As many of you know my friend Becky B moved to LA a few years ago and at the moments when I can bring myself to talk to her despite my rage at what I perceive to be the MASSIVE BETRAYAL OF EVERYTHING of her emigrating, she is kind of handy. Like when she mailed me my Christy Dawn dress letting me off about £200 of shipping fees.
She also occasionally sends me (on request) a rundown of what is hot in LA right now. She successfully predicted turmeric lattes, DIY nut butter and Anine Bing, so she speaks the truth.
Here are are top LA trends for right now.
Food
Lots of protein powder in smoothies
Acai bowls
Spicy Margueritas [at least I *think* she means the cocktail…]
Bone broth served hot in cups (like buying soup from Pret but there are no Prets)
Bulletproof coffee… [you may have heard of this, but if you don’t know what bulletproof coffee is, read about it here. I never know whether to take these sorts of culty things with a pinch of salt, or to be frightened… any Spikers into it??]
Fashion
Dresses from Doen, Faithfull The Brand, Spell Designs, Ulla Johnson
Irish Mary has this UJ one and it’s great
Everyone wears Converse with dresses and jeans
Ragdoll LA have great t-shirts and joggers
Tons of people like Jen Meyer, [beautiful but the prices are LOL]
These are about £2k not lying
The biggest craze is CBD oil which is a chemical found in cannabis, which soothes and clams but doesn’t make you high. We went to a school gala fundraiser thing (think Big Little Lies) and everyone was sitting at round tables pass round CBD vape pens.
It also comes in juices and smoothies or just oil to rub into painful areas, or to drink for a sore throat. If you Google Med Men you get to a kind of Apple Store for cannabis products. Literally in LA you go in and talk to a guy with an iPad and whittle down what you’re in the mood for.
AND THAT IS ALL THE LA NEWS PRINTED TO FIT PEOPLE
Have a great day
Ooh, how have I not heard of Ulla Johnson before? I love everything on that page. Thank you!
Brain Octane Oil WTF
This was fun! Thank you!
Bulletproof coffee is much nicer than it sounds, but hard to find, however being from Yorkshire paying coffee shop prices is not something I am prepared to do too often!
Ooo look everyone it’s a MAN!!!
Great post Esther I love it! I actually tried the CBD oil once (long story) and can confirm it has no effect whatsoever on anything!
LOL!
Here in the Netherlands it’s sold in Holland and Barrett so you can imagine how much this isn’t a thing here.
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Holland & Barrett sell CBD oil; a friend of a friend swears by it for her back pain relief.
I tried bulletproof coffee for awhile. Butter and coconut oil whizzed up in a Nutribullet with coffee sounds revolting, but it was quite nice and creamy. Can’t imagine how vile it must be if it’s not all frothy and emulsified though. Anyway, did it for a few weeks instead of breakfast and was evangelical about how much energy it gave me and how little I craved food in the morning.
But then I was had my ‘turning 40 checkup’ and they did my cholesterol and it was ever-so-slightly high which panicked me a bit and so I stopped. Not a very scientific response but anyway…
Did she happen to finesse on which sort of Converse are the thing (hi top or low)?
I thought for a minute that this was written from your perspective. I couldn’t quite marry the image of you sitting around vaping cannabis at a PTA event with the image I have of you.
this is definitely not a thing I would ever do
You say that now Esther, but the future you is giving this page a cheeky wink
Oh CBD is definitely a thing here, get yourself to Holland and Barrett haha! My father actually uses it for his Parkinson’s Disease but maybe I need to give it a try myself?!?
Our dog uses CBD oil. Seriously, he has arthritic hips and it helps.
Loving this update! P
‘Bone broth’ made me laugh out loud. Surely that’s just stock??
it is! but it’s very specifically made from BONES so not veg stock or from a packet…
I am a ways north of LA but still west coast, major city and can confirm the tyranny of acai bowls, bone broth etc. Bulletproof coffee seems to be over here or heading that way. Maybe I would add Korean BBQ and Ethiopian food as on the up. Brunch continues to be the most important meal of the day.
BRUNCH IS LYFE