Tuesday, March 12, 2019

One Night Only, 311's Rock Doc, "Enlarged to Show Detail 3" on March 11th, 3/11...Uhm, Duh.


For a bunch guys who were thrilled to have a thousand people show up at their first show, 311's  Nick Hexum,  Tim Mahoney, Aaron "P-Nut" Wills, Chad Sexton, and  Doug "SA" Martinez, have unknowingly spawn a movement that steamrolled into a business empire, while still staying humble. 

They all owe it to their large, loyal fan base that have supported them for twenty-nine years solidly.  Forget Dead Heads. Move over Phish Fans. Some of them morphed into 3 Eleven-ers.  311 comments their fans today, range from teenagers, who still need to call their moms back, to people in their fifties, who are these kids' parents.  Some of the older fans are grandparents, who bring their grandchildren to the concerts.

This rock documentary, "Enlarged to Show Details 3" https://www.311incinemas.com/ show snippets and videos gathered over 25 year and backstage chats with fans and band mate interviews.

When they're not cruising with their fans on their 311 Caribbean Festival Cruises and 311 Pow Wow Festivals, they grow fruit in their garden groves at home, raising families, or kindly hosting a visiting die-hard but nice 311 fan in their studio/man cave or brewing green tea with ginger.  Through-out the documentary, the band were constantly surprise at their career success and steadiness then they humbly give credit where credit is due, their fans.
They always talk about making their fans, regardless of cred or color, feel welcomed and inclusive.  In return, their fans lyrically riff about the band's positivity, humanity, and kindness through rocking rhythms and raps over booming and blasting beats.

Business-wise, 311 can teach the Frye Festival a thing or two.

At first, 311 thought it was weird for them to headline a rock cruise and were worried and curious how their fans will take to it, way back in 2011.  2017 marked the fifth 311 Caribbean Cruise! Departed from Tampa to Cozumel, March 2–6, 2017, on board the Norwegian Jade. Lineup of bands, DJs and comedians, including Rebelution, Reel Big Fish, Stick Figure, People Under the Stairs, Ballyhoo!, RDGLDGRN, Los Stellarians (side project of 311 member SA Martinez) and ILL Communication. The band headlined set lists as usual and hosted other bands as well. 311 played their hit songs plus debuting two new tracks; "Extension" and "Too Late" while also covering Prince's "Let's Go Crazy".  

Once they land in the Bahamas, 311 throws a beach concert without snafus.

311's Festival Cruise has been a steadily growing success to the point, that it's Spring Break for their younger fans to a rocking booze cruise of an honeymoon for the older fans. 
Speaking of which,..

With such a large but loyal fan base that faithfully follow 311 on tour, love does bloom among the fans to the point that 311 not only has a three-generation fan base but the band members also officiates their fans' wedding.  

"Enlarged to Show Detail 3" shows the world 311 unknowing built.

Even the band is surprised.












Dennis Rodman Sunday Dish with Jennifer Cohen at Westfield Century City Mall's Beauty & Balance Week.

By Laura Medina

It wasn't your usual health and fitness advice chat when you have Dennis Rodman for an afternoon chat, particularly on a Sunday afternoon.


He sat down with "Habits and Hustle" Jennifer Cohen https://www.instagram.com/therealjencohen/, https://open.spotify.com/show/65memPd2e3Y8ekh3h1JuRK?si=NfT4iIq3QcOdd6LztobcOg and https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/habits-and-hustle/id1451897026?mt=2&i=1000429432469 in what it takes to be a professional basketball player to becoming a celebrity.


What began as an usual mind over matter to get out of the projects: having discipline, having a drive, and having a focus, Dennis spins it around into a juicy pop culture history, with him as an eyewitness to history.


From seeing who has the lowest body fat between him and Scotty Pippen to almost getting kicked of the NBA if he gets one more tattoo, Jennifer commented he was a trail blazer who's ahead of his time.  Now, it's common for today's younger basketball players to have tattoos and dyed hair.


His ever-changing, multi-colored hair to his outlandish style and personality, Dennis Rodman broke the mold.


This is where his anecdotes became juicy.  Since he's a honest man, he isn't afraid to talk about history that span 25 years...ago.

He dated Madonna when people thought her career was stalling.

But the woman who made the biggest impression was Carmen Electra.

