Jennifer's Favorite Loreal Sublime Bronze

I recently attended at formal party / fundraiser which required me to wear a fabulous black tie dress, which made my day! I LOVE dressing up! A couple of days prior to the event, I tried my dress on and was quickly reminded of the long sunless winter that had just passed. Head to toe I was pasty white. Not good! I went to my closet of goodies and was overjoyed to see an ample supply of my all time favorite tinted sunless tanning lotion, Loreal Sublime Bronze.

Loreal, you say? Really Jennifer, Loreal? I kid you not my friends, it works amazing. I love this formula because not only is it a sunless tanning lotion it's also an instant bronzer. So the moment you apply it you have color. Then as the day progresses, the color develops into a natural sun kissed tan with a slight shimmer. It glides on easily and dries immediately. I've tried formula's that cost five as much, and Sublime is still top on the list.

You can purchase Loreal Sublime Bronze for $8 tube at most drug stores or pharmacies. For a limited time, I'm sharing this product for FREE with all online orders at jlamore.com (while supplies last). Be sure to enter promo code sublime at checkout.

Jennifer

Elton John & Billy Joel. . . Amazing!

Jim and I received amazing tickets to the Elton John & Billy Joel "Face2Face" concert by our great and long time family friends Fred & Larry Frank from Frank Productions. They're show biz promoters and put the show on at the Kohl Center.

If you love music, extremely talented musicians, and great time tested songs, then this show is for YOU! Watching both of these music legends is incredible. One camera is located right at the key board so you can watch them tickle and pound the ivory keys like no one else. You can watch them play on big monitors and its crazy cool.


The show starts out with both legends facing each other on giant grand piano's singing each others songs for about an hour. Then Billy Joel leaves the stage for Elton John to play all of his hits for another hour. Then Elton John leaves the stage for Billy to play an hour of his hits. The they play together again for another hour at the end. After 3 1/2 hours "Piano Man" was the last song and we were sad it ended. I can listen to this kind of music all night long.


If given the chance to go, don't let it pass you by!


Jennifer

Bad call on 'Idol'

Hi Jennifer:

I have to say that giving Allison Iraheta the boot last night was a bad call by the 'Idol' voters. She is the only singer who can stay (almost) note for note with Adam Lambert. She also has a stage presence far above Kris Allen and Danny Gokey and at least equal to Adam. Danny and Kris look so awkward and clumsy on stage that I get the heebie jeebies just watching them try and be comfortable. Yuck!

But this is the beauty of reality TV. It's more then just singing talent and when you tally up 64 million votes in one night anything can happen. I am also disappointed that Allison just couldn't establish a strong fan base and I think its because she's only 17 and doesn't express herself that well. It's too bad because she will be on stage somewhere long before Allen and Gokey who I believe, to quote Simon Cowel, are pretty "forgettable."

Also, the pairing Danny Gokey and Kris Allen in a 'duets' contest was almost sinful. Two guys with zero stage presence singing together is not a good thing and when Adam and Allison sang together it was fantastic and natural. I don't know how they decided who would sing together but it was bad for Danny and Kris. So I thought.

Which reminds me, since Allison did such a great job in her duets song how did she get voted off? Are the Idol voters awkward as well as tone deaf because this gal can sing circles around Danny and Kris. By the way, that scream at the end of "Dream On" was obnoxious to say the least.

Right now its a one horse race with Adam Lambert far out in front and the other two are fighting for a distant second.

Lynn Los Angeles, CA

T-Shirt alert!

I really like the V necks and simple T's that are dominating the fashion world right now. It's so refreshing to be able to put on something so comfortable yet still be fitting right in with the trend.

I'm really obsessed with the David Cline tops :)

Kalyn

Carrie Prejean. . . breast implants?

No! Oh c'mon! Will the Carrie Prejean story ever end? I don't think so. She's more popular now then the crowned Miss America, whoever that is! Scandal makes for bigger celebrity.

Now we have to deal with her breast implants and who paid for them as well as having her naked back exposed in some pictures she posed for some time ago. I mean really! Seriously! Are they saying the bikini pictures in the pageant are OK but the bare back is not. Wow! What a joke! I would love to know if she's the only contestant with implants. Can we have a show of hands please. . . . . . . . . . ! I thought so. Oh by the way. I have implants!

