Best Tights and Stockings to Keep your Winter Legs Warm and Gorgeous
Wearing my Falke tights for my feature in Whole Living magazine’s “My Stylosophy” page. Great tights do so many things at once: They can act as a figure-smoother, a haven’t-shaved-my-legs-in-a-week coverup, as a more comfortable option than pants after holiday overindulgence, a leg-warmer (depending on their thickness) and, oh yes!…
Give to Sandy Victims + Get a Cool Holiday Gift Tee = Win and Feel Great!
Designing t-shirts to directly benefit Long Island, New Jersey and the Rockaways, LOOMSTATE will be donating 100% of the proceeds from these 100% organic cotton t-shirts to support Sandy recovery efforts through Waves for Water and Food Bank For New York City. At $40 each, the t-shirts are now available…
Blue Beyond Borders – Sea Change Through Science and Art: A Hurricane Sandy Benefit in NYC Benefitting the New York Aquarium
I’m excited to attend tomorrow night’s event, Blue Beyond Borders – Sea Change Through Science & Art: A Hurricane Sandy Fundraiser. Not only because it will be an enlightening evening, filled with great discussion among the thinkers, writers and activists below, but also because I’m donating a scarf from my…
Give Back With Blissoma Holistic Skincare's Season of Personal Caring Drive
Julie Longyear, the creative chemist and founder of Blissoma, is deeply grateful for her company’s success; it wasn’t too long ago that she relied on a pantry to help her survive during trying times. For an entire year after the economic collapse, donations from Julie’s neighborhood pantry bridged the gap…
A Supercozy, Natural Winter Bed: Sleep Away the Season!
There’s a lot of talk about a cozy, natural bed, but here’s how to get one (from an expert sleeper!). I’m pretty unabashed by my love for sleeping; I’m not (and never have been) one of those people who brags about getting only five hours of sleep for a week…
Nontraditional and Sophisticated Holiday Party Clothes (That You Can Wear into 2013 and Beyond)
Unless you’re going totally cheesy with some ridiculous recycled Ugly Christmas sweaters, it’s hard to get holiday party clothing right. It seems like everything that’s considered “festive” is glittery and sparkly and….totally inappropriate for the freshly-scrubbed New Year that’s right around the corner. Buying clothes that only get one or…
eXtinction Film Featuring Summer Rayne Oakes Debuts Online (NSFW)
eXtinction film featuring Summer Rayne Oakes from SUMMER RAYNE OAKES on Vimeo. Excitement! Summer Rayne Oakes’ short film, eXtinction, has made the film festival circuit and has just debuted (in full) online. See above for the moving and absolutely gorgeous short film, and stop by the Tumblr page to learn…
Sophia Jane: Jewelry Made with Seeds Sustainably Harvested from the Amazon
Available at SophiaJane.com. $45. Respect and preserve are two words that are at the core of Sophia Jane Jewelry. Salomon Aliser, founder of Sophia Jane, handmakes the jewelry from seeds collected in the Amazon Rainforest of Brazil. Natives of the region — who are paid a fair wage– sustainably harvest the seeds while…
Best Natural and Organic Oils for Gorgeously Healthy Winter Skin (and Hair)
I’ve written before about my love for skin and hair oils, and that’s because they work better than any other treatments I have tried. I have moderately dry skin, and in all seasons I go nuts for delicious-smelling, ultramoisturizing (and always all-natural and organic if possible) oils, for everything from…
Rock Your Ugly Christmas Sweater Book Will Bring Your Fam the True Joy of the Season (Laughter)!
What’s better than recycling? Recycling and making people laugh, of course! Which is exactly what you can do with that cache of ugly Christmas (or Hanukkah—yes, they exist!) sweaters out there. The new book, Rock Your Ugly Christmas Sweater shows you exactly how to do it (and sometimes how not…
