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NATURAL BEAUTY: WHEN WHAT’S ON THE OUTSIDE COUNTS

If you’re reading this blog, chances are you give a shit about what goes into your body – nothing very numinous about clogging your third chakra with dirty dairy, and all that sodium fluoride in the tap water calcifying your third eye. And so you’ll sometimes find us posting about natural, chemical-free beauty products. Because sometimes, […]

THE WANDERLUST FILES #1: SEANE CORN’S FESTIVAL SURVIVAL GUIDE

There are yoga teachers and there are yoga preachers, and, as the founder of the Off The Mat and Into The World initiative, the high priestess of them both is undoubtedly Seane Corn. But as festival season kicks in, what we really wanted to know from the activist and yogini extraordinaire is how a girl […]

ALL-NATURAL HAIR MASK BAR @ TheBroot (A.K.A. HAIR REHAB)

Have your split ends developed an unhealthy silicone implant attachment? Follicles not feeling so good without their daily fix of formaldehyde, sorry, keratin treatment? Then allow the Santa Monica salon TheBroot (we don’t quite get the name either, but it’s something to do with getting to the ROOT of your hair’s chemical dependency issues) blend […]

FACE: THE FINAL FRONTIER

Models at Anna Sui’s S/S 13 runway show were all dolled-up for a date with Captain Spock himself, riding the milky way of a spacey new mood in beauty. Armani Privee and Atelier Versace were among other fashion houses to embrace the trend, which is echoed in a cosmic cluster of cool new products putting the […]

SMELLS LIKE…THE UNIVERSE?

A fragrance line based on the stench of the Earth’s primordial ooze might not seem like the most obvious fit, but that’s the thinking behind nu_be, a new collection of premium perfumes from Italian company Fluid Ounce.

HOW TO HAVE A GOOD HAIR DAY?

PSYCHOLOGISTS say the color pink has a soothing effect, as well as creating a mood of sensitivity and affection. The tranquilizing properties of the pink also help dissolve anger and encourage unconditional love. So if blondes have all the fun, what do the pink ladies get? Numi x