Stagecoach is Coming Up Out of Coachella's Shadow with H20 Beauty Oasis at Zenyara with Williams-Sonoma and Guy Fieri & Kelsea Ballerini..

By Laura Medina

Being down home makes you more sympathetic then arrogant.

This is what Stagecoach is all about and becoming, emerging out of Coachella's mainstream pop and alter rock with it's own sense of heart and soul.

Other than country music stars offering fans their own refreshing cocktails to hydrate fans then getting down with them, like Trisha Yearwood with her Williams-Sonoma Aloha in a Cup, as Stagecoach's official cocktail.

The pioneering water-based skincare line, H20 Beauty opened the latest and newest Coachella resort to fans, Zenyara, specifically built for Coachella and Stagecoach festivals.  At their hydrating lounge, which was pool party central, they offered free concerts by bonafided country music stars, such as Kelsea Ballerini.

In between sets, country music stars refresh and got down with fans. No creeps here.

Being down home means being friendly and considerate, true inclusion.

It also means thoughtfulness, which translate into being smart.

H20 Beauty hooked up with Fit Fab Fun to open up Zenyara into Stagecoach's hydrating lounge as an oasis in the middle of the desert.

Fine time to try out H20 Beauty's water gel Hydrating Treatment moisturizing https://www.h2oplus.com/landing-oasis-hydrating-treatment.  By the way, H2O Beauty isn't snotty and it's affordable, which helps out on expenses. H20 Beauty and Fit Fab Fun's Stagecoach pampering kit gives you what you need.

https://www.williams-sonoma.com/pages/stagecoach-sweepstakes.html

You know Stagecoach is coming up as it's own when Williams-Sonoma is doing it as sweepstake contest.

What's even cooler, literally, Food Network and country star, Trisha Yearwood is launching her cocktail and BBQ line with Williams-Sonoma at Stagecoach.  In fact, one of her cocktail mixer, Aloha Y'All (pineapple-based cocktail inspired by her doing a military concert in Hawaii) is Stagecoach's official cocktail, that Trisha sips while sitting down with fans.

Festival Attendees Encouraged to Share Images of Summer in a Cup Cocktail for
chance to Meet Yearwood Backstage at Country Music Festival

Stagecoach Festival in partnership with Trisha Yearwood and Williams Sonoma announced today that Yearwood’s best-selling cocktail mix, Summer in a Cup, will be the official cocktail of this year’s country music festival.

Summer in a Cup is Yearwood’s own signature recipe for the ultimate summer refresher – a vibrant combo of tangerine and cherry juices blended with pineapple juice. Williams Sonoma is the exclusive retailer of the Summer in a Cup cocktail mix that has quickly become a favorite drink for Yearwood fans and Williams Sonoma customers. At Stagecoach this year, Summer in a Cup will be available at every bar where draft cocktails are sold. Additionally, Williams Sonoma and Yearwood will also be debuting the new Aloha flavor of Summer in a Cup at an on-site branded pineapple bar activation located in the center of the festival.

Stagecoach attendees are encouraged to share photos of their Stagecoach experiences with Yearwood and Williams Sonoma by using the hashtag #AlohaTrisha. Three lucky people who share images of their Summer in a Cup cocktail will be chosen by Williams Sonoma to meet Yearwood backstage before her performance on Sunday.

“I’m honored ‘Summer in a Cup’ was chosen as the official cocktail of Stagecoach,” said Trisha Yearwood. “I can’t wait to see everyone’s photos with #AlohaTrisha and experience this awesome weekend with the fans.”

The opportunity to have a chance to meet Yearwood backstage by sharing a Summer in a Cup photo from Stagecoach with @WilliamsSonoma and @TrishaYearwood using hashtag #AlohaTrisha begins on Friday April 27, 2018 at noon PDT and ends at 4pm PDT on Sunday, April 29, 2018.

Adding to the Food Network love, remember it's friendly to be down home versus Coachella's style scene over get-down to be down home, Guy Fieri made it a big ole BBQ so folks can be at home.

