In 2004, Laura Collinge of Huntersville and a friend wanted to form a fun social group while promoting opera as an art form that is accessible to everyone. Collinge founded BRAVO!, an auxiliary group of Opera Carolina that targets professionals ages 21-40 with programming, discounts, parties and events.
Inspiration: “One of the many reasons I support the arts is because a city’s art scene helps to define its character, its texture. But more importantly, it inspires people as it entertains.”
Enhanced enjoyment: “BRAVO! collaborates with many other arts and social groups in town. We worked with the Twitter group @CLTweetup to host one of their monthly gatherings.
There’s nothing like working at a desk to guarantee copious hours spent procrastinating and staring vacantly at one’s hands, or so we’ve realised over the past couple days. This in turn has made us realise that there’s nothing quite like dry, chapped and dare we say hands to make one feel old and wrinkly. And there we have it – our first collective beauty team resolution; to take better care of our mitts.
Prepare to meets our hand, erm we mean brand new dream team…
Cowshed for Liberty Dirty Cow Freshening Hand Wash, £14 at – Wow this smells good and it looks just divine sitting on our sink too. Grapefruit ess
Online stores have become very popular among fashionable men. Whether it’s about the general men’s clothes or the men’s fashion accessories, you can find it all at these online stores. In this post, we will discuss some of these reputed stores.
I have selected the online stores based on a number of factors like range of products available and customer service. One very reputed online store is Topman. Not only you find men’s outfits of latest fashion here, but you can also grab them with exclusive deals and discounts. “Topman” is continuously looking for expansion of its business too. The second name I would like to take is “Coggles”. When we Read more…
If theres one person I love to pamper, its my mom. I love making her feel special and beautiful. I only hope that one day, I have children that share this same philosophy. And Ill have hopefully trained them all to be beauty lovers, too. An army of product girls and boys is what Im aiming for. If youre looking for some ideas to spoil your mama this holiday season, here are our picks!
- Bobbi Brown Party Collection Mini Brush Set – Moms love Bobbi Brown. I mean, who doesn’t, really? Even for the non-makeup maven mama, Bobbi Brown is known as a trusted beauty advisor. This brush set, featuring one of my most-used brushes, the Mini Face Blender, also comes with a gunmetal carrying clutch. $60, BobbiBrown.com
- Kate Somerville Refinery29 Winter Essentials Kit – If there is one thing a mom will appreciate it, it’s quality skin care. Plus, this set contains an anti-aging powerhouse (Kate’s Clinic-to-Go pads) without the words “anti-aging” blasted over it. Perhaps desired, but not always what you want to overtly gift mom. Through December 24, purchase for $69 at Refinery29 Reserve. (Oh, and we’re giving away a kit enter here by Friday, Dec. 16!)
- Laura Mercier Baked Eye Colour Palette – The soft and feminine shades in this eyeshadow palette have mom written all over it. It’s sophisticated and sexy, and even comes with a double-sided brush. $48, Nordstrom
- Kérastase Elixir Ultime – Chances are, your mom color treats her hair. To help minimize heat and styling damage, a hair oil is a necessary luxury. Emphasis on the luxury. What’s more pampering than Elixir Ultime, with a blend of four oils that work on all hair types? $54, Birchbox.com
- Fresh Mini Sugar Kissing Trio – Why get one, when you can get three? Fresh packed its three newest Sugar Balms – Sugar Plum, Sugar Honey and Sugar Passion – into a made-for-gifting (and hoarding) set. My mom loves these (like mother, like daughter), but I know she’s not likely to splurge on lip balm on her own. I picked this set up for my mother-in-law, and am anticipating she’ll be hooked, too. $28, Sephora
- Decleor Nourshing Treasure Trove Set – This set is so beautifully packaged, and contains just what mom needs to feel pampered and hydrated. The trove includes Nutridivine Soft Cream, Aromessence Angelique, Aroma Solutions Lip Balm and Aroma Night Angelique Night Balm. $77, DecleorUSA.com
There are only a couple of exclusions with this discount (cant be used on Rag & Bone or international purchases) so this is a great sale. Use the code DENIMFAVES to get 15% off all denim at Piperlime.com from now until 2:59AM Eastern time (very specific, they are) on December 17th. So you basically have today and tomorrow to shop your heart out on this site, and dont forget Piperlime always offers free shipping!
-Hayley
By RAY A. SMITH
Some of the latest menswear shows are looking like a pajama party. But will men want to join in?
At New York fashion week, which kicks off Friday, designers including Phillip Lim, Michael Bastian and Tim Hamilton are expected to show a number of pajama-inspired clothes that are meant to be worn in broad daylight. The looks include colored piping on jackets and shirts, spread-open pajama collars, soft, unpadded jackets that hang loosely off the shoulders — and, of course, voluminous drawstring pants.
The style showed up as early as last year, with Prada and Lanvin leading the way on European runways and Duckie Brown and Z Zegna close on their heels.