Shellica Jordan and Micah Lauren are passionate about beauty. Together, they run Posh Beauty Bar & Lash Studio, 1933 NW 142nd St., a salon where clients can receive a variety of modern and trendy beauty treatments. The salon is near the busy Quail Springs Mall area but is tucked away on a quieter street between […]
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OKG Shop: Minimal pair
In this bright, 16th Street Plaza District shop, the smells of natural oils, earthy incense and homemade candles spice the air. Simple shelves display chic products like organic balms, modern jewelry and woven sandals. A stately black-and-white photograph of the artist Georgia O’Keeffe hangs on one wall. Solare, 1757 NW 16th St., hopes to emulate […]
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OKG Shop: Fresh face
Chelsey Cobbs began developing a passion for clean cosmetics after she decided, almost by accident, to become a makeup artist. She has now established herself as an experienced artist and a local expert on clean beauty products and unique self-care items through her recently opened shop, Salt & Water Co., at its temporary location at […]
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Okie body
What we put on our skin can be as important as what we put in our bodies. On a quest for potions that are natural, non-toxic, cruelty-free and nourishing, three Oklahoma women have devoted their business lives to bringing guilt-free, effective, ethical skincare to a market swamped with mass-produced, chemical-laden options. Heather Scott, owner of […]
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En Root takes a food truck approach to the classic barbershop
En Root had to lobby the Oklahoma State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering to get approval for their mobile barbershop.
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Beastly romance
The blockbuster musical Beauty and the Beast is returning to the Oklahoma City stage for a Valentine’s Day treat. Based on the animated Disney movie of the same name, the musical debuted in 1994 on Broadway. Twenty years later, the same production crew, including original director Rob Roth, has revamped the musical for a fresh […]
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Puttin’ on the Ritts
Madonna — True Blue Profile (Hollywood, 1986) Photo: Herb Ritts Foundation Herb Ritts was a celebrity photographer in both senses of the term: a photographer of celebrities and, rarer still, a photographer who became a celebrity. His status was built upon his shots of fashion models and entertainment icons in stark black and white — […]
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Beauty Day
It debuts on demand Feb. 12 from FilmBuff. As Beauty Day informs us, Zavadil was a man before his time as cable-TV personality Cap’n Video, a David Lee Roth-looking, Jackass-style camcorder prankster who was doing his thing in the mid-1990s, before Johnny Knoxville and the gang even dreamt of getting paid to puke. Director Jay […]
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Rural Alva advantage
Richey captures the beauty of his small town of Alva in a unique way, said Alyson Atchison of the Oklahoma City Arts Council. “The viewers really get to see Alva through his eyes. He shoots the town in a way that he makes everything seem beautiful and interesting,” she said. “The framing and composition within […]