Stagecoach is becoming unto it's own with its own hospitality, away from Coachella's hipster haughtiness. 

Second Coachella Weekend 2018 Warp-Up...

By Laura Medina

Yes, Coachella has bloomed into a full-blown trends forecasting lab...

In celebration of their festival-friendly April shop, curated exclusively by celebrity stylist, Natalie Saidi, JustFab packed up their branded mini-bus and headed to the desert. Housing a photobooth and items from Saidi’s collection, the bus provided plenty of Insta-worthy moments for reality TV stars including Beverly Hills housewife, Erika Jayne; Vanderpump Rules’ hottest bartenders, Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval; and Bachelor Nation’s own Lauren Bushnell, Alexis Waters, Jasmine Goode and Danielle Lombard. 

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Partying in the desert, skincare becomes much more important.

Kanvas Skin Care hosted an exclusive pop-up spa at The Pond Estate in Palm Springs on April 13-15, during the annual “Shift to Coachella Weekend.” In partnership with Rafael Luciano of My Time Entertainment, and a consortium of beauty, fashion, and tech companies including Shoe Dazzle, FanLogic, All Public Art, Bubblo and Roadstarr Motorsports, Kanvas Skin Care provided celebrity facials, premium massages and spa gift baskets for celebrity house guests and influencers including Jamie Foxx, Vanessa Simmons, Angela Simmons, Amber Rose and Kristinia DeBarge.

The gift baskets included limited-edition Kanvas Skin Care products created exclusively for Coachella. In addition to the pop-up spa, celebrity esthetician, Thai Morrison and her pro-team also provided celebrity in-suite services and pool side massages. One of the highlights of the weekend was the giant, flower-adorned Kanvas K and customized Kanvas snap-chat filters, which many celebrities and VIP guests used as a photo backdrop.

“It was a pleasure to serve celebrities and other guests alike during Coachella,” said Thai Morrision, celebrity esthetician and founder of Kanvas Skin Care. “Being in the extreme desert climate, exposure to sun and the long nights of concert-fun can stress the skin, causing dehydration, eye puffiness and hyperpigmentation. Our goal was to help attendees look and feel their best with our high-quality skin care products and premium spa services.”

Developed by Thai Morrison, a licensed esthetician and founder of Koffee Day Spa, Kanvas Skin Care provides high quality products for all skin types at affordable prices. They also offer medical grade options through Kanvas md to treat specific skin conditions. From oily to dry skin, fine lines and wrinkles, to age spots and hyperpigmentation, Kanvas and Kanvas md have products to treat all skin conditions, particularly those common in African-Americans and other people of color. 

Since Coachella became Spring Break for the nerds and dorks done good and Hollywood and recreational cannabis use has just been legalized, Coachella is the ideal time and place to try the new and the finest in cannabis recreation.

Last weekend, luxury Californian cannabis producer Kurvana was present at the HWood Group ‘Poppy’ event at Coachella 2018. Kurvana, who have revolutionized the industry through creative engineering and scientific discovery, partnered with HWood Group to create a luxury lounge showcasing their KPen Classic Line and new ASCND High-potency Line of exquisitely- crafted vape pens.

Guests at POPPY included: Rihanna, Travis Scott, Kylie Jenner, Kourtney Kardashian, Younes Bendjima, Rita Ora, Jordan Woods, Chance the Rapper, Kristen Stewart, Stella Maxwell, Paris Hilton, Justine Skye, Daniel Chetrit, Diplo, Chainsmokers. Chantel Jeffries.

Celebrating the Kourt X Kylie presented “Paradise In The Desert’ with the launch of Kendall Jenner and Daniel Chetrit’s DJ Duo ‘Pizza Boys Radio’ and featured performances by artists including Diplo, Pedro, Chantel Jeffries, Fred Matters and surprise appearance by Travis Scott. Kurvana product was presented at the event and available on VIP decks.

