Warner Brothers Studio Tours' "Horror Made Here," Fright Carnival. Don't Touch the Monsters, They Wouldn't Touch You.

By Laura Medina

Adding to a select league of Universal's Halloween Horror Nights and Knott' Berry Farm's Scary Farm, the recently formed Warner Brothers Studio Tours add their "Horror Made Here" to Fright Night, https://www.wbstudiotour.com/horror-made-here

Since they've been defining nightmares for a close to an hundred years, for the entire globe, Warner Brothers dove into their treasure troves of horror movies they've been making for years.

With their current hit, "It," the new-found cult classics "The Conjuring" and "Annabelle" (Warner Brothers' current hit horror line derived from the real-life case studies of real-life paranormal investigators, The Warrens) and their current cable hit, FX's "Betty and Joan," Warner Brothers really do make horror here.

Of course, can't forget Eighties' "Nightmare on Elm Street's" Freddy Krueger and Jason from "Friday the 13th, and don't forget those cuddly, mischievous "Gremlins."

Those are the hints that Warner Brothers' "Horror Made Here" haunted homes are made from.

Decorated and curated like individual museums of nightmares, the first one up comes from the true life investigative cases of pioneering and very brave husband and wife demonologist/ghost busting team of real-life Ed and Lorraine Warren, their most terrifying cases of "The Conjuring" and "Annabelle."

"The Conjuring" house is a mini museum dedicated to demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren's haunting cases, including a deeper exhibit of "Annabelle."  The possessed nun could be a potential Halloween costume.

For those too chicken to make it out to their real-life demon museum, Warner Brothers' "Horror Made Here" copies the highlights of their most spine-tingling cases that are real-world disturbing.

Don't discount the trolley tour for All Hallow's Eve.  "Horror Made Here" trolley ride will take you off the beaten path where you'll encounter Betty and Joan bickering and other stuff hiding in their jungle set...

Speaking of sets...more like homes and attractions, can't forget the high school where Freddy Krueger reigns...

Of course since Warner Brothers is of a certain league, above all other haunted attractions, they can turn their main street backlot into a Halloween carnival, with fried lobster food trucks, (well above cheap disposal candy), ringed with real alcoholic bars and a kick-ass DJ that money can afford.

The biggest, the most popular, is the current hottest hit, Stephen King's "It" attraction.  On the last night, which was October 28th, it drew the longest and thickest line that wrapped around the block, three times over.

Doing a trial run of only Oct 19, 20, 21 and Oct 26, 27, 28, this well-established outlier and misfit prays that Warner Brothers' "Horror Made Here" joins the legion of Universal Studios and Knott's Berry Farms tradition of giving folks a time-honored fright for Halloween.

Hollywood Hotel's World Series Package Celebrates Dodgers’ First World Series in Nearly 30 Years, Offering Fans a ‘Grand Slam’ with Exclusive Overnight Package

By Laura Medina

http://www.hollywoodhotel.net/

Hollywood Hotel, conveniently located with easy access to Dodger Stadium, is offering these fans an exclusive World Series Package that starts under $200 per night and includes:

Overnight accommodations at Hollywood Hotel

2017 World Series swag bag

Uber credit that can be used for transportation to and from stadium

As Dodger Stadium welcomes its first World Series since 1988, the conveniently located Hollywood Hotel invites fans to root for their home teams in style with a new exclusive World Series Package. The package, specially designed for those with tickets to the World Series, will provide fans the VIP treatment for all games taking place at LA’s Dodger Stadium – including convenient overnight accommodations, a 2017 World Series ‘Swag Bag’ and Uber credit toward transportation to the game.

In addition to being able to book the package via the Hollywood Hotel website, fans are also invited to enter to win the World Series Package via a contest hosted on Hollywood Hotel’s Facebook page. Additional entries can be gained through engagement with the hotel’s Instagram and Twitter pages.

The Hollywood Hotel World Series Package is available for booking on all nights on which a World Series game will be played at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Booking for at least a one-night stay is required and there are no maximum stay parameters. 

