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It’s been exactly one year since I was first introduced to Lina Hanson’s Global Treasures balm and in that time I have developed a whole new appreciation for balms. In case you missed my initial write up, you can read it here. As we’re approaching winter again, I thought it would be helpful to share a full in-depth review of this beauty.

Lina Hanson’s Global Treasures is a masterpiece as far as I’m concerned, though truth be told, I loved it before I even used it. Firstly, it looks like a jewel thanks to the jade-amber colored balm with gold specks. I know that everyone went through a moment for blue balms and oils, but I much prefer the clean, fresh feeling that this green balm presents especially as it feels less gimmicky. Although it was the looks that initially drew me in, it was the ingredients list that had me hooked.

camellia sinensis (thea) seed oil,* butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter,* prunus armeniaca (apricot) kernel oil,* theobroma cacao (cocoa) seed butter,* citrullus lanatus (kalahari melon) seed oil,** pearl powder, camellia sinensis (green tea) leaf powder,* tocopherol**** , gold, coffea arabica (coffee bean) oil,* vanilla planifolia (vanilla) bean extract,  citrus nobilis (mandarin) oil,* limonene***

*organic ** wild harvested ***naturally occurring in essential oils ****non-gmo

As a big fan of green tea and it’s health benefits, I could not love this more. It’s first ingredient or the base of the balm is green tea seed oil which is extremely soothing, packed with antioxidants and penetrates quickly into skin which allows the balm to pull an effortless melting act once it touches your skin. The green color comes from the green tea leaf powder, better known as Matcha which is having a well deserved moment. Matcha is a super concentrated form of green tea that contains what Women’s Health calls the motherlode of polyphenols that curtail inflammation and just make skin healthier. In other words, this balm is the real deal that goes beyond a stunning visual. For those who are curious, the gold specks actually come from real 24K gold which is said to help circulation and brighten the complexion. The addition of pearl powder was particularly welcomed as it’s known to be used in traditional Asian beauty recipes to give that translucent glow. Perhaps most impressive is that all these gorgeous ingredients come together in this one balm, making it quite the special treasure.

What pictures will not tell you is that this balm smells like a dream. Cocoa seed butter, coffee bean, vanilla bean and mandarin oil form a smooth, rich scent which only further accentuates the lusciousness of the balm. I never thought of myself as a cocoa lover but the way this is balanced with vanilla and mandarin is perfection.

Impressions

Lina Hanson Global Treasures performs like an absolute dream. As someone who has experienced clogged pores and congestion from green brands that release thick products, I can vouch that Global Treasures caused none of the congestion I had experienced from other balms and moisturizers even after continuous use. As a girl who has been on Accutane and can still break out, this is especially important to me. I approached it very cautiously at first, only using it around the driest parts of my cheeks and forehead then gradually began to use more and more as I saw that my skin was responding really well. As a balm, this thing absolutely melts and has a silken texture that makes it disappear into skin. It’s really quite splendid as you get the extra nourishing and dryness fighting power of a balm but with the performance of an oil serum.

Compared to other balms, this is a finer texture which means it sinks into skin fast and won’t be too heavy on your skin but don’t let that lightness mislead you, this is effective. I still only needed a pea sized amount to dab onto dry spots. The first time I used this balm as a lip balm, I thought it would not be sufficient as it disappeared within seconds but my lips seemed to magically heal within 5 minutes of applying this stuff. One of the best uses for this balm is as an under-eye treatment. It might be the brightening and complexion enhancing ingredients such as 24K gold, pearl powder and the natural caffeine content of the actives (cocoa seed, coffee bean, matcha) that makes this balm a natural at performing as an eye serum. The balm texture also meant eyes are more nourished while those beautiful ingredients kept fatigue and dark circles at bay. My eye area just looked brighter and more awake. I would not hesitate to recommend this balm solely as an eye serum because it is that good.

Final Thoughts

What I really love about Lina Hanson’s Global Treasures is that it’s the rare product that manages to look beautiful yet perform even more spectacularly. I often see products that have a flashy color or feature a trendy ingredient in a rather lackluster formula *cough* read here *cough*. I know that this strategy works because we all judge books by their covers even though we shouldn’t but in this case, Lina Hanson took care of us by making sure the ingredients and performance behind her eye-catching balm actually delivered. The ingredients are the highest quality of non-gmo and organic sourced botanicals and there are still times where, as I’m applying the balm, I’m like “this is literally gold meets matcha that I’m rubbing on my skin.” I really want to applaud Lina Hanson for developing what I consider to be one of the most photogenic, genius balms ever that actually works beautifully and is packed with stellar ingredients. This is one of the most skin pampering products I have used and doubles as one of my favorite eye serums.

