June 2012
10 posts
How to Dress (and Sing) Like a Gondolier
During Liam Daniel Pierce’s career as a professional oarsman, he’s witnessed every kind of marriage proposal imaginable while working on bodies of water from Manhattan’s Central Park to Lake Merritt in Downtown Oakland. All the while, his morning outfit choice has remained an easy game of eeny-meeny-miny-moe: it’s either horizontal red stripes or horizontal blue stripes. But don’t be fooled by the simplicity of the Venetian gondolier uniform—the devil, as always, is in the details. Here Pierce gives us a look into some of the subtle fashion choices he makes on a daily basis before hitting the water.
The SPF Gender Gap Widens
Nearly 50% of men have not applied a single drop of sunscreen in the past 12 months. This is a problem, guys.
Based in Washington D.C., Ayren Jackson-Cannady is so savvy that we wished she lived closer to NYC so that we could swap products with her. This beauty writer knows what’s up (she’s written for Fitness, Glamour, and Gloss Daily) and we’re excited to have her sharing her know-how and multi-culti beauty expertise as a contributing editor.
Last week, The Skin Cancer Foundation and Banana Boat released the results of a study showing a huge gender divide in terms of sun protection behavior. Almost one in every two men have not applied ANY sunscreen in the past 12 months! What’s going through the minds of some of these fellas? Is squeezing a shot glass-worth of SPF in your hand and slathering it all over really that difficult?
Behind The Scenes: Inside A Men's Video Shoot Grooming Kit
Presenting: The arsenal of product used to kept our weathered man mugs looking fresh at the shoot yesterday.
We were on set at the Birchbox Man video shoot today, gleaning tips from our makeup artist (and founder of Pre-Dame) Stefanie Syat. (Find out what editorial director Mollie learned about brows.) While we usually expect to see loads of makeup at our monthly video shoots, we weren’t entirely sure what would be in Stefanie’s grooming kit today. We took a closer look and were pleasantly surprised to find that guys need help looking fresh on camera too! Here’s what we found:
La Mer Hand Treatment (for dry cuticules)
Bobbi Brown and MAC Pressed Powders (for shine)
Sponge
