STYLEMONGER'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

The world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, got my landmark birthday last March 11, 2011 at an exclusive hotel by designer Giorgio Armani.

                                                          BURJ AL KHALIFA
Living it up the Armani dream. The Italian couturier's first foray into the world of luxury living, includes upscale design walls decorated with handmade Florentine leather, Japanese tatami on the floors and bathrooms featuring green Brazilian marble.

Fashionably chic, Armani's luxury does not come cheap, the minimalist signature of the hotel offers exuberance not only on fabulous interiors but also on its haute cuisine. Ristorante- the most uber chic in gastronomic tradition of Tuscany culinary delights was our ultimate choice, very private and very exclusive intimate dinner at Enoteca, the Wine Room.

EZRA SANTOS

MICHAEL CINCO

BANDOIX FLORES

ALBERT ANDRADA

RENE SANTOS

                                                                BUTZ FUENTES
Our Menu:

Starter :Terrina di foie gras e datteri pere e riduzione di espresso

Main Course:Rena pescatrice informata, cannellini, spinacci e pancetta di maiale

Dessert:Tortino di choccolato caldo I pecan caramellati e sorbello alla pera

My closest close knitted friends shared the fabulousness of the evening:
EZRA SANTOS
MICHAEL CINCO
BANDOIX FLORES
ALBERT ANDRADA
RENE SANTOS

the Daily Glow Wisdom

Feed Your Face: How to Eat When You're Eating Out

Eating the right foods for your skin can be tough when you're dining out. Get tips on how to make healthy, skin-friendly choices at a restaurant.

By Dr. Jessica Wu

In recent weeks, I’ve talked about the importance of eating well to keep your skin looking young and fresh. However, that doesn’t mean that you need to spend all day in the kitchen. Sometimes it can be a real pleasure to share a restaurant meal with friends and family — you avoid the stress of shopping, preparing foods, and cleaning up. Whether you’re hitting the drive-through, picking something up on the way home, or splurging on a night out at a special restaurant, here’s how you can make healthier choices for smoother skin and a tighter body when you’re eating out:

*Watch your portions: Restaurant portions tend to be large, so you may be getting more salt (which worsens under-eye bags and bloating), sugar (which breaks down collagen), and dairy (which has been linked to acne) than you realize. Ask your server to put half your meal in a take-out container, or split an entree with a friend.

*Choose foods in their natural state: The more processed your meal, the more hidden sugar, salt, and dairy it contains — plus, the fewer nutrients it’s likely to have. Here’s the test: Could you hunt it? Could you gather it? (And no, popcorn shrimp and chicken fingers don’t count.)

*Beware of condiments: Dressings and sauces tend to be loaded with butter, cream, salt, and sugar. Many of them also contain ingredients, such as spices and vinegar, that can aggravate skin conditions like rosacea, so ask for dressings on the side and dip your food into them. You'll get the flavor without irritating your skin, and you'll save on calories.

WEAR TEAL NAIL VARNISH AND HELP OVACOME BEAT OVARIAN CANCER

OPI is donating £1 for every bottle of its new ‘Ski Teal We Drop’ nail polish sold during Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month this March.

Leading professional nailcare brand OPI is teaming with ovarian cancer charity Ovacome to launch Teal Tips: an initiative to encourage women to wear teal coloured nail polish and prompt awareness of the fourth most common cancer affecting women in the UK.

Teal is the recognised colour for ovarian cancer and an up-and-coming shade in fashion and home decor. OPI and Ovacome hope that by wearing the polish, women will get their friends and colleagues talking about the disease and its symptoms.

Ovacome’s patron, actress Jenny Agutter, will be the face of the campaign.

OPI’s UK distributor Lena White is donating £1 to Ovacome for each bottle of its Ski Teal We Drop shade it sells during March in upmarket outlets such as Harrods, Selfridges and John Lewis as well as salons and spas throughout the country.

Bottles sold during March will carry a label highlighting Ovacome’s BEAT campaign, which spells out the main symptoms of ovarian cancer: B is for bloating that is persistent and doesn’t come and go, E is for eating less and feeling fuller, A is for abdominal pain you feel most days and T is for talking to your GP. Also BEAT information literature will be included with the bottles, which are also available to individuals via mail order.


