Posts Tagged ‘melissa stephans’
Crumbs cupcakes food fight: Team Shy or Team Mel?
Shyema and I have always been divided on the Crumbs cupcake front, and our most recent food fight is about to jump off.
I like a cupcake that consists of soft, moist cake, and icing that delivers an even balance of sugar-to-butter flavor ratio to the palate.
Beauty tip of the Day: Get Silky Hair with Grapeseed Oil
If your hair is dry and brittle, consider saturating it with grapeseed oil (the type meant for cooking, not in the capsules). It has the same moisturizing benefits as olive oil, but doesn’t leave you smelling like a giant plate of dolmas.
Wet hair in the shower, eliminating excess water. Then, comb a generous amount of grapeseed oil through hair and wrap a towel around it. Leave the towel on for approximately 20 minutes so the oil penetrates the hair shaft.
A visit to Angus Mitchell’s debut salon in Beverly Hills
Angus M. Salon in Beverly Hills
“I approach everything with a socially aware mindset as my father [Paul Mitchell] did decades ago. I plan to take the industry to new levels of excellence with a promise of beauty.”
– Angus M.
When a kid looked up at me with curious eyes and pointed to my roots before asking, “Why is your hair black on top?” (while the rest of it was clearly not), I knew it was time for a trip to the local salon. The problem is my “local” salon is 3,000 miles away. Not only did I leave my heart in NYC, but I left the one stylist to whom I have been most faithful. Since I can’t afford to jet back to New York every other month, I’ve decided to finally test the L.A. waters. So, when I heard Angus Mitchell, son of legendary Paul Mitchell and a successful hair stylist in his own right, opened up his first signature salon in Beverly Hills, I was there.
Craving of the Day: Boeuf Bourguignon
Photo Credit: Rudy Flores
“While stranded on my cruise, I had the good fortune to watch a marathon showing of Julie & Julia. My friends Damon and Rudy must have been watching the same marathon because they actually bought Julia’s cookbook and then made her famed Boeuf Bourguignon. This was officially the best coincidence EVER.” – Melissa Stephans/West Coast Editor
What’s your craving of the day?
Body Cleanse Tips from Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow's website on body cleanse tips
Except for religious purposes, I’ve never put much faith in fasts or cleanses. They are unhealthy and unnatural to the body, which is built to cleanse itself automatically. But last year around this time, as I sat in a coma from the holiday food force fed to me (okay—by me), I stumbled upon a web site praising the perks of a cleanse.
There were two reasons why I liked this site: First, because the ingredients chosen for the “cleanse” included only fresh fruits, vegetables, juices, etc. There were no cayenne water or cabbage soup gimmicks presented, thankfully. The recipes looked tasty, yet simple enough so that my body could absorb nutrients without overworking itself, as it had for the holidays. Secondly, and much more shamefully, I was drawn to this site because its creator is Gwyneth Paltrow. I don’t care much for Paltrow as an actress or as a person—especially after working with her (sorry Gwynnie, but any celebrity who is selfish enough to berate an intern and reduce her—no, not me—to tears because said celebrity is tired of waiting for a shoot to commence, is not worthy of anyone’s praise).
American Fashion Cookbook: Food meets Fashion’s Finest
Despite reports to the contrary, people in the fashion industry actually do eat. Not only do they eat, they eat well.
Proving this fact, Assouline — the renowned publishing house that produces illustrious tomes about fashion, photography, art, and design — has debuted the CFDA American Fashion Cookbook.
American Fashion Cookbook
