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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin It takes a lot to become a global beauty sensation, but Sunnies Face managed to do so practically overnight. When the brand launched in the Philippines, their website crashed just before reaching 3 million views and the line sold out in 10 minutes at their launch party. Their hero product Fluffmatte, a matte lipstick, has sold almost three million bullets, with one sold every 30 seconds, propelling them to the best-selling lipstick in the Philippines. Sunnies Face brought Southeast Asian beauty to the forefront of the global beauty scene and they’re finally launching stateside today. Sunnies Face was a natural extension of the lifestyle brand Sunnies Studios and Sunnies Café, eyewear and food businesses, respectively. Sunnies Face was founded by Jessica Wilson, Brand Manager; Martine Ho, Creative Director; and Georgina Wilson, Brand Director. “Whenever we would launch a campaign, everyone would ask what lip color was used on … [Read more...] about Cult-Favorite Filipina Beauty Brand Sunnies Face Lands In The U.S.

In March 2022, Fast Company reached out to 191 companies with a survey asking about their stance on abortion access, the policies they have in place around abortion care, and how they planned to respond to the forthcoming SCOTUS ruling. Our list of companies included the top 100 largest businesses by revenue, consumer-facing brands with workforces in states with restrictive abortion laws, and some of the largest companies by market cap in all 13 states with trigger bans. advertisement This is part of a series of articles on the business case for abortion access. See the full package here . The survey was conducted via Google Forms and emailed to people in the PR or communications department at each company. Questions included, Does your employee healthcare policy cover abortion care in states where that is legal?; Have your employees expressed concerns about abortion access and/or the impending Supreme Court decision on abortion?; and, If the Supreme Court … [Read more...] about Fast Company surveys nearly 200 companies about abortion access

AIZA Seguerra (left) and Liza Diño get giggly at their “symbolic” wedding in Batangas on Thursday. INQSnap this page for more photos! SAN JUAN, Batangas—The bride, actress and beauty titlist Liza Diño, was aware enough to call it “a symbolic ceremony” rather than a wedding rite, since same-sex marriage is still not legal in the Philippines. But the giggles, tears and that final kiss were all heartfelt—as though Diño indeed got married to actress-singer Aiza Seguerra. The event, held in Kota Keluerga here in Laiya on Thursday afternoon, was witnessed by the bride’s parents, Martin Diño and Marissa Bautista, and the groom’s, Dick and Caring Seguerra, as well as over 500 relatives and friends. AIZA and her family (from right): Dad Dick, brother Juanchi and mom Caring US wedding The couple was first married on Dec. 8 in San Francisco, California, where same-sex marriage was legalized in June 2008 (retracted in November that same year, and resumed in 2013). “We’re doing … [Read more...] about Aiza Seguerra, Liza Diño wed a second time

THIS may be the final year for Tina Fey (left) and Amy Poehler as hosts of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s annual party. LOS ANGELES—Will Eddie Redmayne and Michael Keaton win their first Golden Globes? Will Julianne Moore and Emily Blunt snag their second? Will Meryl Streep win her ninth? These are among the exciting questions that will be answered when the 72nd Golden Globe Awards goes underway at the Beverly Hilton Sunday evening (Monday morning, Manila time). In an awards season where there are no clear front-runners, the Golden Globe Awards, regarded as Hollywood’s party of the year, will be anything but predictable. Millions of viewers around the world are expected to watch the televised show hosted again by the winning pair, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. This may be the final year for Fey and Poehler as hosts of the annual event in which the Hollywood Foreign Press Association honors excellence in film and television. At press time, presenters in the star-studded … [Read more...] about No clear frontrunner for 2015 Golden Globes

