Nanette Lepore Sample Sale - 11/29 - 12/1/16

NANETTE LEPORE SAMPLE SALE

TUESDAY, NOV. 29 - THURSDAY, DEC. 1ST

9AM - 7PM

225 WEST 35TH STREET, 17TH FLOOR

BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH AVENUE

CASH AND CREDIT ONLY

NO RETURNS

J.Crew + Madewell Sample Sale - 11/28 - 12/4/16

J.CREW + MADEWELL SAMPLE SALE 

260 FIFTH AVENUE

(28/29TH STREET)

NYC NY 10001

N/R/6 TRAIN TO 28TH STREET

NOVEMBER 28TH - DECEMBER 4TH

MONDAY-SATURDAY : 10AM-8PM

SUNDAY : 11AM-5PM

Steven Alan Sample Sale - 11/28 - 12/4/16

STEVEN ALAN SAMPLE SALE 

150 GREENE STREET

(BTWN HOUSTON & PRINCE ST.)

NYC NY 10012

N/R TRAIN TO PRINCE ST.

C/E TRAIN TO SPRING ST.

B/D/F/M TRAIN TO BROADWAY-LAFAYETTE

NOVEMBER 28TH - DECEMBER 4TH

MONDAY : 12PM-8PM

TUESDAY-THURSDAY : 10AM-8PM

FRIDAY-SATURDAY : 10AM-7PM

SUNDAY : 10AM-5PM

Recap: ABC Carpet & Home Fall 2016 Beauty Wellness Wisdom Event

Stephanie Wang of The Alchemist's Kitchen

On Saturday, October 15th, I attended the ABC Carpet & Home fall Beauty Wellness Wisdom event at 888 Broadway at 19th Street. This event is the perfect way to focus on yourself for the day, by sitting in on morning discussions, learning about green beauty brands, and indulging in afternoon spa treatments and wellness experiences. 

The event, which is held both in the spring and the fall, is $80 to attend, and is well worth the cost since the $80 you pay for the ticket serves as a gift card you can use on the day of the event, towards apothecary, skincare, makeup and books.

It's important to get there as soon as the event opens at 9am to sign up for afternoon treatments, private sessions and master classes, which fill up quickly. Each treatment is approximately 15 minutes long, and there is no limit to how many treatments you sign up for. 

After sign-ups, the morning began with an opening meditation with Deepak Chopra, followed by a series of morning talks: 

- Fall star forecast with Spiritual Astrologer Demitra Vassiliadis

 - Goop's Beauty Editor Jean Godfrey-June + Cherry Bombe's Editor Kerry Diamond

- Stephanie Wang on the origin of The Alchemist's Kitchen + tonic tastings

- Attuned Beauty + Conscious Confidence with Fern Olivia Langham founder of Ajai Alchemy

- The Beauty of Wellness with Yuri Dhara, Self-Discovery Teacher & founder of State Of Self

- Jason Wacob, CEO of MindBodyGreen with Lauren Berlingeri 

- Plant Medicine + The Wise Woman Tradition with Téana David

Check out the afternoon beauty and wellness highlights below. Aside from scheduled treatments, there was plenty of time to stop by each brand and sample products on your own. When it comes to skin care and beauty products, I appreciate being able to test out products before I buy them, and meeting with the founders and experts of the brands also makes for a better shopping experience. ABC Carpet & Home executes such an amazing event twice a year, and it just keeps getting bigger and better!

Goop's Beauty Editor Jean Godfrey-June + Cherry Bombe's Editor Kerry Diamond

ABC Bloom flower arranging

Tracie Martyn LotuSculpt Eyepad treatments - during the treatment you are able to test the eyepad on one eye, in which you can see a notable difference in just 10 minutes, followed by an introduction to Tracie Martyn's skin care line, including a cleanser, toner, serum and cream.

Rawpothecary juice sampling

Rawpothecary sampling of Defend Me  immune support and Restore Me inflammation support shots

Lov Organic tea sampling

Moon Juice sampling

Incausa smudging

JINsoon mini-manicures with the Dandizette Collection in five fall shades

Intelligent Nutrients hand treatments

Sampling of mango juice mixed with Intelligent Nutrients Intellimune Antioxidant Super Seed Oil Complex (antioxidant-omega super-supplement) + Intellimune Antioxidant Super Seed Powder Complex (beauty nutraceutical)

FaceLove Fitness offered a mini version of their FaceLove treatment, which includes a head, neck & shoulder release, muscle rolling with tools, face exercises, muscle toning massage and a closing ritual acupressure, stretch & chilled jade rollers. This type of treatment erases visible stress, cultivates a radiant glow, releases mood boosting endorphins and softens lines. This is something I would definitely love to try a full treatment of. There were nerves in my face I never knew existed, as there were unique ways to exercise/stretch my face. 

