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Pili Ani Celebrates Launch of Lip Butters at LA Hot Spot E.P. & L.P.
Top influencers Indi Star, Sophi Fergi, Jessica Lesaca, Dominique Druckman, Sicily Rose, Brooke Barrows, Olya Hill and more celebrated the launch of Pili Ani’s new Lip Butters the night of April 19th at E.P. and L.P. in West Hollywood. Guests mingled and posed in front of their flower wall while dining on a variety of cocktails and appetizers while experiecing an exclusive first look of Pili Ani’s four new lip butters.
Known for their luxury skincare made from elemi and pili oils, Pili Ani celebrated four brand-new flavored lip butters: Barely There, Barely Red, Berry, and Chocolat, as well as the untinted lip butter, Mint Pili Lip Butter. The celebration included an interactive experience with artist Francesca Garcia, where guests got to customize their own make up bags. The Moisturizing Pili Lip Butters are now available to purchase at PiliAni.com. They are listed for $18 (mint) and $20 (tinted) in 3.5g containers.
Photo Credit: Gus PereyraFounded by mother-daughter duo, Rosalina Tan and Mary Jane Ong Tan, Pili Ani is a natural beauty brand known for their facial oils and moisturizing creams. The brand is the only beauty brand in the world that contains Pili Oil, which is harvested from the Pili Tree in the Philippines. A remarkable superfood for the skin, Pili Oil, which is rich in antioxidants, fatty acids and vitamin E, is known in the Philippines as the fountain of youth in a nutshell because of its ability to rejuvenate and revitalize the skin.You May Also Like
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Tiffany Lopez is named dean of UCI’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Tiffany Lopez, visionary artist and administrator and proven champion for diversity and inclusion, has been named dean of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California, Irvine, following a nationwide search. She will assume the post on July 1.
Lopez comes to UCI from Arizona State University, where she serves as vice provost for inclusive excellence and as a Foundation Professor in the Sidney Poitier New American Film School in ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.
“UCI’s visionary founders included a school of fine arts in our academic plan so that the study and creation of art would be integral to our students’ experiences,” said Chancellor Howard Gillman. “Tiffany Lopez’s artistic and administrative achievements and her commitment to inclusion and diversity will advance the school’s excellence and enhance its far-reaching impact across campus and in the community.”
Hal Stern, UCI’s provost and executive vice chancellor, said: “We welcome Tiffany Lopez to UCI and look forward to engaging her exceptional talent and expertise in academic administration and the arts,” added Hal Stern, provost and executive vice chancellor. “Her experience working with faculty, staff and students to advance inclusive excellence initiatives and arts programs will benefit the Claire Trevor School of the Arts and our entire campus community.”
Lopez was previously director of the former School of Film, Dance and Theatre at ASU. She led the film program to launch as the Sidney Poitier New American Film School, diversified faculty across the school’s programs, and increased opportunities for students to engage with regional artists and experience intergenerational mentorship.
“I am thrilled and honored to be joining the Claire Trevor School of the Arts as its next dean,” Lopez said. “What’s particularly exciting is how the school collectively embraces the call of our moment to enrich and expand pathways for 21st-century art making and to cultivate citizen-artist leaders who exemplify the role of creativity in exploration. I’m inspired by the stellar range of artists, scholars and advocates and look forward to collaborating to advance the work being done by this incredible community.”
The granddaughter of migrant farmworkers and a first-generation college student, Lopez has dedicated her career to increasing opportunities in higher education, furthering the role of the arts and forging routes to support success through leadership.
Prior to ASU, Lopez spent more than two decades at UC Riverside, where inclusion and community engagement were instrumental to her teaching, research and creative activity on how artists use their work to stage conversations about trauma and violence to generate paths for personal and social change. At UCR, she was a professor and the Tomas Rivera Endowed Chair in the Department of Theatre, Film and Digital Production.
Lopez is a founding member of the Latino Theater Alliance of Los Angeles, and she has also worked as a dramaturge with numerous theaters, including the Mark Taper Forum, Cornerstone Theater Company and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. A community college transfer student, she earned a bachelor’s degree in English at California State University, Sacramento and a master’s degree and Ph.D. in English at UC Santa Barbara. Lopez was also the first Cesar Chavez Dissertation Fellow at Dartmouth College.
She’s the recipient of many prestigious honors – including being named an ASU Faculty Women’s Association Outstanding Faculty Mentor (2019), a Hispanic Lifestyle Latina of Influence (2015) and a Fulbright scholar (2004) – and has been awarded numerous grants and fellowships from the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts and The Rockefeller Foundation.
Lopez will replace Dean Stephen Barker, who is retiring.
