A spring in their steps: Secret Room’s pre-MTV Movie Awards’ suite
Leyla Messian As usual, Rita Branch and Amy Boatright’s Secret Room Events lined up a docket of product talent filled with delights for girls and boys of all ages. However, young Reef Carneson was the true VIP of the day. At age six, he is a cancer survivor as well as the first pediatric bonemarrow […]
Paris Hilton, Shanola Hampton, Alessandra Torresani attend Kari Feinstein’s Pre-Music Style Lounge
Alison Buck/Wireimage With Coachella in California right around the corner, Kari Feinstein certainly knows how to ring in the festive weekend with a dazzling ambiance. The two-day-long event welcomed celebrities into the private space at the Sunset Marquis in West Hollywood. Kari Feinstein’s Pre-Music Festival Style Lounge welcomed a slew of guests including Paris Hilton, […]
Truly, madly and deeply WOWed at the Luxe Hotel
When we arrived at the WOW Creations Celebrity Gifting Suite at the Luxe Hotel Beverly Hills and checked in (and handed a particularly delicious box of chocolates), Matthew and Mark Harris took particular pride in telling us that they do their suites just a bit differently from their competitors. It’s as much about the friendly, […]
Igor Spektor In a very friendly, relaxed and airy Stardust Penthouse atop the Beverly Hilton, guests of Debbie Durkin’s 2015 edition of the Eco Luxe Oscar Style Lounge could receive posh perk-ups, including blow-drys, organic spray tans and make-up touch-ups by OC Hair & Makeup. Celebrity pets were treated to eco-friendly goodies from Canadog and […]
Kari Feinstein’s Sundance Style Lounge shines from Park City
Vivien Killilea/Getty Images Park City, Utah is where all the action takes place in January as the Sundance Film Festival vibe takes over. While film is the main topic of interest during the week, discreet places allow invited guests to relax as they discover innovative products in the midst of a cozy and warm atmosphere. […]
Stars get to smile at 2015’s Colgate Optic White Beauty Bar Golden Globe Experience
Alexandra Wyman Even in pouring rain, the Colgate Optic White Beauty Bar Golden Globe Experience gave fashion media, starlets and celebrities much to smile about on January 9 and 10 in Hollywood. Luminaries included Dancing with the Stars’ Cheryl Burke, Karina Smirnoff and Chelsea Kane, Christina Milian, Jennie Garth, Ross Matthews, Audrina Patridge, Jax Taylor, […]
The Eco-Luxe Suite: a penthouse with a view
Debbie Durkin’s Eco-Luxe Suite at the Beverly Hilton, Hollywood’s go-to property for all civilized award show shindigs, truly lived up to its name and purpose, offering up an engaging range of products and equally impressive inventors or coordinators. Also moving was the fact that the focus charity was Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los […]
Elyse Glickman Red Carpet Events LA Red Carpet Events LA teamed up with the PETA2 organization to use the 2014 Teen Choice Awards as a platform for positive messages: starting the school year right and embracing a cause teens and young adults can, literally, make their own. Glitz and glamour met with common sense in […]
A good day well spent for a million better nights
By selecting the Taglyan Complex, just across the street from the Motion Picture Academy Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study, planner and fellow journalist Kathy Duliakas assured her pre-Oscar gathering would be a hot ticket for celebrities and journalists. However, with a mix of intrepid entrepreneurs, a civilized lunch, a relaxed atmosphere and a significant […]
Wounded Warrior Project Style & Beauty Suite: a true-blue salute
Karen Ray In a way, it was fitting that the turnout for the Wounded Warrior Project Style & Beauty Suite at the historic Avalon Hollywood on February 28 was most impressive, even with biblical flooding and other karmic payback for the too-nice weather southern California enjoyed. However, by the looks of things, it would take […]
