Fall Foods from The Beauty Detox Solution's Kimberly Snyder

Kimberly Snyder

My favorite time of year ... Fall!

Fall is finally here and it’s time to indulge in the season. The colors of the leaves and the cool brisk air are the not the only things changing, some great seasonal fruits and veggies are in season and are loaded with a variety of beautifying nutrients! Celebrity nutritionist and author ofThe Beauty Detox Solution, Kimberly Snyder breaks down three of the best and most colorful fall foods for the season.

SWEET POTATOES: Sweet potatoes contain the skin-brightening combination of vitamin A and vitamin C. Together, these nutrients help replace a dull complexion with a fresh face, while working to neutralize cell tissue-damaging free radicals.

Sweet potatoes’ brilliant orange color is attributed to their high levels of carotenoids and beta-carotene, which convert into vitamin A. Vitamin A is necessary for a shiny, well-moisturized head of hair as well as promoting a healthy scalp, which is essential for healthy hair growth.

Sweet potatoes are also rich in biotin, and vitamins B2, B6 and E. They supply a healthy source of iron, potassium, which help keep the right fluid balance throughout the body’s cells, along with copper, manganese and folate, which is especially important for pregnant women.

Choose sweet potatoes that have the deepest orange colors, which indicate the higher carotene content. Be sure to eat them with the skin on, which contains a high amount of fiber and nutrients.



SQUASH:Fall and winter squash varieties have less water content than summer squash, and therefore provide more nutritional and beauty benefits. These varieties include pumpkin, acorn, butternut and spaghetti squash. With its brilliant colors, squash provides an excellent source of carotenes, and a good source of vitamins B1, B6 and C, folic acid, pantothenic acid, fiber, and potassium.

 

The B vitamins it contains are helpful in reversing the damaging effects of stress on the body, which may contribute to aging faster, and its vitamin C has a collagen-repairing affect on the skin. Squash also contains coumarins, which works with other nutrients to create a blood-thinning effect in the body, which is great to increase circulation, which is beneficial for glowing skin.

 

APPLES: Pectin is the type of fiber found in apples, which makes up 75% of the apple’s fiber. While other fruits contain pectin, it is found in the highest concentration of all fruits in apple. Pectin comes in both a soluble and insoluble fiber form. Apple pectin is a helpful detoxifier, as it has been reported to bind to and eliminating toxic metals from the body, and keeps your system clean, which contributed to higher natural beauty. It may help prevent DNA damage by free radicals by acting as an antioxidant.

Happy eating! xo

Bobbi Brown Book Launch and More on QVC Today

Tune in to QVC’s “Bobbi Brown Cosmetics” on September 22, at 11PM (ET) for the launch of world-renowned makeup artist Bobbi Brown’s new book Pretty Powerful: Beauty Stories to Inspire Confidence. The book features makeup ideas, step-by-step application techniques, as well as interviews that Bobbi conducted with real women, celebrities and athletes about their takes on beauty. Along with the launch of Brown’s book, “Bobbi Brown Cosmetics” will also feature some new and exciting products.

These products and more are available while supplies last through QVC.com, the QVC apps or by calling 800.345.1515

You'll also find more wonderful products from Bobbi, some are QVC only configurations with special pricing.

Bobbi Brown Secrets of the Universe Duo with Mini Brush

New configuration for QVC

QVC Item #A229410 (Approx $46)

 

Bobbi has dubbed her corrector and concealer duo the "Secrets of the Universe" because when applied together they work instantly to improve any beauty look. The corrector helps to neutralize discoloration under the eye area, while the concealer brightens and helps to cover flaws. Available in the following shades: Porcelain, Sand, Beige, Natural, Honey and Warm Almond.

 

Bobbi Brown Long Wear Even Finish Foundation

New to QVC

QVC Item #A229411 (Approx $46)

 

Ultra comfortable and hydrating, this light weight, medium to full coverage formula leaves skin looking poreless, perfected and fresh. Available in the following shades: Porcelain, Sand, Beige, Natural, Honey and Warm Almond.