Fans who book the special package* will receive the following:

·       Overnight accommodations at Hollywood Hotel (applicable for any room type)

·       Swag bag filled with exclusive 2017 World Series gear

·       Uber credit that can be used for transportation to and from stadium

Fans interested in participating in the social media contest that will provide one Hollywood Hotel World Series Package to a winner who is randomly selected can take the following simple steps:

1.     Follow the hotel’s Facebook page where the contest will be primarily hosted, with bonus entries given for following the Instagram and/or Twitter pages. Contest announcements and details will be shared on all pages.

2.     Participate in the Facebook contest by following the page and commenting on the contest post to share a favorite memory related to either team in the 2017 World Series. Additional entries granted for following and commenting on the hotel’s Instagram and Twitter pages. 

3.     Keep an eye on our page for contest winner announcements. Winners will be invited to provide their preferred game day to experience the complimentary package.

*Based on hotel availability.

One winner will be selected at random from qualifying entries and will be contacted to select their preferred date and room type. Package can accommodate up to four guests total. 

Package is available for booking from October 24 through November 1 or through the conclusion of the 2017 World Series, whichever comes first.

The Hollywood Hotel World Series Package is available for booking on all nights on which a World Series game will be played at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Booking for at least a one-night stay is required and there are no maximum stay parameters. 

Fans who book the special package* will receive the following:

·       Overnight accommodations at Hollywood Hotel (applicable for any room type)

·       Swag bag filled with exclusive 2017 World Series gear

·       Uber credit that can be used for transportation to and from stadium

Fans interested in participating in the social media contest that will provide one Hollywood Hotel World Series Package to a winner who is randomly selected can take the following simple steps:

1.     Follow the hotel’s Facebook page where the contest will be primarily hosted, with bonus entries given for following the Instagram and/or Twitter pages. Contest announcements and details will be shared on all pages.

2.     Participate in the Facebook contest by following the page and commenting on the contest post to share a favorite memory related to either team in the 2017 World Series. Additional entries granted for following and commenting on the hotel’s Instagram and Twitter pages. 

3.     Keep an eye on our page for contest winner announcements. Winners will be invited to provide their preferred game day to experience the complimentary package.

*Based on hotel availability.

One winner will be selected at random from qualifying entries and will be contacted to select their preferred date and room type. Package can accommodate up to four guests total. 

Package is available for booking from October 24 through November 1 or through the conclusion of the 2017 World Series, whichever comes first. http://www.hollywoodhotel.net

School Spirits, a New Potential Trio of Ghostbusters.

By Laura Medina

Supernatural Thriller-Comedy, School Spirits https://fmovies.se/film/school-spirits.7w2o1

There's a new girl in town with super smarts, who moved there with a not-so-sharp dad, starting a new page for him, while his daughter, Zoey Slade, played by Tiffany Alvord, is trying to find a niche in this new, strange town.

What a difference from Chicago, this Midwestern small town is full of quirky people, from the gawky, nerd next door to Zoey's new found friends, who happen to be burgeoning ghost busters, a.k.a. paranormal investigators with help from their departed ghost high school music director, Ned.  He's the one of many spirits haunting the high school and this town but he's the perennially helpful spirit guidance counselor to Zoey's new pals and ghost hunters, Morgan Walker (Teala Dunn) and Tare Freeman played by Piper Curda.

Among the mainstream and the popular kids, this trio is a quirky mix of misfits, but among ghosts, spirits, and paranormal investigators, these kids are next generation of sharp and tough and inquisitive minds stepping up to the plate.

The technically-skilled Zoey made her own electro-magnetic spirit box for the gang while Morgan brings the old-school spirit of burning incense to battle hostile spirits.

Of course, the fall carnival comes to town, trouble follows.

When several of their classmates disappeared, the trio went into an investigative quest then battle head-on to save their classmates.

This is a new kind of school spirit off the playing field.

 

Better and Safer than a Plastic Mask of Yore, Paint Yourself Halloween with Palladio Beauty for Yourself, Partner, & Kids.

Try a beautiful AND haunting look a la SFX artist @MaryandPalettes, who makes a case for Day of the Dead sugar skulls with makeup from Palladio Beauty.  Follow her easy video tutorial HERE, which walks you through each step to recreate this spooky, yet glam look at home with the following products:

CRUSHED METALLIC EYE SHADOW

https://www.palladiobeauty.com/collections/eyeshadow/products/crushed-metallic-eye-shadow?variant=5240354820

Pressed pigments provide an outrageous foil finish
• Highly reflective formula and finish
• Amazing color depth
• Non-creasing

VELVET MATTE Cream Lip Color

https://www.palladiobeauty.com/collections/matte-collection/products/velvet-matte?variant=5605253700

 A lush, velvety liquid lip color with a lasting, rich matte finish.

