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Founded by Kate Kimmerle, the Miss Spa line of facemasks and treatments offers affordable, easy-to-use, and spa-like solutions to keep you looking and feeling more beautiful. Each product wraps skin in luxurious, good-for-you ingredients to quickly and effectively penetrate skin for visible signs of improvement. Try: Miss Spa® Red Wine Facial Sheet Mask - $7.99 from www.miss-spa.com
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TAHNYC is redefining beauty, thanks to its creator Irene Barksy. With a mission to produce beauty care without unnecessary fillers, slip agents, and texture makers, her focus is on replenishing ingredients that exist in your skin—only using powerful proven ingredients, no unnecessary addons or toxins. Try: TAHNYC Pure Restoring Molecular Moisturizer - $58 from www.tahnyc.com
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Deco Miami is a luxury nail lacquer line inspired by the tropical Art Deco period of 1940s Miami. Founded by Jules, the brand is known for its packaging, trend-setting colors, and pop-culture-inspired names. All lacquers feature a highly opaque formula that is vegan, cruelty-free, and rid of the eight harmful toxins typically found in other polishes. Try: Deco Miami Champagne Mami Polish - $12.50 from Deco Miami
June Jacobs Spa Collection
For more than thirty years, June Jacobs has been a world-renowned spa visionary and wellness expert. June, together with her daughter Rochelle, created this line of skin, hair, and body products centered on highly efficacious, natural ingredients. Each product is formulated to deliver immediate, impactful results with long-term benefits. Try: June Jacobs Papaya Purifying Enzyme Masque - $60 from www.junejacobs.com
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Faith Kim is the President and Founder of LASHFOOD, a collection of multifunctional skincare-infused lash and brow makeup. The brand created the world’s first and only EcoCert Certified lash and brow enhancing serums, which are infused into every product, to feed and nourish lashes and brows. Try: BROWFOOD Phyto-Medic Eyebrow Enhancer - $88 from www.sephora.com
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The stories we have read about Catherine Zeta-Jones over the course of her immense acting career describe her walking into interviews with all kinds of elegance and poise. She’s old Hollywood, wisdom and youth all rolled into one. A combination of sweet and savvy, Catherine is an actress who genuinely understands the fame she carries around with her, yet she’s the first to remind you that she is just a lucky girl who got famous doing what she loved.
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itting by my phone, waiting to interview an actress who has won countless awards, including an Oscar (Chicago) and a Tony (A Little Night Music), it was difficult to not feel nervous. I may not have looked Catherine Zeta-Jones in the eye, but the pressure was still there.
That collection, now formally transformed into a new signature home collection called Casa Zeta-Jones, which officially launched September 28th on QVC, encompasses everything from down blankets and rugs to bath towels and holiday décor. Much like Zeta-Jones herself, the style of the collection aims to be relatable to everyone by marrying elegance with warmth.
My experience? Catherine Zeta-Jones is indeed a movie star, but she is also the most down-toearth person to whom I’ve ever spoken. Born in Wales, she and her two brothers grew up the children of a seamstress and a candy factory owner. Family remained an important part of Zeta-Jones’ identity, even after she started to seriously pursue an acting career, moving to London to star in stage shows such as The Pajama Game and 42nd Street. Years later, that grounding has held up; now one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars, Catherine still manages to make her family and friends the most important things in her life.
“Like all of us, I’m a woman on the go,” Zeta-Jones explains. “I’ve been a professional since the age of nine, and it’s passion that I can’t even put into words, because my life is my acting. I’ve been very lauded, I’ve been very, very lucky, and [I’ve] worked hard in this industry to make it my life. And then I had a family. I was living a very transient life, always on the go, renting apartments for two weeks sometimes, or renting a room in a house.”
“My family, my husband, and my two kids are very important to me,” says Zeta-Jones. “I love to entertain. I bought a big home—not just for the four of us—so that we have room for everyone to stay. 17 years ago, when I was pregnant with my son, I was kind of sequestered for a while and I was kind of a homemaker. I thought it might be time to get a collection going, the kind of things that are affordable, accessible and elegant. So I started putting the collection together … and then I had my two kids, I was busy and did Chicago … and so for 17 years, that’s what I did in my spare time.”
Zeta-Jones doesn’t hesitate to call herself a “gypsy,” but is also quick to point out the other side of her—the side that appreciates having a place to call your own. “What I do have is this kind of fundamental homemaking quality to me, which really comes from my mother, who was a seamstress and her own designer for interiors … before she became a stay-at-home mom,” she continues. “So I had a blueprint of what a home should be. This is something that didn’t just pop up because I like decorating. It’s not that at all. It’s something I’ve been doing all my life.”
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he new venture comes at a time when ZetaJones is reconsidering what it means to have a long and illustrious career, as well as how to sustain that career given the type of roles that are currently available for women over 40.
