Hollywood’s “World Experience”


By Andrea Goodwin, associate editor (agoodwin@beanstalkbiz.com)

As a celebration of the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards, Nathalie Dubois, a trend-setter in the world of celebrity gifting suites, and DPA, a top Hollywood entertainment strategist company, hosted the World Experience 2007 gifting lounge at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel last weekend. Golden Globe nominees, presenters of the Golden Globes, and press members including BeansTalk were invited to discover the latest in fine products from each continent of the world.

Starting with the “old continent”, which Nathalie had named "The European Boudoir", guests were first taken to Paris, France, with "Oh dis le moi" -- translated "Oh say it to me". This Parisian jewelry line offered their classy and sophisticated jewelry rings engraved with sweet words and introduced their one- of-a-kind “attachantes” brooches. Annah Roxxah, the accessory brand that embellishes their crochet chales with the famous Swarovsky crystals, offered guests some of their most beautiful items. Meanwhile, guests quenched their thirst with Volvic "created by volcanoes" and Badoit sparkling, both French pure water.


If the guests preferred something a bit more savory, Valdobbiadene Italy came to them to serve one of the finest prosecco producers, Bisol sparkling wines. "Exhibiting zesty grapefruit/citrus notes, well-formed, consistent bubbles, and a fruity, dry finish, Prosecco is the Little Black Dress – toujours tres chic – to Champagne ’s Ball gown." Some of the guests even took home the exquisite Murano glass buckets all hand blown by an artist on the island of Murano, Italy. All were numbered individually. While in Italy , Nathalie Dubois introduced her guests to Meltin’ Pot, one of the best designer denim lines, which gifted diverse articles from their newest line. BeansTalk was lucky enough to receive a pair of straight-legged “Mesh” jeans and appreciated the rock n’ roll attitude these denims seem to have. We have heard that the Rolling Stones wear these jeans, and that is good enough for us.


From there, Nathalie and guests crossed yet another border into Germany , where one of the finest jewelry brands, Niessing, displayed and offered some of their most unique diamond crafted gold and platinum jewels.


Leaving the old continent for the new, American Dreams was the theme, where beauty and fashion were the nucleus. Nathalie’s long time participant Frederic Fekkai Salon and spa offered their latest hair product to the Stars. The new Fekkai Advanced Hair Care Ageless is a revolution three-step hair care regimen that visibly corrects the first signs of aging and proactively prevents future damage. Still for the guests’ coiffe, Hai-Elite offered ceramic styling tools and ceramic hairdryers. BeansTalk will be giving both of these new hair products a try soon and will have a review in a future article. For the skin, Nia 24 gifted their "innovative, Niacin-based skincare providing 24-hour prevention, repair and protection for moderate to severe sun damage". ( You have heard us preach about that topic before!) Also present for the beauty of the eyes Xtreme lashes offered their semi-permanent lash extensions.


If guests needed a break, manicure and pedicure services were at the courtesy of Nails Plage, a Japanese nail salon on Montana. Guests could then relax there while nibbling on Millie’s Cheesecakes or Belgian chocolates from Madame Chocolat. (Sounds rough doesn’t it?)


After the little break, the guests continued to indulge in lavish presents like Kumi Kookoon fine silk eye mask and sleepers, gorgeous wool jackets from Woolrich established since 1830, and exquisite sexy lingerie from Biatta and Donna L’Oren. BeansTalk thought that the Woolrich ivory-colored parkas were especially memorable, and hopes to own one soon! Bill Blass Couture, courtesy of the fashion house Inc, accessorized special guests with their beautiful couture shoes, and Oscar de la Renta offered exquisite sunglasses. Jody Vialy introduced her private collection of fine luxurious vintage jewelry


One of the highlights of DPA and Nathalie’s "2007 world experience" talent lounge was the Organic Lounge. Here, Nathalie introduced to her famous guests the B’well Clinic. B’Well Clinic provided special guests with $20,000 worth of wellness services including a 360-Degree Total Wellness Assessment, 14-day clinical detoxification, cosmetic acupuncture, and bodywork.


From there, guests were invited to another continent, the cradle of the world: Africa . The stars then were surprised with the second important highlight of the suite -- a safari in Kenya, including airfares inside Kenya , hotel rooms, safaris, spas food, jewelry, artifacts. To highlight the trip, Diani Reef Beach Resort & Spa, will offer 5 and 7 nights packages, and Heritage hotels will provide guests with the high-quality safari product and personal, attentive service for which East Africa is renowned, offering 2 nights at Samburu Intrepids and two nights at Mara Explorer-- their flagship tented camp in the heart of world renowned Maasai Mara. During their stay in Kenya , they will be exposed to two charities, David Shelirick Wildlife Trust and Mama Ngina's Children’s Home. BeansTalk offers that the charity visits may be the highlight of the trip for some travelers.

