GBK (GBK Productions) and TIC TAC® MINTS To Host a Luxury Gift Lounge in Honor of the 2010 EMMY Nominees and Presenters August 27th and 28th - SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills

GBK (gbkproductions.com) - the luxury lifestyle gift lounge and special events company, along with Tic Tac? mints – a leading mint brand for more than 40 years and launched in the U.S. in 1969, will honor the 2010 Emmy Awards Nominees and Presenters with its Annual Luxury Gift Lounge on August 27thand 28th 2010 at the SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills from 11:00 am – 6:00pm. Presenting Sponsor Exclusive Sedan Service Worldwide will chauffeur the honored guests to the event in style where GBK, the recipient of BizBash's Award for Emmy's "Best Gift Bag," and Tic Tac? will offer its exclusive list of invited celebrities, VIPs, and Media an opportunity to enjoy a luxurious environment with gifts, spa treatments, and charity driven elements.

Tic Tac?, the event's Title Sponsor, will be gifting celebrities a card that enables them to receive a one year supply of their favorite Tic Tac? flavor . As part of its Shake, Share & Care campaign, the Tic Tac? brand has made available its Limited Edition Pink Grapefruit flavor as part of the Tic Tac? brand's ongoing support of CancerCare, a nonprofit organization focused on providing support for people affected by cancer, including caregivers, loved ones and the bereaved. The suite will also give celebrities and influencers the chance to upload their own acts of caring on the Tic Tac? brand Facebook page. In addition, each celebrity that visits the suite will walk by the press wall which is an 8x12ft wall featuring a diamond pattern and made entirely out of Pink Grapefruit and Freshmint flavor Tic Tac? mints!

The 2010 Emmy Nominees and Presenters will walk away with luxury goods ranging from designer clothes and accessories, to the latest in electronics. Presenting Sponsor Capital A Entertainment will be gifting customized Apple iPads equipped with electronic Save the Date invitations to their upcoming exclusive NBA All Star and Super Bowl related events. i-FFICIENCY, an iPad training service, will compliment the ipad gifts with personal training sessions. Beyond the Rack, North America's premier members-only shopping club, will offer $500 Gift Certificates towards brand name designers like Balenciaga, Tom Ford, and Jimmy Choo, while Handbag Envy will gift certificates towards a rental of one of their fine brand name handbags including Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Coach, Channel, Prada, etc. Luxury timepieces from Invicta Watch Group are a highly anticipated gift this year, and they will be offering their Lupah Revolution Swiss Made Chronographs. Caribbean Living Magazine will also be on site gifting certificates for a week's stay at a resort in the Caribbean, while VirtualCelebrityIslands.com, in partnership with GBK, returns to gift their exclusive 3D Virtual Islands for celebrities and artists to host live events and merge social media platforms within a revolutionary 3D website.

Other great fashion and accessory products include: semi-precious stone and metal jewelry from Elana Sigal Design, custom-made shirts from Astor & Black Custom Clothiers, handmade shapewear and panties from TC Fine Intimates, one of a kind freshwater pearl jewelry and accessories from The Island Pearl by Leighton, a combination of creative products and fashion from Heaping Spektacle with Traver Rains, bracelets from Lovelinks America - a fashion statement with a social conscience, vintage inspired clothing, swimwear and accessories from Pinup Couture, and modern and eclectic pieces of jewelry from manu jewelry.

Some of the luxury health and beauty products to be featured include Celebrity-favorite RevitaLash, gifting their well known eyelash conditioner that lengthens and thickens eye lashes, their new hair product called Hair by RevitaLash, and Mascara by RevitaLash; $250 gift certificates from The Shave of Beverly Hills, all natural hair vitamins from Hairfinity, hair extension accessory, the Fishnet, from Indique Hair International, therapeutic foot alignment socks by My Happy Feet, Body Cream 200ml to be launched 9/1 exclusively at Barneys from 3LAB, Age Management Skin Care System Gentle Facial Wash and Retinol Restart Rejuvenation Serum from GlyMed Plus? Advanced Aesthetics, whole food supplements made from scratch with fresh & organic foods from MegaFood, gift certificates for consultations & haircuts with Maxime including a $100 gift certificate redeemable for services by The Salon by Maxime, men's and women's fragrances and cosmetics by luxury fragrance company Giorgio Armani Beauty, and a selection of hair products infused with exotic extracts, powerful botanicals and potent herbs for organic and vegan products that enhance every hair type from Peter Lamas Products.

