It’s that time of year again – holiday dinners, holiday spirit and, of course, holiday parties! Trendy Lime is excited to be entertaining its global fans with a tri-continental series of Holiday parties this year—in Brazil, Europe, and the place where it all began– San Francisco, at our beloved Harlot club.

Please join us at Harlot on December 20, 7-11 pm, to enjoy this festive event. The highlight of the party: 10 amazing prizes from our sponsors handed out by Santa Claus and his lovely Elves. So be sure to get your raffle ticket at the door:

• Main prize: two $250 vouchers towards your adventure experience with Zozi.com
• Two sets of sparkly jewelry from Chic Gems
• Two 14-day passes to the elite Bay Club Financial District
• Two beauty baskets from Jurlique, organic care from Australia
• Voucher from CocoVine,1673 Haight Str. for Coco-Luxe delicacies and Blue Bottle Coffee
• Delicious dinner for two @ Morac Lounge

Program:

• Presents raffle handed out by Santa & Elves
• Complimentary appetizers courtesy Morac Lounge
• Photo shoot by Sergei Krasii Photography and Julie Blaustein Photography

Admission:
Complimentary with password sent through Eventbrite. Please RSVP at http://holidaysoireesf.eventbrite.com

General Sponsor:
Our Holiday Soiree is kindly supported by Royse Law Firm, integrated legal solutions for domestic and international clients including start-ups.

Partners:
Zozi.com
Bay Club Financial District
Morac Lounge
cocoVine @ 1673 Haight Street
ChicGems
Jurlique

Media Partners:
Graffiti PR
Eclectic a la Mode
Bub.blicio.us
Sergei Krasii Photography
Julie Blaustein Photography

Trendy Lime:
TrendyLime.com is a social network of 4,000+ international influencers and producer of upscale social and networking events. We enjoy a track-record of 40 sold out events on Fashion, Technology, and Professional Networking in the most exquisite venues of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo, and Vienna. Our Mission is to provide unique event experience for the most discerning guests, while supporting good cause initiatives and charities and collaborating with local businesses.” Ourr diverse and international team is comprised of experts in Marketing, Branding, Event Planning, Fashion, and Travel.  We also enjoy the support of our advisors, followers, and evangelists. Past Trendy Lime sponsors and clients include: HP, Intel, Bay Club, Red Bull, Bloomingdales, jetBlue Airways

Contact:
For inquiries, please contact Liana Burtsava at liana@trendylime.com. Information on Trendy Lime events at www.trendylime.com

San Francisco Fashionista’s have been waiting quite awhile for this. No longer do we Frisconians need to look towards New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles with envy, thinking “why do they get to have all of the fashion forward fun?” The fashion gods have smiled upon us and appraised their gloriousness on our beautiful city with blessing it with our very own version of the interweb’s famed, undeniable click- read- and-bookmark, fashion publication… Ladies and gents, Refinery29 San Francisco has arrived.

How are we stylish mere mortals going to celebrate its launch, you ask? By having a Shop Crawl! The Epic Shop Crawl is a four hour event that stretches amongst San Francisco’s best boutiques. TODAY, April 28, starting at six in the evening! Refinery29 has teamed up with 10 San Francisco boutiques. Each set to suit any and every San Francisco lady’s style.  Not only will there be sales at participating stores entitling shoppers up to 30% off the entire night, there will also be fun giveaways, Refinery29 photographers snapping pictures of you, and free treats from delectable local eateries. Click here and RSVP now so that you don’t miss out on this amazing shopping opportunity!

To see the boutiques in on the epic-ness (the Bell Jar and Acrimony, to name a few of them) and for the ultimate Refinery 29 San Francisco Shop Crawl Cheat Sheet, head over to my blog, http://www.thebeautybohemian.com.

Happy Shop Crawling and a Warm Welcome to Refinery29 San Francisco!

By Julie Blaustein

Photo by Eventvibe, Kevin Osmond

Trendy Lime celebrated its 1st. anniversary Friday night with a special edition of JETLAG in style at the sizzling hot Butterfly in San Francisco.

Butterfly was filled with San Francisco trend-setters, world travelers, and social media fans. There was Travel, Fashion, Music and Socializing along with tasty food. A fashion show, an “Any City” round trip with JetBlue! was raffled off  along with cake at midnight to celebrate Trendy Lime’s 1st. Anniversary.

The big JETLAG banner logo was made with 6,000 photos from Trendy Lime events, courtesy of Mesaic. The fashion designers were ANYA and Rockchiq, jewelry was by Sasha Maks Vintage jewelry and the stylists coordinator was Ting Zhuang. More pictures will be at Trendy Lime and follow the buzz at #jetlagTL. The next Trendy Lime event will be on September 29th at Temple and will celebrate the kick-off of Fair Trade month.

By Julie Blaustein

Trendy Lime will be celebrating its 1st. anniversary with a special edition of JETLAG at the sizzling hot Butterfly in San Francisco, September 10th.

Join San Francisco trend-setters, world travelers, and social media fans, WHERE FASHION MEETS TRAVEL and win a “Any City” round trip with JetBlue! The trendy jetsetters of San Francisco & Bay Area are invited to dress up to the nines to celebrate Trendy Lime’ 1st. anniversary at JETLAG. Served on board of this flight: JETLAG-only delicious mix of Travel, Fashion, Music, and Socializing to be enjoyed by the most discerning tastes. Food bloggers, Gratitude Gourmet and Club Dine In gave the venue and the food a thumbs up during a private tasting.

Admission is just $10 until 11 pm with an RSVP, or $10 all night with pre-sale tickets that you should purchase now as they are limited.