 

Bobbi Brown Long Wear Gel Liner Duo with Dual Ended Mini Brush

New configuration for QVC

QVC Item #A229412 (Approx $38.50)



Bobbi's cult favorite, the best selling Long Wear Gel Eyeliner, was created for women who want a perfectly defined eye. The mini eyeliner brush included in this duo allows for precise and effortless application. Available in Black Ink (jet black) and Twilight Shimmer Ink (black plum and golden pearl) or Espresso Ink (black brown) and Graphite Shimmer Ink (dark grey).

Find these and much more today at QVC!
 

HAUTELOOK: Random House Publishers SALE!

Random House is the world’s largest English language trade publisher, bringing you the best in fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books. It has been owned since 1998 by the large German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House publishes some of the most distinguished American authors and collections in literary history.

Join Hautelook beginning Wednesday, 6/2/10 at 8 am PT for a wonderful sale on iconic fashion cocktail table books, magazines and more.

Click HERE to shop the Random House Sale!

Tarte Girl on Top Sweepstakes

In Girl on Top, career expert and best-selling author Nicole Williams takes 20 tried-and-true dating rules you know (and have probably used) such as "Play Hard to Get" and "Don’t Give Away the Milk for Free"—and shows you how to put them to use when the object of your affection is your job. With her ingenious approach—taking the tactics used to land a man and applying them to your career—you’ll be able to handle any work situation and come out on top. Here's the advice no one else has been willing to tell you, right at your fingertips!

And to celebrate the release of Girl on Top, Tarte is sponsoring their own girl on top contest free-for-all! I love a good giveaway, don't you? Here's the scoop:

Three lucky winners will receive a Tarte and Girl on Top prize package. The Grand Prize includes: (over a $1,250 value!)

Phone coaching session with Girl on Top author and career expert Nicole Williams
A signed copy of Girl on Top
Girl on Top reusable tote
Tarte's clean slate natural primer
Tarte's lash lights, camera, lashes! 4-in-1 clinically proven natural mascara
Tarte's picture perfect eyelash curler
Tarte's park avenue princess mineral bronzer
Tarte's natural cheek stain in dollface
Tarte's emphasEYES in black
Tarte's eye couture palette
Tarte's rise and shine in mauve

There are second and third prizes to win as well. Lots of goodness to be spread. So, what to do you have to do to win? Ohhhh, a whole lot! Alright, sorry, sarcastic, stupid mood has aparently taken over me tonight.

Just click HERE to complete the entry form. Yep, that's it.

Look for your special code for 20% of Tarte products after entering. Winners will be selected at random and notified via email. No purchase neccesary to enter. Contest closes on October 31, 2009 11:59pm EST.

Lancome and The Dress Doctor: Prescriptions for Style, from A - Z

Calling all fashionistas!

Long before celebrity stylists became as renowned as the Oscar-winning film stars they advise, the legendary costume designer Edith Head was dressing Hollywood's most fashionable women and men on screen and off—and lending her sartorial wisdom to women across the country on radio and television. In 1959, she published a best-selling memoir and style guide, The Dress Doctor, in which she shared tips on style and dozens of entertaining anecdotes on Hollywood's A-list with her fans.

Now, The Dress Doctor has returned in this special edition of the original volume, an alphabetical romp through the art of getting dressed and dressing Hollywood, with specially commissioned illustrations and the best advice and stories culled word for word from the original book.

