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Live from L.A. Stories, a reading and fire relief fundraiser I presented at Murmurs Gallery on April 27th, 2025. Ticket sales benefited Altadena Girls. Featured readers included Wendy C. Ortiz, Anna Dorn, Jasmine Johnson, Alicia Novella Vasquez, Heather Jewett, Tasbeeh Herwees, Taleen Kali, Clement Goldberg, and Marcel Alcalá (you won't hear Alicia included here though–you'll have to wait for her publication for that!). I read something too! Thank you to Gabby Datau and Morgan Elder at Murmurs for hosting us!

Wendy's three books just got reissued! Buy them!

Listen to Taleen's music–she's touring the west coast this summer.

Read Heather's writing & listen to her podcast on Planet Heather.

Make Anna's "Perfume and Pain" your first summer read.

Tasbeeh has a fab new LA-centric Substack called NO BAD DAYS.

See Marcel's painting "Anima" at Various Small Fires in Orange County through May 31st.

Watch what Jasmine makes, always.

Make Clement's "New Mistakes" your first summer read.

Keep supporting Altadena Girls. Send me proof of your donation of $5 or more by the date specified in the episode to be entered into the raffle!

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Welcome back Andrea Ámez! Andrea reflects on her ten years in the beauty industry and talks about relaunching her Anti Pollutant Masque with Aliangé. She walks us through what you can expect from a facial at her West Hollywood studio and identifies what she considers the most special part of her treatments. We discuss tons of products, product formulators, tips, and techniques. We also answer a couple of listener questions. Finally, Andrea shares four non-negotiables everyone should keep in mind when it comes to caring for our skin in 2025.

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This episode was recorded in December 2024. Our hearts go out to everyone in Los Angeles, particularly those of you directly impacted by the fires. Please continue sharing healing and repair resources with us. For those of you able to offer financial support, please consider donating here to help the Thornton family rebuild.

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Makeup artist & photographer LOFTJET joins me to discuss GLAM. He tells me about storytelling through makeup, honing your unique perspective, & having faith that your time will come! We talk about the pleasure of getting lost in routines and rituals (and why no makeup makeup is still a million steps...'cuz it's meditative, duh!). He also discusses disrupting the politics of â good tasteâ and embracing Salvadoran glamour. Listen to hear what it was like to do makeup on PAT McGRATH herself!

Follow Loftjet on IG here. Oh, the beauty store he recommends for niche and Black and Brown-owned niche brands is Thirteen Lune on Larchmont!

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