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Lush cosmetics coming to Macy’s

Blue Skies and Fluffy White Clouds Bubble Bar ($10.95) from Lush features patchouli and frankincense.

Lush, makers of fresh handmade vegetarian, bath, hair and body products, is opening a shop in Macy’s at Fayette Mall.

No date has been announced but plans are for the new counter in the cosmetics department to be ready for business within the next couple of weeks (check future columns for the actual date).
The first Lush shop opened in Poole, England in 1995 and landed in the United States in 2002 in San Francisco.
Lush makes everything by hand with a grocery list of natural ingredients: bananas, papaya, pineapple, avocado, limes and strawberries, to name of few.
Products include bath bombs, shower gels, shampoos, body creams and deodorants.

Corbin native, a New York-based designer, is still in style

Last year we told you about Corbin native Michael Bargo who was featured in Domino magazine as an up and coming interior designer.

Well apparently the New York-based Bargo, a former assistant to designer Thomas O’Brien, is still dazzling others with his style. The 25-year-old who owns his own design business garnered a mention in Thursday’s New York Times in a feature by Elaine Louie about shopping for a first apartment. In search of the right decor, Bargo’s stops included an Ikea in Red Hook Brooklyn and Manhattan’s Bangally African Expo for tribal stools and textiles.

That's a painting of Lenin hanging in Michael Bargo's stylish bedroom as it appeared in Domino magazine in April 2007. Bargo, a Corbin native, was also featured in a New York Times article on July 31. Photo by Douglas Friedman.

Richmond teen a Rack Room model

Joseph Holsinger of Richmond is featured in Rack Room back-to-school ads.

Among the fresh-faced kids featured in back-to-school ads for Rack Room Shoes is Joseph Holsinger of Richmond. The junior at Madison Central High School is one of 14 winners of the company’s annual model search.
“I thought it would be cool to be a model in the ads for Rack Room,” said Holsinger, who entered the contest at the Ashland location and was flown to Charlotte, N.C., for the photo shoot. “I would like to continue modeling, but if I don’t, I want to be a psychiatrist.”
Holsinger and the other winners will appear in ads at www.rackroom
shoes.com and in newspaper inserts the next two Sundays.

A gathering of gothic style

The Museum of Fashion Institute of Technology in New York will present Gothic: Dark Glamour an exhibit devoted to the gothic style in fashion and pop culture, Sept. 5 through Feb. 21.

Goth-inspired fashion by Rick Owens from the Fall 2006 show in Paris.

The gothic style — favored through the centuries by everyone from Victorian ladies in mourning to modern moody teens — will be displayed in over 75 ensembles including designs by Alexander McQueen, John Galliano for Christian Dior and Ricardo Tischi for Givenchy.

Programs scheduled during the exhibit include a Tim Burton film series (Sweeney Todd, Corpse Bride and others) and gallery readings of works by Bram Stoker and Edgar Allen Poe. For a schedule of events call (212) 217-4585 or e-mail museuminfo@fitnyc.edu. Admission to the museum is free.

Keeneland Gift Shop Summer MarketPlace Sale

This is the time of year for end-of-season savings and this weekend plenty of discounts can be found at the Keeneland Gift Shop second annual Summer MarketPlace Sale 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1 and Saturday, Aug. 2 at the Keeneland Entertainment Center.

Save up to 75 percent off table linens, accessories, home decor, children’s clothing, women’s apparel, art and more. Labels include Pomegranate, Collectors Gallery, Bella Bliss, Gear, Champion and Under Armour. Shoppers can also take time out to register to win a $100 store gift card.

Oleika sale is back

With just one stop you can shop for fantastic bargains from several local boutiques — everything is at least 50 percent off — 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Oleika Shrine Temple, 326 Southland Drive. Participating stores are: Peppermint Palm, Bella Rose, AJ’s Casuals, Peggy’s Gifts and Accessories, Cotton Patch, Embry’s, Worlds Apart, Dragonfly Children’s Clothing, Jerome, Polka Dots and Hopscotch.

Natasha’s is in ‘liquidation mode’

The closeout sale at Natasha’s Boutique, 112 Esplanade, is now in “liquidation mode,” says owner Gene Williams.

All clothing is 50 percent to 80 percent off through Saturday.

The boutique is closing before the restaurant/shop opens a new store called Props Gallery next door.

You’ll find unique creations at the Berea Craft Festival

Glass artist Paula Marksbury of Athens, Tenn., created this delicate bowl by weaving strands of glass. She will be at the Berea Craft Festival this weekend for the first time. Photo courtesy of Berea Craft Festival

By now, you’ve hit the free-for-all Fourth of July sales and stocked up on loads of mass-produced flip-flops, last season’s fashions and other summer staples. Time for a shopping experience that’s a little more personal and a little less antiseptic.

At the 27th Berea Craft Festival this ­weekend at Indian Fort Theater in Berea, ­visitors will see handcrafted furniture, ­ceramics, jewelry, sculptures, baskets and more.

Walk from booth to booth at the outdoor festival, and you can meet more than 100 artists gathered to exhibit and sell their unique creations. A number of them, such as Tater Knob Pottery, are familiar names, but one-fourth of the festival’s crafts people will be there for the first time.

Among the newcomers are two women who bring their own style to works in glass.

Paula Marksbury of Athens, Tenn., is fearless when it comes to trying new techniques to fashion her one-of-a-kind fused-glass pieces — combing the glass, sandblasting it, incorporating metals, finding new hues.

“I’m very much a color person,” said Marksbury, who recently started working with iridescent glass. “This winter I got a huge new kiln that opened up my possibilities.”

Now she’s been turning out wave ­sculptures meant to float on a wall in the owner’s home. One of the artist’s most intricate pieces is a bowl made of individual colored glass strands woven together to form a graceful container.
Berea glassblower Michelle Weston, who has a studio in Old Town Berea, has been blowing glass for 18 years. “And I’m still learning new things every day,” she said.

She is an artist who works in extremes. Starting with 130 pounds of liquid glass in a 2,050-degree furnace, Weston pulls and blows the intensely hot glass and ­transforms it into elegant yet functional pieces including vases, pitchers, pen holders and clocks.

“At day’s end, everything goes into an oven to cool overnight,” she said. “The next morning is a little like Christmas, opening the kiln and seeing how all the pieces from the day before turned out.”

Sephora giveaway deadline

It’s almost time. You have until 9 a.m. July 9 to leave your comments about your favorite Sephora products and why you love them.

We’ll put the names of all the commenters in a hat and draw a winner. I’ll announce the winner in Friday’s Weekender. The prize: Sephora products including Tarte cheek stain, Carol’s Daughter sea salt soak, Philosophy facial cleanser and Laura Mercier foundation primer.