Follain Opens in Union Market Follain, a Boston-based purveyor of all-natural beauty products, recently opened a store in Washington, D.C., and last week I had the pleasure of attending their launch at their Union Market location at 1359 Fifth St. NE. Follain, which mea Read More

Long-Weekend Must-Haves Memorial Day weekend has arrived, at long last, signaling the official start of summer. Not a moment too soon, considering the horrid winter that we’ve just endured. Trust me, this summer I’ll utter not a peep in complaint about the heat. If you’re headed Read More

A Primer on Summer Primers Primers are like foundational garments for your face — they smooth and conceal imperfections, and most importantly, hold everything in place so that all subsequent items put on top them look better. This is not a step to skip in your makeup routine, but Read More

Cannabis for the Complexion As someone who dozed off while attempting to watch Cheech and Chong’s Up in Smoke, the voter approval of Initiative 71 here in Washington, D.C., last November elicited nothing more than a polite yawn on my part. I began taking a less somnolent approach Read More

Spring Is in the Air It’s May Day – a time to celebrate the arrival of warm, sunny spring days. In France, it is customary to offer your beloved a sprig of muguet de bois (lily of the valley) on the first of May. This lovely tradition was initiated by Charles IX, who, according Read More

Beauty, Fashion and Cocktails Once again, the time for sipping fruity cocktails, shopping and sampling new beauty products arrived this week with the Style and Image Network’s highly anticipated eighth annual Beauty Night Out held at the Long View Gallery. With its array of Read More