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Power Beauty Picks From The Editor
Our Power Player team favorite goes to Benedetta. We tried the product line and love each item. Benedetta (blessed in Italian) is a Holistic Skin Care System formulated to Purify, Balance, and Rejuvenate. Each one of the Benedetta Aromatherapeutic products is generously activated with Certified Organic botanicals and formulated in a synergy considering their curative aspect, as it pertains to a particular skin condition. All of our products are created using raw materials as close to their earthly source as possible. Link to Benedetta at: www.benedetta.com
BADgal Plum Mascara
Benefit's BADgal Plum highlights your natural eye color while adding length and volume to lashes. Wear it alone to warm up your lashes or add Plum over the original BADgal Black for an extra pop.
Cinnamon Sugar Lip Scrub - A cult product was born the moment the lip scrub by sara happ hit shelves. Today she is thrilled to be sold alongside her favorite brands in over 20 countries worldwide. With the debut of her much-anticipated follow up product, the lip slip, Sara vows to offer her customers the richest, most luxurious lip balm imaginable.Link into Sara Happ at www.sarahapp.com
WHO IS ELIE SAAB? HE HAS HOLLYWOOD UNDER HIS SPELL
Lebanese designer Elie Saab has long been a leading name in haute couture in the Middle East, where his romantic, crystal-encrusted evening and wedding gowns attracted princesses to his Beirut atelier, opened in 1982 (when he was just 18 years old). His ready-to-wear line, which launched in 1998 in Milan, heralds the same feminine aesthetic as his couture dresses, with brightly-colored silks, chiffons, pearl beading, and embroidered lace. Classically regal, yet unmistakably sexy, Saab's designs combine Middle Eastern details with European fashion, and appear at home on Hollywood A-listers like Halle Berry who wore Saab at the 2002 and 2003 Academy Awards. For years, Elie Saab dressed the most sophisticated women in the Middle East. Critics, the International Press and Colleagues have praised his workmanship and his choice of style, which renders woman astonishingly beautiful. His fabrication is Middle Eastern, carried out by the one hundred artisans in the Beirut Atelier.
Chudney Ross, Yes, we all covet a celebrity stylist to hand pick us a one of kind, haute couture gown, but if you don’t have one (and I definitely do not), don’t fret. It’s really not about the dress at all. It’s about feeling comfortable, confident and sexy in what you are wearing.
Golden Globe red carpet power players
Beyonce Knowles
Eva Mendes
Jennifer Lopez
Evan Rachel Wood
Christina Applegate
Naomi Campbell
best ACCESSORIES
Fabulous Shoes
Vintage Jewelry
Designer Purse
Colorful Wraps
Sheer Stockings
Bling Rings & Braclets
Whether it is the Inauguration Ball or the Golden Globes adding beautiful jewelry completes the ensemble. Take a look at our leading First Lady, Michelle Obama at the Inaugural Ball. The First Lady, Michelle Obama is classy and sophisticated in her style of dress, however for the Inaugural Ball Michelle Obama pulled out all of the stops with earrings, bracelets, and a cocktail ring by Loree Rodkin. Loree Rodkin's designs are a fusion between modern and medieval with artisan engraving.
The 66th Golden Globe Awards definitely brought on the "Bling". Some celebrities like Jennifer Lopez, Eva Longoria Parker, and Angelina Jolie wore a few key pieces of jewelry that delivered stunning sparkle. Jennifer Lopez took a more subtle approach with her jewelry by wearing a pair of earrings by Lorraine Schwartz. Lorraine Schwartz is known for her beautiful creations of fancy colored diamonds and gemstones. Eva Longoria Parker wore a pair of platinum vintage cluster earrings by Verdura that complemented her beautiful scarlet strapless mermaid dress. Verdura's, vintage jewelry captures the 1930's. Angelina Jolie was classy and chic in a pair of platinum earrings and ring by Neil Lane. Neil Lane creates exquisite estate pieces.
The history of notable men’s fashion dates back to the early 1800’s. Today we here many fashion terms in relation to men and fashion. The one word that comes up frequently over the past seven years is METRO-SEXUAL. Our team researched the term, the word and its meaning that was clearly broken down by Mark Simpson in 1994 in an article that highlights the evolution of the word and what its mean to be metro-sexual.
Simpson states: "The typical metro-sexual is a young man with money to spend, living in or within easy reach of a metropolis – because that's where all the best shops, clubs, gyms and hairdressers are. He might be officially gay, straight or bisexual, but this is utterly immaterial because he has clearly taken himself as his own love object and pleasure as his sexual preference. Particular professions, such as modeling, waiting tables, media, pop music and, nowadays, sport, seem to attract them but, truth be told, like male vanity products and herpes, they're pretty much everywhere.
"For some time now, old-fashioned (re)productive, repressed, unmoisturized heterosexuality has been given the pink slip by consumer capitalism. The stoic, self-denying, modest straight male didn't shop enough (his role was to earn money for his wife to spend), and so he had to be replaced by a new kind of man, one less certain of his identity and much more interested in his image – that's to say, one who was much more interested in being looked at (because that's the only way you can be certain you actually exist). A man, in other words, who is an advertiser's walking wet dream - Reference from Simpson's Salon.com definition.
At the end of the day, its great to see men look good in great colors that compliment there skin, styles that are easy yet constructed and of course every woman notices a man that is well styled. By L. Christine
We place the Golden Globe best suite spotlight on DPA, hosted and planned by Nathalie Dubois-Sissoko. This special gifting suite took place at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills offering celebrities, nominees, and presenters, amazing new products and fantastic services. The highlight of the event was HENRI J. SILLAM. His beautiful jewelry collection was designed with gemstones, combined with high-quality diamonds and pearls. To add to the spot light were star style brands such as LONG MI LASHES which enhances a woman’s look by offering beautiful eyelash extensions, The MASSAGE EXPRESS, EXPRESSIVE FORTUNES fabulous fortune cookies, NATURA BISSÉ skincare Diamond Collection, LEONOR GREYL, HENDERSON DESIGN, SPHATIKA, VAMP BAGS, STEAZ, St-Germain Liquer made with hand selected elder flowers among several quality brands that capture our teams attention as worthy notable mentions. When it comes to star-studded events, Nathalie Dubois, President and CEO of DPA, has proven herself to be a woman who knows the business of gifting suites, style and elegance. Report By L. Christine - Photography by Inez Lewis
When its comes stocking up on your favorite hair accessories, our favorite editor pick of the month is France Luxe. Link into them at www.franceluxe.com