For Gen-X & Millennials, it's Menopositivy, not Menopause. Menopositivy Tour at Ulta.

 By Laura Medina

                        https://www.eventbrite.com/e/menopositivity-tour-tickets-387012714447

EXPERT SPEAKER LINE UP:

10/1 - Santa Monica, CA :

• Emily Morse - Host of Sex With Emily + Doctor of Human Sexuality
• Kym Douglas - Beauty expert on Ellen, Author + ProAging Leader
• Sally Mueller - CEO + Co-Founder of Womaness
• Michelle Jacobs - COO + Co-Founder of Womaness

10/15 - Dallas, TX:

• Dominique Sachse - Best-Selling Author, Journalist + Beauty YouTuber
• Dr. Lyndsey Harper - Board Certified OBGYN & Founder of Rosy
• Kim Schlag - Personal trainer & Nutrition Coach for Women 40+
• Sally Mueller - CEO + Co-Founder of Womaness
• Michelle Jacobs - COO + Co-Founder of Womaness

10/22 - Northbrook, IL

• Dr. Somi Javaid - Board Certified OBGYN + Founder of HerMD Health
• Dr. Shelby Harris - Behavioral Sleep Doctor + Bestselling Author
• Sally Mueller - CEO + Co-Founder of Womaness
• Michelle Jacobs - COO + Co-Founder of Womaness

We Gen-Xers have always take charge.  They normalized menstruation that coming of age Gen-Z men now accept it as a part of life and part of a relationship.

Now, that Gen-Xers are marching into mid-life. They're not putting themselves out to pasture that previous generations passively did, by society.

With people living to be hundred, menopause is not the end of life; and one should not be defined by reproductive and nor by reproduction.

The wonderful of menopause is that sexual intercourse is now part of overall health and wellness.

The out and proud Womaness brand is making overall health and sexual wellness to tackle and adjust to menopause.  Making the freedom of menopause into "Menopositivy," where you're not chained to menstruaction and the fret of birth control but the freedom of fully explore while taking care of overall health.

Womaness is a modern menopause brand on a mission to take the “pause” out of menopause and spark the power of menopositivity: a radiant, dynamic outlook that embraces who we are today.

Womaness is changing the way we think about the change, empowering the 50M women entering or in menopause in the US.

It's timely that Womaness kicked off its tour on the first day of Breast Cancer Month, October.

Menopause has long been that period in a woman’s life that goes untalked about and often ignored by society in general. Sally Mueller had over 35 years of experience working for companies like Target and in areas focused on skincare, fashion, and beauty products. When she reached menopause she realized she wasn’t aware of many of the naturally occurring changes women go through hot flashes, dry skin, and sleepless nights - worse yet - there was no line of health and wellness care for her age bracket.

“I had spent lots of years identifying unmet needs in the business market. At the time I knew I was in menopause but didn’t know that all my symptoms I was experiencing were dead on and very common symptoms to menopause until I spoke with my doctor at the Mayo Clinic. She gave me a product on Amazon. There was simply nothing out there for the doctor to choose from.”

She had spent years personally crafting the vision of some of the world's most compelling brands like VERSED skincare, and knew key products were being disrupted.

“At that time so many legacy brands were being disrupted like with natural deodorant or Nair over razors. I felt a calling to disrupt health and wellness and create a category for menopause where there was none,” said Sally.

On a trip to NYC she got her friend Michelle Jacobs onboard as a co-founder. The two got to talking and realized this was an area ripe for opportunity.

“We knew so many women in their 40-50s with so much wisdom, talent, and creativity, and there is nothing for women my age in wellness.”

So the duo decided to create Womaness, a health and wellness product line in a menopause category. They did their own research, curation, and pulling from leading experts in the field. To do this they relied on focus groups to help them shape their brand and develop products to really address women’s major symptoms.

“At any given time there are 50 million women in the US going through menopause. The average length of time each person experiences menopause is 10 years. After that you are a changed person. It’s a time of transition. Women need to find a community and product line that speaks to them during this time period.”

‍There are many different symptoms of menopause and these vary person to person, but Womaness took a stab at attempting to alleviate some of the symptoms associated with some of the top most common Menopause symptoms.

