I don’t subscribe to that school of skin care,” says CAP founder Kerrilynn Pamer, a serene presence in the Zoom window from her home in a remote part of Calabasas. “There’s the historical perception of a toner being stripping and drying-step two in your three-step skin care process. I used it once, and my hand hasn’t stopped reaching for it since. That was the feeling (admittedly rare, strangely transfixing) when CAP Beauty’s new mist, Serotoner, arrived just as the leaves were unfurling in Brooklyn. It was love at first spritz, if you believe in such a thing. The cherry tree has since lost its confetti-like petals, but I ordered a little bouquet of vintage beaded flowers off Etsy-daisy-like in silver, with simple wire stems. Georgia O’Keeffe’s works on paper might spur a reconsideration of bright eye shadow or find a match in equally sunny plates. A mood lift arrives by way of a face mist or peppermint glass cleaner. An artist-made water filter, newly available in understated black, promises to be a household mascot. There is a microfine brow pen for drawing in hairs lost to the folly of youth. This edition of Pretty, Please-a roundup of skin care finds, wellness essentials, and otherwise beautiful things-takes an oblique look at fresh beginnings. It’s the proverbial time of year for renewal: a cliche that still holds promise, even for those feeling a bit worse for wear. “Minor tear, some wear commensurate with stage use,” the condition report read. Despite being put through the rock-and-roll ringer, the dress fared much better than the woman who wore it on the cover of Newsweek and Time. Joplin had apparently salvaged them from a fan-gifted bouquet in her dressing room her friend Linda Gravenites helped build out the rest of the baby-doll silhouette with black crushed velvet. ![]() A dress worn by Janis Joplin at the 1968 Newport Folk Festival was up for auction, and the beaded flowers across the bodice caught my eye. On a Tuesday in April, as I began rerouting my walks to catch the neighborhood cherry tree in peak form, a different set of blossoms turned up at Sotheby’s.
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