of summer (well everywhere but the west coast) and what’s important now is beachy beauty or poolside chic– meaning you need to look great!
This past weekend, Lavetta Fajardo for Kim Vo Salon at the Mirage took summer beauty to a whole new level, creating this perfectly playful look for Tinsley Mortimer, ( partying down for her birthday at Tao Beach.)
Comments ClosedBeauty Bytes: Protecting Your Skin Year-Round: Sunblocks that Really Work!
Not particularly easy trying to decide which sunblocks to use and how often to use them.
It’s key to wear sunblock every day regardless of weather. Even during rain, you can get UVA exposure! The wake-up call for me came about 12 years ago when my “devlil may care” sun exposure on the beach showed up on my face as pre-cancerous spots. EEEK. Those came off but left their traces on my face which weren’t pleasant. However having been free of anything truly cancerous, I got lazy. While I applied sunblock to my face religiously, I didn’t do that to the rest of me.
Lo and behold the cancer struck on my shin of all places. I mean who puts sunblock on your shins when you are wearing jeans most of the time? But it came back as squamous cell carcinoma-thankfully caught very early due to my eagle-eye perusal of my bod.
So here’s the word: apply sunscreen on your legs, arms, shoulders, ears (10% of all skin cancers are on ears!) top of your feet and between your toes. (really!)
Comments ClosedHot Brands at the Keri Feinstein Style Lounge: Dr. Loretta Skincare & SuperDry
It’s never a dull moment at the Keri Feinstein Style Lounge– no matter the event. This time it was for the MTV Movie Awards and this was pretty special since it was at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills on the Terrace. If you want to know more about other brands that were there, please check out yesterday’s post with a podcast and photos of lots of the brands there.
Comments ClosedEco, Work & Travel-Friendly USBCell Provides Rechargeable Batteries in Less Time!
Just when you are wondering if anything green is going to make it through the summer, here’s something that will help you out — whether you are working, at home or traveling– and it’s environmentally friendly.
Comments ClosedTravel Byte: When on Vacation, Sometimes You Forget a Few Things
In case you wondered why there was no post today, it’s because I screwed up and launched a post yesterday for today. Oh well.. mistakes happen but I thought I had something scheduled for today and obviously I missed that part of the equation.
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The Weepies Drop New CD & Selling Out Tour Dates Thru Thanksgiving! Podcast!
The Weepies — a well-known indie/folk meets pop duo– have just dropped their latest CD “Be My Thrill” on iTunes (with 2 extra tracks exclusive to iTunes) and also in other venues like amazon, all digital outlets and start looking for hard copies too because you will want this one with you for the ride that it gives you. This is their follow-up to the 2008 success of Hideaway and this one is a distinct evolution of music courtesy of Deb & Steve’s having children.
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