Must Have Items for Flinging Into Fall

Photo by Julia Reed Nichols, Pin-Ups On Tour

Must Have Items for Flinging Into Fall

By Kat Thomas, Edible Skinny

Hello Autumn!!!  Here at Edible Skinny we’re ready for the Fall Festivities to start!  Hello to Kids Back in School, Football Mums, and Starbucks adding Pumpkin to everything on their menu!  So with that in mind we’ve created a list of “Must Have Items for Flinging into Fall”!  Below are some recommendations to make you September, October, and November Fall Fantastic!

Must Have For Flawless Harvest Makeup - MODA Prismatic Makeup Brushes

We all want that flawless skin that looks like it’s from a 1940s film noir, and with MODA’s Prismatic 4 set makeup brushes you finally have the ability to create such a fantastic illusion.  Everything to craft that perfect impression!  

These rainbow decorated dense, ultra-soft brushes apply and blend cream and liquid makeup with minimal absorption, leaving more makeup for application. The set’s unique bristle heads are designed to fit the contours of your face for optimal blending.  The 4 pack includes a large brush for all over cream or liquid foundation application, blush/bronzer brush for application for a stunning glow, a medium contour brush to flawlessly blend under your cheekbones and jawline, and a small brush that is perfect for precisely applying concealer. 

 

MODA Brushes hail from parent company Royal & Langnickel, the leading paint brush company on the art market.  These professional brushes take key learnings from their heritage and apply these details to make them some of the best on the market with 36 types of brushes – 100% vegan, synthetic filaments for long-lasting use and wet/dry application, and Silk-Touch™ coated acrylic grips for durability and ease of care that are also water-resistant.  From product development to manufacturing and distribution, MODA’s vertical silo allows them to pass on an affordable price to their clients – the 4 piece runs $24.99. 

https://beautyusa.royalbrush.com/pages/moda

Must Have For Some Getting Over Summer Hair: Part 1 - Eleni & Chris Shampoo and Conditioner

Summer highlights absolute - Yay, super fried split ends – Nay!   So this summer has been spent questing for anything to hydrate each and every one of the hairs on the top of our head.  Enter the Scandinavian beauty company Eleni & Chris (named for mother-daughter creators) who have a mission of bringing clear water and untouched mountains and fjords to their hair and skin care products.  

With the Vegas heat frying our hair to the point of split personalities we totally digging their KeraMin ™ Strengthening Shampoo with Keratin and Cloudberry Extract to create hair that is rich in protein and moisture.  The arctic Cloudberry is related to raspberries and can withstand temperatures as cold as -40 degrees Celsius.  Cloudberry Seed Oil contains abundant amounts of Omega 6, Omega 3, Vitamin E, Vitamin A and plant sterols. These components strengthen and protect the skin, as well as reduce signs of aging.  Follow it up with their KeraMin ™ Strengthening Conditioner that helps repair, strengthens, softens and moisturizes the hair without weighing it down.  Here’s to hydrating!

http://eleniandchris.com/

Must Have For Some Getting Over Summer Hair: Part 2 - Shu Uemura: Blow Dry Beautifier BB Serum

Again, summer beach season is fantastic, the byproduct of post summer beach season hair is an absolute terror.  So discovering Shu Uemura’s Blow Dry Beautifer BB Serum is an absolute godsend.  This a multi-benefit blow-dry perfector: primes the hair fiber, moisturizes without heaviness, smooths and softens the hair, helps protect from blow dry heat, and shapes and reshapes any look.  

The product is lightweight, but still strong enough to fuse frayed ends back together (beach hair be gone!) using SRS Microwaxes: the heat reactive re-positionable microwax technology uses microscopic wax particles to melt with heat to create flexible bonds between hair fibers. The formula is rich in Ginko Biloba extract, which is known for its high resistance to external aggressions and its anti-oxidant and healing benefits.

It’s perfect for fine to medium hair, use this hair care and styling product for a flawless and effortless look with a nude effect. 

http://www.shuuemuraartofhair-usa.com/

  

Must Have for Rocking the PTA Potluck – Addie Gundry’s Family Favorite Casserole Recipes

Do it old school at back to school dinner with AddieGundry’s Family Favorite Casserole Recipes.  

Simple and stress free, a casserole is something to be shared; something warm, rich, and worthy of a gathering on its own.  Gundry’s cookbook shows that a dish doesn’t have to be complicated to be creative, elegant, and mouth-wateringly delicious.

 

Gundry, known to audiences nationwide as a contestant on the 13th season of the Food Network Star, also has quite the caveat.  With a Master’s in Culinary Arts from August Escoffier in Avignon, France, experience working for chefs including Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, and Martha Stewart and winning Cutthroat Kitchen on The Food Network inn 2015.  She is the author of more than half a dozen cookbooks with her Favorite Casserole Recipes being one of her newest.

Every recipe is paired with a beautiful finished photograph that will make readers jump at the idea of casserole night.  Dishes include: Layered Ham and Cheese Croissant Casserole, Unforgettable Buffalo Chicken Casserole, John Wayne Cowboy Casserole, Zoodle Casserole, and Strawberry Icebox Casserole.  Warning results are the possible creation of something kids (and adults!) will love.

