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5 Minute Post Workout Beauty (No Shower Required)

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Ladies, the weather is finally nice and it’s time to boost those endorphins. Finding the time to workout can be hard enough when you’re trying to make your 9 to 5 or weekend brunch plans. If your schedule has you feeling like there aren’t enough minutes to break a sweat and get ready, here are some tricks and products to get you out the door in 5 minutes or less!

Glossier Q&A with Emily Weiss

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The beauty world was abuzz when Glossier launched this past October. The beauty and skincare brand designed to take the guesswork out of beauty as an extension of Into The Gloss creator, Emily Weiss’ beauty empire. After the whirlwind success of the blog, and trying every product under the sun, Weiss and her team started to ‘get it’: they needed to created a highly edited collection of modern staples reflecting how women get ready every day.

Beachside Body & Beauty Day with GLOSSYBOX & CosmoBody

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What’s better than a Jitney-ride with fellow beauty blogger friends to the Hamptons? A full-day of beachside body and beauty treatments with GLOSSYBOX & CosmoBody in Montauk!

Ready to Erase Wrinkles? Try Erasa XEP30

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Whenever there’s any type of breakthrough in the skincare industry I get excited. (Like REALLY excited). Especially in the anti-aging world. I take great care of my skin but decades of cringing has finally caught up to me and admittedly seeing wrinkles on my tiny forehead has been the bane of my 30s. While there are great ingredients to plump lines like Hyaluronic Acid, or retinals that help minimize their appearance we don’t really have anything that takes them away, unless you’re looking at the extreme of Botox which is temporary and a whole other road I’m not ready to go down. For a $2 billion industry (that’s actually how much we spend on anti-aging products in the US!), you’d think we could do better by now. And maybe there’s hope…

The CEW Beauty Award Winners Announced

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Yesterday, I joined the Cosmetics Executive Women (CEW) organization for their annual CEW Insiders’ Choice Beauty Awards. Hosted by the hilarious Aisha Tyler at the Waldorf Astoria in NYC, guests had a surprise presenter, Martha Stewart give out the first award.

Maybelline celebrates 100th Anniversary

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Happy 100th anniversary to Maybelline! The iconic beauty brand celebrated this glorious milestone in NYC with the newest face of the brand and our major girl crush, Gigi Hadid.  In addition to fancy cocktails, a candy bar and The Misshapes on deejaying the event there was a special presentation by Glamour’s editor-in-chief, Cindi Leive on the publications charitable initiative, The Girl Project. Maybelline donated $100,000 to the cause, which support girls education around the world. Well done Maybelline, happy birthday!

Sunglass Hut x Mr. Brainwash To Launch Limited Edition Sunglasses

sunglass hut x mr. brainwashIt’s happening! Sunglass Hut is partnering with renowned global street artist, Theirry Guetta aka Mr. Brainwash as part of their annual Art Series Collection.

Florals on a Rainy Day

peru trains urubambaWell kids, it’s been an exciting 3 weeks in Peru! I’ve traveled all over the country through Lima, Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca, Huacachina, Trujillo and so much more that I can hardly believe this trip is coming to an end. While I’m putting together all of my travel guides for any of you planning a future tips, here’s a quick peak from a shoot James and I did while traveling through the Sacred Valley.

Pants: Woven Print Soft Pants in Juniper Botanical c/o Lands’ End| Top/Swimsuit: Beach Club Cascade Tankini | Jacket: Coastal Rain Parka | Shoes: Gizeh sandal c/o Birkenstocks | Hat: H&M

May 19th: Join Women’s Health + Exhale for FusionFest

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If you’ve never been to a class at Exhale, now’s your chance! On May 19th, Women’s Health magazine is partnering with Exhale for the 3rd Annual Nationwide “FusionFest” Event and offering complimentary Core Fusion classes around the country!

Artis Introduces New Fluenta Brush Collection

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It’s not a futuristic sponge, it’s the new Artis Fluenta brush collection innovated by former MAC Cosmetics senior executive, Matthew Waitesmith. Unlike your regular makeup brushes, Waitesmith is elevating the brush to a lifestyle object and even a work of art.