1. Skin changes due to loss of estrogen including much drier skin
2. Hot flashes
3. Night sweats
4. Vaginal dryness
5. Hair changes that include shifts in texture and for some hair loss
6. Sleep disruption
7. Incontinence
8. Diminished Libido

In addition to creating a line of 13 products to help deal with some of the symptoms associated with menopause, Womaness is also seeking to educate and create a community. Leading doctors and specialists in women’s health such as Dr. Ekta Kapoor and Laura Meihofer have used their insights and provide tips and expert opinions to the Womaness community, a private group on Facebook so women can ask questions, get advice, and help support each other. This community covers topics such as menopause, premature menopause, fitness, hormone replacement therapy, and how to advocate for your own health. The goal is just to help women become more informed.

Now with 13 products and a recent launch in March 2020, Womaness is ready to take control of the menopause category and make it a staple. They are dedicated to assuring that these products are affordable with prices ranging from $8.99-$39.99. They are available both online and in select Target stores.

“We wanted to make sure that menopause products were able to help every woman.”

To that point, Sally highlights three products that she thinks most women can appreciate.

1. Let’s Neck - A neck roller that is great for hydrating this often forgotten and ignored skin that dries out in menopause.
2. Me.No.Pause - A hero supplement with all natural ingredients that have been clinically tried and tested help with hot flashes, night sweats, calming, and focus.
3. Daily V Soothe - A vaginal moisturizer that hydrates and can be used everyday or before being intimate.

Want to learn more about menopause and get your questions answered on the health and wellness products that are most useful to address your symptoms?

Join the women from Womaness as they discuss the most common symptoms of menopause, questions you 

The average woman spends 1/3 of her life in menopause. What are the most common symptoms of perimenopause and menopause and what can you do to be better prepared and live an unstoppable life?" Learn more about this evitable transition called menopause from the founders of Womaness, a high-performance collection of modern menopause products created by women for women that offer solutions from head to toe (and everything in between). 

During Womaness's first tour stop at Ulta's Santa Monica, first thing in the morning, Emily Morse - Host of Sex With Emily + Doctor of Human Sexuality, openly and honestly, showed to use Womaness' vibrator in two ways, with the cover and the cover slipped off.

"Our mission at Womaness is to change the conversation around menopause and the women experiencing it, and Ulta Beauty is the perfect partner and place to reach those women," says Sally Mueller, Co-founder, Womaness. Michelle Jacobs, Co-founder, Womaness, continues, "Menopause is unfortunately the great unknown, and women need all the support they can get in this age and stage of life. We've teamed up with a few of the most knowledgeable professionals we know in the menopause space to do our part with The Menopositivity Tour."

"As the leading beauty retailer and destination for wellness essentials, we're thrilled to partner with Womaness to educate, inspire and bring awareness to this pivotal time in women's lives," says Penny Coy, vice president of merchandising at Ulta Beauty. "Now more than ever, women should feel empowered to celebrate every stage of healthy aging, and through The Menopositivity Tour, we're helping provide a space to do just that."

Being reproductive doesn't mean being alive.  More than anything, it's stress being chained to being reproductive when it comes to reproduction rights and sexual freedom, in regards to sexual health and well-being.  Womaness' "Menopositivy" means sexual freedom for sexual health and well-being for overal health wellness.  Menopause isn't death.  It's freedom to explore.

• Kym Douglas - Beauty expert on Ellen, Author + ProAging Leader, was a hard-core crime reporter from Detroit who became an entertainment and lifestyle once married then moved to LA.  She wasn't fulfilled reporting to promote upcoming movies and tv series.  However, she was intrigued then enlightened when celebrities give her quick, insider beauty tips that anyone can use.  That's how she became Ellen's beauty expert.

Catch these "sex as beauty, sex as wellness" Womaness panel experts in Dallas on October 15th then in Chicage on October 22nd at Ulta.

Menopositivy is the freedom to continue, not the end.

Swimming on Land, Go Vertical on CLMBR, Invested by Jay-Z, and Novak Djokovic.

 By Laura Medina

Forget treadmill or the exercise bike that become impromptu clothes hanger.

Desire the benefits of swimming but don't have access to a swimming pool or just can't swim or have a fear of water?

You live in a typical New York City shoe box apartment doesn't and never had a pool.

CLMBR is here to the rescue. They took the humble vertical climber then elevated with Peleton-like intense workouts, that's a space saver in the corner.

CLMBR is the vertical climber version of SoulCycle, a vertical climber studio.

Avrum Elmakis, CLMBR's founder, always had his foot in fitness.

He took ballroom dancing as a kid then grew up doing triathlons.

That's where it hits him.  Here he is doing extreme fitness and having the luxury of doing them, whereas the average person doesn't have the time, the access, or the space to do them.

Then, he discovered the Vertical Climber, that mimics swimming movements but on land and it's a space saver.