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250123343

Must Have for Killing a Room, Even After You’ve Left – Vilhelm Perfume: Do Not Disturb

Make a killing in a room, even after you’ve left with this atypical floral!  Vilhelm Parfumerie’s newest scent, Do Not Disturb, was created to capture the glamorous heyday of Hollywood, recalling scenes of Marilyn Monroe and the Rat Pack drinking cocktails at the Beverly Hills Hotel.  With intoxicating notes of spicy carnation, warm clove buds, and smoky vetiver (I had to look it up, it’s a tall perennial grass found in southeastern Asia).  “The woman wearing this fragrance is definitely confident and intelligent,” says Vilhelm Parfumerie’s founder Jan Ahlgren.  “She really appreciates good quality and dares to wear something that is incredibly intoxicating and sexy.”  Do Not Disturb is exclusive to the beauty site Violet Grey.

https://vilhelmparfumerie.com/

Kat Thomas is the Editor in Chief of Edible Skinny, a site dedicated to making your life postcard worthy. She is also the CEO of the creative media company This Way Adventures. You can find more about both brands at http://www.thiswayadventures.com

Must Have Items For Summer Domination

Must Have Items For Summer Domination

By Kat Thomas, Edible Skinny

Hello Summer!!!  Here at Edible Skinny we’re ready for beach/pool season to start with those things called Fun and Sun!   So with that in mind we’ve created a list of “Must Have Items For Summer Domination”!  Below are some recommendations for your July/August weapon of choice, but remember with great power comes great responsibility…

To Dominate People’s Memories - Vilhelm Parfumerie’s Harlem Bloom Perfume

The sense of smell is more linked with memory than any of our senses, so make this summer memorable with a new perfume!  For something exotic check out Vilhelm Parfumerie’s Harlem Boom.  Inspired by founder John Ahlgreen’s New York backyard, Harlem Bloom is an ode to the place he calls home where resilient flowers grow on, behind, in-between, and beside buildings that have lined the streets for the past century.   With notes of Angelica Seeds, Saffron, and Violet this scent is an exotic flower in an urban jungle.   Here’s to making memories that will haunt you future ex-lovers for years to come.  Available online at barneys.com and online.

To Dominate With Animal Badass-ery - MelJo JoJo Prints

It’s a jungle out there, so your walls should be decorated accordingly.  Iowa based artist MelJo JoJo has designed a literal burlesque art menagerie.   Her playfully prima  There’s Bayou Betty with a body to die for and an alligator head that will chomp away when she catches you starring at her curves.  Or the Bear Naked Lady, who’s both a naked lady and a beast worthy of battling Leonardo DiCaprio.  You can snatch up her designs at: meljojojo.com.

l prints combine classic pin-up bodies and poses with zoo animal heads.

To Dominate with that Killer Bod - Fascia Blaster

Welcome to the world of Fascia, a portion of your body you’ve probably never heard of, but effects every aspect of your health.  Fascia is the head-to-toe, fingertip-to-fingertip, inside-to-out connective tissue.  It’s the spider webbing that keeps your brain in your skull, your muscles in line, and your organs where they’re supposed to be.  And when it’s tangled you get “knots” in your body aka Cellulite.   Enter Ashley Black, who cured herself of a series of painful structural issues by healing her fascia, and in the process found a way to eliminate one of the female body’s most dreaded enemies.  

“We’re told that having cellulite means we need to reduce our body fat, when in reality, it’s caused by fascial distortions that pull down on the skin, creating those dents and divots we call cellulite. The appearance of the dimples is definitely very real, but the cause is different from what we’ve been told.”  Once you realize that “cellulite” is really fascia distortion, you realize that you can sculpt your fascia to decimate those “issue areas.  All you need to do is blast your trouble zones with the FasciaBlaster® on bare skin with oil, rubbing briskly up and down and side to side.  Be forewarned, you must be prepared for the ramifications, your body will bruise up and down as blood flow is restored in areas it had previously been blocked.  But with a body to die for at the beach this summer, what’s a dramatic bruise or two?

To Dominate with Flexibility – Gaiam Yoga Block and Strap

Daily life can be quite a hurricane at times.  Inspirational posters note we should be like palm trees in a storm since they are designed perfectly to bend when winds try to huff and puff and blow houses down.  So reapplying that metaphor back to daily life, you can allow yourself to dominate through flexibility, body flexibility that is.  Enter Gaiam’s Yoga Blocks and Straps which allow you to be more Gumby-like.  

Sure the yoga mat gets all the glory, but blocks and straps allow you to deepen your stretches and improve balance.  Blocks allow people to hold postures longer and guide proper alignment.  Straps aid in allowing you to reach places you haven’t reached before.  Both will help you become more flexible in your body, which translates to being more flexible in life in general.  Plus, it’s always cool to impress people by touching those toes!  

Kat Thomas is the Editor in Chief of Edible Skinny, a site dedicated to making your life postcard worthy.  She is also the CEO of the creative media company This Way Adventures.  You can find more about both brands at www.thiswayadventures.com