Lenny & Larry's Introduce New Snickerdoodle Complete Cookie® with Launch Event on Venice Beach, CA this Friday - April 24 from 11am - 7pm

Lenny & Larry's launches their new Snickerdoodle complete cookie® with nation-wide activations and a viral #FeedTheModels video campaign.

Los Angeles, CA (April 21, 2015) - After years of research and thousands of taste-tests, Lenny & Larry's proudly introduces its Snickerdoodle Complete Cookie®. Made with ground cinnamon and sugar, plus a little twist, the Snickerdoodle may be one of the tastiest all-natural, high protein morsels to have come out of their kitchen. To introduce the Snickerdoodle into the Lenny & Larry's "fit family" a launch event will be held for all ages on Friday, April 24th at Muscle Beach on the Venice Beach Boardwalk (17th Ave & Ocean Front Walk) from 11:00am - 7:00pm.

The Venice, CA launch location pays homage to Lenny & Larry's muscle building roots and is set to feature the local favorite Sweet Beats truck playing live music while brand ambassadors hand out free Snickerdoodle complete cookies to the crowd. Like all of Lenny & Larry's Complete Cookies, Snickerdoodle is vegan and contains no GMOs, cholesterol, eggs, dairy or artificial ingredients. Each cookie delivers 16 grams of protein and 6 grams of fiber.

In addition to the live event, Lenny & Larry's will also be launching a wildly entertaining viral video #FeedTheModels becoming a part of their growing innovative marketing portfolio. The humorous video features "famous fashion photographer" Wesley Snaps shooting a "high profile" campaign with models who soon discover that eating a Lenny & Larry's Snickerdoodle complete cookie is the cure for kale.

Snickerdoodle joins the Lenny and Larry's family of Complete Cookies® which includes Chocolate Chip, Double Chocolate, White Chocolate Macadamia, Peanut Butter, Oatmeal Raisin, Lemon Poppy and Pumpkin Spice.

For more information visit Lenny & Larry's at www.lennylarry.com, like Lenny & Larry's at http://instagram.com/lennyandlarrys, and follow Lenny & Larry's at https://twitter.com/lennylarrys.

Kiehl's Earth Day Party with Maggie Q.s' & Elizabeth Olsen's Limited Edition Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado.

By Laura Medina

Maggie Q., left. Mitch Hedlund, middle. Elizabeth Olsen, right.

If there's anyone who can throw down an Earth Party, it's Kiehl's because they have an heart.

Since the president of Kiehl's, Chris Salgardo can't be there, it makes up with a stellar cast of A-Listers: 

 Actor Dylan McDermott, CBS’s “Stalker”

·         Actor George Newbern, ABC’s “Scandal”

·         Actor Elvis Nolasco, ABC’s "American Crime"

·         Actor Lamorne Morris, ABC’s “New Girl”

·         Runway Coach Miss J Alexander, The CW’s “America’s Next Top Model”

·         Actor Vanessa Marcil, ABC’s “General Hospital”

·         Actor Teddy Sears, SHO’s “Masters of Sex”

·         Actor Jay Ellis, BET’s “The Game”

·         Actor Robert Buckley, The CW’s “iZombie”

·                                                       Actor, Charlotte Ross, The CW’s “Arrow”

Why does Kiehl's gives such a big splash for Earth Day?  The environment is one of it's three charity pillars under it's charity program, Kiehl's Gives: HIV/AIDS research, environmental issues and children’s well-being.

For environmentalism, they rewarded Mitch Hedlund, founder and executive director of Recycle Across America, a check for $50,000 to teach people recycling etiquette and making it easier by printing trash can labels to where to dump your plastics, cans, glass, and paper.
 

Maggie Q.'s label on the left.  Elizabeth Olsen's label on the right.

Elizabeth Olsen and Maggie Q. introduce their limited edition Label Art for Kiehl’s Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado, so people wouldn't feel left out.

This month of April is Earth Month.  Kiehl's asked Maggie Q. and Elizabeth Olsen to design limited-edition labels for one of their most popular item, Kiehl’s Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado (which Today Show's Kathie & Hoda are just chatting about it right now) to raise more funds for the environment.

Kiehl's has a devoted celebrity fan base. Yes, celebrities can be fans too.

Dylan McDermott and Vanessa Marcil are Kiehl's fans.

Speaking of celebrity fan base, "Orange is the new Black's" multi-talented Taryn Manning DJed and got this party rocking.

Okay, this scribe has more down-to-earth reason for liking Kiehl's Avocado Eye Cream.  Double-duty underneath the desert sun.  It's creamy enough for both the eyes and the lips. 

Lessons Learned from Coachella, Colorescience & Trina Turk.