Moving onto the Nordic Trends, Nathalie introduced her guests to Scandihoovians, a bright, innovative and cutting-edge Scandinavian jewelry and design store featuring a new wave of brands in Scandinavia such as: trendy Danish fashion jewelry Pilgrim, the stylish handcrafted Rabinovich designs, the magical Trollbeads - personalized jewelry in sterling silver, gold, diamonds, Murano glass, the most innovative Danish design for your home, wine cellar from Menu, the bold and the beautiful Marimekko handbags, as well as Singelringen, the ring for singles, worn by proud, confident and available singles all over the world. Kerstin Florian offered her Signature Caviar skincare line.

Star Guests were then taken to the “Pacific/Asian Trades” area. In this corner, jewelry, dresses, exotic locations, and wedding arrangements were presented. Specifically, BeaValdes, from the Philippines , offered her fantastic jeweled bags, featured in Vogue. Tahiti Creation Poema by Orama, a unique custom-made spiritual ethnic jewelry line, which features beautiful Tahitian pearls, gifted the stars unique pendants and bracelets. Maggie Coulombe from Maui offered some lucky ladies her exquisite and elegant silk wraps and dresses. Lucy B, from Australia offered their organic lip-gloss. A willing star could have the opportunity to enjoy an exotic wedding offered by Tikki Village. Pearl Resorts and Le Tahaa private island and Spa invited the guests for 6 nights.


In the event she had underwhelmed her special guests, Nathalie offered trips to India where the Radisson Plaza Resort & Spa Kumarakom will present 5 and 7 night packages, along with aryurvedic spa treatments. Wow.


Finally, as the guests were seen leaving the lounge, they were invited to take home and enjoy all natural Biotene mouth hygiene kit by Laclede, Fifibear’s brasserie frozen organic baby food, Lonely Heart Club dolls, the St Tropez diet book and Vmoda latest plugs headsets, plus an extravagant gift bag courtesy of STUDIO at Fred Segal which included exotic Nectars, BURN candles and Gift Certificates for their Memoire Liquide Bespoke Perfumery. Nikki Beach, in honor of their 10th anniversary, treated guests to a Nikki Beach membership card, an invitation to the 10th Anniversary in Miami Beach, and a beach towel and beach bag.

"The 2007 DPA world experience” gifting Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel was open on Friday, January 12th and Saturday January 13th for Golden Globes nominees from 10am to 6pm, and on Sunday January 14th, for the Golden Globes presenters from 9am-til 8pm.


More information:

Volvic www.volvic.com $2.50
Lucy B www.lucybcosmetics.com $17
Lonely hearts club dolls. $22
Biatta www.biatta.com $30
FifiBear’s Brasserie www.fifibearsbrasserie.com $42
Kumi Kookoon www.kookoon.com $50
Laclede, Inc www.laclede.com $50
Donna L’Oren www.donnaloren.com $70
studio at Fred Segal www.fredsegalstudio.com $75
Madame Chocolat. www.madame-chocolat.com $75
Frederic Fekkai www.FredericFekkai.com $115
Nia Skincare www.NIA24.com $120
Vmoda www.v-moda.com $120
Millie's Cheesecake www.milliescheesecakes.com $150
Oh Dis Le Moi www.ohdislemoi.com $170
HAI hair accessories www.hairartandinfo.com $250
Meltin’ Potwww.meltinpot.com $265
Bill Blass www.fashionhouseinc.com $325
Oscar De La Renta www.oscardelarenta.com $350
Xtreme Lashes www.xtremelashes.com $600
Manea Spa www.maneaspa.com $50
Maggie Coulombe $700
Bisol www.bisol.it $720
Jody Viali $750
Kerstin Florian www.kerstinflorian.com $750
Woolrich www.woolrich.com $1000
Annah Roxxah www.annahroxxah.com $1200
Scandihoovians www.scandihoovians.com , $800
Niessing www.niessing.com $1250 (Niessing rings are seen in the image above)
Creation Poema By Orama www.creationpoemabyorama.com$1500
Bea Valdes www.beavaldes.com $2900 (a Bea Valdes bag is seen in the image above left)
Tiki Village tikivillage.pf $3500