Must. See. This.

Back from NYC.

If I could have a love affair with a city, it would be with Manhattan.

I ordered this awesome all purpose treatment balm from Cake Beauty a couple months ago and it’s quickly become my favorite nighttime balm– I use it on my lips and face. It smells like lemon sugar cookies, which is always a bonus. The only drawback is they took a long time to ship my order (Cake is a Canadian company, but still)– I think it took about a month to get to me.

For $24 you get a generous amount of balm, it would easily last you a year. It also doubles as a subtle foody fragrance if you dab some on your wrists.

Their description:

SELF Healthy Beauty Award Winner! Mixed with 86% shea butter and 12% beeswax. It’s da’balm.

This ultimate on-the-go, beauty breakthrough award winning balm will help take care of anything and everything beauty-related: smoothes frizzy ends & flyaways, treats dry spots on skin, lips, cuticles, knees and even stretch marks.

Beeswax – also included a dash of an emulsifying humectant that boasts nourishing properties with a satin-smooth texture.

Too adorable! People.com unveiled the first shots of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s latest creations, twins Vivienne and Knox Jolie-Pitt. Congratulations to the big happy family– Maddox, Pax, Zahara, and Shiloh will be great older siblings to the twins!

A few months ago a friend and I took the Red Line subway from Hollywood to downtown LA for the first time. Yes, it’s true…no one in LA walks or takes the subway for the most part. But maybe they should, because it’s relatively painless and $1.25 each way. We went to the Fashion District, home to fabric stores, mom and pop storefronts, designer showrooms, hole in the wall restaurants, and much more.

With the hassle of driving out of our hands, we were able to enjoy our trip down south a bit more. We also found a food court offering food from every corner of the world it seemed– Hawaiian BBQ, Middle Eastern, pho, Mexican, you name it.

I don’t know if I could ever live downtown, though they are revitalizing the area and restoring beautiful art deco buildings. It lacks the energy of NYC or even Hollywood at night. The fancy new lofts are probably too yuppie for my tastes. Skid row is still a reality. Something just isn’t there yet. But it’s worth visiting…during the daytime.

I actually haven’t been to Free People yet, but apparently it’s like Urban Outfitter’s cool kid sister. I’ll definitely have to stop by.

Agent Provocateur is having their special once a year 50 percent off sale…now! Stock up on naughty knickers while you can.

We had a 5.4 quake here in Los Angeles a couple hours ago– at first it felt like the upstairs neighbors were moving some heavy duty furniture, but I quickly realized the entire apartment was shaking. Nothing fell over, no damage was done…A tad unsettling but nothing major.

Living in the hills of Hollywood, there’s always some catastrophe waiting in the wings– fires, quakes, landslides…I guess it comes with the territory!

I adore these prints from seller johnclark on Etsy. I’ve purchased a few already to hang in my bedroom. He also does custom prints!