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Sephora Hot Beauty Item
of the Month: Smashbox
‘Retro’ beauty portfolio
Shimmer, don’t shine!
Just in time for spring, Dean and Davis
Factor, the great-grandsons of Hollywood
makeup legend Max Factor and founders
of Smashbox Cosmetics, have released a
new beauty portfolio dubbed the “Retro.”
Thankfully, the only thing retro about
this pouch of beauty essentials is the
psychedelically hued pink and orange
flowers that dance across the cover.
“Smashbox is known for their vibrancy,”
notes Michal Cohen, color lead at Sephora
on Union Street. Created for professional
makeup artists to use on their model and
movie star clients, Smashbox products
are made to keep their cool under hot
stage lights. Translation for you: sweatproof staying power.
Tucked inside the “Retro” are eight
full-size items, some in limited edition
colors. Two lip glosses in Scene (rose)
and Radiance (beige) complement any
complexion. “The glosses stay on really
well,” adds Cohen – without being sticky
or gooey. Eye shadow duos in Optical/
Illusion (plum and brown) and Point/
Shoot (emerald and beige) include neutral
tones as well as pink and green “It Girls,”
this season’s makeup. Smashing Tint, a
peachy-gold allover skin tint, provides
sun-kissed shimmer anywhere. Lip liner
in Smashing Pro (nude), Focal Point
mascara in dark brown and Layer Lash
Primer round out the contents.
“I couldn’t live without it!” swears
Cohen of the Layer Lash Primer. Brushed
on just before mascara, it plumps and
lengthens lashes. Lucky ladies with long
lashes will benefit from conditioning
and strengthening ingredient panthenol,
while shorter-lashed gals will appreciate
gaining up to ¼ inch in length.
At $55, this portfolio is a great
investment in cosmetics worth more
than twice that. A handy booklet shows
five ways to mix and match colors to suit
any mood. You’ll find recommendations
for work and play, and even a look that
caters to your flair for the dramatic. All
are sure to get glowing reviews.
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of years ago, he’s a friend of mine, we
take surf trips to Costa Rica, Fiji, stuff
like that.”
The Zito family name is also famous
away from the baseball diamond.
Zito’s dad Joe is a talented musician
who composed for Duke Ellington and
once conducted the London Symphony
Orchestra. Zito’s mom Roberta is a
trained opera singer and voice coach
and sister Sally is also a professional
musician. Zito plays guitar in her band,
the Sally Zito Project. “Sally’s doing very
well. She’s starting to get her album put
together right now, and we have some
pretty big time mixers in L.A. we’re
hooking up with. It’s a process, man,
you never know. You can settle for a
demo album, but we’re doing the whole
thing so it’s radio-ready.”
Zito is a national spokesman for
organ donation, and recently started a
program called Strikeouts for Troops,
visiting with U.S. soldiers in the Walter
Reed Hospital in Washington D.C.
“That was a great visit…I got to see
the guys firsthand, understand what
they’re dealing with and see what
things are going on in their lives. We
started the whole program to help them
out. Basically, a bunch of guys will be
getting on board, donating money
for every strikeout, and the hitters
for R.B.I.’s or home runs. The money
goes toward bringing these guys the
comforts of home while they are in the
hospital getting better, and bringing
their families to them.”
One way that Zito plans on striking
out opposing hitters is with one of the
best curveballs in the American League,
a hook with a biting nastiness not seen
from an Oakland lefthander since Vida
Blue. “I always prepare my arm – I
always did my exercises, lifting weights,
that kind of thing. So I think it’s never
really led to any kind of injury. But I think
being loose is the main thing. A lot of
guys muscle up with it, like you would
a slider, or a split, but with the curveball
you just have to be totally loose.” For
training tips, Zito recommends www.
pitching.com, a website that puts out a
curriculum for young players showing
the correct way to do baseball and
conditioning drills.
Zito is a practioner of the philosophy
of Nevell and the teachings of Thoreau.
“Nevell is a modern-era philosopher.
He’s a guy who focuses on the mind
and what it is capable of doing. Nevell
shows you the pathways to get what
you want.”
In an era when baseball heroes are
crumbling from their pedestals one by
one, Zito is a breath of fresh air, and
the kind of player – and person – that
the game needs more of. Yet for all of
his success, wit and wisdom, Zito is
remarkably down to earth, and very
much aware that his stature in the game
makes him a role model. “I tend to be
a little more outspoken than some guys
in terms of my process. And the only
reason I do it is to help kids. It may come
back to haunt me sometime, but I still
do it just because it’s going to help.”
To learn more about the Sally Zito Project,
visit www.thesallyzitoproject.com To get
involved with Strikeouts for Troops, go to
www.strikeoutsfortroops.org.
You can check out Barry Zito and the A’s
in May at the Oakland Coliseum against the
Beasts of the AL East. Take BART for $5.50
roundtrip. The Athletics play six straight
home games in the middle of the month
against the New York Yankees (May 13-15)
and the Boston Red Sox (May 16-18). For
tickets call the A’s at 510-762-BALL.
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