From her bold introduction to him at a nightclub to her showing up in his life, with her luggage after she left her boyfriend, the audience's jaws just dropped.

But for Dennis, this is all water underneath the bridge.

What really gets him is having North Korea's President, Kim Jong-un, as a friend.

Dennis honestly told the Jennifer and the captive audience that he thought he was traveling there for an autograph session for North Korean fans.

He had no idea that Kim Jong-un personally asked him to be his personal guest. Kim is obvious an basketball fan.  The presidential North Korean band repetitively played the "Dallas" theme to Dennis' annoyance.  Regardless, he's still friends with Kim Jong-un. No politics involvement or motives.  Rodman shared that he is currently planning a trip to North Korea and his friendship with Kim Jong Un started by them playing the basketball game, HORSE. From being of the greatest rebounders in basketball to his current project, his podcast, "On the Rebound," https://www.podcastrepublic.net/podcast/1452648659 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIs2BB00UIU. It's a witty play on his NBA position to him riffing and dispensing wise relationship and dating and ok, sex advice to young fans and admirers, based on his life experiences.
The after-party moved to Westfield Century City’s Next Health. It's still Beauty and Balance Week and Sunday with Dennis Rodan and Jennifer Cohen was the finale cherry on top. Rodman tried their Drip IV Therapy to hydrate but still telling tales. Other services offered to guests were the LIMITLESS Vitamin Shot, Infrared Therapy and Cryotherapy. If you're thirsty for more juicy Dennis Rodman tales...and advice, listen in to his "On the Rebound" podcast, https://www.podcastrepublic.net/podcast/1452648659 or watch it on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIs2BB00UIU







Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Tarte's Young at Heart Line, Sugar Rush. The Same Healthy Clay But at Mom-Friendly Prices...What This Scribe is Gonna Wear at Coachella & Spring Then Thru Summer.

By Laura Medina

As antidote to Oscar Week's formality, stiffness, and strictness, Tarte unleashed Sugar Rush, the same healthy Amazonian clay with a more affordable price, set at $25 and under with fun-loving sweet lip oils, teen-friendly skincare and sugary colors.


It's not just fun-loving colors and textures in healthy clay but finally, skincare that tackle sticky humidity on the pores.  This scribe will hijack them while "Coachella-ing."

Sugar Rush - Treat Yo Selfie Drying Solution
  • Fast acting formula helps minimize the appearance of spots
  • Gentle, detoxifying clay helps purify without irritating skin
  • Caffeine helps reduce appearance of redness, while lavender helps soothe
  • Box made with soy ink - please recycle!

Sugar Rush - Squeezy Clean Face Wash
  • Soothing & gentle formula removes all impurities, while leaving skin feeling soft & hydrated
  • Energizing citrus fragrance helps you wake up in the morning
  • Paired with Tarte's Sugar Rush - Star Factor Cleansing Brush for a deeper clean
Sugar Rush - Don't Hate, Hydrate Oil Free Moisturizer
  • Hyaluronic acid & witch hazel help hydrate & soothe skin
  • Absorbs quickly with no greasy residue
  • Mattifying complex helps keep shine under control

Whether lazing away on a muggy, hot, sweaty Summer day or sweating out at a music festival, Tarte's Sugar Rush knows you need deodorant and fragrance...


Sugar Rush - Sugar Spritz Body Spray
  • Delicious scent that lasts on your body - especially your hair!
  • Formulated with a blend of fragrant botanicals

Sugar Rush - Vacay Day Rollerball Mini
  • Travel-friendly rollerball easily fits in your pocket or bag for easy access
  • Stretches vacay vibes with a blend of sea spray, beach jasmine & mandarin
  • Box made with soy ink - please recycle!

Sugar Rush - Lip Sip Vegan Lip Oil Mini will feel so good partying in the desert, Coachella-ing or on an holiday ski slope...
  • Jojoba, hazel & sunflower seed oils coat lips with nourishing tint and shine
  • Sheer, high-shine wash of juicy color
  • Raspberry sugar cookie flavor - yum!
  • Jumbo doe foot makes application a piece of cake
Sugar Rush - Beach Cheeks Cream Blush in Beaches & Cream doubles as coral eyeshadow as well as blush.  Sugar Rush - Beach Cheeks Cream Blush in Ocean Girl is also contours as bronzer and adds depth to the eyes.
  • Gorgeous, natural flush with a quick swipe of your fingertips
  • Two universally-flattering pink shades - rosy & peach
  • Shea butter, mango seed butter & avocado oil leave skin super soft
  • Box made with soy ink - please recycle!