From Audrey Hepburn to Zooture, The Dress Doctor is filled with Head's timeless tips: her expertise on developing a personal style, dressing to flatter one's figure, building a wardrobe, and judging quality. Her prescriptions for dressing properly for various activities from archery to house cleaning to roller skating are a charming mix of perennially chic and, now, with the passing of time, tongue in chic. Fashion illustrator Bil Donovan's stunning re-creations of Head's most famous gowns, along with illustrations of myriad other stylish ensembles, bring the designer's work vividly to life again, along with Hollywood icons Grace Kelly, Katharine Hepburn, Mae West, Cary Grant, and many others. This irresistible, elegant volume is a unique treasure for those who love film, style, and the glamour of Old Hollywood.

Lancôme is hosting an exclusive book party for The Dress Doctor – Prescriptions for Style, from A to Z. Beginning this weekend, Lancôme is hosting in-store events in celebration of the book at our boutiques. Schedule an appointment with one of our makeup artists at the locations listed below to create your own modern-day Hollywood look inspired by the book. Enjoy complimentary cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and take home your very own copy of The Dress Doctor with any Lancôme purchase of $100. Details on how to book your appointment are listed below, but hurry, reservations are limited!

Readers can call their nearest Lancôme Boutique to book an appointment. (A $75 reservation fee is required and fully redeemable in product.)

November 15th
VALLEY FAIR – 2855 Stevens Creek Blvd. Santa Clara , CA 95050 Phone: 408-244-8334
NORTHPARK – 8687 North Central Expressway Dallas , TX 75225 Phone: 214-750-9364

November 20th
SHORT HILLS – 1200 Morris Turnpike Short Hills , NJ 07078 Phone: 973-258-0790

November 22nd
UPPER WEST SIDE – 201 Columbus Ave. (at 69th Street ) New York , NY 10023 Phone: 212-362-4858
BREA – 1102-a Brea Mall Brea , CA 92821 Phone: 714-671-0267

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Hilary Swank: French Women Don't Get Fat

Reports are that two time Oscar Winner Hilary Swank has purchased the film rights to french author Mireille Guiliano’s 2004 best-selling book French Women Don't Get Fat; The Secret of Eating for Pleasure. Guiliano is the former head of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton’s Veuve Clicquot. She is very familiar with French designer labels which are expected to fill the screen.

Ahhh ... oui oui!

Timeless Beauty: McAdams as The Time Traveler's Wife

The Time Traveler's Wife is set to arrive in theaters near you right in time for the holidays. I am so excited about this movie and only hope the adaptation from the best-selling novel of the same name to film can lend itself to the same emotional journey we embarked upon by reading the novel.

Okay, now I know it seems as though I'm on a Rachel McAdams kick this weekend (see prior post just below), but would you begrudge me even if that were the case? Few could deny the versatile style and beauty of McAdams. So when I came across this little news gem I just had to share it with you here.

When reading the Time Traveler's Wife, by author Audrey Niffenegger, nearly five years ago, I envisioned Julianne Moore in the role of Clare Abshire (wife to the time traveler). However, I can easily rework that vision with only a slight stretch of the imagination to focus in on Rachel McAdams as Clare. Clare, an artist, is passionate, caring and a much needed anchor for her conflicted husband, which demonstrates itself through a maturity of love only few lucky souls experience. Trouble seeing McAdams carrying that off? Not a chance, she'll nail it!

Contrastly, what I find a bit baffling is the uproar fans of the novel are bellowing over the casting of Eric Bana as Henry deTamble (the time traveler). Bana strikes me as perfect to play this role. What I've seen of Bana's prior acting demonstrates he is easily able to exude that aura of inner conflict and rawness one would need to portray deTamble and do the character justice.