“I’ve been very specific with the roles I’ve chosen in the past, so I don’t want to start just taking roles to keep acting and being in the public eye,” she admits. “It’s really not an attribute I want to add to my career, to just do stuff so that it seems like I haven’t stopped doing it. The work I was looking at doing, I wasn’t interested in, and I really felt like, what do I do now? And that’s when I went back to 17 years of files and I really started just putting together something. I called up Daymond John, because I’m a huge Shark Tank fan, and so is my husband. I said, ‘I have an idea,’ and he said to me straight up, ‘Ah, celebrities … it’s just such an influx of people wanting to put their name on something.’” There’s a chance most actresses would feel affronted by this response, but Zeta-Jones is not one of them. Being a brand ambassador, of sorts, is something Catherine has been doing for over 10 years; her face and prestige are almost synonymous with high-profile companies such as Elizabeth Arden and T-Mobile. “[Daymond John] gave me a homework assignment, and in two hours, I emailed him probably about seventeen look books of [everything from] furniture to loungewear [and] sportswear to jewelry,” says Zeta-Jones, explaining her insistence about showing that her dreams weren’t just about another celebrity looking for more fame. “And he went, ‘Okay, I get you.’ And that was two years [ago], and here we are talking about it.” The success of her long-awaited business collides with the actress taking on a role she has waited to play for years: Miami drug lord, Griselda Blanco. Zeta-Jones stars as Blanco in Cocaine Godmother, a film based on the life of the woman who pioneered the drug trade from Colombia to the United States in the 70s and 80s. “When you want to play a character for so long, as an actor, you do your research,” she tells me. “And with her, she’s such a paranoid sort of person because there were so many people who wanted her out of the picture. There’s not a lot that talks about her. So what I wanted to do was get inside of her on an emotional level.” The film will premiere next year on Lifetime, and Zeta-Jones is almost unrecognizable in her role as Griselda, giving a performance that is truly mind-blowing. “There was no redeeming quality about her and I wanted to throw myself into that,” she explains. “For me, that became a physical transformation. And genetically, I worked hard to gain weight. I didn’t want to do any prosthetics; I wanted to get into her mind and my body language is more important to me than a prosthetic nose or chin. We shot it in Vancouver and it was just me, away from my life, away from my family, and I did nothing but be her.”
Zeta-Jones describes it as a transformative experience to play a role with so much depth, but also to portray someone who wasn’t a conventional beauty. “It was so fulfilling to me as an artist not to have a beauty element to her,” she confesses. “Usually every character I play is sexy, youthful or stunning, and it’s always a little intimidating for any woman. This role reminded me why I love being an actor.” The role also reminded Zeta-Jones of why she has created a career out of playing characters with nuance, emotional depth, and soul. “I was so uninterested in what I was being offered, but this was the most amazing working experience I’ve ever had,” she says of acting in Cocaine Godmother. “The beauty of television is, as an actor, I get a chance to play a role like this and people get to see it. It’s guaranteed viewers. It’s not going to some unmemorable independent movie festival and I’m not trying to convince the market of my passion. I wanted to do this role, and I wanted people to be able to see me in a role like this.” The issue of CVLUX that I’m interviewing Zeta-Jones for is an Inspirational Women issue, so I ask a tough question: does she think there’s anything inspiring about a character so morally corrupt?
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She basically is a monster,” Zeta-Jones explains. “She was surrounded by violence, surrounded by abuse, but she became this very powerful woman. And there’s something I admire about that, as morally incorrect as it is—how she was powerful and in what industry she was powerful, and the lives that were affected by her. But I have to applaud her for the audacity and the courage in her unstoppable commitment to be the best. When you’re powerful in the movie world or in the corporate world, you’re called a bitch,” Zeta-Jones continues unapologetically. “They wonder what you had to do to get there, and there’s all these connotations that get attached to you as a woman. That is something that you deal with every day.” Talking about Catherine’s own inspirations reiterates her strong stance on women in a professional sense, and serves to drive those points home. “I came from a very small place and made it big, and it’s hard. And it’s bizarre, because, ‘Oh, you’re so lucky,’ and my answer to that is, ‘Yeah, it’s bizarre; the harder I work, the luckier I get,” Zeta-Jones muses. “I think the one thing that I’d like to put my stamp on is that, as women, we have to hold each other up,” she continues. “We have to let the ladder down, let everyone walk up it, and then keep supporting each other and protect each other. Because women can be equally as detrimental as men can be to each other and there’s room for all of us. There’s room for two great actors on the same screen. And this whole inherent competition that is instilled in us … I see it with my daughter now. I think for us, supporting each other and holding each other up as women will make our numbers so much more powerful.” If Catherine Zeta-Jones is at the frontlines of a women’s revolution, we’re ready to be in her army.
SOFTLY MODERN DESIGNER BARBARA GLASS CREATES AN AIRY OASIS IN ASPEN
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his 1960s home in the McLain Flats of Aspen, Colorado was last remodeled during the 90s in the Arts and Crafts style. Interior Designer Barbara Glass and Architect Richard Mullen partnered on the project to modernize the home, this time by pointing their clients toward the architectural vocabulary of the original period. Richard focused on the architectural elements of the home, starting with the faboulous front door. The Douglas Fir paneled ceilings throughout notably create rich layers of texture and form.
As a means of softening the modern palette, Barbara used greys and creams as the base with pops of color, such as bluegreen and gold, to accent. This classic, monochromatic scheme provides a sense of calm and reflects the colors of Aspen’s magnificent landscape. She loves using organic shapes in linear rooms, as evidenced in the living area where a Michael Berman coffee table lies beneath a chandelier by Ralph Pucci. Tailormade furniture, by RAGS, sits on a handmade custom Tai Ping Rug, which serves to reinforce the soft color story. A sculpture of golden butterflies, by Paul Villinski, adds drama to Richard’s beautiful plaster and steel fireplace.
Barbara’s favorite part of the house is the great room because of its large, open floor plan. The kitchen features a backsplash and hood made of Calcutta marble, surrounded by white oak cabinetry that is finished with both light and dark stains. Around the countertop, four metal and woven leather counter stools are by Mark Albrecht. Local artist Andi Lee, of Andi Lee Design, made the dining room table, set with chairs from A. Rudin.