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I'm Not Here, I'm Really Walking the Red Carpet

Filed under: Celebrity Shopping, Cosmetics and Fragrance

NOT SOAP, RADIO, a beauty product company popular with celebs from Anna Kendrick to Penelope Cruz, has released a fabulous line of products we can use to pamper ourselves just like the stars.

I'm Not Here, I'm Really Walking the Red Carpet is a set of three items: Exfoliating Sugared Body Polish, Body Souffle Body Whipped Lotion, and Just Glow Dry Oil Perfume Spray in a series of "I'm Not Here, I'm Really ..." collections. Fans of the black and red currant, rose and jasmine blend Red Carpet set include Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox among others. For $59, you can have the same set -- and there's free shipping on orders over $50, as well as free samples available.

Our question is, do they use them for walking the red carpet, or for nights when they wish they were? Other collections include:

I'm not here, I'm really meditating in a zen garden -- lotus flower, cooling greens, ginger, melon
I'm not here, I'm really at the country club -- Champagne sugar: lemon, bergamot, dew fruit, pineapple, gardenia
I'm not here, I'm really up at a mountain retreat -- rhubarb, wild spearmint, jasmine, lily of the valley, vanilla
I'm not here, I'm really on holiday in Tuscany -- tangerine, neroli, bergamot, lime, sweet tea
I'm not here, I'm really island hopping -- coconut, lemongrass, vanilla, verbena, musk
I'm not here, I'm really on vacation in a quaint seaside village -- nectarine blossom, honey, peach, black currant, green mandarin

Those all sound like better places to be than our humble bathtubs. Let Not Soap, Radio transport you.

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Best Bling of the Oscars

by Annie Scott (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Jewelry

The multicolored masterpiece of a necklace you see here is on shown on the lovely neck of Amy Adams. This was one of the many pieces of "statement jewelry" we saw last night at the 2009 Oscars.

Any famous person can get a jeweler to loan them some ice for the 81st Annual Academy Awards, but nominated stars like Amy Adams walk away with pieces that look more like they came from a museum.

The Oscars is no night to hide your wealth, even during a recession. It's not like "toning down" the looks of the celebrities would make Americans feel better about their financial situations. In fact, jewelry like this is what America wants to see the most -- it's totally unaffordable, even during an economic boom; it's Hollywood fantasy.

Jeweler Fred Leighton had a great showing this year, with spectacular 19th and turn-of-the century items on everyone from Alicia Keys to Tina Fey, and even Heath Ledger's mother and sister. Chopard was the jeweler of champions; outfitting both Kate Winslet and Penelope Cruz (winners of Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress).

Check out more of the most outstanding pieces here in our gallery. This is the kind of jewelry you can't fake.

Gallery: Best Bling of the Oscars