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Press Pen: St. Ives Product Review

Dear Pennies & Pens, It’s Pen here to review the Fresh Skin Apricot Scrub, the Naturally Soothing Oatmeal & Shea Body Lotion, and the Oatmeal & Shea Butter Body Wash by St. Ives. I received these products in March and since that time I’ve had a chance to use them all several times. Honestly, before receiving [...]

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Press Pen: Introducing Perfect Pearl

Dear Pennies & Pens, So my New York Fashion Week actually kicked off with a beauty brunch at Barneys. Luxury skin care company, Pearl World Inc just announced the launch of Perfect Pearl ™ a safe, functional and luxurious skin care product line for mothers and babies. In essence, they hosted a brunch for the media and VIP [...]

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Press Pen: Sleep Studio Press Preview

Dear Pennies & Pens, Last week, I had the pleasure of visiting the Sleep Studio press preview. Sleep Studio is an innovative lifestyle brand that offers a variety of products and services that promote better sleep. In fact, President and CEO, Michael Rothbard says, “By offering a single destination for a comprehensive assortment of products [...]

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Designer Discussion: MCM Luxury Handbags

Dear Pennies & Pens, So earlier today, a fabulous press release along with lookbook images from “Mode Creation Munich” a.k.a. MCM luxury handbags popped up into my inbox. Unfortunately, I missed the press preview a couple weeks ago. However, since I love this line, I decided to feature it for this week’s “Designer Discussion”.  MCM [...]

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Press Pen: Salon Series by Ouidad at Sephora

Dear Pennies & Pens, Earlier this week I went to a press preview for the “Salon Series by Ouidad” at Sephora. For over 25 years, Ouidad has been creating innovative hair treatments for all hair types. Ouidad does specialize in hair products for curly hair but with such amazing products, I’d recommend it for any [...]

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Press Pen: QVC Beauty Event Product Review

Dear Pennies & Pens, It’s Pen here to review the beauty products I received after attending QVC’s Beauty Event here in NYC. Below is a video I shot where I discuss all the products and which ones I liked best. Also, here’s a list of the products I tried just in case you’d like to [...]

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Press Pen: Pen Interviews Melinda, Stylist & Manager at Platinum Salon New York

Dear Pennies & Pens, So today’s feature comes from a seriously funny story so give me a sec to get it all out. A couple of  of months ago, I received a phone call from my mom asking me to text her hair stylist to set up an appointment for her. My mother can’t text [...]

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Press Pen: Crabtree & Evelyn CITRON Product Review

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkXuwNIoP28] Products Reviewed: CITRON Skin Smoothing Body Scrub – $18.00 CITRON Skin Cleansing Bath & Shower Gel – $18.00 CITRON Refreshing Body Bar – $10.00 CITRON Skin Quenching  Body Lotion – $18.00 CITRON Skin Indulging Body Souffle` – $28.00 Crabtree & Evelyn Lip Butters Check Out Crabtree & Evelyn’s website for more info and to [...]

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Press Pen: Playing #QuietPen for the Holidays & de la Pen’s Latest & Finest Inkings

Dear Pennies, As you all have probably noticed, I have missed the last two days of posts, my apologies for this. I’ve been busy preparing upcoming posts for 2011 and working round the clock on my new business, The Network. Since Christmas is next week, I have decided to take another break…this one will be [...]

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Press Pen: Interview with Peter Lamas, Best Selling Author and Beauty Guru

Dear Pennies, Last week, I had the pleasure of interviewing best selling author and beauty guru, Peter Lamas. Peter Lamas came to New York from Cuba in the early 1960s, and began his career in hair and makeup not too long after that. Peter trained with Paul Mitchell at Vidal Sassoon and Kenneth to become [...]

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Pen’s Rhythm Nation: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry

Dear Pennies & Pens, A few weeks ago, I was forced to live the life of a chicken nugget when [...]

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Press Pen: Origin Africa – Celebrating the New Africa

Dear Pennies & Pens, Recently, I had the pleasure of attending a panel discussion for Origin Africa. What is Origin [...]

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Press Pen: Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s

Dear Pennies & Pens, A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending a press preview for the new [...]

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Press Pen: The Affordable Art Fair NYC

Dear Pennies & Pens, Earlier this month, I had the chance to attend my first art fair: The Affordable Art [...]

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Press Pen: St. Ives Product Review

Dear Pennies & Pens, It’s Pen here to review the Fresh Skin Apricot Scrub, the Naturally Soothing Oatmeal & Shea Body [...]

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