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Elemis Think Pink Beauty Collection makes the perfect gift while raising money for breast cancer

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Elemis beauty has come up with a “Think Pink” collection which includes the company’s’ top face, neck and body products packaged in a cute, pink case. The Think Pink Beauty Collection is limited edition and helps benefit breast cancer research and awareness.

The Think Pink Beauty Collection by Elemis includes three products which indulge and pamper both the face and the body. The Pro-Collagen Marine Cream is packaged in a pink jar and offers wrinkle reduction as well as increased hydration within one month. The Pro-Collagen Lifting treatment helps firm up delicate skin on the neck and bust; keeping skin youthful. There is also a bottle of the Skin Nourishing Shower Cream which is silky and helps locks in moisture while cleansing skin in the shower. Did we mention we are totally addicted to the shower cream? Love it!

Elemis Think Pink Beauty Collection is valued at $130 yet priced at a mere $55; making it a great kit to purchase for oneself or as a gift for the upcoming holiday season. Fabulous!

The Elemis Think Pink beauty Collection is available at select Nordstrom Stores and online attimetospa.com

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2011 Fine Jewelry Trends: Rose Gold Jewelry

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The Paris, Milan and New York runways gave the fashion world a glimpse into the jewelry trends for spring 2011. Although the trends on the runway were more in the “costume jewelry” category, fine jewelers do look for color trends and ways to make precious metals and stones integrate well into the apparel trends. With bright colors and patterns making a mark on spring fashion during the runway shows, fine jewelry designers have followed suit with either dainty pieces that will not overshadow a bold print or color, or with statement pieces that signal an end to economic distress.

Rose gold has been slowly increasing in popularity over the past few years, and with Pantone declaring “Honeysuckle” or bright pink to be the “IT” color for spring and summer 2011, rose gold has made a bigger spike in popularity for the upcoming seasons.

Rose gold works well with cool toned colors such as blue and it also blends well with purples and pinks. Rose gold also works well with shades of brown, which makes it a good precious metal choice to pair with neutral toned color palette which is another trend from the spring 2011 runways.

While casual jewelry is trending in silver, bronze and black metal, fine jewelry is trending towards rose gold; this is not to say that white metals and yellow gold are not important, they are, but rose gold is making a bigger mark in fine jewelry this season than in past seasons.

Rose gold is being shown in both polished and brushed fine jewelry styles; brushed rose gold being the more trendy style for spring and summer 2011.

Bay Area Fashionista’s semi-precious and precious stone color picks for rose gold: Smoky quartz, pink stones, red stones, purple stones and clear stones. 

Pantone declares Pink or Honeysuckle to be the IT color for 2011

 in Color Trends / General Fashion / Trends  tagged color of the year / fall 2011 / pantone / pink / spring 2011 / summer 2011 by

Pantone LLC, who describes themselves as the “global authority on color,” has declared that Honeysuckle, a medium shade of pink, is the “IT” color for 2011. The exact color is 18-2120 Honeysuckle if you happen to be shopping for the dye.

From Pantone:

“In times of stress, we need something to lift our spirits. Honeysuckle is a captivating, stimulating color that gets the adrenaline going – perfect to ward off the blues,” explains Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute®. “Honeysuckle derives its positive qualities from a powerful bond to its mother color red, the most physical, viscerally alive hue in the spectrum.”

As we saw, candy pink was one of the dominant colors designers showed for cruise and resort 2011. The spring 2011 colors were softer, more neutral and not as candy colored as they were for resort/cruise. That is not to say some designers did not show medium pink, or Honeysuckle. There were many designers who featured candy pink on the runways for spring, but not in the mass quantities as for resort.

Now that Pantone as declared Honeysuckle, or medium pink, as the color for 2011, will retailers push out pink for their spring collections? What are your thoughts on Honeysuckle (medium pink) as the hot new color for 2011?

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