The gift lounge will feature a mini-baby suite with UPPAbaby onsite gifting their sma women's jackets rt luxury VISTA Stroller as well as their G-LUXE umbrella stroller, patented pull-out drawer fashionable and functional bags for parents by Mrs. Smith's Bags, and fashionable, boutique quality, 100% cotton, absorbent, handmade baby bibs and burp cloths from Backseat Driver. Some fun, unique gifts will also be gifted from various sponsors including cookbooks from Bite Me Cookbook, a stomach-satisfying, visually gratifying, fresh-mouthed cookbook, wickless candle home fragrance system (decorative ceramic warmer with scented wax) or the new Scentsy Buddy?, a one-of-a-kind stuffed animal that fills the air with fragrance by Scentsy, FreshCloz-the refreshing solution to garment care, and Iron Man video games from SEGA? of America, Inc.

Amidst the swanky atmosphere and luxurious design, guests will enjoy an elegant Spa setting with massages from CityLife Medical and Fitness Spa, cocktails from Opulent Vodka and a variety of sumptuous drinks from Lombardi including Lombardi Cream of Limoncello, Lombardi Limonata, and Lombardi's new Southern Lemon liqueur. WineChateau.com will host the wine bar and will be gifting a wide variety of wines as well as gift certificates to use on WineChateau.com, and Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co. will be serving samples and gifting certificates for gift packs - the perfect compliment to good wine! The Stuffed Cupcakes will be offering delicious gourmet cupcakes stuffed with 15 different fillings and highlighting exquisite Emmys-inspired décor while Hansen Cakes will create another masterpiece display cake in honor of the Emmys.

As always, 20 percent of profits from the Gift Lounge will help support the honored benefiting charities:
Hollywood Arts (http://www.Hollywood-Arts.org) - A ground breaking educational facility that uses art and music-based learning to help high-risk young people over the age of 18 improve self-esteem, develop thinking skills, master educational concepts and receive job-readiness training.

The Ann & George Lopez Foundation (http://www.thelopezfoundation.org) - Their mission is to create positive, permanent change for underprivileged children and adults confronting challenges in education and health, as well as increasing community awareness about kidney disease and organ donation.

A representative from CNN will also be on site to educate guests about the upcoming 2010 CNN Heroes Awards in November. To learn more about CNN Heroes, please visit http://www.cnn.com/heroes

GBK, formerly GBK Productions, is a luxury lifestyle gifting and special events company, specializing in entertainment marketing integration. Formed in 2000 by Gavin Keilly, the company's Founder and CEO, GBK consists of five divisions: GBK Celebrity Gifting Lounges, GBK Events, GBK Weddings, GBK Charitable Consulting and GBK Marketing/PR. Widely known in the entertainment industry for bringing that little extra something into the Gifting Lounge environment, GBK offers its clients a full range of marketing services. For more information on Gavin B. Keilly (CEO), Carla Domen (VP) or GBK, please go to gbkproductions.com

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“Vaginal Makeovers” Increase in Popularity

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon Dr. Usha Rajagopal offers a new combination of procedures, labiaplasty + fat transfer + liposuction of the mons, = the "Vaginal Makeover."

Most women can agree that the way they feel about their body has a lot to do about how they feel about themselves overall—and that includes the parts of them that mostly go unseen by anyone but them.

Although it may not be as frequently discussed as other common cosmetic procedures, the problem of asymmetrical or noticeably enlarged labia minora (inner lips of the vagina) can make women feel just as self-conscious or embarrassed about their appearance as sagging facial skin or drooping breasts can. This is especially true when it is accompanied by a disproportional bulginess of the mons pubis (pubic area), or if the labia majora (outer lips of the vagina) are thinning noticeably with age.

On its own, labiaplasty is designed solely to decrease the size or improve the appearance of a woman's labia minora. However, Dr. Usha Rajagopal encounters these three issues (asymmetrical/enlarged labia minora, thinning labia majora, and oversized mons) together so frequently in her patients that it is becoming common practice for her to integrate their respective treatments into a combined, multi-step procedure, the "vaginal makeover."