“I am delighted that Dr. Tiffany Lopez will be taking over the reins of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts,” Barker said. “Her remarkable background as a researcher, teacher and community builder are perfectly suited to take the school and the campus to the next level of achievement. The many strengths she brings to UCI are a model for students, staff and faculty, as well as for the greater community.”
About the Claire Trevor School of the Arts
The Claire Trevor School of the Arts is UCI’s creative laboratory, exploring and presenting the arts as the essence of human experience and expression through art forms ranging from the most traditional to the radically new. CTSA has proven itself to be a national leader in training emerging artists and performers since its establishment in 1965. In 2000, the school was named in honor of Academy Award-winning actress Claire Trevor and her involvement with the school and its students.
CTSA is home to the departments of art, dance, drama and music. Undergraduate and graduate degree courses include extensive studio, workshop and performance experiences; theoretical and historical studies; and arts and technology practices.
Boasting an acclaimed, international faculty who work across a wide variety of disciplines and partner with others across campus, CTSA also provides excellent facilities to support artistic development and research. These include four theaters; a concert hall; three art galleries; the Beall Center for Art + Technology; electronic music studios; cutting-edge costume, lighting and scenic design studios; a stage production shop; digital arts labs; and a video production studio.
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Corey Helford Gallery presents ‘Future Seasons’ by Kai & Sunny
Downtown Los Angeles’ Corey Helford Gallery(CHG) is proud to announce their next major solo show, entitled Future Seasons, featuring new works from London-based award-winning artist duo Kai & Sunny.
Debuting on May 14th in Gallery 2, this new body of work from Kai & Sunny showcases their uniquely distinguishable compositions of acrylic paintings on linen canvas and archival ballpoint pen drawings on paper. The works are created by hand building thin intricate lines methodically upon each other. Featuring 17 original pieces, Future Seasons marks Kai & Sunny’s third solo at CHG (following 2020’s The Great Curve and 2019’s In The Drift) and is the duo’s most ambitious exhibition to date with the largest canvas measuring 79” x118”.Regarding their upcoming show, Kai & Sunny share, “Future Seasons explores the changing seasons through the yearly cycle and how our connection to this creates dynamic mood shifts within us. The collection draws on our dependence with nature, for our health and happiness, in times of future uncertainty. The space, movement, and transference of color in the works create an atmosphere of how one feels when subjected to the force whilst surrounded by nature.” Adding, “The mesmerizing lines in each piece push and pull as if caught in a state of flux, creating infinite movement and naturalistic rhythm, appearing both serene and ominous at the same time. In areas of the paintings, the lines possess a tension twisting and distorting the form, whilst in other areas, the lines are free and flowing.”
L: “Moon Always Shinning” (acrylic painting on linen, 47″ x 47″)R: “Dawn Wave” (acrylic painting on linen, 32.7″ x 32.7″)As part of the show and to accompany the works, the pair will undertake a large wall painting inside the gallery, which will also be on display. Plus, in conjunction with the exhibition, Kai & Sunny will be releasing two limited-edition silkscreen prints and two skateboard decks (in collaboration with Element Skateboards)─available to purchase at the gallery on opening night (5/14).
L: “Downward Force – Fall” (ballpoint pen – original on 100% cotton somerset tub sized 420gsm, 56″ x 40.5″)R: “Rise and Fall – Spring” (ballpoint pen – original on 100% cotton somerset tub sized 420gsm, 56″ x 40.5″)Future Seasons opens Saturday,May 14th from 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm in Gallery 2, alongside an international touring group exhibition, entitled I Don’t Wanna Be, I Am, in the Main Gallery.Curated by Ink and Movement(IAM), I Don’t Wanna Be, I Am explores the concept of identity by bringing together a selection of artworks by Okuda San Miguel, Elian Chali, Franco Fasoli, Martí Sawe, Misterpiro, Nano4814, Sabek, Sixe Paredes, and Spok Brillor. Masks continue to be required for everyone, regardless of vaccination status, until further notice.About Kai & Sunny:UK-based artist duo Kai & Sunny (born 1975 and 1977, respectively) both graduated from the Epsom School of Art in Surrey, United Kingdom with degrees in Art and Design. The pair have won numerous accolades (including a D&AD Design Award in 2012 and a LIA award in 2015) and have collaborated with the likes of author David Mitchell, designer Alexander McQueen, and artist Shepard Fairey. Works by Kai & Sunny have been exhibited internationally (including at institutions such as Haunch of Venison), included in the Victoria & Albert Museum Print Archive Collection, and has been acquired by Tiffany and Co. for their collection.In conjunction with their In The Drift exhibition at Corey Helford Gallery (September 2019), the pair collaborated with Element Skateboards on a set of new skate decks, plus they painted two murals while visiting Southern California for their show. The first mural was painted just before the opening of their CHG show at Element Skateboards HQ in Huntington Beach (click here to view) and the second larger mural was painted just after the opening at The Berrics (click here to view), the world famous skatepark based in downtown Los Angeles and owned by Steve Berra and Eric Koston. The artwork depicted on both the skate decks and murals was also featured in their show at CHG.Additionally, their work has been profiled by Juxtapoz, Hypebeast, Slate, VICE, and Hi-Fructose, among others. Sample of praise here:“The idea that such sophisticated and detailed pieces are executed by hand is mind-blowing.”