New York N.Y. May 9th. The FiFi® Awards are considered the "Oscars" of the fragrance industry. This prestigious, iconic New York event showcases and honors the art, passion and personalities of the fragrance world. Competing to win a "Fragrance of the Year Award" are some of the big, the bold, instantly recognizable fragrance names, celebrity creations and collaborations as well as smaller, niche innovators. There's also competition for Best Packaging of the Year, Best Media Campaign of the Year and more. Over 800 guests and twenty seven beautiful crystal FiFi ® awards are bestowed - a recognized symbol of fragrance excellence. On FiFi® night, industry company presidents, CEO’s, high-level executives and their guests mix and mingle with celebrities and VIP’s from the fashion, stage, screen and music worlds who join in the fun, sometimes as guests, sometimes as presenters and sometimes as winners themselves in a fragrance category.

This year, the Foundation is honored to welcome Emmy and Golden Globe Award Winner, actress Jane Lynch as host and emcee of the evening’s program along with special guests Carol Alt, Sam Champion, Philippe Cousteau, Josh Groban, Leonard A. Lauder, Michelle Monaghan, Nicole Richie, Kimora Lee Simmons, Jessica Stam, Martha Stewart, Allison Williams and more.

A highlight of the evening will be the 2012 "Elizabeth Taylor Fragrance Celebrity of the Year Award" presented to JUSTIN BIEBER. The "Elizabeth Taylor Fragrance Celebrity of the Year Award" honors a celebrity who has embraced and promoted the world of fragrance, and celebrates the ongoing success and support given by the celebrity to the industry - therefore winning consumers to the category. This year, The Board of Directors unanimously agreed that JUSTIN BIEBER truly deserves this recognition.

“Shaving is now a smooth, luxurious, pain-free experience, bordering on a calming aromatherapy session!” says Robert Benzinger, inventor of shave with benefits. Robert tried everything to eliminate the cuts, nicks, ingrown hairs, bumps and razor burn he suffered daily. He decided to solve his own problems and shave with benefits was born. This luxurious botanical shaving foam conditions and tones all skin types no matter how sensitive. Men and women love it…and they love the way they look. “Why spend money on buying blades so often, products made with harsh chemicals, or expensive pre and post shave treatments when shave with benefits does it all, naturally!”. shave with benefits provides a luxurious shaving experience and it soothes the skin so well that it is used for many other purposes.

Many customers use the products as a face wash, body wash, and as a soothing and healing skin treatment after waxing. Additionally, shave with benefit is patented to keeps razor blades sharper, performing better, and lasting two to three times longer. This innovative and patented skin care product helps to save money and reduces landfill waste. Eco-armour is a proud member of 1% for the planet.

Shave with benefits is a luxurious, botanical-based shaving foam that improves the look and feel and scent of your skin. Men and women of all skin types and hair textures rave about the superior experience and closeness of the shave itself. Witch hazel is used as the natural base for this foam that, among other botanical ingredients, contains high quality aloe vera, essential oils, vegetable glycerin and citric acid. Available in three scents: Mint + Eucalyptus, a refreshing and tingly formula that leaves skin with an invigorating sensation,; Pomegranate + Mango, which embodies an exotic tropical scent, and Bergamot + Pink Grapefruit, with the lighter scent of citrus blossoms and perfect for more highly sensitive skin. All three leave your skin feeling smooth and refreshed. All eco-armour products are natural liquid-based, non-aerosol foams guaranteed to work when used as directed.

The team at Whats Hot! is very excited to share this important new product with the spa industry. Eco-armour hopes you’ll love using it as much as they love making it for you.

It's time to break free of all the chemicals in your life and enjoy the spirit of natural beauty. With that said, we introduce to you the most wonderful products we have ever tried. The new Neutrogena® Naturals collection - bringing green beauty into your lifestyle.

Neutrogena has taken a revolutionary leap in the beauty genre - and has brilliantly produced a natural skincare line. The new Neutrogena® Naturals is ecologically friendly. And is a full powerhouse of skincare products that contain bionutrients, to deliver safe and effective results.