• Moisturizing fluid cream formula
• Soft, flattering matte finish
• Applies with a doe-foot applicator

MATTE SHADOW DUO

https://www.palladiobeauty.com/collections/eyeshadow/products/matte-shadow-duo?variant=4214867396

Rich, deep shade combinations with an ultra-velvety matte finish. Highly pigmented, ultra-fine shadows. Long-wearing, crease-resistant colors glide on smoothly and evenly and blend effortlessly. True color that can be applied sheer or layered for a more dramatic effect.

IMMORTAL KAJALS Lasting Cream Eyeliner

https://www.palladiobeauty.com/collections/eyeliner/products/immortal-kajals-lasting-cream-eyeliner?variant=5062658116

Multi-use conical shaped liner designed to create soft, smoky effects. Enhanced with argan oil for an ultra-smooth application. Use as…

• An ‘under liner’ on the lower lids (water line) to frame the eyes
• A smoky liner for the upper lid
• A soft blendable shadow

FIFTY-FIFTY Cat-Eye Liquid Liner + Smoky Kajal

https://www.palladiobeauty.com/collections/eyeliner/products/fifty-fifty?variant=2969163076

Dual-ended professional eye styling wonder with an ultra-soft Kajal crayon on one end and a super-precise fiber-tip liner on the other creates a variety of smoky and defined looks.

Creates...

• The ultimate Cat Eye look

• The sexy Smoky Eye

• Super defined eye line designs

You Don't Need Halloween to be an Unicorn, a Mermaid, or a Fairy with Joico Color Butter.

By Laura Medina

http://www.joico.com/joico-products/color-butter/

A 21st-century improvement over the Seventies punk hair color, Joico's Color Butter is easy to use magical hair cream that conditions the tresses while radiating out your inner Unicorn, Mermaid, or Fairy out.

Color Butter nourishes while colors your hair.

This super-nourishing treatment deposits bold pops of vibrant color on pre-lightened hair.

Butters can be refreshed for up to 10 shampoos.

Perfect pick for mixing and matching, or touching up dipped tips. Color Butters reduce breakage by 44% and instantly give you the strongest, glossiest, healthiest, most vibrant strands around.

It’s a moisturizing and strengthening treatment with a refreshing level of hair color added for extra punch. Note that Color Butter is free from peroxide, ammonia, MEA and PPD.

Importantly, first wear gloves and protective clothing over your real clothes because these Color Butters are intense.  They suggest wearing gloves when applying and rinsing Color Butter. Be sure, also, to cover clothing during application. If product comes into contact with tile or porcelain, wipe up immediately to avoid staining.

You paint rainbows onto your hair.

Applying to damp hair will give you a lighter color deposit, while dry hair application results in a more intense shade.

All Color Butter shades can be intermixed for endless, vibrant possibilities.

Feel free, however, to mix Color Butter with your favorite Joico conditioner to lighten up your results. It's recommended to use their K-PAK Color therapy daily conditioner.

For a deeper shade or tone, use a dry application instead of a damp application. If you're looking for an even deeper color result, repeat the application 2 or 3 times. Be sure to rinse and dry the hair in between applications.

To refresh or create a color melt, dipped tips, pinwheel, or multi-colored design using Color Butter? Absolutely! Apply the desired Color Butter shade to your design on dry hair using a color brush. Isolate the sections of your design any way you’d like (foil, clips, meche sheet); then leave on for 5 minutes and rinse.

Mix the Color Butter shades to create a custom shade,  all Color Butter shades can be intermixed for endless, vibrant possibilities.

Color Butter can be used to refresh ANY vibrant or pastel semi-permanent color.

Color Butter Red is actually great to use as a color refresher, top coat or treatment for dry, damaged redheads who tend to fade quickly.

Color Butter can provide a low-commitment color vs. no-commitment beautiful boost—and moisture — to 100% human hair wefts, extension and wigs. (Note: If wearing professional extensions, avoid applying Color Butter to the area where the extension is bonded to the hair.)