"When I perform a labiaplasty, I make incisions to remove any excess tissue, and I use absorbable sutures that generally dissolve within a few weeks," says Dr. Rajagopal. "I always make great efforts to preserve the natural contour and sensitivity of the labia minora, and to minimize scarring as much as possible."

Increasingly, however, Dr. Rajagopal is finding that many of her patients want more than a basic labiaplasty. As women age, and especially after having children or gaining or losing weight, their labia majora can lose their fullness and begin to look thin or deflated, and their mons sometimes becomes enlarged to the point that it protrudes noticeably outward, even through clothing. Women who experience these changes often wish to beautify not only their labia minora but the entirety of their vaginal area—including the labia majora and mons.

To correct the unwanted body changes brought on by age and childbirth, Dr. Rajagopal liposuctions the fat causing the mons to bulge, then remove any excess skin left afterward, tightening up the area. Some of the fat removed from the mons can then be used to bulk up the labia majora through subcutaneous injections into the fat layer. Conveniently, the liposuction and fat transfer can both be performed at the same time as a labiaplasty, which means there will be no need for a series of visits to the doctor in order to complete the procedures.

"Women deserve to feel comfortable with, not to mention proud of, each and every part of their body," says Dr. Rajagopal. "By liposuctioning the mons and transferring some of the fat to the labia majora during labiaplasty, I have found that the desired results—symmetrical, balanced-looking labia and an evenly contoured, women's coats body-proportional mons—are achievable."

Dr. Rajagopal is a member of The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), the American Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS), and the California Society of Plastic Surgeons (CSPS), and performs a wide range of cosmetic surgeries and laser procedures. San Francisco Plastic Surgery & Laser Center is located at 490 Post St, Suite 430, near Union Square in San Francisco.

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Products Added to Online Wig Shop Inventory Just in Time for Holiday Parties

Christmas is rapidly approaching and now that all of our bellies have been stuffed with a fabulous Thanksgiving feast, it is time fashion coats to get up and welcome the annual shopping craze that signals the holiday season. Pre-Christmas shopping is one of the biggest events Americans engage in, and this year is no different. Although much of the shopping is focused on buying presents, preparing for holiday parties is definitely part of this frenzy. More women are turning to wigs for a quick way to augment glamour, when they get ready for a Christmas party. To celebrate the season, The HeadShop Wigs has added some great products to their inventory.

Last year's economy meant fewer holiday and company parties to attend and less reason to get dressed up and celebrate. However with recent economic improvements and already higher sales for Christmas retailers, it appears that the tide is turning and holiday parties will be making a comeback. Recent news articles show that many companies are bringing back the company party. The only difference is that the festivities may be scaled back from previous years. However, what this really boils down to is the fact that people are ready to get dressed up and celebrate the improving economy.

Because fashions change regardless of the economy, the two year old party clothes in the closet will need to be updated before the next soirée commences. While buying a new dress, many women will also purchase a new wig for the special event. Wigs and hairpieces are a growing trend, especially around the holidays, when a temporary look is desired for parties. Wigs not only define a woman's overall look, but they also make a huge statement with a minimum amount of work and years of return.

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Gardner Landry Unveils New Line of Men's Resort Shirts

Gardner Landry has created a new trend in men's luxury brands: The Sessanta Linen Camp Shirt. Taking design points from one of his grandfather's vintage Italian shirts made at the pinnacle of the 60's Dolce Vita era, Gardner Landry was inspired to create the modern-day man's expression of perennial resort living.

The Sessanta Camp Shirt embodies exemplary fine men's apparel tailoring. The comfortable, loose-fitting shirt is constructed of one hundred percent women's jackets handkerchief-weight linen and features an individually designed, handcrafted, hand-dyed pocket. The pocket, which is the iconic symbol of Gardner Landry, adorns each shirt like a one-of-a-kind, multi-colored jewel.

"I'm thrilled to bring to fruition in a warm-weather shirt of the highest quality the latest expression of an idea that I first had over twenty years ago. The Sessanta Linen Camp Shirt evokes a bygone era of casual elegance and sophisticated ease. Each shirt's one-of-a-kind, artisan crafted pocket adds an element of individual expression that makes the Sessanta, in addition to a classically good looking and functional component of one's wardrobe, a unique work of wearable art." expresses Gardner Landry.