Since people already did Peleton and SoulCycle, why not apply to vertical climbers?

That's how CLMBR Fitness Studios came about.

Avrum says it's always okay to be different and when you do something different, you discover something new, like he did with CLMBR.

CLMBR, is a vertical exercise machine that works on your upper and lower body, "...the best kind of primal movements that a person can do," says founder Avrum Elmakis. CLMBR was founded in 2019 and involves investors such as Jay Z, Lebron James, Pitbull, Ryan Seacrest, Oliver Trevena and Novak Djokovic.

Grammy Award-winning artist and Co-Founder of Marcy Venture Partners, Jay-Z, and Novak Djokovic, the No.1 men's tennis player in the world, have joined the CLMBR investment team to support the 2021 launch of CLMBR Connected and CLMBR Pure vertical climbing machines. Their participation continues to build on CLMBR's reputation as an innovator in the fitness and lifestyle industries.

 

"Vertical climbing has been known to be an incredibly efficient total body workout without impact. In addition, it puts your body in a neutral spine alignment, which is important for me as an athlete. The on-demand classes and programmatic workouts are a huge bonus! I'm excited to be part of this team and look forward to sharing this fun and powerful workout with the world," said Novak Djokovic.

 

CLMBR is an ergonomic and innovative vertical climbing machine. It's the first vertical climber to feature a large-format touch display with on-demand, instructor-led classes. The patent-pending design has a high-quality build, minimal level of required maintenance, and features an integrated audio system that can fill an entire room with sound, enhancing excitement for the user. It also offers a state-of-the-art companion app to display key metrics, including vertical feet climbed and workout targets reached. 

 

"We are excited to work with JAY-Z and Novak to bring the best modality in fitness to consumers," said Avrum Elmakis, founder and CEO of CLMBR. "Unlike bikes, treadmills, and rowers, CLMBR has less impact on the joints while providing the most efficient calorie burn per minute of any machine in the marketplace. CLMBR disrupts the way that people work out and offers something new in a segment that has not seen a lot of meaningful innovation, and I'm excited to share the machine with consumers around the world as we become the leader in the connected fitness market." 

 

Jay-Z and Novak Djokovic join venture capital and private equity firm KBW-Ventures; exercise physiologist and CEO and Founder of 22 Days Nutrition, Marco Borges and co-founder and former CEO of YouTube, Chad Hurley, as key members of CLMBR's investment team.

You can jump then climb at CLMBR at 8599 Santa Monica Blvd West Hollywood, CA 90069.

Woke Before Woke, Showtime's Sinead O' Conner Documentary, "Nothing Compares" Streaming September 30th then Airing Sunday, October 2nd at 10pm.

 By Laura Medina

                                       https://www.sho.com/titles/3516714/nothing-compares

Sinead O' Connor was "woke" before the term existed.  She follows the long tradition of musicians and singers as activists, challenging norms while righting wrongs.  She was non-binary when it was unheard of and fluid was shamed underground.  She was a forerunner to what is socially norm right now. Sinead is s brave woman and mom who marched to her own beat.

For die-hard fans who wonder what happened to her, director Kathryn Ferguson saved the best for last.

There's Sinead as who she is now. In her fifties but still proudly shaven and still politically rocking.

She has a rocker son following her footsteps, with three children of his own. Sinead is a grandma.

Stick thru from beginning thru the middle, which explains everything in the end.

Sinead is just simply Sinead.

Want Adult Gulps During Heat Waves? Easy Guzzle Alcohol-Free Spirits, Wines & Champagnes at Boisson in NYC & Brentwood and Venice's The New Bar

 By Laura Medina

https://thenewbar.com/

Want adult, grown-up, and mature cocktails that you can easily gulp and guzzle without the after-taste and the stinging hangover?

Want to refresh freely with the bartender cutting you off because you're definitely drunk.

Need to re-socialize with friends because you got a DUI?

Hooking up with a hot hunk or hottie but there's a catch, he or she is alcoholic or a recovering one and y'all need some fun!

Or, you're simply tired of being restricted to unhealthy diet sodas or overtly sugared sodas meant for children with kids' taste, when you want a grown-up drink that won't get you hammered with a hang-ovcr and a DUI?

Are you a frustrated parent trying to teach your tween kids how to properly sip wine in a wine glass, that doesn't involve milk or soda or water?

Thank goodness for maturing Millennials leading the charge in non-alcoholic spirits, wines, and champagnes that are only alcohol-free but healthy to begin with, fully charged with antioxidants that aging Gen-Xers and Baby Boomers can fully need while imbibing safe and healthy.

