My mother always taught me to invest in good things like mattresses, and I never listened. Instead my budget often went to shoes and frivolous things with little to no shelf life (especially in NYC). My friends at Conde Nast asked me to review a new mattress and having recently sent the ComforPedic IQ, I 100% realize what my mother was talking about! Considering I have back problems I don’t know what took me so long to invest in a good mattress. (I don’t even flip my mattress every 6 months).
Three things I’m a fan of: 1) Lavazza coffee, 2) National Ice Cream month and 3) No Makeup Mondays. Today, I’m celebrating all three. When James and I first started dating, I’ll never forget the time we made coffee and realized we didn’t have any milk, and he came up with the genius idea to add vanilla ice cream as a substitute.
Lately, I’ve been all about the subscription box services. I’ve been getting some really interesting ones from all over the world — mostly beauty and fashion boxes — except for my latest discovery, Nourish Snacks!
I’m a huge snacker. With the amount that I’m on the road and my scattered schedule, I consider myself a bit of an expert in the category. (I’m on a first name basis with my deli guys.) I’m also a health nut and probably one of my biggest struggles is finding good, healthy, quick choices (my current staples are Kind Bars, pita chips and nuts), although I’m always feigning for more options, I feel so limited in having good choices. So, a subscription box service that delivers a variety of healthy snacks has my name written all over it.
Last night I hosted a 90s party in celebration of three-night miniseries The ’90s: The Last Great Decade? premiering this Sunday, July 6 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on the National Geographic Channel. Our friends at the network sent us an advanced copy and some fun 90s merchandise (gushers anyone?) and I invited the ladies over and hosted a viewing party (dressing up 90s style was mandatory).
Earlier this week I joined Capital One Venture for their #YesMiles lunch at the Guggenheim for a chat on the latest travel trends, new research and insights on and tips from top travel experts. Moderated by credit card/travel expert, Brian Kelly of the blog, The Points Guy, panelists included Wendy Perrin, Audrey McClelland, Dan Trepanier, and Christina Brown.
{Hat c/o White House Black Market Wide Brim Straw Hat, Top: FORWEAR, Sunnies: Prada Heritage Cat-Eye, Pants c/o White House Black Market Drapey Printed Ankle Pant, Shoes: Predictions Leather Collection, Nail Polish c/o Essie shade Chills & Thrills}
My friends at HSN (Home Shopping Network) recently revamped their skin care page to help readers find a solution for their specific skin care concerns (check it out HERE) and asked me to share my best tips for being, Safe and Stylish in the Sun on my other blog, InHisClothes.com and I’m so all about sun protection (as I hope many of you are too!) that I wanted to share my tips here as well! So decked out in some of my new favorite from White House Black Market here it goes:
As some of you may have seen on my social channels, I started a new style blog, In His Clothes (InHisClothes.com).
In His Clothes examines the influence of menswear in women’s style. From varsity jackets to boyfriend jeans to oversized watches, I want to see how women incorporate a piece of menswear (or menswear inspired) item into their look. Does that mean I want dude looking outfits head to toe? No! Keep it feminine, edgy, rocker or however you define your style; the point of this blog is to explore how women incorporate menswear into their look.
We see articles about it all the time, celebrity features, street style (by the way if you see any of those articles in your daily website scans, please send them my way!
How many times have you adopted a piece of clothing from your boyfriend or seen something on a guy and thought, I want that?
If that sounds like you or someone you know with great personal style, have them email us a picture for the chance to be featured on this blog! (Please include links to who you are wearing and how you would like to be credited).
Interested? Email me at [email protected]
Check us out at InHisClothes.com and I’ll be so grateful if you follow us @InHis Clothes on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram!
xoLara
As some of you know I’ve been working on creating a more sustainable beauty industry and have been partnering with brands, editors and bloggers since February to get their un-used/unopened beauty products donated to homeless and battered women’s shelters.
Beauty bloggers/editors get so many products they can’t give it away fast enough. And did you know that when brands discontinue a product or change the packaging they usually destroy any leftover products in their warehouse? Think of all those people in need that they could go to! And up until now there wasn’t a viable solution which I’m so happy to be on the forefront of creating!
A few months back I partnered with the non-profit organization, Family-to-Family to develop a Beauty donation program called “Share Your Beauty“, which allows anyone to donate any unopened beauty products to those in need.
Now in only our 4th month in existence, I’m so excited to announce not only have we donated over 12,000 products and as of today we’re officially partnering with LeSportsac!!!! Anyone in NYC is welcome to drop off to the LeSportsac corporate office located in Times Square where we will be doing monthly donations to various shelters in the tristate area.
We’re accepting unopened beauty products (hair, skincare, body products, makeup, nail polish and fragrance) — please do not include anything too complicated like self tanners or fake eyelashes (use your judgement).
Prior to drop off or messengering products, please email us at [email protected] so we can have your name added to the security list and notify LeSportsac how much bags/boxes or products they can expect. Please bring a valid ID when dropping off. Unless you prefer to go through the messengering center which does not require registration.
Drop Off Location NYC:
Address: LeSportsac, 1411 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY 10018 (Ask for: Paula Spadaccini or Yana Grinyuk)
Hours: 11 AM – 3 PM
Messenger:
Address: LeSportsac, Attn: Paula Spadaccini, 1411 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY 10018
Hours: 9 AM- 4 PM
**Messenger: must go through freight elevator entrance on 40th and Broadway. No need for registering.
Drop Off Location Westchester:
Products can additionally be donated or mailed direct to Family-to-Family at their Headquarters in Westchester:
Address: Family-to-Family, P.O Box 225, Hastings-On-Hudson, NY 10706 (Attn: Pam Koner)
All the information is also listed at family-to-family.org/share-beauty for any brand or other inquires email us at [email protected]
For anyone not familiar with the back story and more about the Share Your Beauty Program, here’s our story:
Hi my loves! As many of you know I’m Skype’s Global Beauty Brand Ambassador and today my fellow ambassadors and I are kicking off the #SkypeSavvyChallenge! Here’s the deal, tell us how you use Skype creatively for your chance to win a $100 gift card to Sephora or Starbucks (your choice). Whether it’s using the message system to check your makeup, skpying with your friends for outfit advice or bringing them into a store with you through your phone to help them pick your wardrobe, we want to hear your secret!
Large corporations have so much that they can give and do for our communities that when one actually steps up to the plate, the way Unilever has, it’s nothing short of inspiring and what I hope will set an example for more brands to take initiative the way they are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT5eFdDDFPI
Unilever recently launched it’s latest film for their Project Sunlight program, “The Way Kids See it.” (Watch it above). The short shows how kids of all ages care about this world and want to make a difference — many of which are. They are from all over the world and are tackling all sorts of environmental and social issues from wanting clean, trash-free beaches to helping bring food to members of their community.
