• Bitty

    Triple Paste: The Trusted Choice from Cheek to Cheek

    Move over slugging, it’s all about face basting.  A New York City dermatologist has touted “face basting” to be the next level of slugging, coining the technique to mean applying a diaper cream to the face at night, after cleansing and when skin is feeling dry. The dermatologist advocates Triple Paste as the diaper cream of choice, joining pediatricians who recommend the brand for soothing baby diaper rash.

    Amazon.com: Triple Paste Diaper Rash Cream for Baby - 16 Oz Tub - Zinc  Oxide Ointment Treats, Soothes and Prevents Diaper Rash -  Pediatrician-Recommended Hypoallergenic Formula with Soothing Botanicals :  Baby

    “Butt, what about your face?” Social media videos on TikTok show using a zinc oxide-based diaper rash cream all over your face at night can help awaken to skin as soft and smooth as a baby’s butt. Other videos show how Triple Paste worked best on kids for diaper blowouts due to its soothing oat kernel extracts and cornstarch, as well as being free from fragrance and talc.

    “We’ve always known that caregivers trust the Triple Paste brand to treat diaper rash but were delightfully surprised to see the innovative usage of “face basting” because it offers a fantastic two-fer solution.” says Janice Li, Head of Marketing for Triple Paste. “As a mom myself, I love multi-purpose products. What’s good for baby is also good for mom!”

    The face basting social media videos show the versatility and benefits of using diaper cream as a facial skincare product due to the tendency of diaper creams to have skin protectants and emollients. Face basting with diaper cream is a must-try for parents and skincare enthusiasts seeking a unique, dual-purpose approach to achieve radiant and healthy-looking skin for themselves and their babies.

    Triple Paste has been trusted by pediatricians to be there for parents and caregivers when it comes to diaper rashes. Made with just the right amount of non-nano zinc oxide, soothing oat extract, and glycerin, Triple Paste offers exceptional efficacy and gentleness from “cheek to cheek”. Triple Paste ointments are hypoallergic and free from fragrances, parabens, phthalates, talc, and dyes. The long-lasting barrier creams seal out moisture, protect and restore irritated skin, and promote healing. Safe for everyday use, Triple Paste offers gentle and effective solutions for diaper rash needs.

    Triple Paste offers a portfolio of rash creams to meet the expanding need of parents and babies:

    • Triple Paste Original Diaper Rash Ointment: a pediatrician-recommended diaper rash ointment that features a triple action formula to treat all diaper rashes from mild to severe, soothing baby’s bum, preventing future rashes from occurring. Its gentle yet effective formula combines 12.8% non-nano zinc oxide with nourishing oat extract and glycerin to provide fast-acting relief while forming a protective barrier against future irritations. Available in tubes for diaper changes on the go and jars for home use.
    • Triple Paste 3X Max Diaper Rash Ointment: a maximum-strength zinc oxide ointment for stubborn and severe diaper rashes, working to prevent, treat, and soothe raw, irritated skin. With 40% zinc oxide, this formulation contains three times more zinc oxide than the original Triple Paste formula to protect and heal severe cases of rash.
    • Triple Paste Sheer Zinc Diaper Rash Ointment: great for both baby butt cheeks and your face, this multi-purpose ointment is formulated with 12.8% zinc oxide to prevent, treat, and soothe raw, irritated skin caused by mild to moderate diaper rashes. Its creamy texture makes for easier application and less mess, rubbing in clear with minimal residue. It’s also safe to use as a multi-purpose skincare solution on other areas of the body, like for drool rash, heat rash, or dry spots.

     

    Triple Paste invites parents and skincare enthusiasts alike to experience face basting. For more information about Triple Paste, visit us on Instagram, Facebook, or at www.triplepaste.com.

    About Triple Paste:

    Triple Paste is a gentle zinc oxide medicated diaper rash ointment that soothes, treats, and prevents red, irritated skin caused by diaper rash without harsh chemicals or unnecessary ingredients. Recommended by pediatricians and tested by dermatologists, Triple Paste is the premium choice to provide lasting relief from raw, irritated skin in a skin treatment safe for everyday use.