You can be an healthy Unicorn, Mermaid, and a Fairy, any way, anytime you want.

House of Achi, OGX Haircare, & Too Faced, We All Want Kandee Johnson, a Trend Unto Herself.

By Laura Medina

http://www.kandeej.com/

Makeup YouTube Celebrity, Kandee Johnson

Celebrity Makeup YouTube celebrity, Kandee Johnson proves that social media knows no boundaries or age.

As a Gen-Xer in a Millennial social media world, Kandee Johnson knows that beauty knows no age or generational clique.  It's all about "spark;" and Kandee has "spark," something most people, whether they're her age or not, lack.

Kandee got what the Hollywood old timers call "It" factor.  She managed to parlay it into setting three beauty launches that reinforces the Millennial taste for magically inner you of an unicorn, fairy, or a mermaid.

She succeed in three beauty launches in this season alone, that Kandee is a one-woman trend.

Last night, she launched her manicure collaboration with the House of Achi in nail polishes and a rose gold tweezer...

http://houseofachi.com/shop-achi/

As any beauty-ista knows, her limited edition Too Faced collection "I Want Kandee" is a sure-fire hit at Ulta Beauty.  Plus, the eyeshadow formula lasts from morning-day to night and smells like a confectionary boutique...

https://www.toofaced.com/c/i-want-kandee-collection/

As a finale, Kandee is launching a magical holiday with OGX Haircare, OGX Beauty x Kandee Johnson Limited-Edition Holiday Collection available at  Ulta, Walmart, and Walgreens for $7.99 each starting in November.

Candy Gumdrop Shampoo & Conditioner

With juicy gumdrop and vanilla sugar sprinkle scents, this duo is basically a candy shop in bottle form! The formula also boasts a soft, shiny, and bouncy finish to hair.

Sparkling Cider Shampoo & Conditioner

This pair is all about the spice. Add a little bubbly to your life with the Sparkling Cider scent, which contains notes of sparkling cider and warm cinnamon.

Frosted Sugar Cookie Shampoo & Conditioner

Cookies for your hair? Why not! In addition to a hydrating formula, this pair features whipped vanilla frosting and warm sugar cookie notes. 

Kandee Johnson might have the secret of youth, in everything that she touches.

NARS Holiday Man Ray 2017 Collection for Art Historians & Fashionistas.

By Laura Medina

If you're stuck to what to give for Xmas or Hanukkah or Chrismukkah, NARS to the rescue.

Here are some glamourous yet affordable gifts, that not only takes the guesswork out of which lipstick to pair with which blush (lips and cheeks are always no fail reliables).  At $24 a gift set, you can afford to buy one as a gift to give away and still enough cash left to buy one, two, three, or four for yourself.

Let's be fair...and share...

NARS

Love Triangle

Dolce Vita And Audrey

 $24

Twice as nice. Two icons have a moment

—a rosy glow with red currant lips.

Dolce Vita Blush, matte dusty rose

Audrey Audacious Lipstick, red currant

NARS

Love Triangle

Orgasm

$24

Double your pleasure. Because too much of a good thing isn’t nearly enough. Featuring the

universally flattering, award

-winning

Orgasm

shade in a mini Blush and Lipstick.

Orgasm Blush,

peachy pink with golden shimmer

Orgasm Lipstick,

peachy pink with golden shimmer, satin finish

NARS

Love Triangle

Impassioned And Anna

$24

Pink it over. Hit cheeks and lips with a touch of cool pink in award

-winning formulas.

Impassioned Blush, pink orchid

Anna Audacious Lipstick, dusty mauve

NARS

Love Triangle

Deep Throat And Barbara

 $24

In too deep. Everyday nudes

that are anything but neutral

—in award

-winning formulas for cheeks

and lips.

Deep Throat Blush, soft pink with golden sheen

Barbara Audacious Lipstick, tan rose

NARS

Love Triangle

Hot Sand And Rita

 $24

Hot to trot. When Hot Sand met Rita: two award

-winning icons in one irresistible duo.

Hot Sand Blush, peach champagne

Rita Audacious Lipstick, scarlet

Francois Nars is a cultured, urbane gentleman.  He always studies art history, especially art as fashion photography history.

For his Holiday/Fall/Winter 2017 collection, he pays homage to ground-breaking Man Ray.