Go Green With Your Beauty

No harsh chemicals are used in creating the Neutrogena® Naturals skincare collection. Just the best natural ingredients for a great balanced beauty. This Purifying Facial Cleanser is just superb and a delight to use.

The gorgeously scented cleanser contains a natural salicylic acid found in Willowbark -a very active ingredient that helps to detoxify and remove dirt, oil and makeup. This is also an excellent choice for anyone who has acne prone skin - definitely a Jacqueline Luxe favorite!

The Neutrogena® Naturals Purifying Pore Scrub gives skin a rejuvenating clean. It gently scrubs away impurities and dull dead skin cells. And is great for clearing up your complexion and delivering a fresh, beautiful finish.

The Neutrogena® Naturals Multi-Vitamin Nourishing Moisturizer and Night Cream, is a powerful duo. These refreshing moisturizers replenish essential skin moisture, and nourishment throughout the day. Fortified with vitamins B, C, and E , these antioxidant rich moisturizers leaves skin naturally radiant, healthier and younger looking.

Be Bliss-full Within Your Lifestyle

A healthy skin routine, also warrants for a healthy and blissful lifestyle. Our friends over at Bliss.com alongside Neutrogena® Naturals wonderfully recommended Organic bamboo utensils. This aptly named "Bambu" collection, from Crate and Barrel are just divine.

Each piece is handcrafted from a single stalk, then burnished to a smooth, satiny finish. Stronger than wood, they will not harm fine cookware or take on odors or flavors. The ultra zen set includes two turners, two cooking spoons and one slotted spoon.

Healthy Skin Starts From Within

Yes it is true - great skin starts from within, and especially with freshly filtered water. Our custom favorite is the Bobble collection with a built in filter. We just loved the sleek, ergonomic design of this water bottle. The Bobble collection is made from 100% BPA-free recycled plastic and comes in three sizes and a variety of colors.

Become a Fan of Yoga

No blissful lifestyle is complete without the right exercise. If you love yoga, then you will become a fan of the Yoga Fan.

Cleverly constructed, the fan consists primarily of different yoga poses. Each with an illustrative photo and excellent instructions on how to do the pose. There is also good information on the chakras, anatomy and meditation. The fan is intended to allow you to customize a session of yoga at home. As such, it’s a great item that any yogi would be pleased to have on hand.

So keep on living blissfully and naturally!

NEUTROGENA® Naturals Multi-Vitamin Nourishing Moisturizeris a daily lotion that replenishes essential skin nutrients while providing continuous moisture throughout the day for healthier, younger-looking skin. It contains no harsh chemical sulfates, parabens, petrochemicals, dyes or phthalates.

NEUTROGENA® Naturals Multi-Vitamin Nourishing Night Creamreplenishes essential skin nutrients and is fortified with vitamins B, C, E and anti-oxidant omega bionutrients. This nourishing cream is clinically proven to boost skin’s defense against dullness and roughness, leaving it naturally radiant, healthier and younger looking today and in the future. It contains no harsh chemical sulfates, parabens, petrochemicals, dyes or phthalates.

Compensation was provided by Neutrogena via Glam Media. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of Neutrogena.

Radiant, healthy skin is actress and SK-II global ambassador Cate Blanchett’s beauty signature. Introduced to the SK-II range by her makeup artist over a decade ago, Cate has developed her own regime of can’t-live-without products.

Cate’s Favorite SK-II Products

Facial Treatment Essence

“Sydney, Los Angeles, London and back…I use SK-II Facial Treatment Essence to keep my skin perfectly balanced”, Cate says.

At the heart of the line, SK-II’s Facial Treatment Essence is more than 90 percent Pitera and helps promote radiant skin by hydrating and rejuvenating the skin’s natural cycle.

