The Beauty Sleuth

I was doing an advertising shoot today with Brazilian beauty and funnygirl, Pricilla Monroe and took the opportunity to test drive Redken’s Wax Blast (http://www.redken.com/products/styling/texture/wax-blast-10) It had been a bit of a long-ish day and her hair was showing signs of wear and fatigue. I had wanted to get just a little bit more texture […]

Oh, Beyoncé, you know how much we all love you. That face, those lips… we covet them! And now, we can all have a little bit of you ( well, not really, but via your favorite lip color, Beyoncé’s Red from L’Oreal’s  Infallible Never Fail Lipcolour Compacts collection.) It’s a great shade of red— Not […]

It been pretty hot these days, and if you live anywhere from the Midwest to the East Coast, you really know what I am talking about. Living in New York, I have gotten used to the upper 80’s + 95 % humidity as a regular summer time occurrence but when the mercury busts out over […]

I have been on the hunt for a great liquid eyeliner for as long as I can remember and have tested out so many over the years that I have almost given up on the possibility of one that didn’t involve a serious amount of expertise to use properly. Not to say that my liner […]

The Guerilla Stylist recommends: 7 Cream (manuka honey, aloe, avocado, calendula, neem, coconut, and shea butter).

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“I must say I have been loving the Carol’s Daughter hair products. Not only are they all natural, they smell absolutely delicious and they visibly and physically nourish the hair.

I know I cannot be the only one who goes through periods of monstrous breakouts. While my personal experience seemed to start somewhere at or around the time my kids arrived in my life, it’s been a roller coaster ride from mild to moderate depending on stress and hormone levels and after talking with some of my best BFF’s, we all came to a conclusion that there is a thing called Adult Acne.

Beauty trends don’t always come from the runway. Often, it would seem that they are derived from and array of key elements in our world, think as vast as something purely environmental to various forms of art. With the Haute Couture shows in full gear, I guess my eye was focused on seeing things from that certain perspective but I was inspired to share a little bit of trend forecasting based on my observation of how these external elements play in the world of fashion and beauty.