Hispanic Heritage Month – Movies & Beauty Products

MOVIES: 

Like Water for Chocolate:  Nominated for a Golden Globe and based on the book by Laura Esquivel, this 1900s-era film features (among other things) the life of a young woman who is madly in love.

Under The Same Moon (La Misma Luna):  Tells the story of a young boy who crosses the Mexican-American border to find his working mother in the United States.

McFarland USA:  Inspired by actual events, the film is about a predominantly Latino community and a group of teens that attend the low-income local high school.

Pelo Malo (Bad Hair):  The film follows 9-year-old Junior from Caracas, Venezuela, who becomes obsessed with straightening his hair and deals with homophobia from his mother.

The Graduates:  Following the lives of 6 Latinx high school students across the United States working to beat the odds, this inspiring documentary shows the educational issues students living in underserved communities face every day.


























BEAUTY BRANDS:

Bésame Cosmetics:  besamecosmetics.com:  Gabriela Hernandez idolized her grandmother’s glamorous looks and honored them by founding her own makeup brand in 2004.

Alamar Cosmetics:  alamarcosmetics.com:  “Siempre cruelty-free,” promises Alamar Cosmetics about every product. The company was founded by Gabriela Trujillo who named the company after the Cuban barrio she was born in—Alamar.

Vive Cosmetics:  vivecosmetics.com:  Leslie Valdivia of Mexican descent and Joanna Rosario-Rocha, who’s Mexican and Puerto Rican, founded Vive which is operated and marketed entirely by Latin Americans.  The brand “embodies the Latin culture—vibrant, cheeky, passionate.”

Artist Couture:  sephora.com:  Growing up in a household with his mom, aunt, and cousin, all El Salvadorian women who loved their beauty products, Angel Merino naturally fell in love with cosmetics too and formed Artist Couture. 

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