CP Steal: Kerastase Says Goodbye and We Say Hello
By title="Email Ashley Goldsmith" alt="Email Ashley Goldsmith"> Ashley Goldsmith
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One of my first memories of Kérastase is from when I was about 12 years old and had my hair cut and colored (oh horrible bonde highlights how I do not miss you!) by my dad’s hairdresser friend. She would take us to her overpriced salon and cut my hair into the most fabulous tween cut and style my hair with products from Kérastase. I would beg my dad to buy the products for me because obviously the final look just couldn’t be achieved without them. So there I was, the only 12 year old I knew with a bathroom full of French haircare products. I finished them up quickly and was forced to move on to some more age appropriate choices. |
Beauty for a Good Cause
By title="Email Ashley Goldsmith" alt="Email Ashley Goldsmith"> Ashley Goldsmith
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Last week was the beginning of Canada’s annual Seal Hunt, an event that results in the clubbing of hundreds of thousands of baby seals for the use of their fur. With Russia last week announcing a ban on the hunting of all harp seals less than one year old, all eyes have now turned to Canada. This inhumane act must stop and is now being protested by everyone from people like you and I to entire beauty brands. Take LUSH Cosmetics for example; in an attempt to encourage the government to do the right thing, LUSH has created a new bubble bar in the shape of a baby seal especially for the campaign. |
CP Steal: Even Ted Gibson Offers A Recession Special
By title="Email Deena Campbell" alt="Email Deena Campbell"> Deena Campbell
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At Ted Gibson Salon, the price of a haircut by noted hairstylist Ted Gibson could land you a 32″ flat screen TV, knock off a huge chunk of your rent or give you a round trip plane ticket to Europe. But during these hard times, the Ted Gibson team has smartened up and curbed its prices – at least on Tuesday’s.
Entitled Recessionista Tuesdays’, Ted Gibson salon is offering haircuts and single color processing for $75 and blow-outs for $40 at its Fifth Avenue Salon. Previously only crafting the manes of A-list celebrities: Angelina Jolie, Gabriella Union, Renee Zellweger, Keira Knightly and Anne Hathaway, Ted is now available for hair cuts, up dos, color processes, extensions, and various color treatments for ‘regular’ people. |
CP Style Police: In the Words of Rachel Zoe, “We die”
By title="Email Mary Dooe" alt="Email Mary Dooe"> Mary Dooe
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Two words. Top. Shop.
The long (long!) awaited store opening is finally upon us, and quite frankly, its like Christmas is coming twice this year. On Thursday, April 2nd, the cheap and chic British powerhouse will open its doors in Soho, offering up uber trendy dresses, tops and pants, as well as accessories. The highlights also include Kate Moss’s line for the store; the spring line hits shelves on April 2nd as well. |
Learn Beauty Trends with Friends
By title="Email Deena Campbell" alt="Email Deena Campbell"> Deena Campbell
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There’s nothing like the warm satisfaction of having your make-up applied. You sit back and relax as makeup-artists transform you into a flawless, polished beauty queen.
This spring, Trish McEvoy and Henri Bendel have partnered, giving women the ins and outs of crafting the most amazing look, themselves. Head over to Henri Bendel on April 2 as beauty extraordinaire Trish McEvoy teaches lessons on applying make-up using half-faced techniques. Experience a lip treatment and a luxurious color all in one with Trish McEvoy ‘s beauty booster gloss. Try a new sultry look with glaze eye shadow or brighten your entire complexion with gold eye highlights. Either way, you’ll leave informed, rejuvenated and looking ultra attractive. |
Sundari’s Feed Your Skin Giveaway
By title="Email Jessica Thomas" alt="Email Jessica Thomas"> Jessica Thomas
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You’re not too nice to it. You glop layers and layers of stuff on it and sometimes you don’t always remove that stuff. Well if you didn’t already know, we’re talking about your skin here and the “stuff” is make-up that you don’t always take off after a night on the town. Well after searching every Duane Reade in town and every Bloomie’s too, you’ve given up. Maybe they don’t make perfect skincare products for everyone. You resign yourself with having to deal with clogged pores and not so great skin.