You can purchase at these locations:

Credo Beauty
The Detox Market
Violet Grey
Lina Hanson

We haven’t gotten a photo op from our favorite real-life Riverdale duo, Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse, in a bit, but don’t worry — photographer Cole and model Lili are back in action, and Lili claims Cole “made her suffer” for his art this time around.

Both Cole and Lili posted photos from a recent shoot they did together, where Lili can be seen posing outside in the snow — in one pic, she’s even lying in it. Brr!

While the photo Cole posted is gorgeous, shot in black and white and showing us a more vulnerable side of Lili, apparently the process wasn’t all fun and games. “’How do the people you shoot even tolerate you?’ @lilireinhart on ‘making her suffer for my art,’” Cole wrote in his caption. This was obviously totally tongue-in-cheek and meant to be a gentle ribbing of his collaborator, but then again, she was lying in the snow, which is a lot less fun than posing on a sunny beach.

Despite the chill, Lili’s winter moment was definitely worth it; a few of their Riverdale costars chimed in with admiration. “My lil snow queen,” wrote Madelaine Petsch, aka Cheryl Blossom. “Worth it lol,” added Vanessa Morgan. The model in question herself hasn’t yet commented back, which is honestly a surprise; the Riverdale cast is known for their joke captions, expert trolling, and witty comebacks.

These photos are just the tip of the iceberg (pun intended) from Lili and Cole. He’s an accomplished photographer when he’s not working on the show, and his photos of Lili have basically broken the Internet — remember the legendary birthday posts? He’s also documented their vacations, using Lili as his muse. Hopefully, these new photos mean that Cole and Lili are back to collaborating, because we’re obsessed with everything they post, but we’re also hoping that Cole eschews the snow in favor or something a bit warmer next time, for Lili’s sake.

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So, I hadn’t shopped at Nordstrom in a while, and after a trip to the new location at NYC, I was reminded of the wonderful variety that the retailer really offers: I found a beautiful leather biker jacket from Topman, and fell in love with these black leather Y-3 sneakers. Vastly different price points, but an excellent match.

So I combined the two of them in one look, added in a pair of rag & bone jeans, an extra chain, and finished it off with a long sleeve shirt from Goodlife, that perfectly rounds the look out with the white contrast trim. I’d fought chunky sneakers for long enough, it’s time to accept that they’re here to stay. Especially in combination with a classic like the faux leather biker — I’m all in.

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It’s been a beautiful week for Jonas Brothers stans out there. On Friday, March 1, the band released a brand-new single, “Sucker,” along with an accompanying music video after disappearing from the music scene for nearly half a decade. Of course, the biggest Jonas fans had a feeling that a reunion was coming for a while, but the actual surprise wasn’t any less special.

And it’s clear that fans weren’t the only ones who missed the Jonas Brothers’ music; in an interview with SiriusXM Hits 1 on March 1, Nick explained that the siblings started spending a lot of time together lately. “We all felt there is a magic when we’re together that we really missed,” the singer-songwriter added. “We wanted to feel that again.”

It turns out that it was Nick’s idea to reunite, although he noted that the official reunion game plan manifested over several discussions while working on their upcoming documentary. “We talked about it and after a few conversations and a bit of healing that needed to be done as family, we all came to the decision to do this again,” he explained, adding that once he, Kevin, and Joe stepped into the studio together they felt that old magic “right away.”

Luckily for fans, “Sucker” isn't the only new song from the Jonas Brothers; Nick shared that there are several more songs coming our way — plus the aforementioned documentary, which will follow the siblings’ journey towards their recent musical reunion. Needless to say, all of this has basically made fans’ dreams come true. Now, here’s hoping that a tour will happen in the future…fingers crossed!

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It’s been a beautiful week for Jonas Brothers stans out there. On Friday, March 1, the band released a brand-new single, “Sucker,” along with an accompanying music video after disappearing from the music scene for nearly half a decade. Of course, the biggest Jonas fans had a feeling that a reunion was coming for a while, but the actual surprise wasn’t any less special.

And it’s clear that fans weren’t the only ones who missed the Jonas Brothers’ music; in an interview with SiriusXM Hits 1 on March 1, Nick explained that the siblings started spending a lot of time together lately. “We all felt there is a magic when we’re together that we really missed,” the singer-songwriter added. “We wanted to feel that again.”

