Gifts for the Trend-setter, Go-getter and Romantic-at-Heart
Trend-setting gifts for the women on your holiday shopping list
(BPT) - Gift-giving doesn't come naturally to everyone. If you're struggling to find the
perfect present, or if you just need some inspiration, Los Angeles-based celebrity stylist
Lawrence VonRompf has tips to help you please all the women on your holiday shopping
list.
What makes a great gift? - A little pampering goes a long way. Put together a sampling of
her favorite bath and body products and fragrances and personalize it to show you put
thought into the gift. For example, include a monogrammed item like a scented candle or
put all the products in a monogrammed gift box.
For the fashionista who has everything - Don't waste time and money trying to find the
latest and greatest in style - she probably already has it. Instead, VonRumpf suggests
Inspired by fashion since she was 11 years old, Dominique Ansari was determined to make it one of her greatest
enhancing her accomplished designer and or lipstick in own label. Growing up colors and
passions to become an collection with nail polishthe head of her the season's hottestin the small city of
shades.
Jackson, Mississippi, she knew that she would have to venture out into the world to do this.
Dominique began sketching designs at the age of 13 for fellow students for proms and even her teacher for a
"Nail polishes make great gifts because the unique colors add 16, she started modeling
wedding gown in which they took to a seamstresses to be made. By the age of a personal touch," he
says. "I love the colors in the Limited-Edition Mary see At sketches to the life were unfulfilled.
professionally at a local agency in New Orleans, but her desire toKay her Play Hailcome to Nails Mini Nail
To be Trio for this season. On the New be involved in Any way made her feel accomplished. clearly the
in fashion was her only dream and to York Fashion Week runways, navy blue was
Bynewage of 19 she had met her nail lacquer in Inky Blue aligns perfectly with this trend!" moved
the black and Mary Kay's now husband, in which they were married in 2005. By 2006, they
from Mississippi to Los Angeles, CA where she studied fashion design at the Art Institute of California-HollyMatch her personality - It's easier to find the right gift if you know her tastes in fashion,
wood.
Therestyle, music or even favorite colors, VonRumpf says. Also consider her interests - would
she learned everything there was to know about making those sketches that she always dreamed about
come she prefer a spa day or a art. While attendinggood rule of thumb is to choose ato travel abroad for
to life, and become wearable camping trip? A the school, she was offered a chance gift she
wouldn't live in Milan, purchase herself.
three months to expect - or Italy in 2007. While there she traveled to Spain, Greece, and France to which this
experience opened a whole new insight for her creativity as a designer.
For the woman who her Bachelors degree with are the epitome of hardworking women and
After graduating and obtainingdoes everything - Momshonors from AI in 2008, she went on to intern for many
deserve a little "me" time. Ximena Valero, or even doing some freelance work for Golden Grove
different companies such as XOXO, Surprise her - andanother under appreciated woman in your lifeTrading COa pampering gift to make her feel special and loved.
with to name a few.
Later, she was hired by a manufacturing company in which she worked as Assistant Designer for Junior and kids
apparel while in the southern California things: a chancecompany made her realized, this spend together.
"I'd like to give my mom two are. Working for a to unwind and time we can was not the path that
she desired; she knew she wanted something to call her own. Mary Kay Pomegranate Satin Hands
My favorite product for her is the Limited-Edition
She started her Set," VonRumpfnamesake after personal touch, pair the set with a gift card or a
Pampering company with her says. "For a she relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2009,
where she hasfavorite nailin many and getshows, photo-shoots, and met many friends within the industry;
trip to her participated salon fashion a manicure together."
it was only humble beginnings to something much more greater.
Under the mistletoe Whether it's a budding romance or a long-term relationship,
Among her fellow industry -peers, she is known as the most professional, open-minded, organized, and talsurprise her her something thoughtful and personal. A scented gift works perfectly, as it
ented designer ofwith time. Her company has since then relocated back to the OC/LA area and opened a
working studio based in the Southern California area where her of youglamour time she smells it.
offers a touch of personality and will also remind Hollywood every meets fashion.
In March 2011, she was a Featured Headliner at LAFW for Project Ethos, in which she debuted her Fall Collection,
along "Mary Kay's Limited-Editionpresenting in the line up right before Project citrus, jasmine and This was
side many other designers and Winter Wishes Fragrance Wand has Runway's Seth Aaron.
truly asnow apple for her brand, is festive for the season on as a designer, making on anyone," says
turning point notes, so it and she quickly went head but also smells great this her full time
VonRumpf.