GBK Gift Suite for 2009 Oscars Review - 'Circus Of The Senses'

Awards season has come to an end with Hollywood’s biggest night of the year celebrating the 2009 Academy Awards. Ending the magical award season means lots and lots of goodies for celebrities to enjoy in honor of their last big night of the year. Where were all the Nominees and Presenters of the 2009 Academy Awards found during Oscar weekend? They were spotted at GBK Productions’ gifting lounge ‘Circus of The Senses’ held at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills all weekend long!

GBK Productions is favorably known for their sweet suites giving all the celebrities the coolest themed gift lounges in Hollywood. ‘Circus of The Senses’ was this years Academy Awards theme for all the exclusive guests;  they were able to experience the opportunity to touch, hear, see, smell, and taste their way through amazing gifts for this year’s Oscars.

Each opportunity was given to the celebrity guests in five different gift rooms that were in representation of the 2009 Academy Awards Nominated Best Film: “Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “Frost/Nixon,” “Milk,” “Slumdog Millionaire,” and “The Reader.” The five separate rooms showcased each Nominated Best Film through the tailored décor, drink variety, and surprise elements.

The SLS Hotel graciously provided hors d’ oeuvres and sweets, provided by famed chef Jose Andres, that included Bon-Bon’s topped with “Oscar” Gold Dust. The Bon-Bon’s were absolutely delightful!

Concluding the 'Circus Of The Senses,’  Nominees and Presenters walked away with more than $35,000 in gifted extravagance. All products, services, and health & beauty treatments provided by all the vendors were pretty amazing, take a look at what was received!


J & A Shoe Company Inc. – www.JandAShoes.com

Using the best materials imported strait from Italy, J & A Shoes provides the most fashionable, fun, and comfortable styles and sandals for women. J & A Shoes has been in business for 27 years selling their styles and designs at Nordstrom’s, Macy’s, and other fine boutiques. The brands available for you are Athena Alexander, Castillo of California, and Lia Bijou. All three brands carry the most serene designs you’ll come across today.


pūr~lisse™ - www.purlisse.com

Created with Chinese beauty rituals with modern French technology, pūr~lisse products protects sensitive skin and prevents aging without using severe ingredients such as parabens, petrochemicals, synthetic color/fragrance or animal by-products. The Lotus Lupine Peptide Complex is pūr~lisse’s unique patent-pending secret that makes is skin care line incredible. This age-prevention complex formula combines powerful antioxidants, Chinese plant extracts, French marine plants, vitamins, minerals, and peptides to keep your skin looking beautiful, healthy, and young every day.

Amazon Thunder – www.AmazonThunder.com

Amazon Thunder consists of  the high-energy acai (ah-sigh-EE) berry that is grown from a special Amazon palm tree. Gathered from the rainforests of Brazil, acai berry tastes like a vibrant mixture of berries and chocolate. Amazon Thunder’s  acai berry juice is packed full of antioxidants, amino acids and essential fatty acids that needed for your body.


DARA ETTINGER Jewelry & Fashion Styling – www.DaraEttinger.com

Dara Ettinger has created  a bold new jewelry line inspired by the beauty of nature and her surroundings. Applying simplicity to her aesthetics, and letting the materials speak for themselves, her stones have many spiritual properties, imbued by their owners, and each one is a conversation piece on its own. You can find the line  at Anthropologie and other specialty and department stores nationwide.


Rock Our World – www.RockOurWorld.net

Rock Our World (ROW) is the leading professional, high quality rock and mineral company worldwide.  ROW prides its self with the fact that they are dedicated to bringing you the highest quality merchandise available. Owner Michal Mael brings you only handpicked merchandise; Mael personally picks out everything they sell in order to give you the best of quality giving you complete serenity with your rocks and minerals.  


RevitaLash® - www.RevitaLash.com

RevitaLash is a unique eyelash conditioner that will help you achieve the beautiful look of longer, thicker, and fuller eyelashes. Like liquid eyeliner, RevitaLash is simply applied once a day. Within three to ten weeks, your own natural eyelashes will look longer, thicker, fuller, and beautiful! No matter how brittle, short, fragile, thin, or sparse your eye lashes are, RevitaLash can help you achieve long, beautiful, healthy looking eyelashes.


Rolling Razor® - www.RollingRazor.com

After 8 years of research and development, the Rolling Razor team has built their brand around an innovative ring shaped handle, unique double-headed, triple convex cartridges, distinctive designs and many years of research and development. Rolling Razor is  the new innovated and improved razor making shaving fun by improving the same shaving “stick” and flat cartridges people have been using for over a century.


Earth Kit For Kids – www.EarthKits.com

Earth Kit For Kids is an earth friendly kit that makes the perfect gift with the 16oz. BPA-Free "Kids Go Green" spill-proof water bottle by Camelbak, "Kids Go Green" 100% organic cotton T-shirt, Everything Kids Environment Book by Sheri Amsel, EarthKits seeded download card, "Kids Go Green" dog tag, "Green at Heart" wristband and a "Kids Go Green" recognition certificate.  Kids will love this kit!


Lalo Fitness – www.LaloFitness.com

Latin Fitness Guru Lalo Fuentes has developed his very own “Freeze” technique, which can be taught to in his fitness DVD, LaloFit. Lalo Fuentes, Los Angeles based fitness professional, certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (CSCS) has lead the fitness industry with his consistent message, “take a second to connect.” Lalo Fit is a workout that features his unique between-movement “Freezes” that are short pauses to challenge your muscles and strengthen your body.


Thinker Clothing™ - www.ThinkerClothing.com

Textiles for Thinkers (T4T) created their first clothing brand— Thinker Clothing™. T4T creates and digitally prints innovative surface designs from the disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics ("STEM") on clothing, accessories and allover repeats for textiles. With their first new brand, Thinker Clothing™, thinkers everywhere now cannot only think with their brain, but with their clothes as well!


Nordic® Naturals – www.NordicNaturals.com

Supporting your brain, nervous system, and visual function, Nordic Naturals provides their DHA supplement. DHA is the way to intake the proper essential brain nutrient, DHA. DHA is 50% DHA and 10% EPA and is formed in an easy to swallow soft gel. Molecularly distilled for purity and concentration, DHA has been further enhanced with strawberry essence for great taste and rosemary extract for superior freshness.


Other vendors included:
K-Swiss
Metropolis Technology
Mistura
Nourot Glass Studio
Senseo Coffee
Verve!
Waterford Crystal
got2b Hair
Six Senses Destination Spa
Force for the Earth
Generate 1000
Barbara Conner Jewelry
Dr. Chiu's Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery, Inc.
Body Beautiful
Croton Watches
Life Cell Skin Care
Zero Smoke
Sport Club LA
Emre New York
Indulgent Escapes
9022 Salon
Kirkwood International
Infinity Sun
Tri-Specs
Hansen Cake
Milus