Since Tarte is all about high-performance for the all-natural busy bee girl or woman, Sugar Rush and Tarte's newest release wears the day-after, making you ready to roll out of bed then rockin' n rolling all day...


If you wound up using all of Tarte's famed Face Tape Concealer as your all-over makeup foundation, good news-Tarte released the full-sized version of their Face Tape formula as Face Tape the Foundation in an dizzying array of skin complexion shades.  None of the in-between shades of beige, ivory, olive, tan, to brown were skipped. Prayers answered.

Inspired by Tarte's iconic shape tape concealer, this longwearing, full coverage foundation mattifies, hydrates & brightens your appearance. They've bottled up your skin-smoothing filters, selfie settings & Instagram feedback to create the foundation of your dreams. PLUS, this baby comes in 50 shades with 5 undertones.

What it does:
  • Longwearing, full coverage with a natural matte finish
  • Transfer-proof, waterproof & sweatproof to keep you flawless through work & play
  • Snow mushroom extract, apple fruit extract & hyaluronic acid hydrate & brighten appearance
  • Pair with Shape Tape Concealer for double the perfection


  • Brush on:
    Spring Break (matte medium brown)
    Summer Love (champagne shimmer)
    Pool Hop (matte warm brown)
    Retro (matte dark brown)
    All these will wear well overnight, soften into an all-natural bronze filter.    



    If you associate all-natural with various shades of flesh-toned nude in skin-like matte
    suede texture, Sugar Rush - Sugar Coat Velvet Liquid Lipstick
    is for you.

    In no-fail gradual degrees of flesh-toned mauves and nudes, in 
    a soft, moisturizing yet durable suede texture, this will
    wear well, the morning after.





                              


Tarte's new "sister" line, Sugar Rush is the same high-performance,
all-natural clay formula that's a kid at heart but at under $25 mom-
friendly prices.


RealHer Makeup, Future Generation Cosmetics for Today's Grown-ups, Launches on Home Shopping Network.

By Laura Medina

It's easy to dismiss Gen-Z and Millennial-focused makeup as "twinkly twinkie" with a lot of artificial frosting and sprinkles.

RealHer Makeup, https://www.realher.com/ proves that assumption wrong.

It's future makeup, that's timeless and elegant as it is universal and embracing of all the complexion spectrum.

Each and every package is label with esteem-boosting mottos that will out-live the practical, multi-purpose matte liquid lipstick, blush, and eyeshadow.

RealHer Makeup was started by a dad, a cosmetic veteran,  Bill Xiang.  As a makeup veteran and professional, he encountered millions of women and a growing number of men, using makeup and skincare to tackle flaws and skincare issues that have direct affect on their self-esteem.  Once he learned he's going to have a daughter, he wanted to boost self-worth and self-esteem, inside and outside.

As a young dad, he made sure no his new makeup line, RealHer Makeup is paraben-free.  In fact, this scribe first discovered RealHer Makeup at an all-natural beauty expo with strict guidelines about whom display and sell at their expo.



Bill will be glad to know that his products can stand-alone, based on easy application and quality.

With just three items:  I Am Brave - transparent, clear Shimmer Silver lip gloss glazing over I Am Adaptable, 
that can be used as a liquid blush, with a simple swipe of Eye Am Amazing 24 
Hour Eyeliner in classic black, it's easy classic on a rainy day during Oscar Week.



Even though RealHer Makeup debut their PRO COLLECTION with REALHER’s Lip Gloss pink, mauve, and deep red collection in I Am Brave, a high shine clear gloss, I Am Bright, a striking high shine gold, I Am Radiant, a universal neutral, and I Am Happy, a deep burgundy; and their Pro Blush Palette featuring six shades friendly for complexions fair all the way to deep debut on Valentine's Day or "Galetine's Day," Oscar Sunday is the ideal time to go all out and display the instant pigmentation in classic, elegant colors and shades in durable finishes that last all afternoon, through the three and half-hours Academy Awards then still there, when hitting two to three Oscar after-parties.

