Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion

If you are anything like me, you take your time applying fly and flawless eyeshadow to your lids before hitting the club. You dance and have a great time before taking a bathroom break to do a face check in the mirror. After an hour of dancing, you find that your so called flawless eyeshadow has a greasy crease in the middle of your lids.

Well get ready for that night out a new way. Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion is the magic answer to the maddening eye shadow crease. Packaged in an adorable genie bottle this potion is an anti-crease cream. Dip the wand in the potion and apply to lids a few minutes before you are ready to apply eye shadow. The silicon filled Primer Potion dries quickly to a smooth matte finish in nude or champagne shimmer. Just a thin layer of the Potion is all you need. Party all night and find the next morning that your eyes are as captivating as the moment that you finished your makeup. Have a great time and keep the Genie in a bottle close!

AHAVA Source Mineral Body Lotion

My aunt received this lotion as a Christmas gift one year and sent me scouring mom and pop drug stores in Mediterranean communities to find the refills. Shocked to see the anti-cosmetic distinguished lady swoon over a body product I had to find out the appeal. This body lotion is a Dead Sea mineral based product with AHAVA’s own Osmoter compound. The AHAVA Source Mineral Body Lotion provides a light moisturizer for those who are not concerned with dry skin. The fragrance leaves a lovely veil of a unique fresh floral scent on the skin. For the environmentally conscious, note that AHAVA uses recyclable packaging and does not test on animals. Now AHAVA has introduced its line of products in larger stores like, Nordstrom. Have fun discovering the therapeutic wonders.

Valentino Rock ‘n Rose Couture

I was instantly attracted to Valentino’s, Rock ‘n Rose Couture while browsing the fragrance section in the SoHo Bloomingdales. A beautiful round glass bottle with a pentagonal pyramid pointed top, veiled in black lace with an ebony rosette tilted to the side, complete with a label that read, "Rock ‘n Rose Couture," in platinum metallic script. I was captivated by the bottle which evoked images of sultry Flamenco dancers, with percussionistic castanets perched to the side. I had to have this Rock ‘n Rose Couture.

It was almost a year that this sexy bottle sat in my boudoir. At last, I decided to use the treasured elixir. I am not usually a rose aficionado, but my other fragrances were waning. I sprayed Rock ‘n Rose Couture, inhaling the soft feminine blend of black currant, rose, gardenia, vanilla and musk. I liked the fragrance, but I was not quite sure how I felt about it with my body chemistry.

I was off about my day, waiting at a crosswalk when a man next to me commented, “Wow, you smell really good.” I was charmed. By the end of the day I hadn’t thought much more of the fragrance choice until my husband returned home. He buried his head in my neck and inhaled and said, “You smell gorgeous.” I was sold! I wear perfume every day and even after showering at night and he rarely comments. Needless to say, Valentino Rock ‘n Rose Couture is a new favorite.

A Midsummer's Night Arts Showcase

On Thursday August 27, 2009 Pia Raymond and Susann Sanders presented their, “Midsummer’s Night Arts Showcase.” These two New York designers exhibited a stunning menagerie of handcrafted jewelry, accessories, ceramics and fiber art. The fashionable event was held at Brooklyn’s Sucre Lounge (520 DeKalb Ave 11205) and was attended by stylish shoppers, designers, boutique belles and magazine editors alike. Enjoying Sucre’s delectable treats and libations, attendees could sip and shop Raymond’s “Legacy Luxe Collection,” and Sanders', “Femmestone Collection.”


Pia Raymond’s Legacy Luxe line was highlighted by her newest creations in clutches and pocketbooks with glamorous images of iconic divas of the Harlem Renaissance. For the proud and creative New York fashionista, Legacy Luxe offered an array of Brooklyn and New York nostalgia purses in fuchsia, glittering grape and denim sparkle.













Legacy Luxe not only had handbags, but also a fall preview of shawls and colorful capelets entitled “The Cocktail Collection” with colorful names like, Limeade, Blue Hawaii and Creamsicle. Raymond used a mélange of heavyweight wools and cotton yarns in vibrant colors to polish off a fun and festive fall wardrobe.


Legacy Luxe’s fashionable home décor included ceramic vases, figurines and stiletto heeled decorative shoes.














Susann Sanders debuted her couture costume jewelry, “The Femmestone Collection.”





Her signature cocktail rings were featured in a variety of semi-precious stones and freshwater pearls. This season, Femmestone introduced the two finger ring assuming extraordinary elegance, prominent with pastel colored jade flowers adorned with pearls and crystal beads.





Sanders fashioned a stunning collection of, "Bloom Bracelets,” brass arm cuffs encrusted with multi colored floral arrangements with matching bib necklaces.





For the punk princess, black and gold chain necklaces and earrings give the sexy edge for fall.



For those of you who missed out on this Midsummer’s Night event check out these collections on the web and get a head start on shopping for fall’s funky and fabulous designs!
"Legacy Luxe Collection"www.legacyluxe.bigcartel.com/
"Femmestone Collection"http://urbancandies.tripod.com/