Shop online sample sales for Thursday 2/4/10
February 4, 2010 by Ehmonie Hainey · Leave a Comment
Shop online sample sales for Thursday 2/4/10 at Gilt, Gilt Fuse, ideeli, Row Nine, Rue La La, Billion Dollar Babes, Editor’s Closet, Beyond the Rack, HauteLook, Enviius, Gomatta Girls, Lucky Chic, One King’s Lane, Reverse by Revolve, Jetsetter, Gilt Man, Estile, DD Push, The Top Secret, The Skinny, Juxzy, GlamList and Rent the Runway. Just click on the links to sign up and start shopping!
Beyond the Rack: Bindya, MeMoi, Vicarious by Nature, Melie Bianco, Matisse
Billion Dollar Babes: Vava by Joy Han, Wren
DD Push is an exclusive online sample sale site. In order to join, please email me at editor (at) whatshaute (dot) com: Valentine’s sleepwear sale
Editor’s Closet is a free, highly exclusive and invitation-only sample sale site. In order to join, please email me at editor (at) whatshaute (dot) com: Whiting & Davis, Android watches
Enviius: Voom by Joy Han
Estile: Nookie, Daniela Orlando, Multi-designer sale
Gilt Groupe: Lauren Merkin, Rock & Republic, Heather Moore Jewelry, Knipschildt Chocolatier, Steuben Glass, Rock & Republic Shoes, Bell’Invito Stationery, Vosges Haut Chocolat, Burberry Fragrance
Gilt Fuse: Otrera Scarves, Sunner, TOCS Watches, BCBGMAXAZRIA
Gilt Jetsetter: The Surrey - New York, Beau Rivage - Switzerland, Casa de Sierra Nevada - Mexico
Gilt Man: Rock & Republic, Scotch & Soda, Generic Surplus, Steuben Glass, Burberry Fragrance, Vosges Haut Chocolat, Knipschildt Chocolatier
GlamList is an exclusive online private sale site. In order to join, please email me at editor (at) whatshaute (dot) com: Coraline
Gomatta Girls: Danielle Stevens, Papillon, Lavender Girl
HauteLook: Sunglass blowout, Voom by Joy Han, Letarte, Melissa & Doug, Christian Audigier jewelry, Soho, Jane Marvel, Tammy Fender, Home Source
ideeli: Population, Carla Mancini, Aryn K, Eva Khurshid, Waring Pro
Juxzy is an exclusive online private sale site. In order to join, please email me at editor (at) whatshaute (dot) com
Lucky Chic: Target, Teavana, Chanel
One King’s Lane is a free, highly exclusive and invitation-only sample sale site. In order to join, please email me at editor (at) whatshaute (dot) com: Mirror Image, Fatboy
Rent the Runway: New arrivals from Helmut Lang, Halston Heritage, and More!
Reverse by Revolve: Habitual, BB Dakota
RowNine: Dunhill accessories
Rue La La: ELLE Modern Love Boutique, Magaschoni, California Caviar Company
Shopbop: Vince Denim
The Top Secret: Heys, Kalorik, Cara Accessories
Shop online sample sales for Tuesday 2/2/10
February 2, 2010 by Ehmonie Hainey · Leave a Comment
Shop online sample sales for Tuesday 2/2/10 at Gilt, Gilt Fuse, ideeli, Row Nine, Rue La La, Billion Dollar Babes, Editor’s Closet, Beyond the Rack, HauteLook, Enviius, Gomatta Girls, Lucky Chic, One King’s Lane, Reverse by Revolve, Jetsetter, Gilt Man, Estile, DD Push, The Top Secret, The Skinny, Juxzy, GlamList and Rent the Runway. Just click on the links to sign up and start shopping!
