REVIEW: 100% Pure Black Tea Mascara

Originally published by Ladybud Magazine Most mainstream mascaras are made with a petroleum base, yes petroleum as ingasoline. While they do a good job to perk up lifeless lashes, they can cause allergic reactions and actually slow down the growth of the hair follicle in your eyelid– meaning you need more of it. I have been looking for…

Gay Rights and Marijuana Activist Jay Lassiter: “Let’s Make Weed Sexy”

Originally published at Ladybud Magazine   In 2009, lame-duck New Jersey Governor John Corzine (D) signed bills from the legislature both allowing same-sex marriage and medical marijuana in the state, knowing full well when incoming Republican Governor Chris Christie took office, he would veto both. “As a state, New Jersey is one of the hardest battlegrounds because…

PLAYLIST: Road Trippin’

Originally Published at Ladybud Magazine My friends and I used to take some pretty epic road trips. We would roll up a couple joints, cruise over the Golden Gate Bridge in my ’89 Chevy Celebrity and wind our way up the Pacific Coast Highway blasting these songs as we drove off to somewhere we had…