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It’s time for The Moth’s Westside storytelling edition tonight at 7:30 pm at the Air Conditioned Supper Club. Hosted by Brian Finklestein, people have a chance to tell a story--not standup or a reading--on the subject of “Ambition.” Admission is $7.

       

If you happened to be around Hollywood & Highland on Saturday evening, you may have encountered a spooky sight: Zombies! Organized by fans of the genre, a "Zombiewalk" took place this weekend, which found a band of bloody, creepy, blank-faced undead Angelenos making use of the public transit system and taking a stroll through the heart of Hollywood to celebrate all that is zombie.

Not only was the lovely and feigned Johnny Depp buying makeup at the Hollywood & Highland MAC store, but he was also getting tips on how to best smudge black eyeliner and what kind of makeup remover to use. To pay, he lifted his treasure chest to the counter and opened it, handing her magical gold coins.

Having once been employed "Sephora-adjacent," I spent almost every lunch hour smudging, applying, testing, and sniffing my way to beauty heaven. In my younger years, I broke beauty rules with abandon: avoided sleep, smoked, drank, and wore tons of makeup (to bed!) without a care. I'm now in that precarious position of aging skin - a hormonal roller-coaster that brings three unwelcome guests: wrinkles and zits, with the odd allergic reaction. Like Ebenezer Scrooge, I'd rather stay in bed and ignore these loathsome entities, but that's not practical. My dermatologist treats more women in their thirties than teenagers and it makes sense - no one wants either one of those problems, and if you get them, you want them gone fast. Finding products that serve all of these problems isn't that simple.