Malaya Organics mini hand massages

Erbaviva mini hand massages

Goop one-on-one beauty consultations

Indie Lee mini-facials

Ajai Alchemy

The Moon Deck session - tarot cards & oracle guidebook

Yarok hair styling

Yarok did a fabulous as always, adding loose waves to my hair

EiR NYC provided eyebrow waxing + active lifestyle massages. Their skin care line includes an Energizing Mist, Coffee Lip Balm, Savasana Body Oil and other amazing products. Lena from barelywax.com did an amazing, painless job on my eyebrow wax. 

This was my first introduction to Captain Blankenship and founder Jana Blankenship, who touched up my hair with the Golden Waves Sea Salt Shimmer Spray. With a Rose Gold Shimmer Spray that's available just in time for the holidays! I look forward to trying out the products, including Mermaid Dry Shampoo, Mermaid Hair Oil, and the Blue Chamomile& Lemon Oil Based Cleanser and Makeup Remover, that can also be used as an eye serum. 

Pratima skin consultations

- Kim Weling

Devotion Vodka Party at Son Cubano

My recap of October events continues, with a Devotion Vodka party at Son Cubano in West New York, NJ.  The party was filled with guests, Cuban food, and a sampling of Devotion Vodka with 10's, 20's, 30's, 40's and 50's-themed signature cocktails to celebrate the 50th birthday of Founder/CEO of Devotion Vodka. 

It's not everyday you stumble upon a vodka that's different from all the rest. What makes Devotion Vodka unique? 

• It's propriety brand that is the first and only sugar-free and gluten-free Vodka family on the market. 
• Distilled from 100% high grade USA Corn.
• 100% Non GMO
• The world's smoothest six times distilled, multi-filtered, 80 Proof Vodka. (All flavors 80 proof).
• Uses de-ionized water to ensure the industry's highest quality water source.
• partnered with Allen Flavors (makers of Arizona Iced Tea) to create FDA & FEMA GRAS approved allergen-free flavors.

What amazed me the most is that after several drinks, my face did not turn red or start to feel warm. I usually get the Asian glow after a half a glass, and I didn't feel that happening at all. I also didn't feel hungover the next morning or get any headaches! 

Devotion Vodka's flavors include Tiki Tea, Wild Cherry. Blood Orange, Black & Blue, Cosmo, and Coconut. I'm really excited about Tiki Tea, since I'm a tea drinker. It didn't even taste like it had vodka in it. My favorite of the signature cocktails was definitely the 10's: Little Andy - Devotion Coconut, pineapple juice, and a splash of club soda. 

Check out these signature cocktails with Devotion Vodka's different flavors:

Blood Orange Crush

• 2 oz. Devotion Blood Orange
• Squeeze fresh lime juice
• 1/2 oz of triple sec
• Fill half with 7-Up
• Fill other half with orange juice
• Garnish high-ball glass w/ orange 

Wild Cherry Pop

• 2 oz. Devotion Wild Cherry
• Fill with Diet Coke
• Garnish with cherry

Sugar Free Cherry Bomb

• 2 oz. Devotion Wild Cherry
• Fill w/ sugar free energy drink

Coco-Loco

• 2 oz. Devotion Coconut
• 1 oz. of pineapple juice
• Fill with club soda
• Dash of grenadine
• Garnish highball glass w/ cherry

Black & Blue Lemonade

• 2 oz. Devotion Black & Blue
• 4 blueberries & blackberries
• 4 basil leaves
• Muddle gently & add ice
• Fill with sugar-free lemonade
• Garnish highball glass w/ basil

Perfect Cosmo

• 2.5 oz. Devotion Perfect Cosmo
• 3 oz. sugar-free cranberry juice
• Fill into a shaker with ice
• Shake thoroughly 
• Pour into martini glass
• Garnish with lemon twist

Tiki Tea

• 2 oz. Devotion Vodka Tiki Tea
• Fill with lemonad (preferably sugar-free lemonade)
• Garnish highball glass w/ lemon wedge

- Kim Weling