THE GIFTING COLLECTION

Think outside the gift box with a covetable collection of artful sets inspired by the bold minimalism and iconic muses of Man Ray’s fashion photography

MAN RAY FOR NARS HOLIDAY 2017 COLLECTION

KISS. PLAY. MAN RAY. 

   

NARS Cosmetics introduces the Man Ray for NARS Holiday 2017 Collection. Featuring 

surprising limited edition shades inspired by the electrifying art of modern master Man Ray. An imaginative palette of bolds and brights evokes the artist’s legendary wit, while daringly dimensional effects paint an ode to originality. Express the unexpected.

.

A set of classic reds in an adorable tin case.  Again, you can break and share then give while you can keep both the case and the ones you like.

Noire Et Blanche Audacious Lipstick Coffret

 $55

Talk to the mask. Four statement shades say it boldly. Featuring award

-winning Audacious

Lipstick in a portable lineup of four minis with three new, limited

-edition shades.

Shades

Include (Left to Right):

(Limited Edition) Lee, garnet

(Limited Edition

) Do

lores, crimson red

(Limited Edition)

Josephine, bordeaux

Charlotte, oxblood burgundy

Les Amoureux Audacious Lipstick Coffret

 $55

Four ravishing neutrals to make your day look. Featuring award

-winning

Audacious Lipstick in a portable lineup of four minis with two new, limited

-edition shades.

Shades Include (Left to Right):

(Limited Edition)

Ady, dusty coral

(Limited Edition)

Arden, burnt coral

Barbara, tan rose

Jane,

terracotta rose

The Kiss Velvet Matte Lip Pencil Set

$49

Don’t

be a stranger. Keep tabs on touch

-ups with a rich gradient of award

-winning Velvet Matte Lip

Pencils. Featuring four shades: two new, limited edition and two existing, sealed with a golden kiss

of a cosmetic case.

Shades Include:

Endangered Red,

bordeaux

Toundra, rust

(Limited Edition)

Wild Ways, mahogany

(Limited Edition)

Spell Bound, shimmering pink beige

Francois Nars used Man Ray's Dadaist and Surrealist icon photographs on his collectors' items makeup and cases.  Gifts for someone special or yourself as keepsakes.

Glass Tears Eyeshadow Palette

$49

It’s my party. And

I’ll eye if I want to. Six richly pigmented eyeshadows in new, limited

-edition

shades get the festivities started

—and keep looks going light until dark with soft-

to-smoldering

effects.

Shades Include (Left to Right):

(Limited Edition) Cryba

by,

matte cream

(Limited Edition)

Heartbreaker, shimmering deep ocean

(Limited Edition) Loverboy, matte black

(Limited Edition) Tryst, shimmering gold

(Limited Edition)

One and Only, shimmering deep moss

(Limited Edition)

Vengeance,

shimmering rich brown

The Veil Cheek Palette

,$49

No filter. Show more cheek with a buildable trio that contours, highlights, and pops with natural

looking dimension. Featuring Sun Wash Diffusing Bronzer in iconic shade Laguna, with new,

limited

-edition shades of Blush and Highlighter.  

Photogloss Lip Lacquer

$26

Glisten up. Saturated color steeped in superior high

-shine. Four shades. New limited edition

formula.

Blush

$30

The ultimate authority in blush, NARS offers the industry's best-

selling shades for cheeks, delivering healthy

-looking color that immediately enlivens the complexion and provides a natural

looking flush that flatters any skin tone.

Duo Eyeshadow

$36

Smoke out. Dynamic duos of

modern, unique, unexpected color combinations layer on endless

effects.

Velvet Eyeliner

 $24

Artistry hits

a high point with this creamy formula, ideal for blending, smudging, and intensifying

eyes.

Gold Anita

Audacious Lipstick

 $34

NARS’ b

est

-selling Anita Audacious Lipstick gets even more covetable with a luxe gold case—

for

lips as good as gold.

Glides unstoppably bold, high

-pigment color with weightlessly silky,

saturating coverage.

Limited

-edition holiday

Sephora

exclusive. Go bold. Strike gold.

Overexposed Glow Highlighter

$42

Golden touch. Second

-skin luminosity in a universally flattering highlighter. New limited edition

formula.