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The Destination=THE BIG UNWIND

With the 'journey' now being more stressful than ever (high gas prices! airport delays! flights canceled!) the destination needs to be more 'calming' than ever for need to chill out seekers.  For Value Budgeteers wanting self-care with a tad less emphasis on the 'self' (as in selfish) part-the non-profit Le Monastère Des Augustines, very accessible from the tourist destination-Old Quebec City...offers basic and contemporary rooms, healthy meals-dining (and snacks/picnics to go), multiple inclusive wellness packages or á la carte hands on holistic options of soothing pampering  massages and treatments,  mental respites in leafy green outdoor sanctuaries -including yoga, private meditations/movement sessions -and seasonal winter cross-country- downhill skiing on the slopes of nearby mountains. With a history of spiritualism combined with the healing -Le Monastère Des Augustines has reimagined and updated its historic architectural structures and thoughtfully ...

KATIE GALLAGHER BLOOM S/S 2014 NYFW

Mercifully- no fire drill necessary packed venue-but at least AC was working well The Raven, 55 Gansevoort St, NYC Late models, a booked (over) venue, steamy temps=late start and a long line. But the presentation by Katie Gallagher of her S/S 2014 RTW collection was very well done---and worth the wait.  This downtown stylish creator showed her romantic side---or melancholy (reminded us of the New Romantic music thing going on in the late 80'searly 90's-but with cleaner edge)...showing very wearable, pretty separates and swimsuits/bodysuits. A few frills but we would think of these polished outfits as more clean minimalist than fussy. Like the original Helmut Lang. jewelry by Annie Costello Brown  The Run of Show:  "...the designer was "inspired by the video and lyrics from Einstuerzende Neubauten's song "BLUME" (For I am a chrysanthemum/supernova, urgent star/for you, I'll be a dandelion, a thousand flowerettes in th...

CARLOS CAMPOS FALL/WINTER 2012 Backstage HAIR/MAKE-UP

MADE@ MILK STUDIOS NYC CARLOS CAMPOS New York words/images Judith Ecochard The energy at Milk Studios during NYFW is creatively buzzy -it's smaller than the uptown tents-and in general-younger, edgier labels show at this runway/presentation locale. breakfast of champions  Backstage at the Carlos Campos New York presentation, lead hairstylist Ceasar Ramirez (TopManagement with DopDop Salon )...used Davines products to work with the guy models' natural hair texture...for a "romantic" but still "man's man...edgy rugged look." The OI/OIL multi-functioning hair treatment styling products-loved so much we snagged a bottle--with Amazon rich Roucou oil from Fair Trade sources:- http://news.davines.com/en/  "It's not over coiffed, " Ramirez told us..."...but with some dewiness to it." T3 Hair Tools  Well groomed with a bit of tussle-we were channeling English boarding school chaps looks..effortles...