Facial Treatment Repair C

“I definitely see and feel a change in my skin’s texture after using Facial Treatment Repair C. It’s a highly concentrated moisturizing product that replenishes my skin, leaving it smooth and radiant”, Cate says.

Facial Treatment Repair C reduces dryness and enriches the skin’s texture and elasticity, resulting in a smoother complexion.

Facial Treatment Mask

“My skin definitely lets me know when I’m stressed. An SK-II Facial Treatment Mask each week leaves my skin feeling rejuvenated”, Cate says.

A deeply intensive, moisture-boosting mask that hydrates the skin with Pitera® to promote more radiant and smoother skin.

LXP Ultimate Revival Serum

“LXP is the most luxurious range of SK-II. The new formulations rejuvenate my skin, giving it radiance and firmness. The serum is the perfect addition to my regimen. It’s so luxurious, nourishing and it makes my skin feel smooth and soft,” Cate says.

The new LXP Ultimate Revival Serum is a rich treatment that helps improve the skin’s texture and softness.

The number of people suffering from atopic dermatitis is growing rapidly. Compared with the middle of the 20th century, four to six times as many people are affected by the annoying red patches on their skin, which are often accompanied by agonizing itching. This skin condition cannot be healed in the classic sense. But the correct skincare can keep the skin looking healthy during symptom-free periods. Directions from the dermatologist treating the condition and accompanying professional, cosmetic care are the best ammunition for dealing with this problem.

“As a basic rule, it is important to try to avoid provocative factors in food, clothing and, of course, cosmetics,” says Andrea Weber, Head of the BABOR Research and Innovation Center. “Intensive dermo-cosmetic care provided by DOCTOR BABOR NEURO SENSITIVE CELLULAR can break through the self-perpetuating cycle of irritation, itching and scratching – and not just in symptom-free intervals.” In cooperation with leading scientists and dermatologists, BABOR has found a combination of active, neuro-cosmetic ingredients that combat all the symptoms of very sensitive and extremely dry skin.

DOCTOR BABOR NEURO SENSITIVE CELLULAR has an anti-irritant effect, soothes itching and redness and restores the skin’s protective hydrolipid mantle. In addition, the highly sensitive skincare formula does not contain any ingredients that could upset the skin’s natural balance – such as preservatives. DOCTOR BABOR NEURO SENSITIVE CELLULAR is free from parabens, mineral oil, fragrance and artificial colorants. As a precisely formulated, intensive dermo-cosmetic range, NEURO SENSITIVE CELLULAR is the perfect complement to the DOCTOR BABOR range of precision cosmetics.



What is your first olfactive memory?

CH: I think it must be the smell of the grass in my grandparent’s garden. As a baby, my parents would take me to play and crawl in the grass.

What is your favorite part of the fragrance creation process? What is the most difficult?

CH: All parts are engaging, because they all offer a challenge. From the moment you begin research on a particular olfactive ‘story’ to the moment when you share it with the world. But probably my favorite moment is that first smelling session after completing the research, that moment of “Wow, that’s what that moment smells like” is really exciting.

What fragrances (other than your own) inspire you?

CH: A lot of them. There are certain fragrances that are very personal and emotional…Gucci Envy and Yves Saint Laurent M7 both take we back to wonderful times and wonderful people. Andy Tauer’s L’Ar du Desert Marocain is a great fragrance to me; Chanel Sycomore is my favorite vetiver…Mostly I’m inspired by the stories behind their creation or by their emotional impact. Needless the say, the work of Arquiste perfumers Yann Vasnier and Rodrigo Flores-Roux is very inspiring to me. Champaca Absolute from Tom Ford’s Private is a very unusual floral by Rodrigo Flores-Roux, and Yann Vasnier’s Aleksandr for Arquiste is my favorite work from him.

What influences you and how do you start the creative process?

CH: History, architecture, cities and literature inspire me. My creative process starts with the research into a specific place, a specific time, a concrete reference.

What are your favorite spring fragrance notes?

