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<\/a>We shared in the company\u2019s celebration at fabulous new-ish restaurant Eveleigh on the Sunset Strip. (Neither my hippest friend, Lucia, nor I, the queen of the hipsters, even knew of this almost secret location! That made it even more fun.)<\/p>\nThe food was as colorful and well-arranged as it was delicious, the chef I spoke with was darling, and the space, which is mainly on a covered patio, was absolutely lovely. Very relaxing afternoon. (I hope to do a real review of it by early next year.)<\/p>\n
<\/a>That’s Ashlee Simpson with the short blonde hair.<\/p><\/div>\n
Among the scenesters who were trying-on the many luxury, designer, and sport sunglasses brands was Ashlee Simpson, looking very Peter Pan-esque in her new super-short blonde \u2019do. (Wouldn\u2019t it be funny if she, in turn, was telling her <\/em>friends that \u201cKaren still looked very Cher-esque in her never-changing long brunette \u2019do?\u201d)<\/p>\n Every launch of anything should be this lovely! Props to Solstice (and their PR team,) for doing it right!<\/p>\n A few months back, I was visiting a very pampered pal, and in walked this nice girl I had never seen before. Turns out, she\u2019s Tammy Segell, an aesthetician at the Christopher Hill Salon in Brentwood, who also makes house calls, when she can find time in her busy schedule. (She\u2019s also a jewelry designer, under her full name Tamara Segell, and leads the activities at the new craze of make-your-own-jewelry parties.) She was there that day to wax my pal\u2019s whole body and dye her eyelashes and brows. (Pampered enough for you?)<\/p>\n I had dyed my lashes only once, when I first came out to L.A. as a teen-ager, and it burned so much (remember, though, that it was back in the day) that I was scared to death the whole time. When I told my mother about it, (like an idiot!–why worry her after the fact?,) she made me promise to never do it again.<\/p>\n And I kept that promise for all these years. (Well, since I was a teen-ager then, it hasn\u2019t been that<\/em> many years.) Until, that is, I watched Tammy\u2019s caring technique and saw how my friend\u2019s lashes, and those of her beautiful daughter, came-out. So, since I don\u2019t love wearing make-up in New York, and like to be able to just run out the door to spend time with friends at a moment\u2019s notice, I figured I\u2019d break my promise, (with my mother\u2019s permission–she didn\u2019t even know what I was talking about, and yet I was true to my word–so, kudos to me<\/em>!,) and do it for the holidays.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t need to beckon anyone to my home to beautify me, so I went to the salon, which turned-out to be located in that fun Brentwood Village on Barrington.<\/p>\n Tammy was so gentle and fast doing my lashes that I didn\u2019t even realize she was also dying and shaping my brows! Mr. X noticed them right away. And I met a pal after, to look around the area, and she thought that I had individual lashes done!<\/p>\n The best part is that Tammy\u2019s a really nice, non-judgmental girl who doesn\u2019t try to talk you into stuff you don\u2019t need. And I heard her on the phone to her young son the day I met her and a kinder, gentler mom I can\u2019t imagine. There\u2019s no better kind-of person to trust your looks to.<\/p>\n As an avid viewer of the now-defunct Extreme Makeover<\/em>, (the people version, not the home,) I was glad to be invited to a \u201cNight of Beauty\u201d at the office of one of the show\u2019s dermatologists, Ava Shamban.<\/p>\n Knock on wood that my skin is one of good points, and I don\u2019t believe in plastic surgery or fillers (yet,) but I saw her help many patients in need on the show, so I was happy to meet her. And being such a girlie-girl, I love anything to do with beauty.<\/p>\n The PR people did a great job because the place was packed! And with all women<\/em>. Some really needed the doctor\u2019s services, so they were at the right place! (You know who you are.)<\/p>\n As we entered, we were given little white mesh bags, and we went from treatment room to treatment room, basically \u201ctrick-or-treating\u201d for product samples, which was more fun than getting a pre-made goodie bag. This way, we could collect only what we were interested in and there was no waste. In some of the rooms, we found-out what the samples were for and given specific ones for our skin.<\/p>\n They had a bar set-up in the waiting room, with some healthy juices in addition to wine, but, of course, my favorite part was David Catering\u2019s fabulous snacks. They were simple, filling, delicious, and most importantly at a crowded function such as this, easy to hold. Maybe even better than the food itself was the absolutely lovely and accommodating demeanor of Giovanni Polanco, the adorable server.<\/p>\n Good food, good company, and beauty products and info–what more could a girl want?<\/p>\nTAMMY SEGELL AT CHRISTOPHER HILL SALON<\/h1>\n
NIGHT OF BEAUTY<\/h1>\n
INVEL US LAUNCH PARTY<\/h1>\n