Los Angeles Magazine

A Los Angeles Magazine column revisits the Max Factor beauty gadgets once marketed to home users, asking what became of them. Max Factor, the Hollywood-founded makeup brand, famously sold quirky electric beauty devices in past decades, from mascara applicators to facial massagers. The piece traces their history and disappearance, tapping into nostalgia for vintage beauty technology and curiosity about why such inventions never endured.

Los Angeles magazine examines how social media is affecting the city's most famous landmarks, with photo-driven tourism reshaping how residents and visitors experience iconic spots. The piece looks at what crowds, viral photo spots and online attention mean for the preservation and everyday use of these locations. It is part of a wider debate about whether online attention helps or harms popular destinations.

Los Angeles Magazine has published a feature examining Burbank's dark history of murder and unsolved mysteries, profiling notorious crimes connected to the city best known as home to major film and television studios. The piece delves into the contrast between Burbank's polished media-industry image and its lesser-known history of violent crime, drawing reader interest in the ever-popular true crime genre.