Beyond the Rack: BCBGeneration, Yansi Fugel, My Jewelry Box, Charlotte Tarantola, Body + Soul, and Bejeweled
Billion Dollar Babes: Last Chance Blowout Sale, coolchange, SNT Workshop and TAT2 Designs
DD Push is an exclusive online sample sale site. In order to join, please email me at editor (at) whatshaute (dot) com: Valentine’s sleepwear sale
Editor’s Closet is a free, highly exclusive and invitation-only sample sale site. In order to join, please email me at editor (at) whatshaute (dot) com: Amrita Singh, Cole Haan
Enviius: Wildcard, Carrie Hayes
Estile: Nookie, Daniela Orlando, Multi-designer sale
Gilt Groupe: Vogue, Vanessa Noel Cashmere, Jil Sander, Link Up Cufflinks for Him, Brink & Campman, Rugs by nuLOOM, T-Bags, Hello!Lucky, Lorick, Alice Ritter
Gilt Fuse: T-Bags, Hello!Lucky, Moyna
Gilt Jetsetter: Hôtel de Crillon - Paris, Royal Riviera - Côte d’Azur
Gilt Man: Cloudveil, Buckler, Icebug Footwear, Link Up, Spy Goggles, Brink & Campman, Rugs by nuLOOM
GlamList is an exclusive online private sale site. In order to join, please email me at editor (at) whatshaute (dot) com: Les Chineuses
Gomatta Girls: Staccato, Black Collection, Miss Misa
HauteLook: Chaiken, Frock by Tracy Reese, Swiss Legend, Baby Quasar, Melinda Maria, Monteverde USA
ideeli: Calvin Klein, Bill Blass, Accutron by Bulova, Adia Kibur, Orrefors, Aveeno
Juxzy is an exclusive online private sale site. In order to join, please email me at editor (at) whatshaute (dot) com
Lucky Chic: Starbucks, Gaiam, Forever 21
One King’s Lane is a free, highly exclusive and invitation-only sample sale site. In order to join, please email me at editor (at) whatshaute (dot) com: 525 America, Staub, Thornwillow, Gold ‘N Dulcinea
Rent the Runway: New arrivals from Helmut Lang, Halston Heritage, and More!
Reverse by Revolve: Habitual, BB Dakota
RowNine: Luxury Fragrance Gift Sets, Tiffany & Co. Boutique
Rue La La: Calvin Klein swimwear, Belle by Sigerson Morrison, Waterford
Shopbop: Vince Denim
The Top Secret: Argento Vivo jewelry
Get ready to “Catch the Fever” with Beyoncé’s Heat fragrance
January 12, 2010 by Ehmonie Hainey · Leave a Comment
There’s no stopping Beyoncé. From music to acting, to fashion and accessories, there’s no end to extensions of the Beyoncé brand. And now she’s launching her first fragrance - Heat. In an exclusive interview with WWD, Beyoncé commented “I’ve been working on it for a while now. I was on tour for a year, and I have meet-and-greets with fans. I’ve never in my life gotten so many compliments. Coty has their own testing, but that was my testing! The fans loved it. They were like, ‘I love that, I’m getting that, why isn’t it out right now? I need it!”
The inspiration for the name and packaging came from the singer’s tours - fire from performances, red and gold are among her favorite colors; thus the antique-style bottle looks like it’s on fire. The top of the bottle is edged with a gold band and a cap with the letter ‘B’, and inscribed on the bottle are the words ‘Beyoncé’ and ‘Heat’. The fragrance has notes of red vanilla orchid, magnolia, neroli and blush peach; a heart of honeysuckle nectar, almond macaroon and crème de musk, with giant sequoia milkwood, tonka bean and amber.
Beyoncé’s Heat, licensed by Coty, will be available in three sizes — 1 oz. eau de parfum for $39; 1.7 oz. eau de parfum for $49, and 3.4 oz. eau de parfum for $59. Also for sale will be a 6.8-oz. Gold Sparkling Body Lotion for $24. The complete collection will be available this February in the U.S. at approximately 2,000 department and specialty stores, (including Macy’s where Bey will make a personal appearance to Herald Square on Feb. 3.), as well as in Canada and Latin America.
Are you ready to “Catch the Fever“?
Source: WWD
Weekly Shopping and Goodies: Perfumes and Skin Creams
January 6, 2010 by Ehmonie Hainey · Leave a Comment
A Few Goody Gumdrops loves SPRITZING her favorite scent… Fracas by Robert Piguet!
Being High Maintenance, not Bitchy is in love with Clinique Super Rescue Antioxidant Night Cream!
Couture In The City shares with us how to achieve beautiful skin to start the New Year!
Fashion Cents loves fragrance rings. What a great way to freshen up fashionably!
Handbag du Jour wants you to take care of your (lamb)skin with moisturizing creams from Lovin My Bags.