By Laura Medina

https://www.colorescience.com/products/sunforgettable-mineral-sunscreen-brush-spf-30

After partying out in the desert sun during the two weekends during Coachella, you learn the importance of sun protection, sun relief/repair, and practical yet stylish festival wear.

Colorescience's genre-busting powdered sunscreen in a refillable tube with a brush is and should be the standard classic in any festival-goer's pouch but you need more than that.

https://www.colorescience.com/category/face-primer

Colorescience's sun protection products are way more refined and diverse than your average sunscreen lotion or cream.

For backup, slather on these serum-like protective primers, instead of foundation, all-over face then dust their classic powdered sunscreens to set them for double-protection.

What's really and literally cool, you can use their items anywhere on your body, as well as your face;..and they're portable.

https://www.colorescience.com/category/setting-mist

Ok, post-recovery which is now.

After you scrubbed off the dirt, the sweat, and the flash tattoos, your fried chromosomes are aching for some relief.

For an easy spritz, spray on Colorescience's Hydrating Setting Mist and Sunforgettable Setting Mist.

Hydrating Setting Mist's Vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant that helps to guard against free radical damage, calms and soothes skin.  The Vanilla and Sandalwood soothe the skin also.

When you did some real damage, red, peeling skin, you need to spray Sunforgettable Setting Mist's D20 Heavy Water.  It has larger water molecule for increased hydration with Ylang Ylang and Chamomile to help  soothe the skin.

https://www.colorescience.com/products/illuminating-serum and https://www.colorescience.com/products/anti-aging-serum

If you want some evening "oomph," dab Colorescience's Illuminating Serum in Champagne Kiss for rosy cheeks or Bronze Kiss for contouring or as a bronzer.

The extra "oomph" comes from...

Multi-Mineral Complex (Zinc, Magnesium, Copper) - Free radical scavengers, boost effect of other performance ingredients.

2 Peptides - Amino acid compounds that enhance skin via various methods of action *see peptide glossary Palmitoyl Tripeptide 5 - Helps to boost collagen to reduce appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

Dipeptide Diaminobutyroyl Benzylamide Diacetate - Smoothes skin and helps to reduce appearance of expression lines by relaxing facial muscles.

Hyaluronic Acid - Powerful hydrator, gives a plump look to skin.

Pearl Powder - Rich in amino acids & minerals to help skin appear radiant & smooth, imparts a healthy glow while minimizing the appearance of uneven skin tone.

https://www.colorescience.com/products/sunforgettable-lip-shine-spf-35

Of course, we need lip smackers to moisturize our lips.

Colorescience's Sunforgettable Lip Shine SPF 35 save our lips from the sun and dehydration; and they come in universal rosy, natural shades.

 http://www.trinaturk.com/

Don't pack.  Shop.  Done as it is easy.

Since you paid close to $500 for the weekend General Admission pass then drop a couple hundreds on hotel room and meals, you might as well up the ante on your festival gear.

If you're in, you're in which means you're circuiting the afternoon pool party circuit from resort hotel to private party estate.

This means some sophisticated resort/party gear.

Lilly Pulitzer for Target might had crash the internet but Trina Turk pushes Lilly Pulitzer's punchy resort wear further.

Lilly Pulitzer's East Coast Preppy Resortwear still made out of water and sweat-soaking, constrictive suiting, woven fabric that doesn't move with the body.  

Trina one-upped better.  She took sporty swimsuit fabric then reinvented it into splashy contemporary resortwear that takes you from pool to party.  Her prints are just as peppy as Lilly's but the construction and fabrications are more functional for festivals and pool/beach parties.  As they say in the East Coast, from beach to broadwalk.

So forget wasting your precious cash on one-off fads from mass fast-fashion chains and save your time and energy by shopping all your wardrobe needs at Trina Turk, Palm Springs' hometown girl.

Coachella is Palm Springs' local pride and joy.  Trina has a loyal festival-goer from the get-go.  Her collections  knows what is needed on the festival grounds and surrounding resorts.  Leave it to her staffs to dress you up so you don't have to.

You wouldn't regret it because whatever they select for you, will last beyond Coachella and travels well from the West Coast to East Coast's Summer Society parties, like Spoleto USA in preppy but beachy Charleston, South Carolina.

Her resortwear is so chic that the staff said you switch out the sandals for basic black pumps for a proper night out.

Trina Turk and Colorescience got you covered.  All you have to do is stash them in your carry-on.

Starting living the Jet-Setter Life in Mad Men.

Tarte's Maracuja Bronzing Serum. Refresh. All-Natural. Not a Powder.

