Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category

America’s Side Pony

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

The beautiful and talented America Ferrera hit Miami Beach this weekend for the premiere of her latest film, The Dry Land. She looks gorgeous, as per usual, and we are absolutely digging  the chic side ponytail.

We have to say we here at L&M are getting a tad sick of the braid invasion of 2010. Sorry, folks. It was cute at first but we’re hoping the trend bows out relatively soon.  With the return of cooler weather comes neater, sleeker, tidier ‘do’s.  America’s pony is superb–  young, sexy and the off center placement makes it more interesting than your average tail. We fully intend to rock this look this weekend!  Thanks for the inspiration, America.

Maybe this is a sign of sleeker, chic-er ponies to come? Fingers crossed! xoxo

Photo Credit: Just Jared, Wenn

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Where in the World Is Jo Using Dry Shampoo?

Friday, July 16th, 2010

YouTube Preview Image Peru! The Peruvian rainforest to be exact, where it is almost always at 75% humidity and 100% frizzy-making all of the time. Living on the Amazon river for a week I haven’t had an abundance of opportunities to shower (and absolutely no opps for a hot shower) so I have been getting by (and looking fab) with a little help from our pal Oscar and his delightful Pronto Invisible dry shampoo. Right now I am going on about four days of unwash and some build-up from a mud bath I took in the river, but I have to say the Pronto Invisible has saved the day once again and turned what could be a hair disaster into some fab jungle waves.

Thrillist: Lock of Shame

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Our friends at Thrillist were kind enough to give us a shout-out in their newsletter today,  featuring one of our favorite new gift sets, the Lock of Shame for Men.  All guys have been there: you’re wingman for your buddy and to help him get his swerve on you fall on an unfortunate grenade. You drink to make it hurt less but at 6 a.m. you find yourself in a strange apartment across town without any of your man product. Can you possibly shave your overnight stubble with that pink foam in her bathroom? You don’t want to smell like lady all day do you?

Do It Up: Lock & Mane’s Lock of Shame Kit
Designed to help recovery during the morning after (Plan B not included), the travel-ready Lock of Shame kit offers up a flip-out trimmer for knocking out the shadow, caramel & beeswax styling gel, a caffeine-infused shock treatment face gel that’ll invigorate you and your skin, a foresty travel size shampoo, and an aluminum-free water-based deodorant, which interestingly can be refrigerated for added smell-fighting ability, a trait that doesn’t seem to apply to that Super Bowl chili you’re totally gonna get to.

The kit’s available with or without the caffeine wash, so pick what you want.

The Ultimate Dry Shampoo Road Test: Destination Africa

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

jo-in-africa1As a member of the Lock & Mane family I have road-tested a lot of products and all along I have been a little wary of dry shampoo. For me shampooing equals showering and showering needs water, end of story. But three weeks ago I set out on a humanitarian mission to Africa with the group Koins For Kenya. Guess what folks, rural Africa doesn’t do running water!!!

So I brought along some dry shampoo samples and tested it out along my journey. The results: Oscar Blandi’s Pronto Dry Shampoo worked best to not only decrease the amount of visible dirt and oils in my hair, but to restore volume and shine. I found that when I rubbed the powder in my hands like actual shampoo before I ran it through my hair I got the best results. On  the go (when traveling from place to place or on safari at the Tsavo Game Park) I developed a liking for the Klorane Gentle Dry Shampoo with Oat Milk that comes in an aerosol spray. It really was a no-fuss no-muss treatment that I was able to just spray and go. Unfortunately I whipped it out in a village full of Masai warriors who enjoyed sharing my product so much that I ran out by my second week. It just proves that metrosexuals will be metrosexuals the world over, even if they’re heading out to hunt a lion rather than get a facial.