I'm not going to ruin anything for those who haven't read the novel by talking about the plot (click here for a very brief synopsis). Suffice it to say, if you've not read The Time Traveler's Wife, it's a wonderfully imaginative story complete with all the intellect, emotion, highs and lows one wants in a good read. One reviewer describes it thusly, "...this inventive tale works on three levels - an intriguing science fiction concept, a realistic character study and a touching love story...". I encourage anyone who has high expectations of the novels they read to pick up a copy, whether you think you'll see the film or not. It's just that good!

movie photos: allmovix.com

Most recent updates on IMBD show the following release dates for the movie; however that is prone to change as reps are also saying the movie is still in production:

Canada - 9 September 2008 (Toronto Film Festival)
USA - 7 November 2008 (New York City, New York)
USA - 7 November 2008 (Los Angeles, California)
USA - 21 November 2008 (limited)
USA - 25 December 2008

For more information on The Time Traveler's Wife, the movie, visit IMBD; for more information on The Time Traveler's Wife, the novel, please visit Amazon.

A Tale From a Young Portuguese Author + The Beach

image: DailyCandy

I've got beach reading on the brain, please allow me a little veering from the usual topics. Headed for the sugary, white sands and emerald green waters of Destin, FL in a few days and I'm craving good reads to bring with me. Daily Candy gave me this little recommendation - and I think I just may take 'em up on it.

Here's a tease from them about the book:

Young Portuguese author, José Luís Peixoto, writes a new-to-English novel, The Implacable Order of Things, and delves into a magical realism reminiscent of dreams. Told through myriad voices (including that of a talking trunk) across two generations in a poor Portuguese village, this story treads dark waters. From suicide and seduction to marriage, childbirth and betrayal, the plot never tires. Add a giant, some Siamese twins, and a blind prostitute, and you’ve got one maddening microcosm. Peixoto’s characters are certainly no lightweights, continually vacillating between pain and passion, bound to a cyclical torment that even Sartre would wince at. (But, hey, maybe that’s because the devil himself lives in town, too.)

Well, maybe not fairies and lollipops, but I could go for a little something different. I'm interested to see what this young Portuguese writer will share with the reader in terms of cultural themes and passions.

source: Daily Candy

Style Notes - Summer Reading Inspired by Fashion's Resort 2009 Collections

Three models in candy-colored dresses, shot by Cecil Beaton (1948)

Inspired by the fashion Summer Resort Collections, Style is recommending these fascinating reads to take on vacation or place on your night table for some scrumptious, sometimes dishy material.

The Unexpurgated Beaton: The Cecil Beaton Diaries as He Wrote Them, 1970-1980, Cecil Beaton (Knopf, $35) - photo above. Beaton's coolly flawless portraits might have been the spark for Erin Fetherston's tableaux vivants installed at Van Cleef & Arpels. Ripe with gossip of the bon ton, whom he so ardently courted, are Beaton's own notoriously catty, and evergreen, diaries.

Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon—and the Journey of a Generation, Sheila Weller (Atria, $27.95). Though he is ever the forward thinker, Karl Lagerfeld plumbed the Me Decade for both Fendi (wide-leg trousers and suede vests) and Chanel (Brian Jones hairdos, light-wash bell-bottoms). Meanwhile, flea market devotee Anna Sui dug into the bohemia of the late sixties for her mad Resort mix of psychedelic prints. The perfect soundtrack for all of the above comes from the three singer-songwriters profiled in Sheila Weller's compulsively readable new book, Girls Like Us. Weller chronicles both the early feminist movement and more salacious subjects, like Simon's involvement with Cat Stevens, Kris Kristofferson, Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, and Mick Jagger in the year "You're So Vain" hit big. Carly Simon in New York, 1971.

The Enchantress of Florence, Salman Rushdie (Knopf Canada, $26). Florence was a bit off the beaten path for womenswear, but Diane von Furstenberg still chose the Tuscan capital, where her wrap dress was born, to hold her show. It put us into a Medici state of mind—which got us thinking about the latest offering from Salman Rushdie. On the short list for the Man Booker Prize, The Enchantress wends its way from Renaissance Italy to the court of Mughal emperor Akbar, and with its fantastical-historical blend of romance and globe-trotting exotica, it just might be 2008's perfect beach read.
Photo: Courtesy of Knopf Canada.




