Stella & Dot

A few weeks ago, I attended Shecky’s Girl’s Night Out event in New York City.

While there were many vendors on site with fashionable wares, I was quickly attracted to the oceanic color palate of the Stella & Dot booth. The Stella & Dot jewelry line has a gorgeous array of adornments in vibrant colors combining 14kt gold vermeil and enamel floral designs. Other statement pieces are of hand-crafted sterling silver with semi-precious stones. A strikingly modern twist on vintage grandeur! With the high end display I hesitated to look at the price tag. To my surprise, 50% of the collection was under $50.00. I rushed to the table to find out a little bit more. The best part about Stella & Dot is that you can become a vendor! In this economy, who doesn’t want to make some extra cash? With Stella & Dot you can have a modern home based career, earning commission, having trunk shows and receiving online orders.



Stella & Dot is a new boutique-style jewelry company founded by Jessica Herrin. The Creative Director is Blythe Henwood Harris, the former Accessories Director of Banana Republic. Stella & Dot is the modern home-based career that your mother never had. The concept is for individual Sales "Stylists" to sell our product line exclusively through in-home trunk shows and via our website, therefore not available in retail stores. The company is based on a social selling method in order to keep the integrity of the brand. They have put the power of e-commerce, social networking and personal service behind an irresistible product. It's the next big opportunity for our era.

Stella & Dot is about getting together with girlfriends, sending invitations via FaceBook and Evite, sharing product pics in magazines like "Lucky", "Elle," "InStyle," and partying while you earn money...with no glass ceiling in sight. The company is recognized by "The New York Times," "The San Francisco Business Times," "The Today Show" and CNBC.

I chatted with star stylist and jewelry vendor, Lauren Jones:

“I joined Stella & Dot just 3 months ago and have loved every second of it. It has been so much fun it hardly feels like "work." I have the luxury of working from home, while selling adorable & stylish jewelry, planning creative parties, constantly meeting fabulous women, running my own business with creative flexibility and the support of a corporate office all while making great money at the same time...it's the ultimate job!!!”


If you are interested in talking further about the ground floor opportunity with Stella & Dot or are interested in joining Lauren’s fabulous team and becoming a Stylist, please email: LaurenJancikJones@gmail.com.


*** Lauren will be in the New York area until July 12th and would love to meet with you in person to tell you more about this amazing opportunity.

Perfume Expo America (PXA)2009

Today’s adventure brought me to the Perfume Expo America (PXA) at the New York Hilton. The PXA is a four day trade show where classic and emerging fragrance and cosmetic brands gain exposure to the American market. For a few hours, I felt transported to Parisian streets as I met with perfumers with exotic, sensual, sweet and spicy aromatic elixirs. Fragrance houses from around the world combined notes on this special occasion to let beauty aficionados into global fragrance bliss. From France, Switzerland, Egypt, America and beyond, I sampled perfumes, soaps, oils and skincare products at the paradise. Stay tuned for my updates as I try these incredible products and give you the scoop on what’s hot!

Lulu Guinness

This is a beautiful summer fragrance. Combining notes of cassis flowers, Easter lilies, apple blossoms and other fruits and white florals, Lulu Guinness is a light, fresh flowery scent for the season. The adorable bottle has a painted face with rouge lips and a curly coiffeur. The round bottle comes in a purple pouch making it simple to keep in your purse for an occasional spritz. If you like a flirty feminine fragrance that’s sure to be unique, give it a try.

Free at Lance's: "Look to Book"

On June 11, 2009 I got to spend an hour with New York’s hottest up and coming celebrity hair stylists and makeup artists. Hosted at the East Village’s own, Shoot Digital studios, 14 beauty experts provided their expertise on hair and makeup. “Look to Book,” was an event organized by the collective of beauty experts to gain recognition in the industry and solidify relationships that lead to these fabulous freelancers securing appointments and photo shoots. I entered a studio, transformed into a beauty haven with stations around the room lead by each beauty guru, equipped with all the styling tools necessary to make you feel like a Hollywood star. After coiffure and makeup application, fashion stylist, Melina Kemph adorned me with independently designed, handmade jewelry and sent me to photographer Nicholas Routzen for a portrait. The best part about all of this is not only was the day fantastic, but these beauty mavens sent me home with insider secrets to share.

Melina Kemph, fashion stylist on the left says, “Sponges are great to have on hand to remove deodorant marks. They are reusable, work in seconds, and can be used wet or dry.”
Check out these Skid Out deodorant & oops remover sponges




Here, makeup artist Emily Kate Warren shares, “Keep a liquid liner handy when applying false lashes-it’s a quick way to conceal the bands while further enhancing upper lash lines. Plus if a bit of shadow falls onto the top side of your lashes, liquid liner will get your lashes back to black.”



(Sidney & Melina)
Sidney, celebrity hair stylist says, “To smooth unruly ends between trims, twist a smoothing cream from mid-shafts to tips in one-inch sections of your hair until it all looks shiny and healthy. “ Sidney suggests Bed Head After-Party smoothing cream