Michelle Obama may have made Jason Wu a household name when she wore his gown to the inaugural ball, but Kate Middleton indirectly took down the Reiss website when she wore a $340 Reiss “Shola” dress in camel earlier today. The occasion? Her and Prince William we’re meeting with the Obama’s in England. Speaking of which, I’m not sure what’s going on with the First Lady’s outfit. I’ll have to investigate the front of it before passing judgment.
This month, Hugh Hefner introduced Playboy’s 2011 Playmate of the Year, Clair Sinclair, who will grace the cover of the June issue. Winning this honor comes with a lot of perks and prizes, including a lifetime supply of Playboy Fragrances. While I do aspire to do many a things in my life; see the Northern Lights, be invited to the Met Gala, join a gym –and no, becoming a playmate is not one of them. However, being invited to a party at the Playboy Mansion is. Okay maybe not very high on the list, but secretly I would love to check out those digs.
So in honor of my little confession and igniting your inner playmate, I’m giving away a full set of the new Playboy Fragrances, which includes three scents, Play It Lovely (fresh fruity floral), Play It Sexy (sexy oriental), and Play It Spicy (sparkling floriental). Each Eau de Toilette is 30ml and retails for $17. The total value of the prize is $51, and winner gets all!
To enter leave a comment! Get creative. Tell me why you’d like to win, what you aspire to do or just make me laugh. Any (non-spam, happy) comment automatically enters you into the drawing.
An extra entry will be given if you follow me on twitter and tweet the giveaway using @PCbeauty in the tweet or are a fan of Pretty Connected on Facebook.
In honor of World Oceans Day 2011, luxury skincare brand, La Mer donated $200,000 to Oceana, the world’s largest international ocean advocacy organization to help protect and raise awareness for our water systems. Additionally, La Mer partnered with Soundwalk, the international collective that offers audio tours, by creating the Seven Seas Sound Mix; an iPhone and iPad application featuring interviews with seven notable ocean enthusiasts, (leading solo sailor Samantha Davies; adventurer/environmentalist David de Rothschild of the Plastiki expedition; actress/director, Melanie Laurant; actor Liu Ye; actress Rinko Kikuchi; designer Philippe Starck; and world champion free diver Guillaume Nery), who describe their love for the sea and offer an exploratory experience though seven different bodies of water.
I was pleased although not completely surprised that Vampire Diaries’ Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder (appearing in quite the spiffy hat) were there. As I learned from his speech at The First Amendment Party in DC, Ian is quite the environmentalist! (He even has his own foundation: http://www.isfoundation.com/).
In true La Mer fashion, it was an elegant affair, and just the excuse I needed to put on a cocktail dress and bare the rain… again (enough with the rain already!). Hosted at Affirmation Arts, the space was a cocktail party meets art exhibit with images of the seven featured environmentalists hanging on the surrounding walls. Unique but unbelievably tasty hors d’oeuvres were served (it was very sashimi meets raw vegetables health heavenly-ness) –with the ever so appreciated complimentary handsome, male wait staff.
Additional guests in attendance included Molly Sims, Kerry Washington, Theodora Richards, Rachel Roy, and Nora Zehetner.
In honor of Saks Fifth Avenue’s exclusive launch of the latest Mont Blanc collection, ‘Tribute to the Mont Blanc’, Kristen Chenoweth came out to support! The ultra petite, and all around fabulous Glee star, signed autographs (with a very stylish assortment of pens) and posed for pictures during a recent event.
The ‘Tribute to the Mont Blanc’ series is an all-white collection, which includes leather accessories, jewelry, and of course pens! And pays homage to their namesake –the iconic Mont Blanc mountain.
Saks Fifth Avenue will exclusively feature the collection at their NYC flagship store on 50th St and 5th Avenue through May 29th. And with