Hold your horses missy, don’t freak out yet. We have the key to the kingdom of flawless skin. Sundari, the latest skincare line with vegetable and fruit formulations, is that key. The Neem & Avocado Balancing Moisturizer and Apricot & Shea Hydrasoothing Mask will fix all your skin woes. See, the balancing moisturizer contains moisture-regulation technology that provides targeted moisture for drier areas and absorption for oilier areas. Perfect! And the mask, well it’s unlike any other. It has a creamy, light consistency and is moisturizing without containing any heavy waxes or oils because of the apricot kernel oil, which is responsible for the deep penetration without feeling greasy and is excellent for those with dry skin. Sundari can help you get everything under control. |
Conveyor Belt Sushi
By title="Email Jasmin Guleria" alt="Email Jasmin Guleria"> Jasmin Guleria
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Japanese restaurants are quickly becoming as commonplace as New York pizza shops. The one main difference is variety – each Japanese restaurant in the city touts its own unique edge that causes us to crave one over another. It could be a special roll, a great discount, or amazing sake – in the case of Yushi, it’s their sexy sleek conveyor belt!
Yushi Bento Bar’s Midtown location has been a staple lunch spot for a few years. With it’s freshly packaged to-go options, Yushi is the perfect healthy quick-fix for busy Midtown lunchers. The newly added conveyor belt adds a sit-down feel to the location, coaxing customers to take a break from their busy day to sit, check out, and choose from option after option of cold and hot foods that roll by. |
Vote Earth!
By title="Email Ashley Goldsmith" alt="Email Ashley Goldsmith"> Ashley Goldsmith
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Rather than getting into a whole spiel about how important it is to make small changes in your lifestyle to help the environment and how in my opinion, global warming is very much a reality (hello 65 degree January afternoons and snowy April!). I’m going to tell you to just turn off your lights, unplug your toaster, and shut off your idle laptop!
On Saturday March 28th, from 8:30-9:30pm the World Wildlife Fund has created Earth Hour, a global event in which participants turn off their lights for one hour as a vote to take control over the future of our planet. Their goal is for 1 billion people to switch off their lights and to unplug any appliances that are not being used. In the past, the event has saved over 50 tonnes of carbon dioxide worldwide. |
The Recessionista Times
By title="Email Lauren Torrisi" alt="Email Lauren Torrisi"> Lauren Torrisi
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Fifteen bucks for a martini? Bahhh. Ten bucks for a beer? Ehhhh. With those prices, my bank account will look bleak the next morning. Luckily, our favorite spots are giving us some good deals to relieve the next day credit card trauma. Plus, do you really want the economy keeping you home on a Friday night? The answer is NO, people. The answer is no.
1. This celebrity hang out feels your pain. The Anchor offers a Recession Thursday special from 7pm-9pm. Twenty dollars for an all you can drink deal and there’s no harm done. 212.463.7406 2. Restaurants have also extended their happy hours, Cha Cha’s offers theirs from 3pm-7pm for a $5 per drink special. 212.431.9755. While Five Points offers happy hour from 5pm-7pm with $5 martinis and $2 oysters. 212.253.5700 |
CP Steal: An Exclusive Beauty Deal
By title="Email Ashley Goldsmith" alt="Email Ashley Goldsmith"> Ashley Goldsmith
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Just because the calendar says it’s finally spring and you’re fully equipped with sundresses and colorful sandals doesn’t mean that Mother Nature has any intention of turning up the heat just yet. So if you’re still being plagued by winter beauty blues, (ie. dry skin, chapped lips and a cold that you haven’t been able to cure for the past 2 weeks) then Vickery & Clarke is the answer to hydrating and prepping your skin for the upcoming flesh baring months. |
