Category: Beauty
Upwell Cosmetics has industry-sized aspirations for its latest microalgae-derived wax base.
Formulated as a sustainable alternative to petroleum-based and animal-derived waxes, the wax has the flexibility to be utilized in myriad beauty and private care products including sunscreen, shampoo, conditioner, body lotion, lip products and more.
The important thing ingredient is microalgae isochrysis, which scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute discovered synthesizes a compound called alkenones, which creates a wax-like consistency when extracted.
Upwell cofounders Daniella Zakon and Alexandra Dowling Lari — who occur to be Woods Hole, Massachusetts, natives themselves — licensed the ingredient patent from the Institute, and at the moment are focused on scaling production enough for the wax to be a viable alternative to existing prevalent wax...
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Experimental photographic mixed media artist Shae Detar released her debut book One other World through Skeleton Key Press. This collection of hand-painted photographs submerges its viewers right into a utopic pocket-dimension governed by Mother Earth and the female mystique. Populated exclusively by women, One other World presents an alternate reality by which unabashed, innate great thing about the nude female form is openly revered and different body types are cherished quite than judged.
Blurring the divide between contemporary art and fashion photography, the self-taught modelturned- artist embraces a barebones, body-confident vision of femininity. Far faraway from material amenities and tactile assurances, One other World defiantly thrusts its protagonists into sprawling expanses of wilderness. Unmarred by societal conventions, each woman basks in...
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Naomi Watts attended the 2023 Tribeca Ball in Recent York City on Tuesday, taking a minimalist approach to dressing.
The actress wore a sleeveless black dress with a low V-neckline and an asymmetrical skirt hem from Dries Van Noten. She coordinated the look with black ankle-strap heeled sandals and accessorized her look with diamond flower-shaped earrings by Van Cleef & Arpels.
Brooke Shields and Naomi Watts
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To create her search for the event, the actress worked with stylist Jeanann Williams, who also works with Monica Barbaro, Bette Middler and Mariana Treviño.
Watts has been attending the Tribeca Ball for greater than a decade and he or she’s known for purchasing recent art acquisitions from the event. The actress admitted to WWD that...
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