Glamping Coachella Camping Snacks or Meals or For Any Picnic.

By Laura Medina

https://buffbake.com/

https://munkpack.com/protein-cookies/

http://shop.popchips.com/Nutter-Puffs/c/PopChips@NutterPuffs

Thanks to the latest local Los Angeles weather report, yes...people still camp during Coachella.  But, car camping has been delayed by a day due to strong winds.  So, those "Coachellians" are making do camping and partying in the locals' supermarket parking lot.

If you're gonna be budget-conscious like those campers or you're "glamping" safe and sound in a cheap motel/hotel or smart enough to AirBNB  and wanna be a gracious guest by bringing "thank you" care packages, here's the list to fun and healthy treats and snacks to get you by, concert camping or "glamping."

Once Coachella and Stagecoach have blown over, this is a sophisticated guide to picnicking in a park.

Concerned with immediate needs, let's focus on this as "festival picnicking" for other festivals where they don't have food trucks.

For those Coachellians forced to go car camping in others' parking lots, you want to start the day with breakfast.

Here are some easy, portable breakfasts that doesn't look or taste healthy but they're necessarily are...

Buff Bake protein sandwich cookies, https://buffbake.com/collections/protein-cookie-sandwiches are fun to snack on like regular cookies but they're way easier way to breakfast camping, driving, or picnicking.

Camping is what brought Muck Pack protein cookies to life, https://munkpack.com/

If you're a 100% pure snacker, you still need breakfast.  Pop Chips' Nutter Puffs http://shop.popchips.com/Nutter-Puffs/c/PopChips@NutterPuffs of peanut butter puffs, instead of traditional cheese puffs, are a new fun way to snack while getting your breakfast on.

http://beanitos.com/

http://shop.gimmehealth.com/

What appears like ordinary tortilla chips, they're portable lunch packed with vegan protein.

Beanitos http://beanitos.com/#productCrunchMacNCheese are tortilla chips and cheese puffs based on black beans, pinto beans, and navy beans.

GimMe Organic Seaweed Chips http://shop.gimmehealth.com/Organic-Seaweed-Chips--Sea-Salt/p/GMH-005037&c= are loaded with proteins from seaweed and lentil beans.

https://smashmallow.com

For dessert, you can munch on pure fluff of Smashmallows https://smashmallow.com/ or their new ready-made Smashmallows Crispy's rice crispies, healthier version of rice crispies.

https://www.snikiddy.com/products/baked-puffs

Alright, 100% snacking now.

You'll feel less guilty and feel better squeezing into that crochet bikini and Daisy Dukes Denim Shorts snacking on Snikiddy Cheese Baked Puffs and Baked Fries.

http://www.latejuly.com/

Pure, plain, and simple but healthy tortilla chips.

https://www.eatenlightened.com/collections/roasted-broad-bean-crisps

Still can't stomach beans, this scribe feels you.  Instead of sugared nuts, trick yourself into sugared roasted beans that taste and feel like roasted nuts.

https://dangfoods.com/

Did that and done that with traditional snacks, try DANG snack chips that are usually wasted but repurposed into purposeful snack that are fun and healthy addictive without the guilty.

Okay, you gotta stay hydrated out in the desert...

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Nothing healthier than ginger beer.  It's just ginger ale with a lot of ginger in it, enough to boost immune system and burn those germs.  Especially if you're concert camping.

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Thirsty for a soda alternative?

In keeping in with Coachella's fun-loving hippy dippy vibe, chug down cans of rooibos teas in a can, https://www.bosbrands.com/en/pack/330ml/ BOS iced can of Rooibos Iced teas in flavors of: Ginger-Lime, Peach, Lemon, Berry, and underrated yet oh so refreshingly crisp Apple.

Think of this guide as essential concert camping or if picnicking out in the park, a fancy, healthy snack guide.

If you want to get your edge on, these beverages make for a good cocktail base.

Either way, you'll feel better inside and out.