CH: I love floral and citrusy notes. My favorites notes for spring are bright orange blossom, powdery orris and crisp bergamote. These are all featured in Fleur de Louis and Infanta en Flor (from Arquiste), which are taken from the account of a day in early June, 1660, when the two Royal Courts met at a pine and cedar wood pavilion to discuss the prospect of peace and of a Royal marriage. The building materials, the vegetation, the ingredients used to perfume space and people, all of this is in the fragrances. They elegant florals that are crisp and airy, completely natural-smelling.

What trends do you see developing in the fragrance world?

CH: I believe in a big return to story-telling, to individuality…to more natural fragrances that adapt better to our own chemistry, our own skin. I see the revalorization of fragrance as experience, and not just luxury good.

Interview courtesy of beautypress.com

The sixth volume in Amouage's Library Collection, Opus VI studies the nature of memory and romantic love. Born of the age-old mastery of haute parfumerie, this enduring and emotionally resonant fragrance crafted by Amouage Creative Director Christopher Chong was inspired by the power of erasing, destroying and re-inventing unwanted and painful memories. Traditionally used as a healing agent in folk medicine, Amber narrates a story of a tragic love affair, where forgetfulness is one’s only comfort.

“Personal memories are an eclectic and fragmented journey of our lives. They are a source of profound knowledge in the form of diaries and memoirs deep within the recesses of one’s mind,” says Chong. He explained that the entire dry down effect of the fragrance creates a fusion of disturbing elements and accords to re-invent the conventional Amber scent and simulate the turbulent sentiment of loss and confusion when attempting to erase a person’s memories.

The re-formulated Amber tone is perfected with the use of Periploca which conjures an almond-like undertone. Frankincense along with Sichuan Pepper add intensity. The base radiates with the opulent golden warmth of Ambranum, rounded off with legendary fragments of woody, leather and cistus notes.

First launched in July 2010, the Library Collection pays poetic homage to the art of living, the Collection unfolds a contemporary face to the House of Amouage while preserving the elegance and effortless classicism synonymous with the brand. The fragrances defy categorization, transcend gender and inspire the wearer to compose their own unique narrative.

Fragrance Family

Amber, Woody, Leather

Olfactory Notes

Top

Sichuan Pepper, Frankincense, St Thomas Bay

Heart

Periploca, Cypriol, Patchouli

Base

Ambranum, Z11, Sandalwood, Cistus

Opus VI will be available in Northern America April of 2012.

From an early age, women are trained to be hyper-focused on protecting the delicate skin around the eyes. While this is important, there are several other areas of the body that age just as quickly.

Renowned plastic surgeon, Dr. Gregory Bays Brown, founder of RéVive Skincare, outlines the most common trouble-spots that women often neglect in their anti-aging regimens. And will often regret later.

Smoker’s Mouth – It’s Not Just for Smokers

Here’s another reason to hate your man – not only can he eat five donuts without gaining a pound, he also avoids developing fine lines around the mouth by shaving every day. The act of shaving causes skin cells to replenish more quickly, therefore making it impossible for the skin to age the same way it does for women. But before you pick up your razor – here’s another solution that doesn’t involve shaving cream! The RéVive Lip & Perioral Renewal Cream helps to repair skin around the lip area while diminishing the appearance of vertical lines. It also prevents permanent damage around the lips created by dryness, and will even help keep your lipstick from bleeding!

Nuisance Neck

Have you ever seen a woman whose age shows in her décolletage? She may be taking good care of the skin of her face, but without protecting the skin around her neck and décolletage area, she won’t be able to fib about her age! Take care of this area with RéVive Fermitif Neck Renewal Cream SPF 15, which was designed to give the neck and décolletage a smooth, taut, firm appearance while protecting from sun damage. This luxurious, rose-infused cream promotes lustrous skin that is resistant to the daily pull of gravity.

Each RéVive product contain RES technology, a collection of special bio-engineered ingredients that include patented and Nobel Prize winning technology which mimics the performance of youthful skin.