This six-pan  Pro Blush Palette  beauty encompasses both matte and shimmer shades that can easily be used at home by the beauty novice or readily available for the pro artists makeup kit. 


All four shades of REALHER’s Lip Gloss in pink, mauve, and deep red collection in I Am Brave, a high shine clear gloss, I Am Bright, a striking high shine gold, I Am Radiant, a universal neutral, and I Am Happy, a deep burgundy were chosen for being flattering on all skin tones, to be easily used at home by the everyday consumer, as well as their flexibility to create and customize lips for quick changes on set or during a photoshoot. Each shade still boasts its winning non-sticky formulation that hydrates and plumps the lips. 


Formulated for quick touch-ups and for professional photoshoots, used by professional 
makeup artists, no wonder for the DIY writers, blogger, and vbloggers forced to do it yourself selfies, the quality lasts day and night yet the color palettes and pigmentation is 
good enough for the red carpet.

RealHer Makeup proves that professional, studio makeup doesn't have to be toxic and healthy doesn't mean skimping on durability and pigmentation.

As a dad of a daughter, who will be the next generation of makeup consumer, it's real-life makeup of the future, for the future.

Makeup of the future, means for anyone.

RealHer, a Southern California based indie beauty brand, is excited to announce its partnership with adaptive athlete and motivational speaker Misty Diaz with the addition of an inspirational crimson shade to their Matte Liquid Lipstick collection.

Diaz, born with Myelomeningocele, the most severe form of Spina Bifida, who once considered herself a sufferer of her condition woke up one day and completely changed her state of mind. Today, Misty no longer considers herself a victim of her circumstances but, instead, a champion of her future and has never looked back. With her determined and persistent will, promoting #SpinaBeautiful daily, she continues to be a role model to her community and to her social media community, quickly adding to her 15k Instagram (@lilmistydiaz) fanbase which includes supporters, mentors, fellow athletes, and those inspired by her story.



In selecting a color, Diaz went with red: bold, daring, vivacious, strong, and confident. She feels it not only brings out her courageous spirit but her inner warrior as well. In addition to choosing this classic shade, Diaz also collaborated on the name, I Am Adaptable. This affirmation embodies Misty's tenacious and optimistic spirit to encourage every individual to believe anything is possible when you are ADAPTABLE.

This aspirational, exclusive, limited-edition shade is available on our dot com. In the spirit of Misty’s mantra of “helping others”, RealHer is also donating a portion of the proceeds from this collaboration to the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF).


Yes, that classic red "I Am Adaptable" that can be used as a tough, multi-purpose moisturizing but matte liquid red used as lipstick and as a dab of liquid blush in that classic Olde Hollywood Glamour, is inspired by a disabled athlete who never lets her disability hold her back.

Growing beyond the indie niche of healthy beauty start-ups, you can find RealHer Beauty on https://www.macys.com/shop/makeup-and-perfume/makeup/Brand/RealHer?id=30077 and https://www.neimanmarcus.com/c/designers-real-her-cat68140750.

Tonight, RealHer Makeup is debuting on Home Shopping Network at 9pm.


Growing indie beauty brand, REALHER, will be making television waves on the Home Shopping Network’s Beauty Report with Amy Morrison. Megan Merid, Vice President of Business Development for REALHER, will be in attendance with Morrison from 9-11pm EST on March 6, 2019.

The Beauty Report is the top viewed show in the beauty programming category for HSN and the go to segment for the industry’s up and coming, best, and newly discovered brands along with the latest beauty tips and trends.

REALHER is a Southern California based beauty brand that was created by a father inspired by the birth of his daughter. Every product is named after a positive affirmation such as I Am Confident Lip Liner, Boss Moisturizing Lipstick, and I Deserve the Best Matte Liquid Lipstick. The names are the wearers daily reminder with uplifting messages that they are enough.

Select items from the REALHER collection will be available for sale on HSN.com such as their Highlighter, Moisturizing Lipstick, Lip Liner, and Matte Liquid Lipstick. A few of the brand’s pieces will also be available at a special introductory price. This will mark REALHER’s first television appearance.

RealHer Makeup is makeup that your daughter will grow into.  In the meantime, let your mom and wife get a boost with RealHer Makeup.