Tried, True, & Tested Coachella Beauty for Spring & Summer 2018

By Laura Medina

Folks heading to Coachella, out in the desert, dream of hippy-dippy freedom and acceptance and a deep, golden tan in a smooth, dewy (not sticky sweaty) complexion, not the actual sunburnt red and following wrinkles, sun spots, and the aching peeling skin of sun damage, unwelcomed festival souvenirs.

It's all about strategic prepping and long-term habits that build Coachella beauty, the bellwether of Summer Fun in the Sun beauty, that elusive golden tan.

Prepping is easy and cheap, Neutrogena's Hydro Boost Collection plumps up the foundation base of good hydrated skin.  Their masks, https://www.neutrogena.com/skin/skin-cleansers-masks/hydro-boost-hydrating-100%25-hydrogel-mask/6815420.html?cgid=skin-cleansers-masks#start=1 are cheap and easy to try and test while taking a much needed noon day nap or crashing over-night in wherever you are.

What's really cool, they're slim and portable as they are affordable.

https://shop.pourmoiskincare.com/collections/moisturizers/products/day-cream-desert

No matter how scanty your Summer wardrobe, you'll appreciate it more that your beauty/hygiene kit is as multi-purpose, simple, light-weight, and scanty as your clothes.

Pour Moi Skincare creams know one-fits-all doesn't all the bases of skin reactions that occur in different climates.

Instead of blaming the poor skin you're born with, Pour Moi identifies four general climates that happens anywhere on the world, for any and all skin types, then formulate their creams into: Temperate Day Cream for perfect Mediterranean/California/Malibu climate;  Tropical Day Cream for anywhere hot, humid, sweaty, and sticky, from the Deep South to Caribbean to Southeast Asia; Polar Day Cream for freezing cold and dry from Minnesota to Norway to Russia.

Finally, something meant for Coachella and Las Vegas, Pour Moi's Desert Day Cream:

The Desert Climate Energized Beautifiers (D-CEBs) provide skin-saving results when temperatures are high (75°F — 120°F), humidity is low (5% — 45%), and when exposed to an extreme environment, such as strong sun, wind, air-conditioning, and pollution. It's best for hot and dry summers. 

THINK: Happy face. Palm Springs.  See.

MOISTURE BOOSTING | ANTI-AGING | CLIMATE STABILIZING 

• Cutting-edge water- and oil-based hydrators help skin to reduce Transepidermal Water Loss (TEWL)
• Lightweight regenerating oils, including Squalane Oil, create a thin barrier that helps retain moisture and amends the lipid barrier
• Protective agents neutralize extreme air-conditioning and temperature variations
• Antioxidants like vitamins A, C, and E help protect your skin from free radicals caused by UV damage and other environmental aggressors
• Peptides and botanicals, including White Truffle, address the premature signs of aging—fine lines, wrinkles, and dull skin—improving the skin’s surface with their rich anti-aging properties 

Not only are these 4 types of creams for all skin complexions and types, you can use Pour Moi creams at night, while you party until dawn then you crash in the morning.

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Something easy and all-over, can't forget the sunscreen. 

Spritz Supergoop! x Milly Defense Refresh Setting Mist Broad Spectrum Sunscreen SPF 50 all-over, from head to toe...

Defense Refresh Setting Mist Broad Spectrum SPF 50 is a unique three-in-one, weightless mist that sets makeup, helps control oil and shine, and refreshes your defense against photoaging UV rays. With an invigorating essence of antioxidant-rich rosemary to help improve the complexion and soothe redness, this is your perfect pick-me-up for fresh, flawless, sun-safe skin throughout the day.