It turns out that it was Nick’s idea to reunite, although he noted that the official reunion game plan manifested over several discussions while working on their upcoming documentary. “We talked about it and after a few conversations and a bit of healing that needed to be done as family, we all came to the decision to do this again,” he explained, adding that once he, Kevin, and Joe stepped into the studio together they felt that old magic “right away.”

Luckily for fans, “Sucker” isn't the only new song from the Jonas Brothers; Nick shared that there are several more songs coming our way — plus the aforementioned documentary, which will follow the siblings’ journey towards their recent musical reunion. Needless to say, all of this has basically made fans’ dreams come true. Now, here’s hoping that a tour will happen in the future…fingers crossed!

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The Luna Fofo is the smartest and smallest AI-enabled cleaning tool, the company says.

NEW YORK CITY, United States — Harry’s, which shook up the men’s razor market five years ago with its cheap blades shipped directly to homes, has its eye on a new market: women.

The startup launches Flamingo, a line of direct-to-consumer razors and waxing kits aimed at female customers, on Tuesday. Its pitch is simple: “Mustaches, we have them too.”

This and “We’re all hairy in places” are captions that could be found on Flamingo’s Instagram posts, reflecting the philosophy of Allie Melnick, general manager of the brand and a self-professed “very hairy woman.” She said she wants women to open up about a “complicated, quiet, almost taboo space,” speaking as she used a wax strip to strip a path of fuzz off her forearm.

Harry’s is one of several contenders trying to disrupt the $1 billion women’s razor market, which has resisted many of the changes that have swept men’s shaving since Dollar Shave Club and Harry’s launched in 2011 and 2013, respectively. Both companies offer subscription services that regularly ship disposable razors to customers’ homes, bypassing the drugstore and undercutting industry giants Gillette and Schick on price. Unilever acquired Dollar Shave Club for $1 billion in 2016.

The old model is still largely intact for women, though that may be about to change. Flamingo would be the latest entrant into this market, after Billie, a venture-backed startup that launched last November and Schick and Gillette, which introduced a subscription shave plan and a subscription service for its Venus razor in May of 2017 and August of this year, respectively.

Disrupting the women’s razor sector isn’t as sure a bet as it was for men.

Subscriptions were a fresh idea five years ago, but now consumers are bombarded with pitches to receive regular shipments of everything from toothbrushes to pet food. Schick and Procter & Gamble’s Gillette won’t be caught by surprise this time. Another question: Do women care if the razor they’re using is “for women?”

The strategy direct-to-consumer players are using to target women is different, too. Harry’s and Dollar Shave Club were all about simplicity and approachable pricing, and while Flamingo and Billie are cheaper than many competitors, the brands talk about society shaming hairy women, and the “pink tax” – the idea that women’s hygiene products are artificially marked up.

“I personally don't have a preference over a 'male' razor or 'female' razor. As long as they get the job done, it's a good razor,” said Isabella Lee, a 17-year-old video-game creator and student from Texas. “They’re each meant to fulfil the same task yet if it’s decorated in a pink floral pattern, it will cost a bit more. The colour doesn't make the product any different or better at its job.”

Jeff Raider, co-founder of Harry’s, said Flamingo was designed as its own brand independent of Harry’s men’s products, with a dedicated team of 14, including Melnick, and Brittania Boey, senior vice president of research and development and design, who have both worked at Harry's since inception.

Flamingo is the first label born out of Harry’s Labs, an innovation arm created earlier this year to build a portfolio of complimentary brands. Among the technologies introduced to the US by Flamingo were soft gel strips to wax shorter hairs than traditional wax – and doesn’t require heating up, Melnick said. The company can scale up quickly, as it operates its own factory in Germany and completed a $112 million funding round in February (the startup has raised a total of $375 million to build its grooming empire).

The women’s body care line, with an initial focus on hair removal, will sell a selection of razors – including handles in three colours, razors and blades – as well as wax kits, shaving gel and body lotion.

“When we started we thought about being a unisex brand, but when we got into it we realised men and women felt incredibly different about shaving and hair and they needed different products,” said Raider, who is also one of Warby Parker’s co-founders.

Where Billie offers a subscription service, Flamingo products are sold a la carte online. Both are cheaper than the top-selling Gillette models. Billie’s four-razor refill pack is priced at $9 and Flamingo charges $2 per cartridge, compared with $17 for four cartridges, or $4.25 each, that fit Gillette’s Venus Platinum handle.

“Personally, I was shaving with men’s razors before because I was just very aware of the pink tax. I was like, ‘I’m not giving these companies more of my money,’” Billie co-founder Georgina Gooley said. “When we were looking at pricing these products it was clear that we had to make the back-end economics work. The pink tax is completely ridiculous and it occurs across multiple categories – razors being one of the worst offenders.”