  • Beauty

    CLARINS MULTI-ACTIVE: A CUTTING-EDGE SOLUTION TO COMBAT STRESS-AGEING

    Clarins, the world-renowned French beauty brand, shakes up skincare with New Multi-Active: a revolutionary day and night duo designed to combat stress-induced ageing and restore youthful radiance, 24/7.  I had the opportunity to try the day/night cream from this collection and love its luxurious feel. It has made a difference in just one week’s time.

    New Clarins Multi-Active Day and Night

    After years of research, Clarins Laboratories identified the detrimental effects of stress and fatigue on the skin, commonly referred to as stress-ageing1. Through meticulous typology studies, the research team uncovered eight2 visible signs of aging intensified by hectic lifestyles and daily stressors which accelerate the natural aging process.

    The research revealed that stress triggers a thinning of the epidermis, compromising the skin’s barrier function and altering its texture. In stressful conditions, up to a 24% reduction in epidermal thickness was observed. Moreover, increased stress levels slow down the renewal of epidermal cells, leading to visible premature signs of aging: dullness, wrinkles, fine lines, and rough skin texture. Additionally, decreased fibroblast activity in the dermal layer results in diminished collagen and elastin production, essential for maintaining skin firmness.

    To conclude, these two studies revealed how stress and lack of sleep visibly accentuate 8 signs of ageing2:

    +9.5% Increase in the size of pores +14.2% A more uneven complexion +16.4% More hollow features +15% Severity of wrinkles and fine lines3
    +20.3% Overall look of fatigue -13.4% Drop in skin tone +12% Increase in insensible water loss – skin prone to dehydration -2.4% Less luminosity4
    1. Phenomenon responsible for skin ageing linked to stress caused by the pace of life. | 2. Size of pores, skin tone, severity of wrinkles and fine lines, overall look of fatigue, look of facial features, skin radiance, uniformity of the complexion, hydration. | 3.Clinical typology study on 73 women aged 25-40, for 6 months. 4. Clinical typology study on 41 women aged 35-50, after 5 hectic days.

    Introducing New Multi-Active: The Ultimate Solution

    Harnessing the power of cutting-edge ingredients (90% ingredients of natural origin), the Multi-Active range empowers the skin to reclaim an healthy, youthful glow while smoothing fine lines and redefining skin texture.

    Clarins Innovation: The Skin Charger Complex

    At the heart of the Multi-Active range lies the Skin Charger Complex, a pioneering blend enriched with:

    • 2% Niacinamide: Also known as Vitamin B3, this potent anti-ageing molecule visibly smoothes fine lines, and refines skin texture.
    • Sea Holly Extract: This resilient plant thrives in adverse conditions, serving as a bio-inspiration for Clarins. It helps to reinforce the skin’s moisture barrier and target the first visible signs of aging.

    Together, this supercharged complex delivers an immediate healthy-looking glow, the skin barrier is reinforced all while providing 24 hrs hydration.

    After 28 days of using Multi Active Day and Night Duo:

    Lines and wrinkles are visibly reduced by 34%**  + 36.4%* visibly smoother skin 93% skin is smoother*** 88% more looks more even***
    +7.5%* more even complexion -50%**  visibly reduced signs of stress 92% skin is firmer***  86% skin looks less tired***
    -10.8%* visibly minimized pores8 46%** visibly reduced signs of fatigue 91% skin is more radiant***  86% skin texture is refined and more even*** 
    90% skin quality is visibly improved***

    *Clinical study – Multi-Active Day Cream – All Skin Types – 32 women – 28 days **Self-evaluation – Multi-Active Day Cream – All Skin Types – 104 women – 28 days ***Consumer test – Multi-Active Day Cream – All Skin Types – 105 women

    Multi-Active line is also enriched with:

    • Organic Teasel extract* revitalizes to boost skin’s glow.
    • Organic Strawberry Tree Fruit extract* refines skin texture and visibly tightens pores.
    • Betaine moisturizes and plumps the skin’s surface.
    • Anti-aging tetrapeptide helps visibly firm while renewing skin overnight (Night cream)
    • Clarins’ Anti-Pollution Complex of Organic White Horehound, Furcellaria and Nipplewort extracts helps minimize damage from environmental pollutants—indoors and out—including skin-aging blue lights from electronics.

