In this episode of Downtown Highlights, we visited Funny Face Bakery, where they make a variety of very detailed, hand-piped cookies.
About Funny Face Bakery
Funny Face Bakery They are located in the Seaport District at 6 Fulton St, New York, NY 10038
Funny Face Bakery was founded in 2016, Sarah Silverman opened her first bakery in East Village. She gained attention for her cupcakes, made with Swiss meringue buttercream. Silverman debuted her face cookies in August 2016 for the first time with the faces of the 2016 Presidential Candidates. These cookies quickly gained a lot of attention. As a result, Silverman hired a cookie decorating team to keep up with the demand.
Some classic cookies at Funny Face Bakery: Kim Kardashian Crying, Leonardo DiCaprio as the Great Gatsby, You’re Doing Amazing Sweetie Meme, and an Adidas Sneaker.
Each cookie is made with a laser printer cookie cutter to ensure each cookie is the exact shape needed. Cookies go through two rounds of icing, first a base coat of icing and then the detailed hand piping. The making of one cookie can take 20 to 30 minutes to make depending on how involved the design is.
Five deluxe cookies at Funny Face Bakery: Chocolate Chip, Rainbow Crumbfetti, Double Chocolate, S’mores, and Oatmeal Raisin
They also have freshly baked, 6-ounce deluxe cookies that come in flavors including double chocolate, chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, and more.
Some of Funny Face’s best-selling cookies are the Kardashian cookies, the Harry Style Cookies, the Birthday-themed Cookies, and the Mean Girl’s themed cookies. Funny Face Bakery’s animal cookies, such as the horses and dinosaurs, are very popular among kids. They will also make personalized cookies of your face or your pet, the perfect gift for someone who loves sweets.
Tasting the Cookies at Funny Face Bakery
These cookies taste as beautiful as they look! Since Funny Face Bakery has not yet developed gluten-free options, Sam did the tasting in this episode. First, she tries a birthday-themed decorated cookie. This cookie was absolutely beautiful and sweet. She almost felt bad for eating such a detailed piece of art. The second cookie Sam tries is the deluxe double chocolate cookie. This cookie was so gooey and soft, and of course, very chocolatey.
Funny Face Bakery is Something Really Special
This bakery is one of a kind. There are no other bakeries nearby that create as detailed and beautiful cookies as Funny Face Bakery. Also, Funny Face is in on internet culture, allowing them to relate well with people, especially younger generations, with their celebrity and meme cookies. Funny Face Bakery is definitely worth the visit!
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It’s Tuesday – which means it’s time for the Trend Report of the week. This one, however isn’t reporting on new trends, rather which fashion icons to keep an eye out for and see how the trends are being worn.
Who you look up to reflects what your personal style is. Classy girls may look up to someone completely different than trendy or edgy fashionistas. But, there are some fashion icons who slay in anything and everything.
Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Twiggy, Jackie Kennedy are all classic icons whose shoes no one are ever able to fill, however new faces constantly being tried on by new faces to the fashion industry.
Although some of these fashion icons have been around for a few years now, there are some who have gradually made their way to the top.
Here are Downtown Magazine‘stop fashion icons to watch right now.
Step over Kylie, big sister Kim is officially taking over the beauty scene.
Kim Kardashian West is on her way to break the internet again today with the launch of KKW Beauty, a new make-up line of crème contour and highlight products. The kits, which consist of a matte and shimmer duel-ended contour stick and a matching highlighter, come in four shades; light, medium, dark and deep dark, sold exclusively through the website.If you want to get your hands on a kit, you better hurry. As some of you might remember, Kim’s first foray into beauty – the KKW x Kylie creme liquid lipsticks – sold out in just 45 minutes and her new line is set to follow the same pattern, with the light and medium shades already unavailable.
There’ll be plenty more where this came from as Kim is planning to release new products every few months.
Where there’s a Kardashian, there’s controversy. Following the release of the launch images for KKW beauty, which feature Kim looking incredibly bronze, there were allegations of Kim wearing blackface. The reality TV star spoke about the issue in an interview with The New York Times earlier this week and said that she didn’t mean to offend anyone but that she was “really tan” when the images were taken.
The queen of contouring has also shared a helpful make-up tutorial on how to use the products, the clip has had over 800,000 views on Instagram within an hour.
Founded in 1995, The Good Home Co., Inc. was one of the first home-centric companies to focus on using all-natural ingredients. The Good Home Co. is known for its home care and laundry products, all of which being vegan, biodegradable, and free of sulfates, parabens and phoephates. Beyond being effective for cleaning, the company’s products also carry a reputation for being beautifully-scented.
Christine Dimmick, Founder and CEO of The Good Home Co., started her career as a Fragrance Director. Although she has roots in Ohio and Los Angeles, she is a long-time New Yorker that has lived downtown for decades. Celebrity fans of hers include Oprah Winfrey, Madonna, Queen Latifah, Kim Kardashian, Brooke Shields, and Pamela Anderson. Christine — a graduate of the Parsons School Of Design — wrote a well-received book called Home File: A Realistic Decorating Guide For Real Life, as released in 1998, and currently has a follow-up in the works.
Downtown caught up with Christine for some Q&A about the past, present and future of her company. The Good Home Co. can be visited online at www.goodhomestore.com, where its products can be purchased. Good Home can also be followed on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
Where did your brand name come from?
Christine Dimmick: The Good Home Company was named after my grandparents, whose home represented all that is good me. Our logo is an illustration of their home in Ohio, which is still a working farm today after five generations.
To you, what makes “a good home?”
CD: A good home is anywhere there is love, nourishment and a warm welcome. I believe in family dinners and when I cook, I cook with love. The same goes with our products. Each one and each scent is made with love, care and an intention to bring goodness to the homes that use them.
