Covet: Lipstick Queen Frog Prince Lipstick (With an Art Historical Reference)

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I’m eyeing the latest product launch from Lipstick Queen, a color-changing lipstick named Frog Prince. It’s bright clover green in the tube, but when it’s applied to lips, it adjusts to a rosy pink shade.

I’m a fan of LQ’s Hello Sailor, and I’d probably enjoy Frog Prince even more. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to nab a press sample, but I’ll check it out next time I’m near Barneys or SpaceNK.

In the meantime, I’m smiling over the illustration of a frog reclining in front of a fairytale castle, because it reminds me of something…

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Quick Reads: A New Blog About Jersey City

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There are many blogs about New York City’s history, but very few about the past of its next-door neighbor New Jersey. I’m happy to see a new blog, Another Town on the Hudson, which concentrates on Jersey City’s cultural history. The author (full disclosure: someone close to me!) is posting weekly meditations on Chilltown’s past, illustrated with fascinating archival images. I look forward to following it, and I just wanted to share it with anyone who might be a fellow history-lover or Jersey native.

Image: Holland Tubes, Jersey City, NJ, via New York Public Library.

A Little Princess: It’s a Girl!

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Prince William and Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, gave birth to a baby girl today. I do enjoy following the big news stories from the British royals — I remember Charles and Diana’s wedding, and the birth of William himself, so I’m sort of sentimental about this event. And, in one of my ever-multiplying freelance jobs, I just wrote a story about royal second siblings for Biography. You can read it here.