Entrepreneur Profile: Sun Putty

Send to KindleTweet Most people are probably wondering if the public needs one more sunscreen but scrutinize most labels and you’ll see the answer is most definitely yes. The family-owned business, Sun Putty, is run by a husband and wife couple, each of whom hold down full-time jobs while raising three children. After moving from [...]

LA To Host Food & Wine Festival

Send to KindleTweet Los Angeles will soon get a new culinary festival, the Los Angeles Food & Wine festival, which is set to debut this October. The founders of Pebble Beach Food & Wine, Robert Weakley and David Alan Bernahl, teamed up with dick clark productions and AEG to launch the event, which will take place at [...]

Free Spring Cleaning Downtown

Send to KindleTweet I wish I lived in ATL now because I’d kill for a free Brazilian. If you don’t have the desire to at least try the Brazilian bikini wax, you probably aren’t getting any. That’s a shame because sex, safe of course, is a great way to alleviate stress. Back to the matter [...]

Cali Expands Plastic Bag Ban

Send to KindleTweet Some parts of Los Angeles County have followed other California cities in moving to ban single-use plastic bags. County supervisors voted 3-1 to OK the measure that prohibits giving customers single-use plastic bags and would force customers to pay 10 cents for each paper bag, according to MSNBC. The exception to the [...]

Coty May Acquire OPI

Send to KindleTweet Months after nail giant Essie was acquired by L’Oreal rumors in the beauty and business sectors have surfaced that fragrance house Coty might purchase another major nail polish company, OPI Products. According to Bloomberg, the deal could be worth up to $1 billion. The two firms are reportedly in exclusive talks and [...]

Sample Sale Alert: LA & NYC

Send to KindleTweet New York City and Los Angeles residents have two great sample sales to look forward to this month. Going on in NYC through this weekend, Chelsea’s Metropolitan Pavilion hosts a sample sale for the cult denim company Rock & Republic. Meanwhile, in a few weeks, LA fashionistas can stock up on everyday [...]

Denim Satisfaction

Send to KindleTweet At the risk of sounding shallow, I remember when I bought my first pair of designer jeans. I was not yet a NYC resident, but a visitor in town for a long weekend. I splurged on a respectable pair of straight leg fitted-but-not-skinny pair of blue Diesel jeans from the store on Lexington [...]

The Celebrity Workout: Freebie

Send to KindleTweet One of the most popular boutique workouts today is Physique 57, a NYC- and Los Angeles-based program that focuses on cardio and orthopedic stretches. Bottom line, this appears to be a core-focused workout, which has the likes of SJP, Zooey Deschanel, and Kelly Ripa hooked. While exercise was once all about burning [...]

Link Love: A New Solar System, Artificial Corneas, Huawei’s U.S. Mobile Market Plan, & News from the Art World’s Saviour

Send to KindleTweet Scientists in England have successfully implanted a set of artificial corneas and hope the operation and development will eventually lead to widespread use of such products, which could help those with scarring and other damage that hinders sight. Click here for the complete article. Chinese telecom manufacturer Huawei has hired U.S. startup [...]

JCPenney Enters Fashion Partnership Biz

Send to KindleTweet JCPenney has taken a cue from other big boxes, such as Target, with the launch of its line with Spanish retailer Mango. The MNG line for the mass retailer includes work appropriate clothes, casual wear, shoes and accessories. While the collection currently available at JCPenney includes a range of options for casual [...]

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