Organic and natural mineral cosmetics, handcrafted skincare and accessories for those groovy naturals! We use no petrochemicals, no artificial colors and no animal products or byproducts. No jive.™ www.lawsofnature.netTumblr (3.0; @followthelaws)http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f583ab3b355a5e23a15ade19c91f12c8/tumblr_mj3yo2zn8L1rryhyjo1_r2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b40eb7d1517ceddd7ecf3f99db239e04/tumblr_mj3yo2zn8L1rryhyjo2_r1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0e6a2362a16e334c4872a972ad6bada6/tumblr_mj3yo2zn8L1rryhyjo3_r1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://halfasleepstudio.tumblr.com/post/44495996339/february-2013-i-designed-and-illustrated-new" target="_blank">halfasleepstudio</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>February 2013: I designed and illustrated new business cards for <a href="http://lawsofnature.net" target="_blank">Laws of Nature</a>, an organic and natural mineral cosmetic company based in Texas with a fun, retro vibe. Find out more on my blog: <a href="http://halfasleepstudio.com/2013/03/20/business-cards-for-laws-of-nature/#" target="_blank"><a href="http://halfasleepstudio.com/2013/03/20/business-cards-for-laws-of-nature/#" target="_blank">http://halfasleepstudio.com/2013/03/20/business-cards-for-laws-of-nature/#</a></a></p> </blockquote>http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/50861777536http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/50861777536Sun, 19 May 2013 18:27:00 -0500business cardslaws of naturecosmeticsnatural beautygraphic designretrovintagebranding<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mSRyf5G2uI8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><h1 id="watch-headline-title"><strong><span class="watch-title yt-uix-expander-head" id="eow-title" title="Stevie Wonder - Living for the City"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist/stevie-wonder?feature=watch_video_title" id="watch-headline-show-title" target="_blank">Stevie Wonder</a> - <em>Living for the City</em></span></strong></h1></p>http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/50344416394http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/50344416394Mon, 13 May 2013 10:07:22 -0500stevie wondermusicHappy Birthdaytaurusiconslegends<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/beced6213894b56baacd1dc9b4fe3de9/tumblr_mm7lvvxTR21qbxwd3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://staysuckafree.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Shot by Mambu Bayoh</a></p>http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/49559824685http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/49559824685Fri, 03 May 2013 21:26:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/57831a405aadd722ffe6e0cf2f9a46c9/tumblr_mm6wsmVD621qato0to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/49461232128http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/49461232128Thu, 02 May 2013 16:24:22 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/10f29871de1e87609dfd30502dbd6742/tumblr_mm5ashGhOp1s8dkxbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/49441890933http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/49441890933Thu, 02 May 2013 10:57:06 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a1d2ef104ca51a362174ebcd2430e81d/tumblr_mm1e5nWnTQ1qato0to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/49206579993http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/49206579993Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:53:47 -0500tammi terrellHappy Birthdaymotownbeautymakeupfashion history<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9661bcc4649a45125906d768d4f5c2fc/tumblr_mllos79IKf1qhljlao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/48522948173http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/48522948173Sun, 21 Apr 2013 08:52:35 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ac0c1fa95dde3d8e17acfc165509217e/tumblr_mlge10CsGN1qhljlao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/48460046275http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/48460046275Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:28:57 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3b7e6e6ac32d11ad20930064183a18b9/tumblr_ml22mt1xPh1qgtqgzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/tagged/nat_king_cole" target="_blank">Nat “King” Cole</a><span> is looking as smooth as ever in this 1964 photo session. But the real reason I am sharing this particular picture are the flowers because they remind me that spring is finally (really!) here! Photo: Michael Ochs Archives.</span></p>http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/47873800759http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/47873800759Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:39:55 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8fb91a66cb0419e2a189115baf2dfc09/tumblr_mkwuwj1s2N1qhl6yao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/47420948246http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/47420948246Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:41:21 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ddb8229e4ec545ab8e2bae4312fa6e7c/tumblr_mkjlkhbk551qgtqgzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Singer Georgia Carr with <a href="http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/tagged/Stan-Kenton" target="_blank">Stan Kenton</a> after a Detroit, MI performance of “The Biggest Show of ‘52”. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=565013483538519&set=a.172850202754851.32912.172849239421614&type=1&theater" target="_blank">It was Ms. Carr in the picture</a> with <a href="http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/tagged/Sarah-Vaughan" target="_blank">Sarah Vaughan</a>, <a href="http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/tagged/Nat-King-Cole" target="_blank">Nat King Cole</a>, </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/monicalewissings?group_id=0" target="_blank">Monica Lewis</a><span> and Mr. Kenton, not <a href="http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/tagged/Thelma-Carpenter" target="_blank">Thelma Carpenter</a>.</span><span class="text_exposed_show"> Thanks to Derrick Lucas for contacting Mr. Cole’s former manager, Dick LaPalm, but clearly Mr. LaPalm was mistaken. And thank you Toni Callender for your comment and giving me the opportunity to correct the original post - and the excuse to share the lovely Georgia Carr with VBG fans. Photo: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/northtexas?group_id=0" target="_blank">University of North Texas</a> Digital Library.