Starbuck’s NEW VIA French Roast

Starbucks VIA French Roast

As some of you may remember, it was almost a year ago when I was first posted about Starbucks VIA Ready Brew coffee ($2.95/3pack, $9.95/12pack). Starbucks was one of the sponsors at New York Fashion Week, and I was in between shows and in dire need of caffeine.  My options we’re either their instant VIA coffee or one of their overly sweetened packaged drinks. Having only experienced instant coffee that tasted like watered down dirt, it was out of complete desperation that I tried the VIA Italian Roast, much less expected to drink the whole cup. To my surprise it tasted exactly like their regular brewed coffee—my mind was actually blown.

Starbucks VIA Collection

This month Starbucks launched their latest VIA flavor in French Roast. I had the pleasure of spending National Coffee Break Day (1/20) with them for an exclusive tasting and flavor profiles of each of the VIA varieties.  First off, VIA has come a long way since last year, they now offer an extensive range of flavors including Italian, Columbia, Vanilla, Mocha, Caramel and Cinnamon Spice, as well as a VIA Iced Coffee. It’s no wonder they are the No. 1 selling packaged coffee globally. Although, that’s not surprising considering how convenient

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Ferragamo W List Winners: I Won!

Ferragamo W List Winners. I came in 4th!

After months of posting, facebooking, tweeting and all around spamming the universe in a campaign to get my friends, followers, coworkers, family and well –just about anyone who was game to vote for me, I’m pleased to announce I was one of the winners of Ferragamo’s W List.

For anyone not familiar with the promotion, Ferragamo invited the public to sign up on their W List and disclose what inspires their style. Then through the ranking system, contingent on how many votes you received you would move up the list.  The first person on the list received

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SAKS + neuveauBrow: A Prescription for Perfect Eyebrows

neuveauBrow

Recently, I was spoiled by Saks Fifth Avenue and neuveauBrow active eyebrow technology for a brow consultation with celebrity brow expert and founder of Damali NYC Heidi Evora-Santiago. Of course my first instinct was to tweeze and pluck – after all I was going before the woman who has done everyone from Katherine Heigl to Eva Longoria’s brows. Although I quickly came to my senses, and realized I should probably leave it to the professional.

At the Saks counter I learned about neuveauBrow ($100), a scientifically advanced formula containing peptides, proteins, vitamins and moisturizers that both nourishes and condition to restore brows to a fuller and healthier state. Dermatologist tested, neuveauBrow is ideal for women with sparse, thinning or weak brows, neuveauBrow can shows results within four weeks.

Heidi Evora-Santiago takes on Lara's brows

I however am very fortunate in that department (although I brought along a writer that’s very excited to review it!). My middle-eastern eyebrows are anything but lacking, which was confirmed when Heidi said, “You have great brows, we don’t even need to fill them in, I’m just going to clean up under the brow and trim them.” She even approved of the shape. Phew!

The end result was naturally perfection. She gave me more of a defined arch while still keeping the brows thick and evened out and the shape to compliment my face. I have difficulty looking in a mirror and making sure everything is symmetrical –that’s a common mistake, which can end to over-tweezing. Having a perfectionist go in

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First Look: Nicole Miller’s Spring 2011 Ad Campaign

Enjoy an exclusive sneak preview of Nicole Miller’s Spring 2011 Ad Campaign, before they’re in print! The collection, shot by Robbie Fimmano and styled by Natasha Royt, stars IMG model Sophie Holmes.

Hair by Anthony Turner and makeup by Yadim Carranza.

All items from the collection will be manufactured and available starting March 2011

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