Not Your Grandparents' Drive-Ins. "The Happiest Season" Drive-In Premiere, "Stranger Things" Drive-In Performance Art, & Lexus Culinary Cinema Screening with Way Better Food & Service.

 By Laura Medina

This current pandemic quarantine has forced us to work our brains in new ways, what we call "pivot."

We unknowingly revitalized all but forgotten American tradition of the drive-in movie.

It's not your grandparents' drive-in, no making out in the dark, producing your parents.

Thanks to social distancing, there are guest attendants making sure everything is clean and proper.  They're not CORVID-19 nazis.  If act prime and proper, they're nice enough to help you in directing traffic, parking, and snack, cocktails to-go, and meal delivery.

The really smart folks at HULU, realize now is a great and jolly time to premiere a fresh tv movie to an entertainment-starving audience, in time for the holidays, drive-in premiere of "The Happiest Season." A first time a Christmas movie centers on a lesbian relationship with a gay best friend. Realism.

Shown in the majestic Malibu gem of Calamigos Ranch, Hulu's "The Happiest Season" Drive-In is the new drive-in.  Yes, people can tailgate.  The snack bar is replaced with a chic concession stand selling warm nacho with beer and wine.

This was this past Sunday.  "The Happiest Season" will air on Hulu tonight.

Drive-Ins are the new ways to premiere.

Dying for performance art?

"Stranger Things" Drive-In has dancers, aerialists, and monsters performing in-between snippets of the episodes.

Great for bored tweens and teens.  Since they want the guests to keep on moving and stay in their cars, no making-out.  So, a great date option for teens.

This trend reporter is disappointed with majority of drive-ins are airing old movies, due to the last-minute pivot and flip and not having enough to book fresh, new, and upcoming movies and tv shows that need to be released, to keep the industry going.

However, Lexus Culinary Cinema is doing their best with pairing gourmet meals to the movies, in one weekend two weeks ago.

Professionally delivered to your car, politely packed in a thermal cooler, your gourmet comes with utensils and cleansing wipes.  The thermal cooler can be used later for other drive-ins. You can bring your own meals or for picnicking and other drive-in events.

Megan Thee Stallion is the Hottest College Student 4 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS & Fashion Nova Line.

 By Laura Medina

Health Care Administration college-major, Megan Thee Stallion had a "WAP" Summer.  But just she returns to Texas Southern University to finish her degree, in the wake of releasing her critically acclaimed debut album, Good News, Megan Thee Stallion has received 4 GRAMMY nominations: Best New Artist, Record of the Year ("Savage Remix"), Best Rap Performance ("Savage Remix") and Best Rap Song ("Savage Remix"). Megan has also been honored as Apple Music’s Breakthrough Artist of the Year and received Best Rap/Hip Hop song for ‘WAP’ with Cardi B at this year’s AMAs, where she gave her first electrifying performance of ‘Body’. 

Since its release, Good News has reached #1 in 12 countries, and occupies #1 album on Apple Music’s Top 100: USA, as well as #1 track with ‘Body’. Notwithstanding, Good News has earned the second biggest debut for a rap album on Spotify at 6.9m streams. As well as fans everywhere taking on the ‘Body’ choreography challenge, Good News has been receiving outstanding reviews globally.

These accolades follow Megan’s five BET Awards, including Hip Hop Artist Of The Year as well as an MTV VMA Award for ‘Savage’, GQ’s Rapper of the Year and an honor by TIME in the TIME100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. 

GOOD NEWS TRACKLIST 1. Shots Fired 2. Circles 3. Cry Baby ft. DaBaby 4. Do It On The Tip ft. City Girls & Hot Girl Meg 5. Sugar Baby 6. Movie ft. Lil Durk 7. Freaky Girls ft. SZA 8. Body 9. What's New 10. Work That 11. Intercourse ft. Popcaan & Mustard 12. Go Crazy ft. Big Sean & 2 Chainz 13. Don't Rock Me To Sleep 14. Outside 15. Savage Remix ft. Beyoncé 16. Girls In The Hood 17. Don't Stop ft. Young Thug

https://www.fashionnova.com/collections/megan-thee-stallion

At the same, Megan Thee Stallion just released a Tall and Big Women Collection with Fashion Nova.  It pays homage to her Texan roots, more cow girl than urban.

Her "WAP" hotness is moving onto Fall and Winter.

