Insanely rich in color and texture, Kosas lipsticks are awesome. They have literally changed the way and frequency with which I wear lipstick. Granted, I was already getting into it with Urban Decay, and I do still love some of the crazier shades offered by UD. Kosas are different. Kosas are for every day, for…
For a three-year period of my life, most of my big moments were punctuated by a trip to Moonshine for brunch. From the legendary JoSco (click here for The Tale of John Scott) to the time we skyped people in, from my goodbye brunch to a reunion date, Moonshine’s all-you-can-eat decadence has hosted more than…
Red, white, and blue, star-spangled, stars-n-stripes, whatever you call it, ‘merica is always in style in clothes and accessories. We’d consider only one of these items slightly ridiculous (but plenty useful on cold winter nights). ‘merica time by lifeinaustin featuring an american flag shirt
<— You want this. Even if you didn’t know you wanted it before, now you do. Being able to make your own tutu gives you infinite options for costumes! It’s stupid easy. All you need from the fabric store is tulle and elastic. There are all sorts of tulles, so you can mix colors and…
In honor of Shopping Week, I’ve got to tell you about super cool local company Thriving Ink … they’re offering a discount just for This is Life in Austin readers! Enter coupon “lifein” at checkout for 15% off! An artist-centric line of t-shirts, Thriving Ink was founded by 21-year-old Jenelle Dronkers, her 19-year-old brother, and…
I have to preface talking about my experience at Mama Fu’s last night by letting you in on my bias: the other day, my parents and I drove by a Mama Fu’s and my parents started talking about how they had just gone last week and loved it. I looked at them puzzled and said,…
The Statesman’s style writers are all abuzz about the Glossy 8 party tonight. I’m hoping that means plans are huge and it should be awesome! It’s the first time since I’ve been tracking down Austin events (about 2 years now) that I’ve heard about the Statesman throwing a party, so maybe that’s the buzz. Whatever…
Mmmm, Starlite. A dear friend and I dined at the venerable 4th & Colorado spot, a place I’d been wanting to try since a coworker in the industry (yep, I was a bartender at one time) said it was one of his favorite places to eat–when he was in the mood to spend lots of…