Absent from the push into women’s razors is the company that kicked off the direct-to-consumer razor craze, Dollar Shave Club. Kirsten Green, founder and managing partner of Forerunner Ventures, which also invested in the razor startup, said it made more sense for the company to focus on growing untapped elements of the men’s market.

“They service the customer they know how to connect with and there’s a big enough business there so far,” Green said. “Take the population of the US and divided it in half – and 80 percent of those men might connect with Dollar Shave Club. Why not keep leveraging that?”

Men’s razors accounted for approximately 58 percent of a $2.4 billion razor market in 2017, according to IbisWorld. Men shave at a higher frequency is one reason men’s product commands almost 40 percent more market share than women’s, but it’s also due to the leading men’s razors being premium, non-disposable options that are priced higher than their disposable counterparts.

Others worry about subscription fatigue, particularly in a category that many women view as a luxury. Where men view a high-quality razor as a must-have, it’s more “nice to have” for women,” said Clara Sieg, a partner at venture firm Revolution Ventures.

“From a consumer perspective – how many subscriptions are you comfortable taking on and managing? Do I want a separate subscription service for my shampoo, for my razor, for my toothbrush? For me the answer is no,” she added.

The new crop of women’s razor companies say beyond the pink tax, they see an opportunity to reimagine decades of messaging that’s equated female beauty with hairlessness.

“We try to relate to women’s realities, and women’s realities are not that they’re perfect goddesses who are cleanly shaven – and not that they never remove any of their hair. For most women it’s somewhere in between,” Raider said.

Gillette’s high gloss ads featuring miles long, hairless limbs, is evolving its messaging too. Last week, the razor behemoth launched a “My Skin. My Way” campaign for its Gillette Venus razors to celebrate “every woman and her skin” with a female led team – in front of and behind the camera – to create imagery that contains no retouching.

Since the campaign went live on Gillette Venus’ YouTube Channel, the video has garnered just over 1,400 views – paling in comparison to “real women” campaigns by Dove or more recently, Glossier.

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Each season, a fresh crop of new and interesting trends comes back around for us to play with. They're exciting and modern or nostalgic and retro, spanning various decades with finishes that are matte, glittery, or holographic, or in the case of many, many seasons of beauty looks, no-makeup makeup. While there's certainly a place for skin to look like skin—and I'm absolutely a proponent for a less-is-more aesthetic—there's something so unbelievably fresh about bold colors making their way back into the forefront.

Such is the case with spring 2019. Maximalism is back, and we couldn't be more onboard. It's surprising, sure, but delightful nonetheless. This means draping, rainbow-colored lids, graphic purple eye looks, pastels everywhere, and bold, metallic lips. Designers taking part in the trend include Brandon Maxwell, Jeremy Scott, Marc Jacobs, Anna Sui, and even more to come, I'm sure. Below, find the breakdowns for each of the looks and the products you'll need to re-create them at home. It's easier than it looks and certainly a bit more exciting than your usual daytime go-to. That's what makeup is all about, right? Experimentation and creativity are back on the menu, and you've got these designers (and their various muses and inspirations) to thank.

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E quando uma peça sai do cenário esportivo e invade o mundo fashion, a gente ama ou odeia? Haha. Esse é o caso dos Biker Shorts! Como o próprio nome diz, o shorts estilo ciclista, foi (e ainda é) muito usado nas horas fitness e tem sido cada vez mais visto em looks, pra lá de estilosos, no street style. A peça, que começou sendo usada apenas pelas it-girls mais antenadas do mundo, agora tem invadido o cenário fashion e sendo protagonista de muitas produções lindas.

As polêmicas bermudas dividem opiniões, há quem ame e quem odeie essa tendência, porém convenhamos que elas podem ajudar a montar looks com uma pegada comfy e bem diferente sem esforço, né?! E o mais legal é que dá pra adaptar e criar produções que fique a sua cara, inclusive embaixo dos shorts jeans, ou com jaquetas e blazers oversized.

Olhem só alguns looks que achei na internet pra inspirar quem já ama essa trendy, mas tem medo de arriscar:

Para as meninas mais modernas que já estão arriscando e colocando os bikers shorts pra jogo, avance e combine com sapatos de salto alto. Esse truque dará uma vibe mais chique e até mesmo dá pra arriscar e criar um office look, dependendo do seu ambiente de trabalho.

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Pra quem é nova na trendy comece combinando com tênis e camisetas, aposte em acessórios mais divertidos para compor o look e criar um contraste com o mood esportivo.

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