– Shepard Fairey“Kai and Sunny’s abstract and mind-bending lineworks…continue to be at the forefront of wonderful op-art based paintings.”– Juxtapoz“The highly acclaimed, award-winning art duo Kai and Sunny have risen to notoriety over the past few years thanks to their beautiful and highly-detailed nature-inspired images.”– HypebeastAbout Corey Helford Gallery:Established in 2006 by Jan Corey Helford and her husband, television producer/creator Bruce Helford (The Conners, Anger Management, The Drew Carey Show, and George Lopez), Corey Helford Gallery (CHG) has since evolved into one of the premier galleries of New Contemporary art. Its goal as an institution is supporting the growth of artists, from the young and emerging, to the well-known and internationally established. CHG represents a diverse collection of international artists, primarily influenced by today’s pop culture and collectively encompassing style genres such as New Figurative Art, Pop Surrealism, Neo Pop, Graffiti, and Street Art. Located in downtown Los Angeles at 571 S. Anderson St. Los Angeles, CA 90033, in a robust 12,000 square foot building, CHG presents new exhibitions approximately every six weeks. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm, with visiting hours being Thursday through Saturday from 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm. For more info and an upcoming exhibition schedule, visit CoreyHelfordGallery.comand follow on Facebook, Twitter, Instagra m, and YouTube. For available prints from CHG, visit CHGPrints.com. -
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Soo’AE 2-in-1 cleanser and mask is expertly crafted with dual-stage microbubble technology to reveal clean, smooth, and refreshed skin.
Wouldn’t it be great if we can cleanse and mask at once? Now you can with Soo’AE Black Charcoal Double Bubble Cleanser. It’s equal parts fun to use and good for your skin by providing the benefits of a cleanser + mask in one convenient product.
This innovative cleanser creates the ultimate double bubbling action, automatically, so you can experience a deep-cleansing spa treatment in the comfort of your own home. Micro-oxygen bubbles combine with purifying black charcoal to gently lift away impurities, refine pores and remove dead skin cells while rosemary extracts calm tired and stressed skin.
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This black charcoal double bubble cleanser, formulated with Charcoal and Rosemary extracts, is a deeply purifying mask and cleanser in one convenient product. The gel textured formula creates rich bubbles on its own, creating a rich lather of micro bubbles that gently yet effectively remove makeup, dirt and other impurities.
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Teyana Taylor, Iman Shumpert + Family Get Gorgeous Curls With Design Essentials!
Teyana Taylor, Iman Shumpert along with their daughters Junie and Rue graced the April cover of EBONY Magazine with their natural curls on display styled with Design Essentials. Hairstylist Tahira Zaus prepped Junie’s hair by washing with Design Essentials Almond & Avocado Moisturizing & Detangling Sulfate-Free Shampoo ($12.99), Almond & Avocado Moisturizing & Detangling Conditioner ($13.99) and did a 3 ponytail Mohawk using the Honey Curl Forming Custard ($17.99). For Iman and Teyana, Tahira opted for the Almond & Avocado Detangling Leave-In Conditioner ($13.99) and finished off both their styles with the Almond & Avocado Curl Enhancing Mousse ($16.99).
The HISTORY
The Design Essentials hair care system was launched in 1990. Cornell McBride envisioned a program that combined direct distribution of premium, quality hair care solutions with the education and knowledge to effectively use them in the salon and at home. This premise inspired the collection which now includes the Therapeutics Rx, Wave by Design and Colaura brands. Their products are engineered to infuse hair with a natural balance of vitamins and protein that promote movement and manageability. They also offer educational literature and sponsor events aimed at improving knowledge of how their products can assist in designing a healthy hair care system just for you. Today, MRL offers more than 40 premium beautification products sold to their discerning international clientele through e-commerce website and direct-to-hair salons network of independent, exclusive distributors in the United States, Caribbean and the United Kingdom.
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Design Essentials offers a strong commitment to improving the look and feel of your hair by providing healthy hair styling products that address and satisfy your specific hair needs. Design Essentials are your partner in style, and like a partner their products are designed to work with you to achieve styling success. Design Essentials understand that there are a myriad of hair types by nature and that hair care is a very personal and emotional experience. The brands provide you with effective, professional-quality products that you can depend on to cleanse, condition, nourish, revitalize and restore your hair to its natural beauty.
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