An Inspiring Beauty Pick from Andrea

THE AFFIRMATION PALETTE MESSAGING: NEVER GIVE UP!
Makeup Revolution USA launches their Affirmation Palette in the U.S. containing 32 intensely pigmented eyeshadows ta take you from day into evening. The Affirmation Palette was created to boost self-confidence and self-love in the beauty industry. Experiment, live your dreams and move mountains. Dreams do not work unless you do. Price: $15 via ulta.com and makeuprevolutionusa.com

An Inspiring Designer Pick from Andrea

Preciously Paris for Naked Heart Foundation

Carole Tessier, designer of Preciously Paris, has joined up with the supermodel Natalia Vodianova, founder of Naked Heart Foundation, to create this exclusive « Rack'n Love » clutch bag. This precious clutch bag, combining traditional Slavic design and tattoo motifs on a pearl grey background, was presented exclusively in the Colette Paris shop back in November, before going to several select retailers including the online shop preciouslyparis.com. There will only be 200 copies made of this rare hand-embroidered item. The profits will go to the Naked Heart Foundation to support families raising children with special needs in Russia.

An Inspiring Author Pick from Andrea

PARIS IN WINTER:

An Illustrated Memoir By
David Coggins
Paris/ Travel / Memoir
Hardcover, 5.25 x 8.25 inches, 272
pages ISBN: 978- l -57687-777-7,
$24.95 US/CAN

Paris in Winter combines fanciful ink and watercolor drawings by American artist and writer David Coggins with charming vignettes about his family's annual
New Year's sojourns to Paris, which, because of their unending love for
the city, they've been taking together for almost 20 years. This memoir of poetic, lighthearted stories highlights the family's passion for art and food, fashionand social life. Family rituals-from having lunch each January at the delightful Le Grand Vefour to haunting favorite antique shops and seeking out-of-the ordinary spots, like a little known garden or a gypsy circus-are interspersed with serendipitous moments: hearing Bono sing "Happy Birthday" to a friend in a bistro, adopting an abandoned lap dog, and the simple pleasures of Parisian street life.

David Coggins is the author and illustrator of the travel memoir, The Nostalgic Heart, recipient of an Independent Publisher Book Award. His eight-volume set of daybooks, published under the pseudonym Robert Carolina, is in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. His artwork has been exhibited in Paris, Londan, and Santiago, Chile as well as in U.S. galleries and museums. He lives in Minneapolis.

ABOUT JULIAN CHANG:
Julian Chang has become one of fashion's most celebrated designers to emerge from Miami. Born and raised in Lima, Peru he moved to America and graduated from the Miami International University of Art and Design with a BA in Fashion Design. Julian's designs have been worn by Britney Spears and Gloria Estefan, and featured in publications such as Cosmopolitan, Lucky, Vague, and now GLADYS. Esteemed accoladesinclude Miami International Fashion Week Pret-a-Porter Designer of theYear, image004Ebenzer Award of Honor World Fashion in Korea, and The Key to The City of Miami Beach. Women's Wear Daily selected Chang as the "Up and Coming Ready-to-Wear Designer to Watch".
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