The best in Oils, Serums and Creams

I used to think that one would never put oil on their face. I’m already a pretty shiny person after having makeup on for more than an hour. Somehow I manage to be oily yet dry at the same damn time. How, I don’t know. In the Winter my seborrheic dermatitis was in full force. My forehead was a dry…
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Lemonade

It is now necessary to hashtag any and everything yellow as lemonade thanks to Beyonce. Hell is it possible for one human being to revive a whole color? Well yes it is because since dropping Lemonade’s Hold Up and strutting down a New York Street while destroying everything in sight in a southernly stunning Roberto Cavalli yellow dress, YELLOW is…
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Lower East Side Living at The Ludlow Hotel

So I bit the bullet and scanned Mr. and Mrs. Smith, the site I used to fine the amazing Hotel La Semilla last year in Mexico, for a staycation in New York City. I was super stoked that 3 out of the 4 hotels I recommended in my Where to Staycation in New York City post was on Mr. and…
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Where to Staycation in New York City

I’ve lived in New York for 10 years and I have never stayed in a hotel in the city. There are some of the best hotels in the world here. I’ve frequented many for events and for drinks or even dinner, but never for a staycation. With the 3 day weekend on the horizon I am dreaming of escaping into…
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Fringe Denim

If you’ve been following this space you know that I’m obsessed with fringe. Call me a trend chaser, I don’t care but fringe will forever be in my wardrobe. Even when it goes out of style. These fringe denim 3×1 jeans were an impulse buy when I was collaborating with Shopbop. They look much better on very very skinny women…
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Why I went Natural

I have gotten perms from as long as I can remember. And before that I remember sitting between my mothers legs, in my grandmothers house (with whom we all lived in the projects in Durham, NC), and watching for the hot comb on the stove to be ready to tame my puffy hair into silky straight acceptance. Of course after…
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