Thank you for the fabulous birthday wishes! All of you are just the best. Some of you asked questions and I'll be sure to answer Friday or Monday. Let's wrap up our Oscar weekend in L.A.!
As I mentioned, it was really exciting to be in Los Angeles during all the Oscar activity, but I have to confess that I'm not the biggest L.A. fan. I always feel like a Martian there. I'm too pale, wear too much black, don't care about cars and like to walk everywhere. Those don't seem to be L.A. characteristics. My disinterest in cars aside, I was very happy when Hertz upgraded me to a white Mercedes. (Free upgrade, in case the accounting department is reading this!) It was the only car left with a GPS, which still didn't help me on the confusing freeways. I got lost everywhere I went.
The Lancome team stayed at the Beverly Hills Hotel, which was a real treat. It's a fabulous, old-school hotel and it was the location of the Night Before Party, which Lancome co-sponsored. Every celebrity in town stopped by, including Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks, Cameron Diaz, George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Halle Berry and Penelope Cruz, Matt Damon, Tina Fey, SJP, my new crushes Gerard Butler and Jon Hamm and on and on. (Click here for some pics.) Almost everyone stopped by our booth to say hi and swipe some Juicy Tubes from the fishbowls full that we had set out like candy. Our national makeup artist Darais was on hand to do touchups and demonstrate Oscillation. (More than one actress ran in and declared, "I need lip gloss!")
At the end of the night, everyone left with a Lancome goodie bag that included Genifique eye cream, Oscillation mascara in black, Bi-Facil eye makeup remover, Creme de Brilliance in Rose Mythique and one thing I'm forgetting! Erin can remind me tomorrow!!
The designer Zac Posen was there with Target (another co-sponsor of the party) to promote his new line for the retailer. The clothes are very cute and everyone in attendance got to pick an outfit. I picked one out to use as a giveaway for the blog, but my boxes haven't arrived from L.A. yet! So please check back next week. We'll do a giveaway as soon as the boxes arrive. Zac, by the way, was a sweetheart. We talked to him for a little while about makeup at fashion shows.
Of course, Erin and I had some Sprinkles cupcakes. (Please come to New York, Sprinkles!) I stopped there on Saturday, stood on line for 20 minutes and realized I would have to stand online for at least another 30 minutes. Life is too short for that. So I went back early the next morning. No line!
On the way home, I bumped into manicurist extraordinaire Deborah Lippmann at the airport. Deborah, one of my favorite people in the industry, did Kate Winslet's nails for the Academy Awards. The shade Kate was wearing, in case you're wondering, is Deborah's Baby Love color from her nail polish line. I forgot to mention that in the Kate post the other day.
Sorry for the lame picture. I have to run out the door, but I'll post better ones tomorrow. Have a good night!