Ovacome’s chief executive Louise Bayne says: “We are delighted to have the support of OPI with such an innovative and novel campaign. We hope that as many women as possible will wear Ski Teal We Drop, and as well as looking fantastic will be helping raise awareness of ovarian cancer and its warning signs.”

Lena White, director of Lena White, is pleased to be involved in such a proactive campaign. “Colour remains an important force in nails, as well as in all aspects of our lifestyles. In the world of nail colour, teal is the new black.
One look at spring 2011 fashion and beauty trends and teal is seen everywhere. Colour is linked strongly to emotions, nail lacquer offers a way to express those feelings and make a statement.”

Look out for updates on the campaign on Facebook and Twitter (#tealtips).

To order your bottle of OPI Ski Teal We Drop for £10.50 contact Lena White on www.lenawhite.co.uk

Ovarian cancer affects 6,800 women every year in the UK, but many women are diagnosed too late because the symptoms can be vague and non-specific and the disease is often mis-diagnosed for common complaints such as IBS or the effects of the menopause.

How you can help:

Beauty: Ovacome's Teal Tips campaign. Women are being asked to paint their nails in teal to prompt conversations about the symptoms of ovarian cancer - BEAT spells these out: B - is for bloating, E - is for eating less, A - is for abdominal pain, T - is for talk to your GP. Women can support Ovacome by buying OPI's Ski Teal We Drop in March and the leading professional nailcare brand will donate £1 for every bottle sold to Ovacome. Buy the nail varnish at www.lenawhite.co.uk or for help and support with ovarian cancer visit www.ovacome.org.uk.

Support: Ovacome has launched an online symptoms tracker that women can use to accurately record their symptoms and track them over a period of two weeks or more. The tool was designed by gynaecological specialists and GPs to make sure it does not scare women unnecessarily, but will alert women to visit their GP if there is cause for concern. If this is the case, women can print off a detailed report of their symptoms and take it along to their GP. Please go to: http://www.beatonline.info/tracker/intro

Glimpse Skin Care Line

*CoRrEcTiOn*

There are actually four colors provided for the mineral foundation not only three...whoops =)!

There is a wellness company here in Utah by the name of Xango. They are very well known for their wellness drink but also have a lot more to offer. For instance they contacted me a little over a month ago to see if I would like to try their skin care line or as they call it "topical skin nutrition". I like that =). I was not paid for my review but was given the complete line to try. Just click that cute little play button to see what I thought =).

No7 Launch New Lip Range With Poppy King

No7 has collaborated with lipstick legend Poppy King to create an exclusive range of lipsticks and matching lipglosses set to change womens’ views of lip colour forever.

“I have been obsessed with lipstick since I was 7 years old and played dress up with my mother’s make-up. At 18 I started my first lipstick brand in Australia, and I now live in New Y City. Working with No7 is a dream come true for me as I have always been a fan of the iconic brand’s rich heritage and elegance.

“The range has been developed to bring together the hallmarks of the No7 brand and my own loves. I took cues for the shades from the No7 archives and colours that have been key to the No7 brand then mixed these with my enthusiasm for retro
Bakelite jewellery. The striking spotty packaging was inspired by the mistress of flirtation, Marilyn Monroe’s beauty spot and Man Ray’s lip motifs.

Using the iconic number “seven” for the line, I have identified the top seven reasons why women love wearing lip color and I have designed a shade to match each reason. My lipsticks have been designed to look rich and full yet offer a sheer tint
while the lipglosses are super smooth and can be worn on their own or over the matching lipsticks.

I have noticed over the past decade that many women are in the habit of wearing the same lip colours because they are frightened of colour. The concept of my collaboration with No7 is to invite women back to the joys of lip colour and
encourage them to introduce some wearable new shades into their lives. I am determined to make the glamour of past eras accessible and wearable to the modern woman.

To celebrate the new range I’ve been working with the wonderful Lisa Eldridge, No7 Creative Consultant who has created seven brand new looks to accompany each lip shade. Whether you’re a lipstick lover or total colour novice there is something here for everyone!”

Get The Look!