Following in mature Millennials' footsteps, are the newly legal Gen-Zers who want something just as mature as it is fun to drink, without worries of the baggage of DUIs, hangovers, and drunken toxic relationships, that a many Gen-X, Millennials, and Gen-Z growing up in broken homes and multiple divorces from their parents and themselves.

The "Silicone Beach" Venice on Lincoln Blvd., The New Bar, https://thenewbar.com/ 1821 S Lincoln Boulevard, Venice, CA 90291 on the corner of Lincoln Boulevard and Marco Place in Venice, California, is a cozy nook of alcohol-free spirited spirits fun.

It's like a quicky convenience shop for drinks, not sodas, but alcohol-free mixers, wines, and bubblies.

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If guzzling freely among Venice's techies intimidate you, you can guzzle freely in Boisson's Brentwood and Beverly Hills locations where the atmosphere is more elevated. 

Boisson's free sommeliers can calmly direct you to wines and alcohol-free spirits and beers.

Guzzle freely.

Using Your Sweat as Glow with Casa Gaga All Over Powder Rouge.

 By Laura Medina

Frustrated that a many multi-purpose makeup for a speedy lipstick, a blush, and a quickie swipe of an eyeshadow tend to be oily, heavy cream-based cosmetics?

Here's a rare alternative, always the innovator, Lady Gaga released a limited-edition gel-powder multi-use rouge that can be used on lips, as blush, and as eyeshadow that works well with sweaty on sultry heat waves.

Light yet use to swipe and blend sans oil or grease, all in an easy mirrored compact.

Be you.

Start Fall at Desert Daze

https://desertdaze.org/

Desert Daze announces their 2022 artist transmission in celebration of their tenth installment of art and music in Southern California. This year will feature a return set from Tame Impala who had to cut off their 2018 headline set when a massive storm rolled in. Four years later, they will perform their groundbreaking second album, Lonerism, in its entirety on the weekend of the album’s 10th anniversary. The “oasis among American festivals (Stereogum)" and “America’s most aesthetically pleasing (Rolling Stone)” will take place from September 30 - October 2, 2022 in Lake Perris, CA and also feature return sets from headliners Iggy Pop, who will perform his only U.S. show this year, and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.

Additional artists joining the headliners over the course of the three days and nights include: Chicano Batman, The Marías, Sky Ferreira, Cortex, BADBADNOTGOOD, Boy Pablo, Perfume Genius, Reggie Watts, Aldous Harding, Men I Trust, Mild High Club, Viagra Boys, Cymande, Shannon and the Clams, Nation Of Language, Duster, Nilüfer Yanya, Show Me The Body, Daniel Rossen Of Grizzly Bear, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Surfbort, L.A. Witch, Automatic, Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul, The Paranoyds, JJUUJJUU, ZO, Surprise Chef, Lady Wray, and many more. See full artist transmission below.

The grounds will be illuminated by an array of video artists and art installations including work by Tarik Barri, Mad Alchemy Liquid Light Show, Slim Reaper, and more. Multidisciplinary artist Cristopher Cichocki also returns to the beach, curating this year’s installment of The Sanctuary featuring clipping., Silent Servant, Kid 606, and more, as well as Cichocki’s own Circular Dimensions Immersive Sound Installation and DJ sets from Nosaj Thing and Telefon Tel Aviv.

In addition to the music, the weekend will feature screenings and talks including a screening of Hamilton's Pharmacopeia followed by a Q&A with host Hamilton Morris, a conversation on Mysticism in the Music Industry with artist and occultist Micki Pellerano, with additional very special guests to be announced.

Upon opening the campgrounds, Desert Daze invites passengers with camping passes to explore The Outer Space, which will feature morning yoga, sound baths and late night sets all weekend, including an extra night of entertainment on Thursday, September 29 for campers who check in early. The Outer Space will also feature performances by Frankie & the Witch Fingers, Meatbodies, Mauskovic Dance Band, Acid Dad, and many more including the Desert Daze Closing Ceremonies ft. JJUUJJUU & Friends during the early hours of Monday, October 3.

Desert Daze is produced by Moon Block and Knitting Factory Entertainment (KFE). Weekend passes, parking and camping passes will be available this Thursday, June 16th at 10am PT, with ticket prices starting at $299 for weekend passes, with payment plans available. For the first time this year, Desert Daze has also partnered with FUSE to help concertgoers put together hotel packages in a variety of budgets. Also look for additional lineup additions coming soon.

