I’ve spent the day at the L’Oreal Technical Center learning about all kinds of good stuff. One thing I got to do was to create my own face chart with products supplied to me by L’Oreal.
On the face is Bare Naturale in Sugar Plum. Eye products are the Hip Duo in Striking and Extra Intense Liner in Gray. Lips are Naturally Nude Lipcolor. And InfLluble Plumping Gloss in Plumped Tawny. Enjoy!
Just a super short and sweet post to let you all know that I have been busy at a beauty blogger conference in New York City the past few days so that I have even better things to write about.
I will also be attending some shows at New York Fashion Week, so look for some incredible coverage from the tents.
Tonight is Fashions Night Out, and I’ll be hitting the stores here in Manhattan and reporting back all the goings on. So you’ll be hearing more from me super soon!
There is so much action going on during New York Fashion Week, and not all of it is inside the tents.
Everyone knows about the goings on at Bergdorf Goodman and Barneys, but I’d like to talk about a few places that might be a little more out of the way, but no less exciting for Fashion’s Night Out in NYC on September 10, 2009.
MyGoodDeed, the 9/11 nonprofit organization, is partnering with IMG Fashion to create “Runway to Service,” a designer auction that will benefit several charities. The organization is hoping designers will donate one piece of clothing from their spring collections for the online auction. “We think the fashion community is one of the most important in this country,” said David Paine, president and founder of MyGoodDeed, adding the industry is comprised of “influencers” who can be instrumental in raising awareness of 9/11, which President Obama recently declared a National Day of Service and Remembrance. “Each year, when shows fall on 9/11, we find the appropriate tone to remember this unfortunate day,” said Fern Mallis, senior vice president of IMG Fashion, which organizes New York Fashion Week. “We are delighted to work with MyGoodDeed, one of the most respected 9/11 organizations, to make this year a very special commemoration in honor of Sept. 11 officially becoming a National Day of Service.” Designers and brands that have so far agreed to participate include Donna Karan, Phillip Lim, Tommy Hilfiger, Rachel Roy, Carmen Marc Valvo, James Coviello, Charlotte Ronson, Milly, Tibi, Vivienne Tam, Tracy Reece, Rebecca Taylor, Max Azria, BCBG Max Azria and Hervé Léger. The auction will take place from Sept. 11 to Sept. 30 at 911dayofservice.org/runway. Sales of the items will support 9/11 and fashion charities, including Fashion for All. “[The initiative] with Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week is part of a national effort to encourage people throughout the U.S. and outside of the U.S. to remember the events of Sept. 11 by doing good deeds,” Paine added. “We are trying to rekindle the spirit of unity and selflessness that we had after the attacks.”I don’t normally just reproduce press releases, but this one is so important and a cause very close to my heart that I wanted to make sure it was exactly right. I have also added a button on the right side of the blog to take you directly to this charity auction as well as provide you more information on this important commemoration.
Have I mentioned that I will be covering Fashion Week this September in New York City? No? Well, I think I’ve told everyone else, because I am REALLY EXCITED about it! I’m also part of Inside the Tents, put together by the Style Coalition. Inside the Tents is a group of bloggers who are hand picked to bring you the most interesting coverage of New York Fashion Week from – you guessed it – inside the tents.
The ever-so-talented Sarah Conley over at StyleItOnline.com is producing an amazing project that you all simply must check out. After attending New York Fashion Week three times, she found that she let the fashion culture affect how she felt about her self as a plus-size woman. Let’s get real, people. The average American woman is a size 12-14, and doesn’t even remotely fit into the size 0 that most of the models strut down the runway in. I truly think this is breaking some new ground and helping to make the spectacle that is Fashion Week more accessible to women of all shapes and sizes.
Enough talking about it. You must go over there right now and watch Chapter One: Introduction.
Photo by Peter Duhon via Flickr.