The pocket comes in four distinctive designs and wide range of color combinations. The designs for the 2011 launch are: Ocean Flower I, Ocean Flower II, Ocean Sunburst and Sea Fan.

The designs blend the utmost luxury with an island living aesthetic that can span the nearest or farthest-flung warm-weather horizons. Gardner Landry will continue to brand a high-end line of men's and, soon, women's resort wear for people with a penchant for sophistication and leisure.

Information regarding fine retailers who will be selling Gardner Landry shirts is available at the newly launched website: http://www.gardnerlandry.com

Gardner Landry creates contemporary interpretations of time-honored classics - each piece featuring a colorful, one-of-a-kind hand-dyed element. Gardner Landry is committed to bringing compelling clothing of the highest quality to the upscale resort marketplace.

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If Faced With Weeks to Live, How Would You Spend Your Final Days?

One memorable dream on a lazy Sunday morning became the basis for author Lisa Michele Smith's debut short story collection The Things Your Eyes Have Seen. The outcome of that Sunday morning dream, the anchor story of a terminally-ill woman with weeks to live, "The Travels of Mary Magdalene," inspired Lisa to create more of the stories your eyes may have seen.

In the story "The Reunion," a married woman ends a twenty-year relationship with her suddenly-widowed lover. A hair dresser and his client have a humorous discussion on the roles of women Tips: Find Street Fashion Online(may be you can find what you want on the oasap.com) today in the Langston Hughes-inspired "A Perfect Day for a Haircut." A teen mother grapples with her choices in "Lambs for the Slaughter." An insignificant article of clothing reinforces a woman's pride in serving her country in "The Brown Coat." These stories speak to all women as they try to find love, self-respect and fulfillment in a world that grows more complicated and demanding. It is not always easy to find the straight path, and few may never find it.

About the Author
Lisa Michele Smith, freelance writer and photographer, has been published in Miranda Literary Magazine, Freshwater, The New York Times and the Connecticut Review. She holds a Bachelor of General Studies in Communication from Eastern Connecticut State University, a Master of Fine Arts in Professional Writing from Western Connecticut State University and is an adjunct professor in creative writing and photography for the Connecticut Community College System. For her next short story collection, she is drafting a series of mysteries featuring a single parent heroine. To learn more, visit http://www.lisamichele.info

Availability
This title is currently available in softcover and for download on http://www.lulu.com, and will be available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other brick-and-mortar booksellers in January 2010.

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Undeniable Boutique Celebrates Grand Opening with Style and Entertainment

Undeniable Boutique in Fairfax Corner is hosting "It Had to BU Grand Opening Celebration" Friday, April 20th from 3:00 – 8:00pm. Event highlights include music and entertainment from Tommy McFly and Kelly Collis of The Tommy Show at 94.7 Fresh FM and a fashion show featuring customers modeling spring's hottest styles. The first 100 attendees to RSVP will receive a gift certificate redeemable the day of the event. Additional pr Tips: Find Street Fashion Online(may be you can find what you want on the oasap.com) izes and giveaways, including coupons hidden throughout the store, also will be available.

Since opening November 2011, Undeniable Boutique has received positive reviews for its unique, globe-hopping styles and SoHo-inspired interior design, including being voted best clothing boutique in Northern Virginia Magazine's 2012 Best of NoVA contest. The store has fast become a destination for women in search of the perfect outfit who want to dress for the occasion but not like everyone else.

Grand Opening Event Schedule
3:00 – 8:00pm: Bites/beverages, giveaways and shopping
5:30 – 7:30pm: Live entertainment by The Tommy Show at 94.7 Fresh FM
6:30 – 7:00pm: Spring Fling fashion show

To RSVP or for more information regarding this event, please contact Shelli Vasser Gilliam at shelli(at)vassergilliam(dot)com.

Alternate Contact:
Alicia Russman, Owner
alicia(at)undeniableboutique(dot)com
store: 703.327.4417
http://www.facebook.com/undeniableboutique
http://www.linkedin.com/in/aliciarussman
http://www.twitter.com/arrussman