By Laura Medina

http://www.sephora.com/maracuja-bronzing-serum-P385758?skuId=1604909

http://tartecosmetics.com/tarte-item-maracuja-bronzing-serum

Coachella sets the tone for Summer.  Not just in clothing but for skincare and makeup.

Tarte's Maracuja Bronzing Serum isn't a powder or a cream that clogs the pores nor is it a gel that melts away.

It naturally blends into the skin wherever you apply it.  It warmly deepens the eyelids without that awkward fake shimmer or glitter. You gently contour the cheeks or warm up the cheeks without that obvious powder streak.

Unlike most cosmetic bronzers, this isn't an all-over body self-tanners like the ones you encounter on the mass market.  It's singular in that it's a makeup face bronzer in a body of a skincare serum, making it light and refreshing out in the heat, whether it's sweaty-humid or dry desert heat.

This multitasking elixir is powered by maracuja and plant extracts to hydrate, brighten, and even skintone as it helps fight signs of aging for a firmer, brighter, smoother appearance. The infused self-tanning complex delivers instant radiance as it imparts a gradual, natural-looking bronze for a healthy, glowing complexion over time. The fragrant, silky texture is infused with herbal notes—bergamot, gardenia, lily of the valley, and jasmine—for a spa-like pampering with every application. 

Maracuja: rich in essential fatty acids (EFAs) and vitamin C known to replenish and rebuild for firmer, brighter, smoother skin and maximum hydrationAllantoin: helps heal and soothe skinLarch extract: nourishes and helps prevent moisture lossSelf-tanning complex: allows for a natural-looking bronze color with anti-inflammatory effects

It's an innovative, un-sung makeup item that is one of a kind. 

 

Coachella for All, Ron Robinson's ALL FASHON ARTS FESTIVAL, April 14 to 16th at Both Melrose & Santa Monica.

Mind you, not everyone can go to nor afford to celebrate at Coachella.

Still, people at Ron Robinson are nice to bring a little bit of Coachella for the home-bound and broke.

Starting tomorrow, running through Thursday, for 3 days straight, Ron Robinson at both the Melrose and Santa Monica locations will throw their version of Coachella, "All Fashion Arts Festival."

With 3 days of fashion, beauty, fun, and music without the headaches of wristbands, badges, and guest lists, Ron Robinson's ALL FASHION ARTS FESTIVAL is a bounty there for the taking!

It's a win-win.  For those lucky and tough enough for Coachella Round-Two, you can stock up while party-ing.  For those too tired, too busy, or broke, here's your chance to join the fun.

Nobody misses out.  It's for everyone!

Pandora's Pool Party with QuestLove during Coachella.

                                                                    By Laura Medina

Remember Coachella is all about the music, the artists, the DJs, the performers, their talent agents and managers, and publicists, who flew from all corners of the world to perform, in the middle of night in a remote desert without noise limits.

To make it easier on them, a plethora of pool parties pop up, blooming like Spring desert flowers, to give them tender, loving care.

Pandora was no exception.

At Cree Estates, one of Palm Desert's earliest resort, Pandora threw a pool party with DJ QuestLove DJing.

Okay, it's Spring Break for the music industry and they do it better and chicer than any frat boy on a normal Spring Break.

Bartenders slushed snow cones for the grateful guests sunning and splashing underneath the desert sun.

At the Pandora Party, hair stylists braided to ventilate guests' neck nape and backs.  People got exercising doing real-life Wizard Chess then jumped into the pool.

This is one of hundred reasons that makes Coachella exceptional and above all the other festivals.  With 4-star shuttle vans and buses, pampering hotel packages, and industry parties, Coachella isn't your average concert.

How to Party & Relax Like an Adult at Coachella.

By Laura Medina

http://www.valleymusictravel.com/events/coachella2015/hotel-travel-packages-weekend-two/#agua-caliente-casino-resort-spa

With the General Admission price for one weekend of Coachella going for close to $500 and with Gen-Xer-sque favorites Madonna, Alabama Shakes, and Fritz & the Tantrums, alongside Baby Boomer classics, AC/DC and Steely Dan...all night for three night, one definitely get her and his Rock n' Roll Wet Dream on.  Still at that admission price alone...with those line-ups...and gourmet food trucks and catered celebrity-chef dinner banquet, "Outstanding in the Field," Coachella is definitely for the Bourgeois Bohemian Establishment, the same folks now ruling and running the Grammys.

The authentic tweeny-bopper/teenaged kids oughta be thankful their parents paid for the tickets and patiently wait by the side to chauffeur them in and out of the festival, happily missing out on the action.  Those adult parents patiently putting themselves out to pastures so their kids can rock out like faux-adults.

