Meeting Candace Bushnell author of Sex and the City

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Last week I attended a “meet and greet” event orchestrated by P & G Beauty featuring Candace Bushnell, creator of Sex and the City and Lipstick Jungle.

As you may already know, I L-O-V-E Lipstick Jungle as much as I L-O-V-E Sex and the City and the idea that I would actually be in the same room as Candace Bushnell was overwhelming.

On the day of the event, I had butterflies in my stomach, but I managed to put on my makeup, choose a designer suit appropriate for the occasion, put on my Italian patent leather peep toe flats (purchased in Florence), grabbed my Italian handbag and made my way to the Bata Shoe Museum to meet the author of the most successful female TV series and the most popular female comedy movie.

Expectedly so, the event brought out pretty much all the beauty and fashion editors in the city and the room was packed with well dressed women (and a few men) eagerly waiting to meet Candace Bushnell.

The venue (Bata Shoe Museum) was quite fitting for a woman whose TV series turned an underground designer into an international phenomenon. It’s true that Manolo Blahnik had an already successful career before he started being featured on Sex and the City, but Carrie Bradshaw’s obsession catapulted him to shoe-design-superstardom.

Candace Bushnell is exactly what you expect her to be: pretty, well dressed, funny, sporting flawless makeup and killer heels. She’s truly the typical well gladded woman you bump into while strolling on 5^th Avenue in New York City.

Candace was wearing a fantastic bronze colored suit by Marc Jacob with a sexy little top underneath the suit. She was wearing a killer pair of animal print shoes that we all assumed were Manolo Blahnik, but no one dared to ask. I noticed that Candace went with the current season trend and opted for a dark blue nail polish on her toes which complimented the tan color of her shoes quite nicely.

Standing so close to Candace I could not help but notice how flawless her skin looked and how amazing her makeup was. She laughed it off and talked about her skin problems, but none of us could see any issues with her skin. She did reveal that her makeup had been executed by International makeup artist Paul Venoit. Paul, Cover Girl Make-up Pro Expert, co-host of “Look-A-Like” and co-host of “Canada’s Next Top Model” created a look that perfectly complemented Candace’s beauty and her bronze color Marc Jacob suit.

I was able to ask Paul for some makeup tips on what he used to create Candace’s look and he revealed that he used Cover Girl’s Dazzling Metallics #119 (a palette of copper, metallic black and golden-yellow) and he top it off with Cover Girl LashBlast mascara (one of my favorite mascaras for big beautiful eyelashes).

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While chatting with Candace after the formal interview segment of the event, she did confirm that Lipstick Jungle (she is the Executive Producer for the show) is in production and the new season will start on September 25 (bravo!). We were able to exchange some of our favourite scenes from Lipstick Jungle and it seems that we both liked the same ones. The one that stuck with both of us the most was the 6^th episode where Nicco and Wendy end up going on a business trip to Scotland where Wendy blurbs out: “it’s a good thing that you are a mother” in response to Nico’s affair with the 20 something Kirby (that was such a great scene).

As a beauty editor, I’ve met so many incredible people in the industry, but I have to say that meeting Candace Bushnell has taken my love for what I do to another level.

You never know how a celebrity or successful people will be like when you meet them in person. Candace Bushnell was so approachable, so down to earth, passionate about what she does and so very normal … she’s the kind of woman that you meet and you immediately want to add her to your list of BFF (best friend forever).

* You might also want to read my friend Janine’s summary of this monumental evening. She was also part of the group of lucky few who met with Candace Bushnell: Lipstick Jungle: Beauty and Candace Bushnell *

Photo of Candace Bushnell provided by her publicist.