</span></p>http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/47082361833http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/47082361833Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:49:43 -0500beautyfashion historyGeorgia Carr<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1b921ec55a3734c8db9379a2bfcb63a6/tumblr_mklfmjc4lQ1rkl0zho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/tagged/Marvin-Gaye" target="_blank">Marvin Gaye</a> was born 74 years ago today in Washington, DC. He is in Detroit in this 1971 photo shooting the cover for his iconic “What’s Going On” album. Photo: Jim Hendin</p>http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/47082177213http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/47082177213Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:47:13 -0500marvin gayeiconsstyle iconlegendsmusicSoul<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3e21e22bff61aa21423c0c90a9eb9165/tumblr_mk2cxkZ7ed1qeb6upo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/46076958752http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/46076958752Sat, 23 Mar 2013 10:38:43 -0500beautyblack beautyoriginal-stylevintage-inspired<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8f09b392bb569e5059d0b3fb8dd61ffe/tumblr_mk4d9i06b21qgtqgzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/46076857464http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/46076857464Sat, 23 Mar 2013 10:37:15 -0500chaka khanbeauty1970sHappy BirthdaymakeupHairstyle icon<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3e72fc9875276c6d97b2377d5304b3ed/tumblr_mjgtcmEJti1qgtqgzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>“I was a fly chick when I was young.” ~ The artist </span><a href="http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/tagged/ladybird_cleveland" target="_blank">Ladybird Cleveland</a><span> (now Strickland) </span><a href="http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/burlington_county_times_news/willingboro-artist-brings-black-history-month-alive-in-exhibit/article_60f8f2b3-3223-5146-bf48-b84fe2241a19.html?mode=story" target="_blank">to a reporter in 2012</a><span> in a story about an exhibition of her paintings. Ms. Strickland, the mother of legendary fashion model </span><a href="http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/tagged/Pat-Cleveland" target="_blank">Pat Cleveland</a><span>, was photographed here by Carl Van Vechten on September 21, 1954. Photo: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beinecke-Rare-Book-and-Manuscript-Library/69515365615?group_id=0" target="_blank">Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library</a></p>http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/45071992809http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/45071992809Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:51:54 -0500beauty1950scarl van vechtenmakeupfashion history<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7f0ec850f71ddc82682e5c9740935688/tumblr_mjd5palzL21qgtqgzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Dancers <a href="http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/tagged/carmen-de-lavallade" target="_blank">Carmen de Lavallade</a> and <a href="http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/tagged/Geoffrey-Holder" target="_blank">Geoffrey Holder</a> (followed by Ms. de Lavallade’s sister, Elaine de Lavallade and Emery Lewis) on their wedding day, June 26, 1955. The wedding was hosted by theater legend <a href="http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/post/17767437503/carmen-de-lavallade-and-geoffrey-holder-on-their" target="_blank">Lucille Lortel</a> at her estate in Westport, Connecticut and notables like <a href="http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/tagged/diahann_carroll" target="_blank">Diahann Carroll</a>, <a href="http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/tagged/josephine_premice" target="_blank">Josephine Premice</a>, and <a href="http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/tagged/Carl-Van-Vechten" target="_blank">Carl Van Vechten</a>. Mr. Van Vechten’s assistant at the time, Saul Mauriber, took this photograph. Via:</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beinecke-Rare-Book-and-Manuscript-Library/69515365615?group_id=0" target="_blank">Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library</a></p>http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/44907861107http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/44907861107Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:52:00 -0600beautyweddings1950sfashion historystyle iconloveCarmen de LavalladeGeoffrey Holder<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a463ad9995eaabb7a48dad209c18cd26/tumblr_miw48hX8So1qjeot1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Afro-Puerto Rican </span><span>jazz singer, cabaret performer, and Queen of <em>Filin</em> Lucy Fabery, b. 1931. Although called </span><span>“La Muñeca de Chocolate” (“</span>The Chocolate Doll<span>”) for her dark-skinned beauty, this </span><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=kw0Dv3N5ciYC&pg=PA180&dq=fabery+%22La+Mu%C3%B1eca+de+Chocolate&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Ek0uUcrAK5GM0QHJlwE&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=fabery%20%22La%20Mu%C3%B1eca%20de%20Chocolate&f=false" target="_blank">label</a> ”is actually the antithesis of Lucy; a doll is something static and inert, and she vibrates even when sitting still.” Luis Rafael Sánchez <a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08905769308594355" target="_blank">writes</a>,</p> <p><span>The memory of anyone who ever heard Lucy Fabery automatically records the magnetic strangeness of her voice. And then the diffuse </span><span>spasms of her body; spasms that strip spectators of their serene detachment. Listening to the wonderful sound of Lucy Fabery, seeing the singer Lucy Fabery elevate physical </span><span>movement to the level of a concert by a full orchestra, we see the truth expressed by [Alejo] Carpentier </span><span>when he writes, “The Caribbean sounds, resounds.”</span><span> </span></p>http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/44333223709http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/44333223709Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:19:38 -0600beautyfashion historymakeup<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ixEOMB6jyEE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><h1 id="watch-headline-title"><span class="watch-title long-title yt-uix-expander-head" title="Someday We'll Be Together - Diana Ross & The Supremes"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist/diana-ross-the-supremes?feature=watch_video_title" id="watch-headline-show-title" target="_blank">The Supremes</a> - </span><em><strong><span>Someday We’ll Be Together</span><span> </span></strong></em></h1></p>http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/43333388000http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/43333388000Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:47:00 -0600beautyfashion historystyle iconmotownmusicthe supremeslegends<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_matksn2FZJ1qeyr4lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/43267438950http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/43267438950Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:22:05 -0600sadebeauty<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sCXEtvbJkkY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><h1 id="watch-headline-title"><strong><span class="watch-title long-title yt-uix-expander-head" title="Al Green - Love and Happiness - Live Performance Video (High Quality)">Al Green - <em>Love and Happiness</em></span></strong></h1></p>http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/43078405461http://followthelaws.tumblr.com/post/43078405461Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:09:00 -0600happy valentine's dayloveiconsstyle iconmen's fashion1970sAl GreenSoul TrainBlack Culture