PURPLE BLAB

I got to Florida yesterday morning and went right to a go-see. Still needed to find one more model, someone in her 50s and the one I found – LOVE! Sweet, beautiful, poised, sassy with a fun sparkle to her energy. It is all coming together.

HSN, here I come! And ALL of the new products are now on their site at special debut introductory prices. My heart is pounding so hard, you’d think I had a base in my chest cavity.

Did I mention that Christine, the blogger behind the fabulous Temptalia.com is coming to report on the inside track of the network and what goes on backstage? I’m giving her an inside exclusive look at HSN in action, from set building to meeting the hosts to rehearsal to show time.

I haven’t met her yet and I can’t wait! She’ll be blogging and tweeting from the green room, so please follow her (and check out the mention she got on HSN’s Purple Lab page, image above!).

Then I went to what is called a “Pre-Pro” meeting which stands for pre-production. We go over the order of mentions of each product – not every show is the same and not every show offers all six products.

There is just three minutes for Luxury Squared in the first show – so hard to get everything out in such a short period of time. The biggies will be Silk Sheets, Huge Lips Skinny Hips and Lashionista Modelista.

Then legal weighed in. You have to be so careful of what you say on air. You just don’t want to make any claims. Though we’re makeup, we have to adhere to skincare regulations because of the kind of ingredients we use and it is going on your skin.

I no like legal (not that they weren’t nice… they were lovely… but you can’t say the word “aroma therapy”!).

I saw the set in person for the first time!

I almost cried. That was the first time it felt totally real to me.

Knoll Tulip table in the house, which is my absolute favorite iconic 20th century piece.

There’s chain link curtains, purple lighting, a mini runway. And Amy Morris, the host forthe first show, is a DREAM! We connect so well and she will make me so comfortable. But just as I jumped up and down over my Knoll, it was taken away. Apparently, it was too low and more newsroom than appropriate for what we’re doing. I wanted to take it home – but no go!

The live models will be in their own area, doing their own makeup. The reason is that the products are so easy to use and think about it, who has a makeup artist at home? I want to show that every woman can be her own makeup artist! These women are strong, fabulous, sassy, and smart and range from 20something to 50something. Love them!

We did a rehearsal, as well, and I’ll go there later because I have to bolt to meet Temptalia now!

Mwah!

Karen

Purple Lab Creatrix

They’re amazing women and I’m lucky to have them. This is us on the runway of the set. Not the best quality pic – it’s done with my phone becuase I haven’t hooked up my new camera to my computer yet.

Tags: Beauty, HSN, huge lips skinny hips, Karen Robinovitz, Makeup, Purple Lab

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