fashion + beauty articles | Danielle LaPorteDanielle LaPorte

my first and only beauty product list


I’m keeping it a bit lite for the summer’s end…here’s my love list of (surface) beauty products–for one time only.

how to look hot in a photo : 22 tips + my favorite scrapped album


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . You need a good photo. Party shots where your bud had their arm around you, but they’re cut out of the picture (we know, it’s like, the best shot of you, ever); or back yard snaps with...

the red lipstick reporter interview: the psychology of style + branding


The very dynamic Tamara Gold at The Red Lipstick Reporter interviewed me recently about style, being real, and life balance. Click below to hear why I think the “pursuit of life balance”" is bullshit, why I felt like a phat fake when I was running a DC think tank, how to “announce your unfolding,” and...

take the style self-exam


I once worked with a branding client who had a closet full of clothes fit for a hooker. Purple animal prints, a sequin skirt (with the price tag still on it,) lacey, itty-bitty things. Yet, she told me that her ideal outfit was a crisp white shirt, straight-legged jeans and a single strand of pearls....