Princess Dominique wants you to have healthy, glowing, youthful skin–so treat yourself– Enter the Perricone MD Cold Plasma Giveaway!
Quinta Trends presents: Emerging Latin American design by Mónica Bursztyn.
Shopping and Info loves the Sans Age celebrity facial cream.
SomeoneSpoilMe.com shows you how to spoil yourself with THE BEST organic products.
Style Eyes explains how she will be celebrating International Day of Swishing and treating herself to her favourite winter hand protector cream.
StyleMaven is giving away a set of her favorite Top 5 age Defying Skincare Essentials from luxury beauty guru Caroline Chu. Energize your beauty routine with renewed and refreshed skin in 2010!
TheFind Blog is going natural, cruelty free and organic for 2010 with Zosimos Botanicals handcrafted skincare.
What’s Haute Magazine found two perfect perfumes for her wedding day: J’adore by Dior and The One by Dolce & Gabbana!
Fashion Fille is favoring the luxurious and rich scents held at the classic beauty store, Bath and Body Works. Find out which product she loves the most!
SJP does NYC perfume
November 2, 2009 by Ehmonie Hainey · Leave a Comment
According to Women’s Wear Daily, Sarah Jessica Parker has a new fragrance in the works called SJP NYC. SJP was inspired by her own character, Carrie Bradshaw. She said she drew upon “people’s impressions of seeing Carrie Bradshaw walk down the street”, what feelings that evokes for her and for them, a love for New York City and, fashion of course.
The fruity floral perfume will be released in February 2010 in Macy’s, and will enter an additional 1,500 department and specialty stores once the sex and the City movie sequel hits theaters in May 2010. Notes include mandarin, white osmanthus, strawberry, gardenia, honeysuckle, mimosa, rose, sandalwood, vanilla absolute, rum flavor and creamy musks and was developed by Parker in collaboration with perfumer Honorine Blanc.
The collection consists of three sizes of the eau de toilette — 15 ml. for $25, 30 ml. for $35 and 60 ml. for $49.
Covet and Lovely have already made a place on to my dresser. Not feeling the bottle, but I hope to add SJP NYC to my perfume collection too.
Wanna Smell Like Halle Berry?
March 6, 2009 by Ehmonie Hainey · 1 Comment
The 42-year-old Oscar-winner is the latest celebrity to launch some sort of licensed consumer product. Typically celebs push branded clothing or footwear lines, jewelry collaborations, handbags or perfumes. Halle’s pushing the latter.
Her self-titled perfume, Halle by Halle Berry, was designed to “reveal the woman within”. The fragrance was launched in collaboration with Coty and apparently was two years in the making. Promotional ads featuring Berry on the beach recently ran in Essence magazine and the scent itself will be available at Kohl’s, Sears and J.C. Penney stores later this month. It is a mix of woody and Oriental, “meant to evoke memories of the beach”, with notes of Sicilian bergamot, freesia, mimosa and sandalwood.
Says Halle on her fragrance:
“[Before my fragrance] I was mixing other brands that shall remain nameless to make my own scent with fig and mimosa. With Halle, I added olibanum, which is an African root, which brings spice to the fragrance, and sandalwood, which smooths everything out and makes it yummy. It’s very sensual, very natural, very much reflective of the outdoors.”
Will you be wearing Halle?
Guy Gift: Burberry Brit for Men
March 3, 2009 by Allison Croce · Leave a Comment
While I usually don’t buy cologne for my husband, I did purchase Burberry Brit For Men Eau de Toilette for him for Valentine’s Day. My attraction to this scent actually started with a department store salesgirl spritzing at the counter. I grabbed the swatch as I walked by and was totally wowed by this scent. I went back and ended up purchasing the men’s gift set. If you are looking for a great guy gift, look no further.
This captivating scent is a delightful blend of green mandarin, ginger, bergamot, and cardamom. It is a deep woodsy scent that smells crisp and clean. If you love it on your guy, there is a Burberry Brit for women too! To purchase Burberry Brit, click the links below:
Burberry Brit Sheer Eau de Toilette Spray: “A fresh, fruity, light-hearted floral fragrance that embodies the youthful spirit of Burberry Brit.”
Burberry Brit Eau de Toilette Spray: “The Brit girl embodies the playful British spirit of individuality. She’s outrageous, but always charming and unpredictably sexy. Fresh and playful, the fragrance is a classic, green-oriental blend of lush fruits, sweet nutty essences, and soothing amber, vanilla, and Tonka bean.”