For ticketing and additional information on Desert Daze 2022, visit: https://desertdaze.org.

DESERT DAZE 2021 LINEUP
TAME IMPALA performing LONERISM • IGGY POP • KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD

CHICANO BATMAN • THE MARIAS • SKY FERREIRA • BADBADNOTGOOD • JPEGMAFIA • MILD HIGH CLUB • MEN I TRUST • CORTEX • FUZZ • POND • PERFUME GENIUS • ALDOUS HARDING • SLEAFORD MODS • DAKHABRAKHA • BOY PABLO • CYMANDE • SHANNON AND THE CLAMS • DUSTER • VIAGRA BOYS • REGGIE WATTS • INNER WAVE • LOS RETROS • NATION OF LANGUAGE • NILUFER YANYA • SHOW ME THE BODY • BABE RAINBOW • PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS • THE ARMED • LADY WRAY • DANIEL ROSSEN of Grizzly Bear • BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD • SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80 • MARIACHI REYNA DE LOS ANGELES • THE SPACE LADY • GUM (DJ set) • L.A. WITCH • AUTOMATIC • SURFBORT • SMALL BLACK • MILDLIFE • SURPRISE CHEF • JOHN CARROLL KIRBY • BUCK MEEK • CHARLOTTE ADIGÉRY & BOLIS PUPUL • STRAWBERRY GUY • VANISHING TWIN • SLOPPY JANE • SOUL GLO • THE PARANOYDS • PANTHER MODERN • JJUUJJUU • ZO • SLIFT • BRAINSTORY • IMARHAN • WORKING MEN'S CLUB • SNAPPED ANKLES • MOLLY LEWIS • L'ECLAIR • ELKKA • NOURA MINT SEYMALI • DIVIDE & DISSOLVE • AL LOVER • CHULITA VINYL CLUB • HEADS ARE HEAVY

THE SANCTUARY
Curated by Cristopher Cichocki
NOSAJ THING (DJ SET) • CLIPPING. • TELEFON TEL AVIV (DJ SET) • SILENT SERVANT • KID 606 • CRISTOPHER CICHOCKI (CIRCULAR DIMENSIONS IMMERSIVE SOUND INSTALLATION)

TALKS + SCREENINGS
HAMILTON'S PHARMACOPEIA SCREENING + HAMILTON MORRIS Q&A,
MYSTICISM IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY WITH MICKI PELLERANO,
TARIK BARRI AV WORKSHOP - EXPLORATIONS WITH VIDEOSYNC, AND MORE TBA

VISUAL ARTISTS
TARIK BARRI • MAD ALCHEMY LIQUID LIGHT SHOW • SLIM REAPER • ASTRAL VIOLET • FEVERDREAM INTERACTIVE • BILLGAZER • WARPED VISIONS • ZACHARY RODELL

THE OUTER SPACE
MODULAR SOUNDBATH & YOGA EACH MORNING • FRANKIE & THE WITCH FINGERS • LEVITATION ROOM • MAUSKOVIC DANCE BAND • ACID DAD • VINYL WILLIAMS • GRAVE FLOWERS BONGO BAND • LEAH SENIOR • RADIOJED • CLOSING CEREMONIES W/ JJUUJJUU & FRIENDS

THURSDAY NIGHT WELCOMING COMMITTEE
MEATBODIES • SHANNON LAY • HOOVERIII • QUITAPENAS • BAPTIZM • HOTT MT - ‘ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN’ W/ THE BOB BAKER MARIONETTES

LARGE SCALE ART INSTALLATIONS
NON PLUS ULTRA • BRAD HANSEN • BEZ MARTINEN • AND MORE

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After Getting Down & Dirty While Getting Hot, Sultry, & Sweaty with NFL Kick-Off Beach Party, Beach Ranch Life, & Duran Duran Firework Finale, Clean Up Then Refresh with Molton Brown Samphire Body Wash.

 By Laura Medina

Sweating out among the crowds during NFL Kick-Off Beach Party with J. Blavin concert then Duran Duran's sold-out Firework Finale, you are going to be sticky and dirty and nasty when others sweat on you then the cooling ocean breezes blow on you, coating you in sand.

Once "did it, done it," while celebrating the end of Summer, during an Indian Summer Heat Wave, you'll love nothing more than scrub all that sweat and sand off with Molton Brown's summery, ocean tinted and ocean refreshing Samphire Body Wash.

Instead of reeking summer festivals and concerts, you'll smell like the ocean supposed to be, scented with marine flora and cleansed with sea salt.

What a way to scrub away sweaty Summer.