John Legend & Me with Sperry Top Siders

 By Laura Medina

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Join John Legend in giving the perfect surprise gifts – gifts for your loved ones, gifts to your style, and gifts for your feet. Weekend boots that balance ruggedness with refinement. Modern classics that are both warm and sleek. Something for everyone on your list.

https://www.sperry.com/en/bahama-storm-boot/47092M.html?dwvar_47092M_color=STS22633

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John Legend, multi-platinum artist and Sperry’s 2020 Global Brand Ambassador, shares his holiday footwear favorites for him, her, and the littles. From a refined, rainy day must-have to a cool classic of a weekend boot, winter weather doesn’t have to mean sacrificing style. Take a look at The Legend Edit to see what he’s sporting – and gifting – this season.

https://www.sperry.com/en/sperry-legend-edit/?icid=HP_Primary_Sperry_Legend_Edit

Affordable, Accessible,& Effective Clarisma Skincare for Anyone and Everyone, Clarisse DeJohn's Idea with Ameann DeJohn.

 By Laura Medina

Ameann and Clarisse DeJohn

Having the perks of growing in the skincare and spa industry with an industry and product developer mom Ameann DeJohn, Clarisse was bombarded by friends asking her for skincare advice that was effective, affordable, and accessible.  This is how you form a good skincare habit and routine.

Out of that, came Clarisma, https://clarismabeauty.com/, fresh fruit enzymes-based skincare that offers luxury brand quality at friendly affordable prices in approachable locations, like CVS https://www.cvs.com/shop/brand-shop/c/clarisma, Rite Aid, https://www.riteaid.com/shop/catalogsearch/result/?q=clarisma+beauty, and Ulta, https://www.ulta.com/brand/clarisma

Clarisse and her spa/luxury skincare industry mom, Ameann, achieved the impossible, luxury brand-quality skincare with clean, vegan and effective-proven ingredients (regularly used in spas) at affordable prices in accessible locations, giving people the chance to build good skincare habits.

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Both this skincare-loving scribe and Clarisse enthuse about Cali Dreaming Cream Daily Moisturizer, https://clarismabeauty.com/collections/products/products/moisturizer .  Clarisse calls it, "Skincare in a Bottle." Formulated with Bamboo extract to fight against any shiny residue and leave behind a naturally matte finish. Neem Oil unclogs pores and works as a gentle substitute for anti-aging that restores the skin’s natural moisture. Not only does the Cali Dreaming Cream deliver sensational hydration but it also works as a makeup primer.

Cali Dreaming Cream Daily Moisturizer can be used as an evening/night makeup primer or as all-natural makeup blur.  Yet at the same time, it works as skincare, where Pineapple (Bromelain) Enzyme and Papaya (Papain) Enzyme breaks down dead skin cells that causes clogged breakouts, pigmentation, and dullness while leaving a smooth, radiant surfaces for easier, smoother makeup applications.

According to Clarisse's skincare and spa industry mom, Ameann, dead skin cells are the roots of all evils, very bad cruddy complexion and clogging pores, leading up to acne then acne scars, that are even harder to erase.

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With having Clarisma Beauty skincare being enzyme-based, people can have effective, safe, and all-natural skincare that can clean and care the skin at the same time. Pairing fruit and plant enzymes with Plumeria/Monoi Oil that protects, hydrates and provides vital nutrients; while Neem Oil rids skin of impurities that cause breakouts.  These botanical oils counteracts the enzymes while comforting the skin.

Ameann says being too dependent on too-strong enzymes and exfoliation can be destructive, more damage than good, thinning the skin layer, and inflammation.  It's like a runner who runs too much.  This is why they include natural oils to ease it.

Since the mother and daughter team picked ingredients that are good for everyone and every skin type and complexion, they took the guess work out of skincare, "You don't have to be a scientist shopping at Ulta."

Clarisma wants quality, clean skincare to be simple and easy.  They included kits to get folks started, https://clarismabeauty.com/collections/kits

Since Clarisse inspired Clarisma, mom Ameann stated this goes beyond skin deep. Ameann stated Clarisma is a lifestyle and empowerment brand.

Ameann, "It's Clarisse's idea. Clarisma is an empowerment story. Having an idea then taking it to the next level."

The idea of Clarisma may had started when Clarisse was seven but she took it to many levels up, as a Fashion Institute of Design, Intimate Apparel major. Clarisse takes what she learns in abode graphic designs in the product development for Clarisma's packaging and fonts.

Yes, Clarisma takes it to the next level in empowering in what you got; what you know; and it's clean skincare for all skin complexions for anyone at affordable prices in approachable retailers.