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If you are looking for a great spa in New York, then you must visit, La Prairie at The Ritz-Carlton Spa.  You can loose your brain for a few hours and indulge in a world of comfort.  Escape to the La Prairie spa in Manhattan, where Switzerland’s first stateside spa inspires renewal.  Perfect for you and your mate, a girls day out, or just the simple pleasure of relaxing alone and forgetting all of your cares.

The spa features six treatment rooms, men and women’s steam rooms, and every relaxation and beauty-related need from travel therapy and facials, to energetic body treatments.  Ooooh, I am relaxing just thinking about it.  Replenish with a simple treatment or immerse yourself in total relaxation.

La Prairie at The Ritz-Carlton Spa offers a complete range of services for body, mind and spirit.

To book your appointment call the number below:

La Prairie at The Ritz-Carlton Spa/NYC 50 Central Park South
New York, NY 10019
(212) 521-6135

I know perfume is not a new gift idea but I still think it’s a good one!  La Prairie just launched their Life Threads Perfume series which has 3 distinct scents named Silver, Gold, and Platinum. Each one has sensual, decadent and sophisticated notes to compliment your every mood.  Spritz some on and let yourself feel elegant, sexy, sophisticated, & provocative!

La Prairie's New "Life Threads" Collection

Silver is an enchanting floral woody fragrance.  It will surprise you with a burst of citrus, green notes of golden bergamont, green leaves, tuberose, pimento, indian jasmine, orange blossom, ylang ylang, rare sandalwood, cherished vetiver, solar musk & peppery moss woods.

Gold is threaded with seductive spicy oriental ingredients.  A sort of forbidden fruit that you just can’t help but want to bathe in…I promise you’ll be intrigued by this combination of chinese plum, clove, tangerine, cinnamon bark, coriander, kyoto rose, lily of the valley, ylang ylang, exotic pepper, vanilla, musk, golden myrrh, cedarwood, patchouli & imperil incense. It’s heavenly girls…

Platinum is for the elegant yet edgy side of you.  Filled with violet leaf, rare galbanum, rich plum, crystal jasmine petals, crushed persian rose, sensual leather, kerala cardamom, iris, indonesian patchouli, vetiver, golden amber, oakmoss & labdanum.

Give "Life Threads" fragrances by La Prairie this Holiday Season:)

For more information or to purchase on line visit La Prairie…

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On Thursday, November 19, 2009, New York City singer/songwriter Lucy Kaplansky will perform her new single “Life Threads,” inspired by the new fragrance collection by La Prairie. Lucy has been called “a truly gifted performer” by the New Yorker.

This is a free performance open to the public.  It will take place at:  Bway Cosmetics Floor, Bloomingdale’s 59th Street, 1000 Third Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10022 from 5-7 pm.

*And while you’re there why not start your Holiday shopping!!!  With the purchase of a Life Threads fragrance you can meet Lucy Kaplansky and receive an autographed CD.

Happy Shopping…

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Hold on to your “Barret” girls because La Prairie has just launched “Plumage de Nuit” (feathers of the night) for their New Fall 2009 Colour Collection.  This fabulous palette includes rich shades of browns, purples, and wines, that are interlaced with gold & copper. The sophisticated woman in all of us will just love these new colours not to mention the glamorous silver compacts that are La Prairie’s signature.

Raychel Wade, La Prairie’s Colour Ambassador & creator of “Cheek to Chic” cosmetic consultancy in New York says, “that the Plumage de Nuit collection is so versatile that the various components can work for anyone ages 25 to 65.  The colours are rich and the textures are build-able, providing endless options for various looks.”

Last week our New York reporter Dina Cramer was on the scene at Saks Fifth Avenue for the La Prairie kick-off “stylized colour” event where she got to personally experience “Brushes of Greatness” with Raychel Wade.  Here is what Dina had to say…

(Raychel & Dina at Saks)

I really enjoyed meeting Raychel.  She was so personable, sweet and knew how to hold a brush.  I felt very comfortable in her makeup chair and when she was done I looked gorgeous!  She recommended the following colors for me:  Sandpiper eye shadow (a quad of warm golden colors), Berry Glow cream blush, Cashmere lipstick, Maribou gloss, and Nude lip liner. BTW…Raychel swears by La Prairie’s Cellular Treatment Illuminating Face Powder since it offers a soft, subtle glow in a silky smooth formula.  The event was so exciting.  There was a steady flow of happy clients getting their faces transformed into pure heaven.

According to Raychel the number one issue most women want to improve is their age.  They want to look younger & learn how to apply makeup to look more natural.  Most of Raychel’s clients were confused by all of the products out there so that’s when she created “Cheek to Chic” (an unbiased opinion of what makeup and beauty products work best for each individual).  So, Raychel became a personal shopper for makeup!

Raychel is originally from Vermont and has been a professional makeup artist for over 10 years.  Her resume includes Nars, Bobbi Brown, and Giorgio Armani.  After La Prairie hired Raychel to train their spa estheticians in Grand Caymen and Los Angeles, she was then named the Colour Ambassador to nationally promote their Fall 2009 collection.  Pretty impressive!

(Raychel Wade, Colour Ambassador for La Prairie)

For more information on the New Fall collection “Plumage de Nuit” and/or the next schedule beauty event in your area please visit: La Prairie

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La Prairie has just launched an Advanced Marine Biology Day Cream SPF 20 that promises to firm, repair, and protect your skin.  According to Celine Cousteau, granddaughter to the legendary ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau, “La Prairie exemplifies how we can responsibly reap the benefits of our ocean’s resources.” We need to protect the sea just as much as our skin.

The key ingredients are: Proprietary Protective Aquaculture Complex of Phytoplankton which works as a defense system against UV exposure & protects your skin against free radicals; Sea Mayweed, Blue Seakale, Inula & Sea Starwort which soothes skin and fights free radicals; Proprietary Firming Aquaculture Complex of algaes, sea kelp to firm your skin; Glycerin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Shea Butter, and Sea Lavender to hydrate your skin; La Prairie’s exclusive Cellular Complex that stimulates your skin’s natural renewal process while moisturizing & energizing it with nutrients that encourage optimal functioning.

I love the emollient consistency.  With this face cream a little goes a long way.  My face looks dewy which I also love since it’s a sign of youth (that I learned from Estee Lauder herself!)… After only a few weeks of using the Advanced Marine Biology Day Cream SPF 20 I’ve noticed that my fine lines are even finer.  Yaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Plus my face is well protected in the harsh Los Angeles sun.

La Prairie’s Advanced Marine Biology Day Cream SPF 20 is available at Bergdorf Goodman, Bloomingdale’s, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue and www.laprairie.com.

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