All of this started because she answered a loaded question from one of the biggest jerks on the planet, Perez Hilton. By the way, what gives Perez Hilton the street cred to be a judge for the Miss America Pageant anyway?

Leave the poor girl alone.

Sorry! I'm on a rant here. Happy 10 years Jennifer!

Lynn L.A

Madonna still "The Material Girl!"

Hi Jennifer: As your London correspondent for all things fashionable, I thought all of your readers would find this interesting.

When Madonna identified herself in 1985 hit as a material girl, it turned out to be one of the most ingenious and profitable hooks in the history of entertainment. Even more then Michael Jackson's 'The King of Pop!" self imposed title.

After last year’s box-office receipts had all been added up, it was revealed that the highest-earning pop star on the planet in 2008 was, yet again, Madonna. She grossed more than $280 million, nearly all of it on her Sticky & Sweet world tour — more than twice what Coldplay, the hottest rock band on the road at the time, made from theirs. Surprisingly, the information was largely ignored because, well, it's Madonna and that's what everyone has come to expect.

We seem to have got used to the phenomenon that is Madonna Ciccone, now a 50-year-old mother of three who, defying all pop’s laws of becoming obsolete, is still at the top of the heap after 26 years in the biz. Fans don’t seem to mind paying the breath catching prices that she charges to watch her perform these days either. The average price of tickets for the next leg of her Sticky & Sweet tour, which kicks off in London’s O2 arena in July, now on sale with Seatwave, is around the mark $300, and some can fetch up to $700. Ouch! If the second leg of Sticky & Sweet repeats the success of the first, it will overtake the Rolling Stones’s "Bigger Bang" outings to become the biggest-earning concert tour EVER!

In 1992 Madonna set up Maverick, a record label with video, film and publishing interests, which she jointly owned with Time Warner until 2004.

Since 1989, when she accepted $5 million from Pepsi for a TV commercial (which got pulled after one showing for its presumed blasphemy), she has been involved in ad campaigns for BMW, Max Factor, Versace and Gap. Last year she put her name to a clothing line for the high-street retailer H&M; this year Madonna collaborated with Ed Hardy on a tattoo-inspired range for Christian Audigier.

Then there are the merchandising deals, investments in fine art and property, appearance fees and other income accrued as a result of her being the most famous woman on the planet. Exactly how rich she is is uncertain: valuations of Madonna’s current worth start at the figure quoted in The London Sunday Times Rich List 2008 edition , $450 million, and go up from there.

The recent divorce from British movie director Guy Ritchie, adoption problems and a Sex bio/book haven't tarnished her image one bit. She puts on a fantastic concert and doesn't cheap out on stage productions using 300 people to help her put on each show. Madonna is know for her controlling behavior and temper tantrums though. She can fire and rehire several loyal and long time staff members in the same argument and will never do anything without making a buck or two.

So Jennifer, if you want to splurge and send me $700 to go the Madonna concert in July, I would be happy to go and report back. :)

Clare London, England

Top 7 reasons why I love Susana Monaco!

I just got my 6th "basic" tank of Susana's and I love it so much! Here's a list of why I keep on buying and wearing these tops!

1) They fit so amazing. The best part of the great fit for me is that I normally wear a M, but if we're out of the Medium, I can make a small work if it's a loose enough fit, or a large work too. They flatter just the right way! And they literally look good on everyone.

2) You can wash them just like a t-shirt. They go in the washer, go in the dryer, and come out looking brand new. I've had two of my tank tops for over a year now, one is yellow and one is white. The yellow is JUST as bright as the day I bought it. Both have been washed countless times and still fit and look like I just bought them.

3) They're comfortable! Susana monaco solid tanks are the first thing I throw on in the morning before a day of class, baby sitting, or basically before doing anything. Which brings me to...

4) They can be dressed up or down! Right now I'm about to go out to dinner with my friends and I'm wearing my white string baby doll top with jeans, gladiator sandals, and a headband. I wore it to class with my black yoga pants and a little jacket! These tops really do go from day to night in a heart beat.