You live in downtown Manhattan? Have you always been based downtown?
CD: For the most part we have always lived below 32nd Street. We spent many years in Chelsea until it became too crowded. After relocating to FiDi, we fell in love with this unique part of Manhattan. I have lived in New York City for 30 years, but the history of lower Manhattan is very new to me. We were lucky enough to find a home in the Seaport a few years ago and cannot imagine living anywhere else in New York City.
What do you like most about living downtown?
CD: I love the juxtaposition of new and old. Down by Water Street you can take a picture of Fraunces Tavern with the Liberty Tower and other majestic buildings behind it and it takes my breath away every time. My favorite part is being close to the water. As much damage as it caused, its beauty cannot be denied. Oh and the Brooklyn Bridge — I never get tired of that view every morning when I walk our dog!
The Good Home Company’s Christine Dimmick
Do you have a favorite restaurant in the area?
CD: I eat at VBar regularly and I am also a regular eater of fresh baked bread and pasta at Aqua. During the cooler months we often walk up to Dim Sum Go Go in Chinatown.
CD: I have a BFA in communications from Parsons. I studied Advertising and Design.
So where did the idea for Good Home Co. come from?
CD: The Good Home was created after reading the artists way while having a career crisis! I had a very corporate job which was not my soul’s calling. After reading the book, I created Good Home, a company that combined all my loves and skills into one place.
At the time, there were no natural products on the market. Just Aveda — and no one was even looking at cleaning. I envisioned a company that created products for your homes soul using the power of scent. Candles, cleaning, bath products, even stuff for pets. Because no matter the size or the grandness, there is no place like home. And everyone deserves that.
A lot of notable people are fans of your brand. Who was the first celebrity to really embrace what do you?
Do you have a favorite product from the Good Home Co. line?
CD: Right now I am in love with our Heal Fragrance. I formulated it based on thieves oil — it naturally fights germs but also smells like a cozy, fall day. It is incredibly-comforting, therefore healing and you can diffuse it, where it as a fragrance (which I do) and we also sell it in hand soaps and candles.
What’s coming up for your brand? Any special events or promotions? New products?
CD: We are exploring new ways to distribute Good Home which will bring health and wellness to so many who do not know about us. I am very excited for this!
Do you have an accomplishment related to the brand that you are most proud of?
CD: We have been in business for over 20 years and the jobs and income we have provided for those who work here and who we partner with makes me very proud. Most recently we started working with women who are survivors of human trafficking. Providing them with a decent income is something that is humbling and that I am very proud of.
Beyond you living here, does the brand have any ties to New York?
CD: No, not directly. But we feel right at home here in the Seaport, where merchants and makers have always thrived.
Do you have any plans for a follow-up to your Home File book?
CD: Yes, I am currently writing my second book entitled Detox Your Home – A Guide To Removing Toxins And Bringing Health Into Your Home. It is being published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2018
When not busy with your work, how do you like to spend your free time?
CD: I love taking yoga at Sky Ting in Chinatown and exploring our very special neighborhood.
Finally, Christine, any last words for the kids?
CD: Yes — always help others. No matter what you do or what business you create, help others and you will in turn will be fulfilled on all levels.
I have many quotes surrounding me daily. One of my favorites is “if the door doesn’t open, it wasn’t yours to open.” So often we get trapped with a direction we feel we must follow or that is ours. But if you are still banging your head against a door that won’t open, move on. You most likely won’t step into your dream right away, but little doors will open to get you there. If they don’t, try another door.
Throughout the years, many beauty products have been considered prime. They’ve made it to the holy grail lists of many fashion and beauty bloggers, and make-up artists alike. Check out some of these always reliable, must-have beauty favorites!
Francois Nars’ NARS Blush in Orgasm is a peachy pink shimmer. What drives this product to its popularity is its versatility. A universally flattering shade that is repeatedly every user and make-up artists favorite.
Nordstrom.com; $30.
Again, NARS never disappoints with its Turkish Delight lipgloss. It’s definitely the most sought after shade in the NARS lip products line. Let’s blame its most infamous wearer, Kim Kardashian! The pink sherbet shade comes in a doe-foot applicator.
Sephora.com; $26.
Benefit puts the aesthetics of false lashes to the test with its They’re Real! Mascara.
Sephora.com; $24.
Get it all done with this effective one-step facial cleanser. Philosophy lives up to the hype.
Sephora.com; 8 oz. $24.
Smooth takes a moisturizing form in Clinique’s Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion.
Macys.com; 4.2 ox. $24.
Smith’s Rosebud Salve comes in various shades like minted rose, strawberry, and original. A favorite of Youtube make-up guru, Michelle Phan.
Sephora.com; $6.
Essie’s iconic color, Sugar Daddy, is a neutral no-color color that could be worn anywhere, and is universally flattering on every skin-tone.
The stars were dazzling last night at the annual Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute Gala 2014 on the Upper East Side.
This year’s gala honored British-born designer Charles James, who revolutionized American fashion in the mid-20th century, along with iconic Vogue editor Anna Wintour.
Celebrities ranging from First Lady Michelle Obama to Diane Von Furstenberg to Jessica Alba to Kim Kardashian walked the red carpet up into the lobby of the museum that was exquisitely decorated by an enormous mannequin covered with around 10,000 flowers that symbolized the beauty and elegance of the designs of the legendary couturier.
“The mind combines with the body to exploit its senses, its functions, its appearance,” James once said, and that philosophy was obvious in the beautiful gowns, poise and allure of the celebrities, luminaries and socialites that attended the event.
The event is widely regarded as one of the most exclusive social occasions in New York and one of the biggest fundraising nights of the city with a reported nine million dollars raised last year, alone.
Here are our picks for the top looks of the amazing evening.