    *Organic ingredients are produced in accordance with European regulation (CE 2018/848).

    Multi-Active day offers rich, melting textures that are infused with an energizing, mood-boosting scent of Lily of the Valley, White Flowers, Rose, Musk, and Cedarwood. While Multi-Active Night’s soft, cocooning texture is infused with a soothing, calming scent of Bergamot, Rose, Jasmin, Hyacinth, Orris, Musk, Cedarwood, and Amber to help you get a good night’s rest.  The line is available for AST and Dry Skin.

    Clarins T.R.U.S.T.: A one-of-a-kind commitment for better, safer skincare

    Clarins’ T.R.U.S.T. initiative (Traceability. Responsibility. Uniqueness. Security. Transparency.) provides full traceability of the ingredients that go into our Multi-Active products—from farm to formula through blockchain technology.

    Clarins Multi-Active Line is available on www.clarins.com and at all official retailers, including Sephora, Ulta Beauty and Amazon.

    ABOUT CLARINS

    Celebrating 70 years Clarins , was founded in a professional Parisian beauty institute by Jacques Courtin-Clarins in 1954. Clarins has family-owned and is distributed in more than 140 countries—offering skincare innovations for face and body, men’s, and makeup. With unique expertise in Phyto-chemistry, Clarins Laboratories are considered pioneers in the fields of plant science and technology. The brand values are rooted in an ongoing dialogue with consumers, an abiding respect for nature and people, and commitments to sustainable sourcing, including Le Domaine Clarins—our organic farm and open-air laboratory in the French Alps. Clarins is accelerating its sustainable actions to become a Certified B Corporation by 2025. Currently carbon neutral, the company will further reduce its carbon footprint by 30% and become 100% plastic neutral using 100% recyclable packaging by 2025. Partners include: Pur Projet—more than 756,000 trees planted to date; Plastic Odyssey—a three-year expedition across three continents with 30 stopovers to fight against plastic pollution; and Mary’s Meal—more than 43 million school meals provided to children in need by the end of 2024.

  • Las Vegas

    14th Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act

    Congresswoman Dina Titus will join For Our Future Nevada, Protect Our Care Nevada and health care advocates to celebrate the 14th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act and discuss how Nevadans have benefitted from the law, which expanded access to quality, affordable health care. The historic legislation eliminated lifetime caps, expanded Medicaid, and secured protections for millions of people living with pre-existing conditions.

    Speakers will also highlight ongoing attacks on health care, and celebrate the historic investments to secure the future of Nevadans’ health care.
    Congresswoman Dina Titus

    Information about the event: 

    WHO:
    Congresswoman Dina Titus
    For Our Future Nevada
    Protect Our Care Nevada

    WHAT:

    Press conference and rally to celebrate and protect the Affordable Care Act

    WHEN:
    SATURDAY, March 23, 2024 at 10:30 a.m.

    WHERE:

    Martin Luther King Jr. Statue at Martin Luther King Jr. Senior Center
    2420 N M.L.K. Blvd.
    North Las Vegas, NV 89032

  • Fashion

    Gunnar Optiks x tokidoki Year of the Dragon Glasses

    Gunnar Optiks, is set to introduce their newest licensed collaboration and limited-edition style, The tokidoki: Year of the Dragon (MSRP: $115). 

    The tokidoki: Year of the Dragon is a wonderous work of art and the perfect accessory for anyone who loves Asian culture, Anime, and fandom. They feature an elegant, lightweight design with handmade acetate, flexible spring hinges, a high-quality metal frame material, and GUNNAR’s legendary patented lens technology designed to block 98% of all blue and UV light. 