The Alexandria Quartet, Lawrence Durrell (Faber and Faber, $14). Gilt-trimmed gowns for latter-day Cleopatras—you know, like J. Lo and Sienna—were on order at Marchesa. Fast-forward a couple millennia and Egypt has lost none of its allure…as proven by Lawrence Durrell's much-loved tetralogy. The four books (Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, and Clea) detail interlocking accounts of a love affair, and Durrell so vividly conjures the North African metropolis circa the 1940's that your body might be plodding along the L.I.E. on the Hampton Jitney, but your spirit will be soaring to the souk.
Photo: Courtesy of Faber and Faber.




Snuff, Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday, $24.95). Both Donna Karan and Phi's Andreas Melbostad had bedroom eyes this season. Karan showed a boudoir-ish pink marabou coat that just begged for fluffy mules, while Melbostad played peekaboo with black lace. Fashion may usually take a wink-nudge approach to naughty kinks and proclivities, but Chuck Palahniuk's new book faces the sex subject head-on. The Fight Club author's latest protagonist is a so-called porn priestess whose aim is to cap off her career (and perhaps her life, thus the title) by having sex with 600 men in one day. Shocking and twisted? Maybe, but at least you'll have read the thing by the time Brad Pitt gets cast as Mr. 72 in the film version.
Photo: Courtesy of Doubleday.




Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys (W. W. Norton, $13.95). When Alber Elbaz showed Lanvin's exquisitely off-kilter take on the fifties, he set it against a postcard backdrop of sun, sand, and flora that said "tropical" with a capital T. While fashion loves a good strong juxtaposition, there's also something to be said about coordination—i.e., reading a book set in the Caribbean while you're vacationing there. Jean Rhys' haunting novel isn't exactly a sunshiny read, however: It takes place in Dominica and Jamaica and imagines the early life of the madwoman in the attic in Jane Eyre. At a mere 125 pages, it's the perfect little addition to your beach tote.
Photo: Courtesy of W. W. Norton.


source: Style.com

The Fabulous Simon Doonan

Those of you who love Barney's New York and/or keep up with Barney's Babble are already very familiar with the lovable and crazy (and I mean that in the best sense) Simon Doonan! Simon, originally from Great Britain (of course), arrived in L.A. in the early '80s (well, 1979) and started his career here by hand-painting T-Shirts and designing out-there, sometimes offensive, window displays. He attributes his taming (I believe he uses the term "becoming less feral") to working under the stewardship of noted columnist and fashion editor Diana Vreeland in New York. By the mid-1980's, he was hired as Creative Director for Barney's New York. He later gained more notoriety through outrageous writings in a regular column for The New York Observer (still does). Just a glance at the titles of some of his articles will give you a glimpse into the imaginative wildness of his content: Red Carpet Munchers (yes, it's about THAT), Handbags = Vaginas, Art Fatwa - the list goes on.

So it's with this background in mind that I bring to your attention his best-selling book Eccentric Glamour: Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You and alert you, if you've not already discovered it, to the opportunity of winning a signed copy from Barney's. For those who can't wait to see if you're entry is a winner, you may also purchase the book - in all its fabulous glory - through Barney's for $24 (that's a steal, I assure you!).

Here's your chance to trot off with a treasure written by "... the most brash and brilliant thing in type." - Liz Smith

"SAY NO TO HO...and yes to ECCENTRIC GLAMOUR!"

This book is not your typical style manual. Simon Doonan provides us with the antidote to the epidemic of slutty dressing and porno-chic that has taken over as an accepted style norm. Eccentric Glamour is a mix of cultural commentary, personal disclosure, reckless style advice and interviews with some of the world's most glamorous eccentrics (Iman, Lucy Liu, Tilda Swinton, Hamish Bowles and many more!). 304 pages with black & white photography by Roxanne Lowit throughout.

For more info on the fabulous and cheeky Simon Doonan, click here.