Burberry Brit Eau de Parfum Spray: “The Brit girl embodies the playful British spirit of individuality. She’s outrageous, but always charming and unpredictably sexy. Fresh and playful, the fragrance is a classic, green-oriental blend of lush fruits, sweet nutty essences, and soothing amber, vanilla, and Tonka bean.”
Burberry Brit For Men 3.4 oz Eau de Toilette: “Captures a relaxed elegance and effortless style. This fresh, oriental woody fragrance that blends juicy green mandarin and freshly cut ginger with wild rose and spicy hints of cedarwood to create a confident, sexy, masculine scent. “
Art as Scent: Wode by Boudicca
January 29, 2009 by Allison Croce · Leave a Comment
I read about the new scent paint called Wode by Boudicca, and was very intrigued. I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it!
Wode is described as a revolutionary art fragrance. It comes in a fancy spray paint can and sprays on blue. Yes, blue! Within minutes, the color disappears and all that remains is the delightfully woodsy scent with hints of spicy herbal notes. The scent is really nice, and lasts all day. But what I love the most is just the whole allure of the product. I have been wearing this scent every day since I received it, because it is just so fun to come fresh out of the shower and spray this cobalt blue (disappearing) paint on. It is a really great concept, and has a great mythical story about Queen Boudicca as its inspiration. You can read all about the scent paint on the Wode website and if you are in Manhattan, you can purchase this fragrance at Project 8, a really cool store with wonderfully friendly staff. They are located at 138 Division Street, New York, NY.
If blue’s not your color, Wode also comes in a traditional fragrance as well. If you’re looking for a unique Valentine’s gift for the beauty addict that has it all, I’d recommend picking up a can of Wode scent paint. Your Valentine will surely love it!
What’s Haute - Holiday Beauty Gift Guide
December 15, 2008 by Allison Croce · Leave a Comment
It’s holiday time, and it’s so much fun to shop for beauty gifts! There is no better time than now to splurge on beauty products for you too. There are many beauty bonus and ‘gift with purchase’ promotions out there, as well as exclusive holiday gift sets and limited editions.
Sephora has a wealth of beauty gifts for everyone on your list. A really impressive gift for the girl who loves make-up is the Sephora Brand Ultimate Blockbuster - Collector’s Edition ($48). Literally everything needed to create over 30,000 gorgeous looks for eyes, lips, and face. I don’t think any woman would tire of this make-up set.
Shu Uemura has the best eyelash curler, hands down. Their Limited Edition 24K Gold Eyelash Curler ($24) would be a great stocking stuffer. Packed in red for the holidays, this curler provides superior precision and maximum curl, while at the same time offering a unique mushroom shape pad to comfort your lashes. Pick one up from Shu Uemura.
L, a L.A.M.B. fragrance by Gwen Stefani, has an impressive and colorful gift set this year, the L, a L.A.M.B. Fragrance by Gwen Stefani Anniversary Set ($85). L is floral, musky, and fresh, and really has a very captivating, yet light scent. Nordstrom has the set at a great price this holiday season, making this a great beauty buy!
Give them something that will soothe their dry winter skin. Give them the Limited Edition Laura Mercier Souffle Sampler Set ($50). Go for the gift of pure luxe with this set. Three decadent, yummy scents, packed in jars fit to travel. You can’t go wrong. Purchase at Neiman Marcus.
These are just a sampling of the many impressive and pampering beauty gifts out there.Have you come across any incredible beauty gift finds that you want to share? Post a comment and let me know.
Happy Holiday shopping!
Clinique Happy Custom Bottle
December 10, 2008 by Ehmonie Hainey · Leave a Comment
Scents always seem to invoke a positive memory of some place, some time, someone. A hint of citrus and a wealth of flowers is sure to make you smile.
Clinique allows you to put your memories right under your nose. The bestselling fragrance, Clinique Happy, offers a custom bottle that lets you upload your favorite picture to be immortalized forever! With notes of ruby red grapefruit, bergamot, Hawaiian wedding flower, and spring mimosa, you can’t go wrong. Treat yourself to one with an image of your favorite special someone or gift one to a loved one this holiday season.
Smile and smell happy!
$52.50, Clinique