     

    But that’s not all because Italian artist and tokidoki creator Simone Legno has personally designed the frame and accompanying microfiber pouch, cleaning cloth, and glasses case.  These amber lens glasses are great for driving at night, using to block Bluelight from the computer and iPhone and definitely a fashion statement! These glasses are well made and high quality. 

  • Las Vegas

    Esther’s Kitchen Announces Opening Date For Main Street Location

    Chef/Owner James Trees has announced the opening date for the new Esther’s Kitchen location at 1131 South Main Street in the Las Vegas Arts District. The new Esther’s will open for dinner, weekday lunch and weekend brunch beginning Friday, March 8, 2024. Reservations information will be made available via Esther’s Kitchen social media (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok: @estherskitchenlv, X: @LVEsthers) on March 6.

    Replacing the original location on California Street (1130 Casino Center Dr.) which closed Feb. 28 2024, the restaurant will now offer 187 seats including 28 bar seats in a 10,432 square foot space–in total more than three times the capacity of the original location.

    “We are really excited to provide the same neighborhood, seasonal experience for our guests that we have been doing for six years,” said Trees, “Only now, we won’t have to turn anyone away.”

    Taking over a 1940s-vintage corrugated steel and concrete building that previously housed the Retro Vegas vintage store, the new Esther’s Kitchen will be a continuation of the seasonal Italian & craft cocktails restaurant which has been a popular favorite for locals and visitors alike–and a consistent award winner–since opening in 2018. In most recent years, reservations have frequently booked out weeks in advance, creating the demand for a larger space. Trees was adamant about keeping the restaurant in the Arts District, waiting for the perfect opportunity to present itself, as the new location is literally steps away from the original.

    While staying faithful to the spirit of the original, the new Esther’s will offer several new exciting features including a vastly improved entrance experience, live pasta making and wood fired pizza stations, a private dining room with approx 55 seats, and a wraparound bar including window bar rails with a view of Main & California. The new kitchen will include a wood fired hearth, adding some large format entrees to the menu, and a full professional baking suite. An additional loft bar experience will open at a later date.

    Decor by Amanda Trees will include walnut countertops, tufted dining chairs in buckskin and English pub blue, bespoke wall coverings include vintage mid century breeze block-style accents and reclaimed wood, hand built wainscotting, and chandeliers recalling twirled pasta. A rear hallway pays tribute to the first six years of Esther’s with a collage of menus beneath framed awards. Yellow banquettes and a wall size print of the Venice, CA pier recall the original Esther’s decor, while the pizza oven is covered in a mosaic of Esther’s floor tiles.

    Chef Trees will be joined on the management team by Executive Chef Sean O’Hara, Director of Operations Keith Bracewell, General Manager David Klarer, Event Coordinator Gatsby Darwin, Bar Manager Tucker St. John.

    Exterior Detail, Esther’s Kitchen, Main St. (courtesy Timeless Cuisine)

     

    ESTHER’S KITCHEN EXECUTIVE TEAM HEADSHOTS (credit Courtesy Timeless Cuisine)

     

    About James Trees & Esther’s Kitchen

    Fresh, Seasonal, Local, Simple. These ideas shouldn’t be uncommon in the restaurant world, but are far too often overlooked. For Chef James Trees, after scaling some of the most impressive heights in the restaurant business with a who’s-who of celebrity chefs (from Michael Mina to Gordon Ramsay, Eric Ripert and many others), no ambition was calling him more than bringing it all back home. Esther’s Kitchen, named for the Great Aunt who was Chef James’ first mentor, is nothing more–and nothing less–than a local restaurant inspired by its Las Vegas Arts District neighborhood to elevate the simple, and simplify elegance. Grounded in the ingredient-driven cuisine of Italy, pastas, breads and nearly everything possible are made in-house; produce and proteins come from the best local sources available; wines are chosen for intrigue and value; cocktails are mixed to please you, not a bartender’s ego. It’s a restaurant you’ll want to call home.

