Sex and the City: The Movie

"Women come to this city looking for the big "L" - either Love … or Labels." --Carrie, SATC:TM

That's not why I came here, but the movie was still everything I thought it'd be and more. I went to the midnight showing with Carrie (my roomie) at the Kips Bay theater which was an estrogenfest... but it was still phenom. Girls were dressed to the nines and drinking cosmopolitans and putting them in their ghetto movie seat cupholders. It was madness.

Of course, everyone identifies with the show and thinks it's "their" thing. It's pretty impressive how a show about late-thirties/early forties single women in NY speaks to EVERYONE. From mid-western housewives to college students. Every gal has her quartet. Every gal has her Mr. Big.

The beauty news? The clothes and hair were PHENOM except when Miranda and Samantha had straight hair. I think both of them look one million times prettier with waves. Charlotte, demonstrably, does not age. As Jessica on GFY says, she must have a photo of herself under her bed doing the aging for her. Char's hair, as always, shines like the top of the Chrysler Building. And Carrie's hair looks the best it's ever looked, as does her makeup. Jennifer Hudson won me over. That girl is talented to the NINES. I think she was so well-cast and did a fantastic job. I simply adore her. Slash I must find out how she achieved that to die smoky eye she rocked throughout the flick. Gorge.

The fashion is to DIE. Samantha wears a series of yellow garments that I'll simply perish if I don't have in my lifestyle. She wears a long yellow dress with plunging cleave that's GORGE and a yellow Pucci beach cover up that I'm deeply in love with.

Anyway. My Sun Shield Treatment at Ouidad was ALSO fantastic, as was the LOST finale. Stay tuned for my analysis of the latter and my review of the former.

xoxo,
F

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Manolos & Mimosas Deal at the Ritz-Carlton Naples

Unfortch, it's little out of my budget, but it sounds uber-fance. Read on...

The Ritz-Carlton, Naples is gearing up to provide the most die hard SATC fans with a very warm welcome at the beachfront property with the “Manolos and Mimosas” package. This fabulous weekend escape, which includes accommodations for four in a two-bedroom Gulfview Suite, four tickets to opening night, a pre-show dinner with limo transportation (cosmos included!) a number of treatments and services from The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Naples, a $200 shopping spree at the resort’s Signature Shop (per person) and much more.


Manolos and Mimosas:
· Welcome mimosas upon arrival
· Two nights/three days luxury accommodations in a Two-bedroom Gulfview Suite
· One 1-hour beauty consultation (professional analysis for cut, style, hair color and make-up) per person
· One (1) manicure, pedicure and Anastasia eyebrows service per person
· One (1) 50-minute Ritz-Carlton, Naples Massage per person
· $200 shopping spree at The Signature Shop per person
· Four (4) tickets to see Sex and the City at Regal Hollywood 20 in trendy Naples
· Pre-show dinner for four (4) at The Grill ($500 dining credit)
· Limo transportation (complete with cosmos!) to and from the screening
· In-room DVD collection of the final season of Sex and the City
· Special Sex and the City-themed turndown

** Rates starting from $4,999 for two nights/three days
**Package is based on double occupancy and is valid May 30 – July 31, 2008 subject to availability

For reservations and more information, visit www.ritzcarlton.com or call 1-800-241-3333.

If you do book this trip, the one caveat is that you must tell me ALL about it in the comments. Bon voyage!

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Hairadise Week: Drag Queen Volume

"It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen."--Dolly Parton

It's no secret that I'm super-campy. I love all things over the top. So when I want big hair (which is... ALL the time), I rock Kérastase Mousse Nutri-Sculpt ($29). This does-it-all mousse amplifies strands to drag queen level, but also detangles, smooths, and protects hair from heat. Also, did you see the SATC:TM (Sex and the City: The Movie) premiere hair? HUGE:

I am not disappointed.

Speaking of SATC:TM, I was just introduced to a cocktail that absolutely requires a cameo at your SATC:TM viewing pre-party. NUVO is the world's first sparkling liquer. It's made of vodka and a small amount of delicate French sparkling wine. The pink spirit is infused with raspberry, peach and strawberry for a delish flavor. Available currently at liquor stores in Florida, Arizona, and New York and will be available nationwide beginning June 1.


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Go Behind the Scenes of SJP's Vogue Photo Shoot

Oh, girls. I just bought not one, but TWO tickets (for myself) to the Sex and the City movie on two separate nights on Fandango. And I'm most likely going to see it a third time with my friends Lauren, Jill and Dana (my own little SATC-like quartet) because the three of them are away in Poland and Prague until June 2nd. Thanks to a suggestion by Julia, I'm seeing it with my roommate Carrie on Thursday at midnight (technically Friday) and then again on Friday night with my friends Erin, Tiffany and Stephanie. I mean, that's how I roll. It's been getting mediocre reviews, but you know what? To quote Carrie (my roomie), "I'm gonna like it anyway."

Back to the fashion biz at hand. Check out the Versace, Nina Ricci, David Yurman, Balenciaga, YSL and Manolo Blahnik in which Sarah Jessica Parker decked herself for the June Vogue photo shoot -- a fantasy New York City honeymoon for Parker’s Sex and the City character, Carrie Bradshaw, and Mr. Big. Find out exactly what dresses, shoes and accessories she’s wearing and buy it on Neiman Marcus online by watching the exclusive behind-the-scenes video on Vogue.TV here.

P.S. I am DEFINITELY on Team Big. I was never feeling the Aidan vibe, although I think he was a lovely man who was simply not right for Carrie. What's your feeling on the Mr. Big situ? Vote and tell me!

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The fact that we're only 20 days away from this.