Weekly Links: Where Sex, Green Gold, & Lip Gloss Collide…

Send to KindleTweet Are sex, food and beauty the modern major food groups? is booze a food? Does liberty and modern society, feminism, equality, give women the right to be whatever we want, even if it means being a functional high-level junkie? These are the questions that came to mind after reading about the NYC [...]

Jessica Simpson Enters Maternity Space

Send to KindleTweet The day after her first Mother’s Day, Jessica Simpson officially launched a new maternity line with publicly-traded Destination Maternity (DEST) and the Camuto Group. The Camuto Group owns the Vince Camuto brand and is the master licensee for the Jessica Simpson Collection. The company also creates and manages exclusive brands for Dillard’s, licenses footwear from BCBGeneration, and Lucky [...]

Links of the Week: Nail Safety, Outlet Shopping News, Men’s Grooming, Iced Coffee Trends, Celebrity Scents & The Beauty Census

Send to KindleTweet Let’s start with the important link. Lucky Magazine reports that New York state’s most popular outlet center, Woodbury Common, is getting a Tom Ford outlet. It’s looking like summer 2012 for this addition. Looks like the creative brain behind Coach, Reed Krakoff, is also expanding his footprint with a locale at Woodbury. [...]

Birchbox: Bringing Metrosexual Back, 3D Printers, Beauty Bar in BK, & Construction Detox

Send to KindleTweet Beauty sample subscription biz Birchbox launched it’s men’s service. Still in Beta, the men’s boxes are $20/month and will include small electronics too. I might’ve questioned this move had I not witnessed a straight male classmate surfing Pinterest and J. Crew last week. Check out the Forbes article. Formerly in Bushwick, Beauty Bar [...]

Tech Baby: Stalk Your Nanny Via Your iPhone

Send to KindleTweet This actually makes me want to buy another baby present. European company Withings has come up with a number of products that enable DIY health monitoring, from scales that track your weight and BMI online, to home blood pressure monitors. But, the one I love is the small square device that alongside [...]

Parenting: An Inexact Science

Send to KindleTweet I don’t have kids but I’m amazed by those that do. Especially those that work inside and outside of the home, and cook, attend higher ed programs, and even manage to exercise. But that’s not the focus of this post. I remember when my niece was born about four years ago. I sent [...]

Researchers Study Link Between BPA, Behavior In Kids

Send to KindleTweet Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, evaluated data from the Health Outcomes and Measures of the Environment Study to evaluate if a link could be established between gestational exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA) (often found in [...]

Sunscreen Snobbery: On Hoarding Cosmetics

Send to KindleTweet It’s a whole new ballgame when finding an apartment, a suitor, buying groceries, and getting cosmetics and sunscreen are equally daunting tasks that make a woman wonder if she is a commitment-phobe. But now it seems I’m not alone.  In the past, everyone thought I was overreacting when fearing the chemicals that [...]

SJP’s Next Act: I Don’t Know How She Does It

Send to KindleTweet Adapted from the book I don’t Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson, the movie by the same name is the latest film starring Sex and the City Star Sarah Jessica Parker. It’s all about the balance working parents strive for in modern society. The mother who works outside the home [...]

Target’s Contribution To Beach Chic

Send to KindleTweet Most people do not need another reason to shop and Trendcetera advocates smart shopping over impulse buys. That said, we all fall prey to the occasional urge for a shopping binge and hopefully those are reasonable spending sprees. Spring fever is here and Target is luring us once again, this time with [...]

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