5) The colors are amazing (and stay amazing.) I have a beautiful orange halter, a teal halter, a lemon yellow tank, a "sugar white" tank, a purple tank, and now my new green tank! They light up my wardrobe!

6) The material is perfect. If you've never tried on a Susana top to see this I highly recommend doing so! It's unexplainable unless you've worn one of these!

7) Great price point. For how long these tops last and how often you can wear them, I'd buy one every week!

As you can see, I could live in Susana Monaco basic's. Not to mention that all of her other designs are to die for. I decided the other day at work that if I had to choose only one designer to wear every single day, it would be Susana Monaco!

(P.S. that's a picture from the Jason Mraz concert the other night. SUCH a blast! I'll blog more about him later!)

-Julie

Bono's gone bonkers!

Hi Jennifer and Friends: Next week Bono is going to recite a 14 minute poem about Elvis Presley on the BBC here in London on May 14 at 11:00 pm.

The BBC is better known as the a primary repository for serious news and comment, but Radio 4 is to enter uncharted territory next week when it broadcasts a bizarre 14-minute poem about Elvis Presley written by Bono, the U2 frontman. The Irish singer has long been a professed superfan of the king of rock’n’roll, and is thought to have written the rhyme, American David, in 1994.

Listeners will be treated to lines such as: “Elvis, with god on his knees/ Elvis, on three TVs/ Elvis, here come the killer bees, head full of honey, potato chips and cheese.” The BBC has billed it as “delivered plainly, but intensely, by Bono. Some lines are purposefully quintessential Elvis clichés while others make listeners view Elvis in a new light.”

The recording is thought to have been made two years ago by Ten Alps, Bob Geldof’s production company, as part of a Radio 2 programme exploring the history of Sun Records, which released Presley’s first records. U2 are huge fans of Presley, and recorded their 1988 album Rattle and Hum at Sun Studios, Memphis, with Bono using a microphone once used by Elvis. Larry Mullen, the band’s drummer, called his first child Aaron Elvis, an inversion of Presley’s first names. In recent performances Bono has taken to the stage wearing eyeliner, telling journalists that he thought he looked like Elvis’s stillborn twin brother, Jesse. “Which, maybe, is in poor taste,” he added.

Clare, London, England

Wisconsin Fashion Week!

Hello Everyone:

Once again, J. LaMore is participating in this years Wisconsin Fashion Week May 19-23. You can buy tickets on line or you can contact me or Jessica and we can get them for you too.

This should be a fun event for us and if you want to go to our fashion show just let us know. The fashion show is being held at the Overture Center on State Street and should be a fantastic show.

Because the show is so big I linked the website for you so you can go directly to it and find the time and dates for any event you may want to see.

I hope to see all of you there.

Jennifer

Thank you Amanda in New York!

Amanda was our very first intern and our first 'shopping friend' on jlamore.com. She is also the sweetest person you would ever meet in your life and one of the smartest too. Jim and I have become close to Amanda and her family over the past ten years and we have shared many laughs and humerous times. Ohhhh I could tell you some stories:

Remember the time we were on a buying trip and you forgot to come to work . . . . ! I think you were upset over that for five years. We still laugh about that today. :)

The flower arrangement you sent is unbelieveably beautiful. There are so many interesting flowers that I can't describe them so we took pictures to show everyone along with the other flowers we we received.

Thanks again Amanda! Jim and I are so happy that you were such a big part of the past ten years.

Jennifer

Thank you Kevin & Michelle

Thank you to my sister Michelle and her husband Kevin for sending all of us at J. LaMore this beautiful floral arrangement. It was such a wonderful surprise and the colors are so brilliant and the fragrance is remarkable.

We put the flowers on the coffee table in the customer sitting area for all the shoppers to to see and enjoy.

Thank you again and the card was so nice and thoughtful.

Love,

Jennifer

Thank you Suzanne Flynn!

Thank you Suzanne for the gorgeous orchid you sent all of us at J. LaMore and jlamore.com. The color and the fragrance are amazing.

I have your arrangement on the coffee table in my office and I have the pleasure of looking at it everyday.

That was so nice of you to send it to us and it's beauty has helped us celebrate "10 years."

Jennifer