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May 1st EVENT: Get Pampered with Bergdorf Goodman + ELLE Magazine

Bergdorf Goodman Elle Magazine Beauty Event

Spring is finally in air and if you’re in need of a beauty refresh, I have just the event for you! On May 1, Bergdorf Goodman is partnering with ELLE Magazine for a very exciting day of beauty. All day long the retailer will be offering complimentary makeovers and beauty consultations giving customers the opportunity to try out the latest colors, treatments and more. And from 5:00pm – 7:00pm, join Bergdorf’s Beauty Editor (and one of my favorite bloggers), Felicia Walker Benson in-store as she chats everything spring beauty.

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11/15 Game on! PC joins Sephora + The Blush for Battle of the Beauty Bloggers

Sephora has partnered with The Blush to pin me against my favorite beauty blogger bff’s (or as we like to think of it, “sista from anotha mista”), Felicia Walker Benson of ThisThatBeauty and you’re invited to watch us compete!

The game: We have 5 minutes to pick our 5 Winter Beauty Essentials from Sephora for under $100 (total). Then the Sephora store manager and TheBlush.com editor will review our collection and declare a winner.

It’s all going down Thursday, November 15, 6-9pm at Sephora NYC/Union Square, 45 East 17th Street. And it’s gonna be a party! The DJ’s in place, St. Germain’s got the drinks, and Sephora has their makeup artists on hand for blush applications. Plus I hear there’s a gift bag filled with this season’s must have… so join us!

Game on!

PC Goes to Warsaw! A View of the Polish Cosmetics Industry

From the moment I stepped back into NYC last week the #1 question I’ve been asked is What we’re you doing in Poland?? Well besides instagraming and tweeting up a storm… (Thanks for noticing); HBA Global invited a handful of bloggers and buyers – I’m talking Felicia from This That Beauty, Danielle from The Style and Beauty Doctor, Heather from Beauty Unbiased, Alice of Miss Alice An, Rachel from Birchbox and me! — to attend the inaugural Polska Cosmetics conference and Beauty Forum Expo to learn more about the beauty industry in Poland.

{Team Poland: Danielle, Rachel, me and Felicia at dinner!}

I’ll be honest, prior to landing in Warsaw my knowledge of their industry was limited to – isn’t that where Inglot is from? Yes, it is! However after spending almost a week in that beautiful city, I learned so much!

For starters… how are these for some fun facts?

  • Helena Rubenstein was the first manufacturer to offer a sun-protecting cream and who popularized mascara and color face powders, was born and set up her first cosmetics company in Cracow, Poland.
  • Max Factor, also born in Poland… His real name, Maksymilian Fakorowicz.
  • The very 1st alcohol based perfume in history, “The Queen of Hungary’s Water” was created in the 14th Century thanks to it’s Polish namesake, Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary.
  • During the economic transformation post 1989, foreign companies such as Avon, Proctor & Gamble, and Colgate Palmolive invested in new factories in Poland.
  • Poland and Lithuania are the only countries in Europe where cosmetology is taught at a university level.
  • Poland is the 6th largest cosmetics producer in Europe.

Considering Poland is located in the center of Europe and is a member of the European Union coupled with their world-class research and development facilities, low employment costs, and high experience and flexibility within the industry opens them up to a world of possibilities (literally). And that hasn’t gone unnoticed.

In a 3 year effort to expose and grow the cosmetic and beauty industry, the European Union and Polish Ministry of Economy have co-financed The Promotion Programme; which will support the

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CEW Beauty Awards Winners + Giveaway!

If you work in beauty (or want to) then you should be familiar with CEW (Cosmetic Executive Women). It’s a non-profit organization comprised of industry leaders and members that offers professional development through mentorship, job counseling, and networking opportunities in all aspects of the beauty industry. They also hosts a series of events and educational speeches from some of the top beauty executives as well as conduct their annual CEW Beauty Awards.

Now in it’s 18th year, the CEW Beauty Insiders’ Choice Awards is the only awards program where the winners are determined exclusively by beauty industry professionals and selected by their members. To celebrate this years winners, we’re giving away two of our favorites to one lucky winner: Shiseido Replenishing Body Cream and  Bumble and bumble Bb. Texture Hair(un)dressing Crème.

{WIN IT! Shiseido Replenishing Body Cream and Bumble and bumble Bb. Texture Hair(un)dressing Crème ($99 value)}

TO ENTER: Leave a comment under this post and tell me why you want to win OR what your favorite beauty product is. You can also enter by following us on on twitter, @PrettyConnected and tweeting us your answer using the hashtag #CEW

**Entries will be accepted until June 3rd at 8pm EST. US residents only. All federal, state and local laws apply.

Without further adieu, the winners of the 2012 CEW Beauty Awards are:

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The Sweetest Thing: Miles Ehan & Three Custom Color Team Up For a Tweet Up

Lara with Miles Ehan and his Inspiration Board for Three Custom Color

You may have noticed that I (and some fellow beauty bloggers) were tweeting up a storm recently at a tweet up hosted by one of my favorite bloggers, Felicia Walker Benson of ThisThatBeaty.com. We were celebrating the launch of the Sweetest Thing collection by Three Custom Color Specialists, inspired by up-and-coming fashion designer Miles Ehan, who designs gowns using unconventional materials. And in this case appropriately yummy ones like cotton candy and cupcake wrappers!

Some of you may be familiar with Three Custom Color for their unique ability to offer customers custom colors –or to re-create discontinued beauty product from any brand on the market. You just have to provide them with a sample! In addition to that ridiculously practical and helpful service, they also have a color line, which now includes the Sweetest Thing collection, just

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