Helmer Handbags celebrates Summer of the Snake with CITES certified Luxury Handbags

Helmer-image002 copyHelmer-image001HELMER is spotlighting its line of handmade Bali-produced snakeskin handbags on the runway circuit this summer, which gives rise to the tongue in cheek theme, “Summer of the Snake.”

Regardless of the theme, these handbags certainly are eye catching, and compliment a number of different outfit types.

All HELMER pieces are handcrafted from soft velvety python skin leather and are lined with a signature Balinese batik material. The batik each handbag an individual and customized touch.

To make sure that these luxury products meet with international standards for humane animal care and sustainability, the snakeskin products are CITES certified, an international certification whose goal is to ensure that the international trade in certain specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival.

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http://www.hel-mer.com/product-category/women/new-arrivals/

 

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Bellabeat launches LEAF Stress Tracking Smart Jewelry

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Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus? Maybe. But one thing is certain, they are built differently. That’s why apps and wearables have a wide margin of error if they are created with both sexes in mind. They can miss gender specific topics, and that’s where Bellabeat comes in.

BellabeatAPP-Combo-Shot-600x500Bellabeat, a company dedicated to creating innovative and beautiful technology for women, today announces the Limited-Edition LEAF, the latest in smart jewelry that monitors women’s activity, sleep, stress and ovulation. The LEAF seamlessly combines a stylish piece of jewelry with innovative health tracking technology, particularly its mechanism for tracking breathing in relation to stress levels, to provide women with wellness data and recommendations through the LEAF app. Check out the LEAF in action here.

The Limited-Edition LEAF is nature-inspired, designed with sustainably sourced 7,000-year-old dark Marshwood and embellished with gold leaf plating, available in five different styles. Bellabeat also offers a new collection of chic accessories that can be paired with the LEAF to fit women’s individual styles from Boho Chic to Downtown Edge.

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The LEAF stays with you throughout the day, stylishly tracking your daily activity, sleep and stress, revealing life patterns via the LEAF app. Receive real-time feedback in the form of slight vibrations, notifying you to increase or decrease your activity and reminding you about other aspects of your health, such as getting more sleep or even an alarm to start the day. The LEAF app even helps to monitor your monthly menstrual cycle by tracking expected days and providing information based on your activity, sleep and stress levels. As you continue to use the LEAF, it becomes smarter by learning your personal habits and tailors feedback accordingly. The LEAF is truly unique in that it allows you to cross reference your cycle with trends in your daily activity, all easily viewable in your app. It truly is a best friend and health coach combined into one beautiful package.  Wearable smart jewelry has never been so beautiful, functional and effortless.

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  • The LEAF monitors stress levels by measuring the rise and fall of your breath when worn as a necklace. This breathing data is cross-referenced with stress level entries you input into the LEAF app and, over time, the app learns how your breathing correlates with stress.

MOVEMENT

  • The LEAF monitors daily activity by tracking every movement you make. The data syncs with the LEAF app where you can view your progress in an instant.

SLEEP

  • The LEAF monitors sleep by tracking the small movements you make while in bed, learning how long you spend in each stage, and determining how long and how well you’ve slept.

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

  • The LEAF assists with monitoring your menstrual cycle, and even reminds you in the days leading up to your next period. Women trying to conceive are able to identify ovulation days to increase their chances of successful conception. By cross referencing your daily activity in the LEAF app with your menstrual cycle, women are able to better understand their health trends during this specific time.

Luxury Car Gifts for Dads

TasteTV picks stylish and cool gifts for the luxury car lover who also happens to be a father. Of course, these picks are good for guys who aren’t dads as well. The gifts include brands such as Tesla, Maybach, Lotus, Porsche and BMW.

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Karo Swimwear and Bikinis Spring and Summer Collection

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TasteTV presents the Spring and Summer bikini collection of Karo Swimwear.

Karo-image004Karo Swimwear embraces modern, trendy swimwear silhouettes, with designs that can add a touch of glamour to any tropical scene. Incorporating jewelry into every piece made, Karo creates pieces displaying a feminine style with chic embellishments.

European-born designer Kasia Roginska has a created a unique line of swimwear that flatters women of many body shapes, and gives them classic-feeling yet cutting-edge prints, accoutrements and cuts.

The entire idea for KARO Swimwear was born in January 2013. This idea was to have some type of jewelry built into each piece. And that’s what KARO Swimwear is about today. It is inspired by natural stones, pearls, jewels and crystals. Colors are bright, bold and the suits are elegant and classy. Very feminine and unique.

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Says Kasia about where she is now: “The idea is or was to have them handmade for the client to customize size and coverage. That’s how the line started. Now I’m revising some pieces and having them produced in standard sizes, but some of the more detailed and complicated will be kept for custom orders only.”

 

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Book Release: The Fragrance Designer’s Primer

FrontCover-FragranceDesigners-smTasteTV and the Artisan Fragrance Salon are pleased to announce our newest book release is now available.

THE FRAGRANCE DESIGNERS PRIMER: A Roundtable of 14 Fragrance Makers answer 34 Creative, Brand and Business Defining Questions
The title, the first of its kind in our PRIMER series, has been released and is now available on Amazon. (photos below courtesy of Paul Kiler)

Insights and tips from artisan and luxury fragrance makers from around the United States and Canada.

Description: Are you interested in perfumes and fragrance design as a small business? There are many how-to books on starting an enterprise, but often the best advice comes directly from those with actual experience. Thus came the idea for this book; this “primer.” Why not ask perfumers firsthand what they have experienced and what they recommend? With this concept in mind, we composed 34 key questions and asked them to 14 interesting artisans with experience in either perfume, skin care, or both. Their answers on creativity, branding and business are very frank and often personal, and written in a journal or diary style. The information in the resulting primer is worth its weight in gold.

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Featuring (by page number):
  1. Fragrance Belles-Lettres Magazine   p6
  2. Meshaz Natural Perfumes                p20 
  3. Olympic Orchids Perfumes              p38
  4. Velvet & Sweet Pea’s Purrfumery    p58
  5. LA FLEUR BY LIVVY                         p72
  6. Ayala Moriel Parfums                      p84 
  7. Ineke                                              p102 
  8. COGNOSCENTI                                p114 
  9. PK Perfumes                                   p140
  10. Pure Natural Diva                                 p156
  11. EcoGenics Active Botanical Skin Care   p162
  12. A Wing & A Prayer Perfumes                p172
  13. MIKMOI                                                p188
  14. En Voyage Perfumes                            p196