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's ongoing defamation trial got the cold-open treatment on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live . Hosted by Selena Gomez with musical guest Post Malone, the latest instalment of the comedy series included sketches about Heard and Depp, clueless boyfriends and the Los Angeles city of Pico Rivera, as well as a cameo from SNL veteran Steve Martin. "I'm on a show called Only Murders In The Building , and I'm so honoured to work with Steve Martin and Martin Short – especially after I googled them to find out who they were," Gomez joked in her opening monologue. As for Depp and Heard's defamation trial went on hiatus last week, SNL moved to fill the void with a cold open featuring cast member Kyle Mooney as the Pirates Of The Caribbean star. In the parody of the legal battle, Judge Penney Azcarate (Cecily Strong) reviewed footage of Depp's property manager (Kenan Thompson) discovering "boo-boo" in the actor's bed. (In real life, Depp has … [Read more...] about ‘Saturday Night Live’ spoofs Johnny Depp, Amber Heard trial

LONDON: Lending to small businesses in Britain has fallen to its lowest since at least 2014 as companies and banks worry about the worsening economic outlook, according to a survey published on Monday. Only 9% of small firms sought finance in the first three months of this year, the lowest proportion since the Federation of Small Business began asking the question eight years ago. The share of firms that saw their applications approved was also at a record low of 43%, the FSB said. "Lenders pulling up the drawbridge for small firms will threaten our already faltering economic recovery," FSB National Chair Martin McTague said. The FSB surveyed 1,211 small business owners and sole traders in March and April. Earlier this month, the Bank of England warned of a sharp economic slowdown and possibly a recession with inflation set to peak above 10% later this year.- Reuters … [Read more...] about Lending to small businesses dries up as outlook darkens

The Denver Art Museum has been selected as one of the world’s best museums, in league with Antwerp, Belgium’s Momu and architectural wonders such as Oslo’s Munch Museum and Tokyo’s Murakami Library. The honor, doled out in a May 3 list from Condé Nast Traveler, was part of the magazine’s Best New Museums in the World: 2022 Hot List. While the Denver Art Museum has been around in some form since 1893 , Condé Nast looked at the museum’s nearly five-year, $175 million renovation-addition project that was recently  completed and decided it was enough to justify the “new museum” moniker. The magazine noted that the museum reopened in late 2021 with new, interconnected galleries, pavilions and a restaurant. “Smithsonian in its scope, the campus’ eight-story Martin Building — designed by Italian modernist Gio Ponti, and the world’s first high-rise museum when it was built in 1971 — offers an ambitious look at the art of the Americas,” according to the 2022 Hot List. “Entire floors … [Read more...] about Denver Art Museum named one of the world’s best “new” museums

The new solar shingles from GAF Energy, a spin-off of Standard Industries, the world’s largest roofing company, can be nailed directly to the roof like ordinary shingles. Since the roofing industry is 20 times larger than the solar industry, the company hopes the shingles—the winner of the energy category of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards —can speed up the switch to renewables through its vast network of roofers. “We should be able to dramatically increase the adoption of solar by leveraging roofing economics and roofing scale,” says Martin DeBono, president of GAF Energy. advertisement advertisement Fall 2019 The team pitched the idea to GAF executives, even though “we had no idea if they would work or if they would be manufacturable,” DeBono says. Winter 2019 The new shingles had to be waterproof, fire-safe, and strong enough to walk on, yet transparent to let in light, which meant experimenting with hundreds of materials. … [Read more...] about How the world’s largest roofing company rolled out solar shingles for your home

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Charif Souki, 2013 (Photo by Michael Thad Carter, for Forbes). There’s a new way for investors to bet on the miracle of American natural gas and the genius of Charif Souki. As of last week Souki’s Tellurian Investments completed a reverse takeover of publicly traded Magellan Petroleum. The company has been renamed Tellurian, has a new ticker symbol (TELL), and big plans to build a new liquefied natural gas export facility in Calcasieu Parish, La. The project, called Driftwood LNG, will cost around $12 billion, and have the capacity to export 26 million tons of LNG per year, the equivalent of about 3.6 billion cubic feet of gas per day. Construction hasn’t started yet, but Souki expects Driftwood to be operational in late 2022. To get through engineering and permitting, Souki has already raised about $200 million from French oil giant Total, and another $25 million from General Electric. He doesn’t expect any … [Read more...] about LNG Guru Charif Souki Is Back With Publicly Traded Tellurian