For real adults,...since you're gonna rock it like an adult because the price alone is adult, you might as well surviving the festival as an adult.

http://www.valleymusictravel.com/events/coachella2015/hotel-travel-packages-weekend-two/#agua-caliente-casino-resort-spa

After plunking down the estimated $500 weekend general admission ticket, one must learn how to survive.  Especially, if you're one of the thousand international attendees playing and musicians and DJ working the festival, where we're gonna stay? How do we get there?  How do I live while at the festival?

If you're really smart about it, go to Valley Music Travel on Coachella's http://www.valleymusictravel.com/events/coachella2015/hotel-travel-packages-weekend-two/#agua-caliente-casino-resort-spa  page.

Coachella (after sixteen years running the festival and encountering every travel problems there is) is thoughtful and considerate enough to offer hotel and transportation/shuttle bus and van packages with certain hotels in retro-hip Palm Springs (adding more coins to their coffer) where the locals do all the work for you so you wouldn't be stressed out, just relax and enjoy the musicians all night long then hopefully return.

http://www.theparkerpalmsprings.com/deals/index.php

Since we're in the business of busting myths and cliches, Coachella has long, long, long ago matured out of it's dirty hippy image, camping on the field grounds and the snaking, choking traffic (this is why they have and insist on attendees taking luxury, air-conditioned coach shuttle buses going  to and from the festival for mere organization).  For the cheap skates who still insist, for a price, you can still be the dirty hippie camping on the festival grounds, to drastically reduce cost.  But after roughing it for three days and nights, your body is screaming for some serious pampering to re-balance.

For those who rough it during Coachella, The Parker Hotel in Palm Springs has some square and fair one-day deals for those who sacrifice, by Coachella camping.

For the severely dehydrated and sun-burnt, The Parker Hotel's "Are You a Spa Junkie?" Deal can scrub off the gritty granola off your grimy skin.  

What you pay for an one night stay pays for your spa treatments in equal amounts, a fair deal right?!

Sunday through Thursday nights for rates starting at $249 you will receive $250 in credit towards spa treatments in the cool Palm Springs Yacht Club, as well one of our divine Estate Rooms.  This equates to paying you $1 for a room.

In other words, they'll exfoliate and pamper your environmental-damaged skin back to normal, refreshed enough to face civilization.  

If you practically starved yourself for Coachella, whether keeping it in budget or starving to fit into those skimpy bikinis, you can feed yourself back into sanity at The Parker Hotel.

The hotel's "Glutton's Delight" rebalances your metabolism and your mentality by again, for the same amount you pay for an one-night stay, it'll be match in equal amount of meals to nourish you back to normality.

Remember the olde-fashion advice, the way to a man's (now, a woman's) heart is through the stomach.  Show you care by booking "Glutton's Delight" one-night deal and feed that special person happy.  One cannot live on anorexia nervosa alone.  Your sun-damaged skin needs omega-3 oils and fluid to plump up and hydrate; and a starving boyfriend is an angry boyfriend.  Show him you care by thanking him with The Parker's "Glutton's Delight" for him making all those Coachella sacrifices.

https://www.trinaturk.com/s/trinaturk/stores

Now that you fixed the basics of food, water, shelter, and transportation, let's start dressing like an adult for Coachella.

For the ruling establishment of Gen-Xers and a few remaining Baby Boomers, especially Baby Boomers who wore the skimpy, "Dirty Hippy" the first time around, way back at Woodstock, how to dress appropriately in the heat, sweat, and dust storms without being trapped in a time capsule?

Sure, doing yogilates help but you're cultured and experienced...ok, your parts grew and settled into places that can't rock a lacy, transparent caftan laying over a skimpy bikini.  Just the act of rocking a pair of Daisy Dukes, over the age of thirty, is an achievement unto itself.

You can rock stylishly and be fashion-forward without dressing like a stale time capsule.  Save the fringe suede and beads for the first-time young'uns.  Besides, any experienced jet-setter knows a good travel/vacation/festival wardrobe should cross cliques and coasts.  

Easy, in Palm Springs, stock up on native Palm Springer and Coachella supporter, Trina Turk.

She's the West Coast answer to Lilly Pulitzer.  For sheer convenience,  The Parker Hotel has her pop-up in the lobby until July the 4th.  This pop-up shop is special because it carries only her limited-edition 20th Anniversary Collection.

Once done with Coachella, you can still style Trina Turk at Charleston's Spoleto USA arriving in late May/early June, which is not too far off.

Now, plan and prep Coachella like an adult so you can be relaxed enough to be open-minded enough to discover and catch newcomers, like Azealia Banks and Florence & the Machine.  This is how you keep young, young of mind and soul.