Feed Me's Ultimate Beauty Black Book.
Feed Me's Ultimate Beauty Black Book.
Everyone's favorite trainers, injections, and facials.
Today’s letter includes an updated version of Feed Me’s Ultimate Beauty Black Book (originally published late last year). Interesting people told me their beauty and wellness secrets. It will be paywalled because it contains valuable information, and will be updated frequently because the comment section will be open to paid reader additions.
Quick news:
The New York Times in investing in basketball. This week, The Times launched a new podcast called “The Athletic NBA Daily,” a fast, entertaining recap of the most important games and stories from the league.
Baby's All Right is opening a new venue in the former Pyramid Club. That makes me want to stretch and drink some water.
I’ve got some bad news for clickfarms in China and Bangladesh.
Woody Allen and New York’s literary elite walk into a kink app-sponsored party…
If you’re someone who receives a lot of gifting from brands, how are you feeling so far? Because I was texting a few friends who work in PR, and it seems like the gifting and packages and parties are going to be more over-the-top this year for the holidays than ever.
Hugh Hefner’s son is trying to buy back Playboy. Let it die, babe.
NYC BEAUTY and WELLNESS BLACK BOOK
I often long for a time in beauty writing where people divulge their deepest secrets, potions, hidden doors. This was more abundant when I was younger, or maybe it was more apparent when I was holding a magazine in a pedicure chair next to my mother. Today, much of beauty writing focuses on affiliate links and product-pushing and gifted treatments.
(, Linda Wells, Yasmin Gagné’s recent coverage at New York Magazine, Daise Bedolla’s work at Into The Gloss (which I think would crush on Substack), Amy Chang, , , and Cat Marnell, all scratch the particular beauty reporting itch I’ve had, but I want more.)
New York has a bustling network of people whose sole jobs are to make you look and feel better, and even heal you. I asked Jen Brill, , Nikki Ogunnaike, Jackie Shuya Tan, Liara Roux, , , Olamide Olowe, Linda Wells, Arjan Singh, Romilly Newman, Tasha Reiko Brown, Lailee Tasghdisi, Dasha Nekrasova, Jill Kargman, Kim Johnson, Chris Black, , Courtney Kassel, Joe Holder, Coco Baudelle, Alissa Bennett, Joey O’Brien, and Allie Rowbottom about their Beauty Black Books. I hope you add your own additions in the comment section.
I’ll go first.
For massages: In a pinch I go to Red Moon Wellness in Park Slope. They give you a tiny fair-trade chocolate as you’re running your credit card at the end. If I’m celebrating something, or deeply depressed, I lock myself in the basement of The Greenwich Hotel at Shibui Spa. If I’m celebrating something, and have an entire day to kill, I go to the spa at The Chelsea Hotel. If you bring a book, you can hang in their rooftop living room and drink tea after. I’ve gone to both Ricari Studios and Racquel New York once for massages and both used various methods like shiatsu and red lights and in Ricari’s case, tools for lymphatic drainage. Would suggest both.
For hair, I need a priest probably. I go to Jenna Perry for cuts and color about once a year, but all of my hair is falling out because of stress I think. Will keep you posted on that adventure.
For exercise, I try to walk around Prospect Park every day.
For facials, I trust
at Practise with my life. The Brightwood does great chemical peels. I’m not going to share what products I use because I recently switched a few and I need to see if they work.