Articles by Saira Toppin
By Saira Toppin
What comes to mind when you think about hair care? I used to think expensive products, heat, and brushes. Now, I think expensive products, organic, and combs. Oh yeah, I am going natural. …
By Saira Toppin
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is always busy. If it is not their TGIF’s (Thank GLAAD it’s Friday), Media Awards, or OUT Auctions, then it is events like GLAAD’s New York …
By Saira Toppin
I cannot even tell if it is summer in New York City yet. It officially is not, but when it gets warm, everyone takes that as a sign of summer. But, the weather …
By Saira Toppin
We all know that NYC is the place to be for fashion. This is confirmed everyday when you enter or hear about a new store with all of the “essential pieces” a woman …
By Saira Toppin
Tricia Williams of Food Matters NYC is a culinary nutritionist who has developed a new initiative called the Early Childhood Palate Development Program. This program is designed to metabolically program children on a …
By Saira Toppin
Meet Thalia Michel, one of our makeup artists for “Leather & Lace”. I have known her for years. She even showed me how to put on my make-up for prom. I think that …
By Saira Toppin
Leanne Marshall, winner of Project Runway Season 5 is back at it again at New York Fashion Week to present her Fall/Winter 2010 collection. The collection features big, loose, airy pieces. They are …
By Saira Toppin
The Keith Lissner collection was reminiscent of the classical era. The color scheme included gold, silver, red, black, and blue. Other colors have made its way into the collection, but the gold has …
By Saira Toppin
Make-up companies promise you flawless skin. They advertise about their quality ingredients, the beauty within that their product will bring to the surface and everything else in the book to get you to …
By Saira Toppin
B as in Beauty is a novel about self appreciation and uplifting one’s spirit. The novel informs the reader in subtle ways, that we can learn lessons in unimaginable ways. This is …