Lisa Eldridge’s must-have products to recreate her take on “History”

Base:

No7 Instant Radiance Foundation in New Ivory, 30ml, £13.00 followed by No7
Natural Blush Cheek Colour in Coral Flush, 5g, £9.50.

Eyes:

No7 Stay Perfect Eye Shadow Palette in Cappuccino,
2g, £10.50. Apply the lightest shade all over the lid, dabbing the darkest shade
along the socket line and underneath along the lower lashes.

Define the brows with No7 Precision Brow Pencil in
Dark Brown, 5g, £10.75 and slick on No7 Exquisite
Curl Mascara in Black, 7ml, £13.50 to complete the look.

Lips:

No7 Poppy King Lipstick in History, £12.00 with hint of
matching No7 Poppy King Lipgloss in History, £11.00

The No7 Poppy King Lipsticks, £12.00 and No7 Poppy King Lipglosses, £11.00

Colours in -
History (red),
Power (rose),
Glamour (pink),
Seduction (blackberry),
Intrigue (pink nude),
Confidence (nude)
and Allure (peach)
Are available from March 2011 in 250 Boots stores nationwide and on www.boots.com.

My recent interview for Vancouver Fashion ezine

I recently had the pleasure to be interviewed for Vancouver Fashion ezine. I had a lovely chat with the writer Lisa Wong http://www.sololisa.com/ who asked me all about my life as a professional makeup artist. You can read the full interview here in this month's edition of the magazine http://vancouverfashionezine.com/fashionstory.php?issue=2011_03&story=fashion-pro-eman&category=fashionpro

xo Eman

Professional Skincare at Home with Celebrity Favourite INSPA

Mesotherapy specialist, Institute BCN has created a mesocosmetic daily skincare range called INSPA.

Institute BCN, are established experts in developing mesotherapeutic treatments for dermatologist and cosmetologists. Based on this experience they have created INSPA utilising the same active ingredients used in the professional line, INMED. The topical range will enable patients to not only maintain and improve on the results obtained from the professional treatment but can give some of the same fantastic effects when used by themselves at home.

The INSPA range consists of four specially formulated products to target skin ageing, lack of nutrients,pigmentation and cellulite:

MesoAge - Hyaluronic Treatment Day Cream 40ml £73.00
Hyaluronic Acid is a natural moisture-retaining filler that depletes with age and results in the skin losing elasticity, becoming dehydrated and prone to deep wrinkles. MesoAge non-oily gel replenishes Hyaluronic Acid to help re-hydrate and re-plump the skin for a healthy, youthful glow; protecting the epidermis (the outer layer of the skin), preventing water loss, filling the lines and smoothing the appearance of wrinkles.

MesoVita - Vitamin Treatment Night Cream 40ml £82.00
MesoVita targets the skin cells with vital bio-nutrition to revitalize the tone and texture of damaged skin, stimulate cell renewal and nourish deep down for a healthy glow. Antioxidant action also helps to protect the skin against ageing free-radicals. This nourishing cream is rich in essential acids including polyunsaturated fatty acids and omega-3 & 6, the nano-encapsulated vitamins used in mesotherapy (A, E, C, F, B-complex and K), and the minerals manganese, iron, zinc, magnesium and calcium.

MesoBlanche – Melano Treatment 40ml £68.00
MesoBlanche is a depigmentation cream that interferes in melanin synthesis to diminish: hyperpigmentation, target age spots, uneven pigmentation, blemishes and sun damage to leave skin healthy and flawless.
MesoBlanche increases cell production by activating cellular respiration and oxygenation, gently eliminating dead skin-cells, and contains plant extracts to soothe the skin. It also contains SPF 30 to protect against damaging UV rays.

MesoCell – Adipo Treatment 140ml £65.00
MesoCell cream helps to combat cellulite by accelerating the body’s natural fat reduction mechanisms; acting on tissues and microcirculation to help break down fat cells, interrupt the fat production mechanism and encouraging natural fat burning. MesoCell also boosts blood circulation, combats water retention and gently tones and tightens for smoother, stronger skin.

Mesotherapy Celebrity Fans include Cindy Crawford, Angelina Joile, and Brad Pitt
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