     

    Esther’s Kitchen has been fortunate to receive a number of accolades since opening including Gayot top 10 new restaurants in the US, 2018; 10 Best Las Vegas Restaurants and #1 Best Italian (USA Today). Best Italian in Las Vegas nods from Gayot.com, Thrillist and Desert Companion magazine; and “Best New Neighborhood Mindblower” from Las Vegas Weekly. TripAdvisor named it a worldwide Travelers Choice in 2020 and #15 “Hidden Gems” in the US in 2022. Yelp selected Esther’s pizza as one of the Top 100 in the US, 2023. Thrillist has also tapped it as one of the best Italian restaurants in the country.

     

    Chef James Trees has been recognized as “Chef of the Year – 2019” by the Nevada Restaurant Association “Executive Chef of the Year, 2019” by the Silver State Awards, “Chef of the Moment” by VEGAS magazine and “Chef of the Year” for the Desert Companion 2021 Restaurant Awards. Trees was also selected as a Finalist for the James Beard Award: Best Chef Southwest 2020.

     

    1131 S Main St., Las Vegas, NV 89104

    Guest Services: (702) 570-7864 info@estherslv.com

    EsthersLV.com

    Instagram/Facebook/TikTok @EsthersKitchenLV

  • Baby

    Wiggle and Learn Brand New YouTube Series for Toddlers

    The Wiggles, the world’s most popular children’s entertainment group, are delighted to unveil Wiggle and Learn, a groundbreaking new series designed exclusively for YouTube. This pioneering production explores crucial early childhood themes, including language development, basic math, social skills, health and world understanding.

    Offering a comprehensive and engaging educational experience for young learners, Wiggle and Learn debuts on The Wiggles YouTube Channel on Friday, February 23 with the first episode, “Let’s Learn about Animals!

    New episodes will be released every two weeks, with season one comprising 40 episodes, each lasting 30-minutes. This amounts to 20 hours of enriching educational content for preschoolers focused on learning through the joy of music and play. Featuring the world’s favorite children’s music group, every episode features one of The Wiggles alongside beloved Wiggly characters such as Dorothy the Dinosaur and Wags the Dog, who serve as hosts, with the remaining Wiggles joining throughout the episode, leading toddlers on fun-filled learning adventures.

    Once again, The Wiggles show their mastery of edutainment, as Wiggle and Learn draws from contemporary thinking in early childhood learning, with content designed to foster active participation and engagement so as to generate the best learning experience. Wiggle and Learn has been produced with audience engagement in mind with primarily close-up shots, so children feel like The Wiggles are speaking directly and only to them.

    Anthony Field, the Blue Wiggle and the group’s founder acknowledges the pivotal role of YouTube in children’s entertainment and said: “YouTube continues to be one of the most significant platforms for children’s education and entertainment. While we’ve produced unique content for our channel previously, Wiggle and Learn represents our dedication to delivering regular, high-quality programming on a platform that our audience frequently uses and loves.”

    First 10 Episodes Schedule:

    • February 23: Animals
    • March 8: Rhyming & Aeroplanes
    • March 22: Transportation
    • April 5: Food
    • April 19: Exercise
    • May 3: Bedtime
    • May 17: Preschool
    • May 31: Emotions
    • June 14: Space
    • June 28: Dolls

    About The Wiggles 

    For over three decades, The Wiggles, the world’s most popular children’s entertainment group have educated, entertained, and enriched the lives of millions of pre-schoolers (and their parents) all over the globe. Today, generations of fans that grew up watching The Wiggles are sharing their love of them with their own children. Having sold over 30 million albums and DVDs and 8 million books globally, as well as accumulating over 2 billion music streams and 3 billion views on YouTube, The Wiggles continue to dominate the preschool entertainment scene. Their live shows annually sell out to audiences on three separate continents, and their videos are seen in over 190 countries around the world. For more information, visit www.thewiggles.com, subscribe to their YouTube channel, follow on InstagramFacebook, and TikTok or listen on Spotify and Apple Music.