GBK Gift Lounge Honoring 2012 Emmy Awards
GBK Puts Together Another Successful Luxury Lounge Mixing Glamour and Charity
Last weekend at the W Hotel in Hollywood members of the press, celebs and sponsors gathered together to talk glamour and giving at the GBK Emmy Gift Lounge. EnterTeenment was lucky enough to be a part of the event, which was a success as always. We had a great time meeting new people, talking fun and exciting products, taste testing the yummy vittles and learning about the charities being benefitted. Below is a list of some of the participants from this year’s gifting lounge. We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone involved. We enjoyed meeting you and being a part of such a great event.
Celebrity attendees this year included Mayim Bialik, RJ Mitte, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Tony Dovolani, Chelsie Hightower, Georgia King, Bruno Tonioli, Christopher Scott, Dot-Marie Jones, Mackenzie Aladjem, Eoin Bailey, Anthony Anderson, Vanessa Lengies, AnnaLynn McCord, Jason Ritter, Rico Rodriguez, Karina Smirnoff, Melissa Rauch, Janina Gavankar and many more.
The Charities
Best Friends Animal Society
NKLA is a coalition, led by the Best Friends Animal Society, of animal rescue organizations, shelters, and passionate individuals dedicated to making Los Angeles a no-kill city. For more visit www.nkla.org or www.bestfriends.org
The Dream Center
Serving over 50,000 people every month, The Dream Center has been combating the issues that afflict Los Angeles communities, rescuing people out of poverty, homelessness, hunger and substance abuse, and it is now leading the fight against human trafficking by opening the nation’s largest shelter for victims of human trafficking. For more visit www.dreamcenter.org
Somaly Mam Foundation
The Somaly Mam Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the eradication of sex slavery and empowerment of its survivors, based on the vision and life’s work of survivor and activist Somaly Mam. For more visit www.somaly.org
Fashion and Accessories
The One World Foundation
This charitable organization teamed up with the Baan Unrak children’s village to create unique hand-woven apparel in support of child sanctuary and education in rural Thailand. Each celebrity visiting the lounge were gifted with a certificate for one pair of hand-woven pants. For more about the foundation and to donate to the Baan Unrak fund by purchasing the items visit www.buconscious.com and www.oneworld-foundation.org
The Artisan Group
An organization made up of women who handcraft their own unique jewelry, soaps, lotions and stationary. A collection of the items was given out to participants. For more visit www.theartisangroup.org
Hot Rock Jewelry
New to the Emmy Gift Lounge this year, Hot Rock Jewelry makes handcrafted items picked from top of the line gems and with love and care. Each Emmy nominee attending the lounge was given a hand made gold necklace with the Hot Rock logo on the front and the words “Emmy Nominee” on the back. For more visit www.hotrockjewelry.com
WOLFHARDT
Hand crafted leather goods for men and women. All leather and artistry are created in Los Angeles by the owner. For more visit www.wolfhardt.com
Foster Grant
Sunglasses and frames with a “celeb” look at a lower price. The display had amazing colors and styles and for each pair of glasses given away at the lounge one was donated to charity. For more visit www.fostergrant.com
RON DONAVAN
Men’s and Women’s Italian-made footwear and accessories based out of New York. Participants of the lounge were gifted a certificate for one pair of footwear or a certificate toward their first purchase. For more visit www.rondonavandesigns.com
Jorg Gray
Luxury timepieces for men. Each celebrity participant was given a choice of one timepiece from a variety of beautiful styles available. We were not surprised to hear the President Obama owns one of these watches and wears it everywhere he goes. For more visit www.jorggray.com
Mishara Jewelry
High-end jewelry created based on the travels of the designer. For more visit www.mishara.com
Savee Laguna Beach
Custom made leggings, pants and dresses that can be done in less than a week. Savee gave away a pair of animal print leggings to each celebrity participant. For more visit www.saveelagunabeach.com
Beauty Products
SKN Spin Roller System
This skin-rejuvenating tool exfoliates and helps maximize skincare product penetration. One roller was given to each celebrity participant. For more visit www.sknspin.com
RevitaLash
Conditioning and color cosmetics, RevitaLash has branched out from their mascara line. We were lucky enough to score a set of conditioning lash primer and mascara to check out. Celeb attendees were gifted Hair ADVANCED, RevitaBrow ADVANCED, FineLine Primer, Volumizing Mascara, Volumizing Primer, Spotlight Highlighting Pencil and 12 Hour Raven Eyelinger. For more visit www.revitalash.com
Brazilian Heat
Hair styling products ranging from flat irons to blow-dryers and curling irons. Each celeb was gifted one Variable Speed Ion Dryer, Tourmaline Ceramic Straightening Iron and Tourmaline Ceramic Curling Iron. For more visit www.belsonproducts.com
Secret Agent Beauty
Lip gloss with plumping and lip conditioning and a combination mascara/eyeliner were given out to all attendees. For more visit www.sab.us.com
Other Gifts and Goodies
BEANPATCH & CO.
Hand-made and organic infant and children’s toys from France and Scandinavia. For more visit www.beanpatchandco.com
Joe Nunziata Enterprises
Featuring enlightening books to help guide you through life, each gift bag given to celebrity attendees contained Karma Buster by Joe Nunziata, F.E.E.L. by Michelle Bersell, The Book of Lessons by Marc Mazis and The Renegade Leader by Debora J. McLaughlin. For more visit www.joenunz.com
Psychic Friends Network
A gifted psychic from the network was on hand to give live readings to participants. For more visit www.psychicfriendsnetwork.com
Toy State
Bond. James Bond. Celebrating the James Bond 50th anniversary Toy State had a toy car from each Bond film on hand that did amazing stunts at the touch of a button. Each celeb was given a 007 "Secret Agent" Aston Martin car. Also on display was the new line from DUB Garage featuring the first movable diecast cars with removable wheels and hydraulic functions. For more visit www.toystate.com or www.mymotorisland.com
Nulo Pet Products
All-natural dog and cat food. Each participant was given one bag of food to bring home to their beloved pets to try out. For more visit www.nulo.com
The Food
Bavaro’s
Gourmet pasta sauce with all natural ingredients. Celebs were gifted a gift card good for a 3-month supply. For more visit www.bavarofoods.com
Bread Basket Cake Co., Inc.
Specialty cakes and desserts, the Bread Basket Cake Co. custom designed the large Emmy inspired cake that greeted guests as they entered the gifting suite. Each celeb in attendance was given a certificate for a custom designed 8” cake. For more visit www.breadbasketcake.com
Mason Jar Cookie Company
Classic mason jars filled with all the ingredients you need to make a batch of cookies, custom made to your liking (oatmeal, chocolate chip, etc.) with added ingredients of your choosing – like Fruity Pebbles or M & M’s, for example. For more visit www.masonjarcookiecompany.com
Sabra
America’s top-selling hummus, giving away a custom cooler bag filled with Sabra hummus and Sabra Grab n’ Go snacks with hummus and pretzels. For more visit www.sabra.com
Yoplait® Greek 100
New to the Yoplait® family is the Greek yogurt with only 100 calories. Samples of the product were on hand for tasting and recipe cards for several tasty meal ideas using the yogurt were given away. For more visit www.yoplaitgreek.com
About GBK
GBK is a luxury lifestyle gifting and special events company formed in 2000 by Gavin Kelly. The unique spin on the gifting lounge and marketing environment have led Gavin and GBK to being one of the most well known event organizers in the industry. Gavin’s main focus is on the charity aspect. For more visit www.gbkproductions.com