The perks of attending the JETLAG celebration include:

• Round Trip with JetBlue (any 2 cities!) for the lucky TrendyLimer  – To qualify you must be part of the A-List Crowd or join now at Trendy Lime group on FB
• “All you Can Dance” package by DJ Nader & DJ Michelle Musial
• 1st Class pampering with Mary Kay goodie-bags
• Fashion in the Air: “Fresh fashion experience” is brought to you by San Francisco renowned designers “ANYA” and “RockChiq” and presented by the stunning models from around the world.
• Spectacular gourmet creations by the chef and owner of “Butterfly” Rob Lam, complimentary between 9.30-10.30,
• Trendy Lime birthday cake at midnight

Sponsors and Partners include: JetBlue, Mary Kay, Mesaic, Red Bull

Media Partners: Bub.bliciou.us, Eclectic a la Mode, FailCon, Fashionaholics, Jetset Extra, Laura Loves Art, Mashable.com, Moda Epidemic, Vator.tv, 360 Fashion Network.

Follow the buzz about Trendy Lime’s 1st. Anniversary  and  Special Edition of JETLAG at #jetlagTL

JETLAG is brought to you by Trendy Lime and Michael Nader. Trendy Lime is a social media driven producer of upscale social, networking, and networking events for trend-setters and world travelers. Our San Francisco network of international socialites is 3,000 people strong and counting. Soon we are planning to bring Trendy Lime events to other world metropolis. Our distinguishing feature is combining elements of fashion, travel, and technology at the events. Our Mission is to provide unique event experience for the most discerning guests, while supporting good cause initiatives and collaborating with local businesses. DJ Nader (Michael Nader) is the Co-Founder of Feel Group and is the owner of several successful San Francisco establishments including Harlot and Morac.

I admit it. When in desperate need of a mirror with no bathroom or other females in site, I try and tilt and twist my iPhone to get the perfect glare and touch up what needs to be fixed. It does the trick sometimes and is better than nothing, but today I found something that will solve all of my ‘need a mirror now’ problems forever. And no, it’s not carrying a mirror with me, why would I do that?

DLP Mobile has created a fantastic app for the new iPhone 4  – a mirror. How simple, but brilliant! The Mirror app will utilize the phone’s front-facing camera and hi-res display image to create the perfect and oh-so-handy mirror on your phone!  Also very cool is that the app will make color corrections and has light filters to allow viewing at night or in low lighting.

The app will go on sale on June 24^th, the same day the iPhone 4 is being released out into the wild. My suggestion to all those overnight campers in front of the Apple stores,  download the mirror app asap.

Photograph: Miss Universe Organization

In case you missed last night’s Miss USA Pageant held at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, here’s a quick recap:

• Congrats go to winner Rima Fakih of Michigan – the first Arab-American and Muslim Miss USA.
• Miss Oklahoma drew the short straw last night when she received the controversial question about Arizona’s new immigration laws. (video)
• It’s now being reported that Fakih previously participated in a stripping contest for a local radio station. (Yawn. Certainly no more risque than the lingerie shoot for the actual pageant.)

And last but not least, here’s a quick video of the winner tripping during the evening gown portion of the show. It’s kind of like a NASCAR crash…makes things a little more exciting.

Did you know to get that pearly or sparkly shimmer in nail polish, fish scales  are often used? Yep. After learning more about SpaRitual nail lacquers, which are vegan and free of toluene, formaldehyde and DBP, I’m beginning to examine my beauty products more closely.

In fact, DBP, or dibutyl phthalate, is an ingredient that was recently banned in the European Union as it’s been linked to cancer in lab animals among other things. Although companies like OPI claim the level of DBP in their polishes is so low that it poses no health hazard, I have to ask myself if it’s really worth the risk? And polishes like SpaRitual’s “Hope Springs Eternal” below look great and last just as long (I’ve tried them) as other top-of-the-line polishes, so I’m making the switch.

Another brand I came across recently is Yes To, Inc whose tagline is, “Paraben Free—Cruelty Free—Natural, organic skin, hair and lip care.” While on the hunt at Target for a new nighttime moisturizer, these products caught my eye. I purchased the Yes To Carrots Night Moisturizing Cream and absolutely love it. I require any moisturizer I purchase to smell good, particularly one going on my face, and this one feels and smells amazing.

Want to learn more? Here are some green beauty blogs I found:

• Gorgeously Green – http://www.gorgeouslygreen.com/
• Clean Green Beauty – http://cleangreenbeauty.com/
• The Green Girls – http://www.thegreengirls.tv/

Tell me some of your favorite green beauty products below!

To celebrate its new Believe Collection for Spring 2010, SpaRitual is asking fans to unleash their creativity and imagination and answer the question, what do you believe?

They’ve started the ‘Believe’ video sweepstakes that runs until April 21st and asks people to upload a video or record a video response on the SpaRitual Believe sweepstakes page hosted on YouTube expressing their unique take on what matters, inspires, or stirs passion — in short, what they believe.

To get inspired, watch the SpaRitual Believe video below.

Winners will be selected by an incredible panel of judges, featuring:

• Stephanie Yaggy, Executive Editor, Nailpro
• Hannah Lee, Executive Editor, Nails
• Shel Pink, Founder and VP, SpaRitual

A weekly winner will be selected from entries submitted from Wednesday through Tuesday at 11:59pm PDT and will receive the SpaRitual Believe Collection and Multi-Tasker Base & Topcoat in One.

One final grand prize winner will be selected on April 21. The grand prize winner will receive $500 worth of SpaRitual Products including the new Believe Spring 2010 collection.

When you enter, be sure to also email your real name, age and birthday, mailing address, and name of YouTube account holder to: TheSpaRitual [at] http://gmail.com/

Disclosure: In addition to being a contributor to bub.blicio.us, I also work at FutureWorks where one of my clients is SpaRitual, but that doesn’t make this sweepstakes any less fabulous.