Optical diffusing silica silylate further helps to control oil and reduce shine—leaving skin feeling soft and smooth with a matte finish—not oily or greasy as with many sunscreen products. The formula is water- and sweat-resistant, keeping your makeup in place in the most humid environments.

https://janeiredale.com/us/en/mineral-makeup/makeup-kits/snap-happy-makeup-kit.htm#11717

Jane Iredale's Snap Happy swivel-travel pack kit is the first one with a blush/bronze, finishing powder to matte down the sweaty, oily shine, and eyeshadow trio.  Her first complete kit for the face.  The color palette is desert appropriate.

https://janeiredale.com/us/en/mineral-makeup/lips/lip-fixation.htm#17813

For extra oomph on the cheeks and necessary lip color that can party with you while keeping Coachella's hippy granola earthiness, Jane Iredale's Lip Fixation^® Lip Stain/Gloss in cherry red Passion adds a dab of rosiness on the cheeks and lips while the clear gloss adds more moisture while locking in the lip color.

In fact, you can lock in your natural makeup by spraying on an extra of Supergoop! x Milly Defense Refresh Setting Mist Broad Spectrum Sunscreen SPF 50 as extra sun shield protection.

https://shop.trustthebum.com/original-sun-care/day-tripper/

Now, you need real sun protection, all in one easy, ready to go pack.

https://www.sephora.com/product/the-healthy-deodorant-elements-collection-P428634?skuId=2024313&icid2=lavanila_bathandbodycare_us_carousel:p428634

Can't think of a better way to align with Coachella's hippy-dippy, naturalism than with LaVanila's new Elements deodorants honoring Earth's elements of: Vanilla + Air for Creativity, Vanilla + Water for Peace and...

Vanilla + Earth for Balance: find concentration and focus with soft and woody patchouli, sandalwood, and vanilla.  This is the new generation of the stereotypical hippy patchouli and sandalwood but lighter and more refined.

Done partying, finished festivity-ing, and need to crash?

While recovering and much need before crashing, whenever and wherever, you need post-sun damaged pampering and care.

https://cannablissorganic.com/product/starter-kit/

In keeping the ever-evolving Coachella's hippy-dippy acceptance and Earth Day consciousness, pack in some Cannabliss Organic Sampler Kit for post-festive skin love.

This isn't Baby Boomer grandparent's marijuana.  Cannabliss refine hemp oil in a beauty oil for dry skin, acne, wrinkles, scars, sunspots, eczema, and psoriasis with ancient Korean herbs like Mulberry Bark and Panax Ginseng to enhance the effectiveness of our products and breathe new life into your skin.

Unless you yourself want to get high, the only way you'll get high with Cannabliss is your poor, sun-burnt skin.

In the sample kit, there's light-weight, non-greasy, serum gel, Revitalizing Face Serum gel of anti-aging Korean herbs infused with full spectrum Hemp oil and essential oils.  It's nutrient dense, organic botanicals help to hydrate and firm the skin, promote cell regeneration, brighten and even skin complexion.  Cannabliss Organic products work to correct your skin imbalances, making them good for all skin types!

https://www.hawaiianbodyproducts.com/product-page/after-sun-healing-remedy-4-oz

This Hawaiian Body Products' After Sun Healing Remedy of Organic Aloe Vera. Powerfully healing antioxidant rich Noni Fruit Cell renewing Tamanu Oil. Soothing and nourishing Coconut Water, makes for a good face and body base lotion, if you add boosters of antioxidants and essential oils and additional serums.

Right before you really crash, repeat with Neutrogena's masks, https://www.neutrogena.com/skin/skin-cleansers-masks

Easy to peel off and peel on sheet masks...

https://www.neutrogena.com/skin/skin-cleansers-masks/hydro-boost-hydrating-overnight-mask/6815423.html?cgid=skin-cleansers-masks#start=1

A portable pod of nourishing skincare, great for napping.'

https://www.neutrogena.com/skin/skin-cleansers-masks/deep-clean-purifying-wash-off-clay-mask/6815425.html?cgid=skin-cleansers-masks#start=1

A clay mask pod to suck the grout and desert dust out of your pores.

Each and every mask and pod is $2.99.  Do these and you'll still save enough money for a decent hotel room during festival season.