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Can’t Believe I am Up Watching The Royal Wedding

Corey Tess — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:46:05 +0000

I didn’t plan to, but after I got through working on a project, I looked at twitter and it was all #royalwedding – so i clicked on the live link and it was just starting…

Kate Middleton’s Dress is very nice by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen – so how could it not be, right?

Here are some photos… I am waiting for the staged kiss and then I am going to bed…

See the full gallery on Posterous

Bohemian Winter

Corey Tess — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:45:17 +0000

Can you believe that this gorgeous beach shoot was done in early December. That is the beauty of Southern California. 80 degrees at the beach a few weeks from Christmas. Love it! As you know I have been doing some wardrobe styling in my spare time (HA HA) as if I have much of that, but it is more of a pleasure than a task for me. This latest shoot wasn’t really planned out months in advance, it just sort of came together. The video here is just one set of photos and one model, we actually had two models and about 10 looks. What a great day. More to come!

We all met in the morning at Bluff Park in Long Beach, Ca and took over an area of the grass and started make up, hair and I opened the back of my SUV and started sorting wardrobe – we must have looked sort of crazy, but I was really looking to capture a chic/bohemian look as the main focus and then we threw in some MOD and Sexy Glam too… I am very happy with the results!

Model: Eva Gonzales modelmayhem.com/?1652405
Photog: Kevan Wilkinson kevanphoto.com
Styling: Corey Tess Trujillo tesslove.com
Hair: Steffani Tavanlar thehairstudio108.us
Make Up: Veronica Garcia barebeautymakeup.com

TED, I love you!

Corey Tess — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:13:02 +0000

Some of my favorite TED TALK videos for your enjoyment!

I Love You John Cusack!

Corey Tess — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:25:51 +0000

There really is no such man as John Cusack… ok.. perhaps there is a John Cusack, but there aren’t any men like those he portrays in film…

I wouldn’t still be single by choice if there were…

The way he comes across, even when he’s playing sort of an ass, is sparkling and charming and multi-layered… like someone you’d want to spend time with at a coffee shop just talking… ah well… if music be the food of love, play on…

Do Something Different and See What Happens…

Corey Tess — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:10:30 +0000

I ordered my Smoothie, 20 oz Angel Food with DD, like i do every morning at Smoothie King, and as i waited and listened to the sound of 6 blenders humming at once, I became aware of the situation. As each of us ordered our Smoothie we then stepped back away from the counter with our backs to the vitiamins and health snacks and stared into space or looked at our cell phones… I watched as a new person came in, ordered his Smoothie.. and took his spot about 5 feet from the counter with the rest of us… no one had told us to stand behind the invisible line… no one had indicated where to stand… so suddenly i decided to try something new… i moved over to the cash register and stood there for a minute.. slowly another person got behind me… then another… till they were now lined up at the cash register… the girl ran over and rung up my smoothie before i had it – then the next person and the next person…

before that, we would wait till our names were called, then move to the counter, take our smoothie, then go to the register and get rung up…

it was amazing to see how one person changing the behavior makes others alter their behavior too…

Do something different… see what happens…

Graphic Design Nazi!

Corey Tess — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:34:13 +0000

Honestly when you work as an in-house design team – no matter how fun or rockin your job is, every now and then.. you know.. you feel that little pang of the GD Nazi regime! This is hysterical, but if you are a GD or in Marketing, you will HOWL!

So you are having a BAD DAY at work!

Corey Tess — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:38:22 +0000

One of those days when you want to throw your lap top, pc, Mac, iphone, blackberry, co-worker out the window? Yes, we have all had those days, but don’t lose it man! Live vicariously through this video and then grab some coffee and GO BACK TO YOUR CUBE!

I am not who you think I am… but that isn’t a bad thing.. is it?

Corey Tess — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:08:46 +0000

one step closer
Category: Writing and Poetry

I have no interest in those things real – those things un real, and those that fall between the lines – i have read what was written – written past and present and that awkward area left blank for good reason -

i have lost interest…. perhaps never had a real interest in the reality of this place – in anything i could touch or taste or feel – but only those things beyond tangibilty that scrape the inner lining of meaning and scar memory – oh so gently – so permanently.

People – talk to me - maintain eye contact - I care – i have heard them – have they heard me? They maintain they have – i have said nothing – communicated only the very surface of any thought so far reaching into me like the roots of some mythical rain tree – still they speak of me with such charity – such splendor – they compliment all things i never called by my name….

who is this person – so adored – so appreciated – so loved?

Certainly – she has nothing to do with me….

Mad Money (DVD of the Month!)

Corey Tess — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:29:01 +0000

This little movie was a guilty pleasure. I am a Queen Latifah fan – there is just something very real and solid about the way she plays all her characters. She has a level of confidence that trancends the screen. Of course Diane Keaton is always a riot. I love her classic head shaking, hand flailing, squealing hysterics. Alway funny. A surprise to me, was Katie Holmes, playing a totally whacked out, but likable bimbo. You cannot help but like her in this film – she is just too cute. Great job on her part and I am personally glad to see her out of the house – Tom is freaky!

Anyway, if you just want to have flat out silly fun and are in a light hearted mood, Mad Money is sweet, simple, clean and friendly.

The basic storyline: A mature couple faces debt and possible financial ruin when after a year of looking for a new job, the husband (Ted Danson) finally admits he just cant find anything and they are now flat broke. His wife (Diane K) takes the reigns, but all she can find that matches her skills is a janitorial job in the Federal reserve bank where she quickly hatches a scheme to rob the place. After noticing they use locks just like the ones you get at any Home Depot on the carts that carry “Worn out” money that is to be shredded, she drags Queen L into the scheme and later entices Katie H as well. From there its a fun romp through the robbing, almost getting caught, more drama… finally getting caught and then … well, you’ll see..

VERY CUTE!

Women ON TOP!

Corey Tess — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:39:13 +0000

Some of the women who have made it to the top – You Go Girls!

1. Indra Nooyi

CEO, PepsiCo (PEP)
2005 rank: 11
Age: 50

Pepsi’s brand-new chief (as of Oct. 1) is a powerful force behind the consumer giant’s strong profit pipeline and $108 billion stock market valuation. Formerly CFO and president, the Indian-born strategist reached the top even though she never ran a line operation at Pepsi. Nooyi believes in constant reinvention: “The minute you’ve developed a new business model, it’s extinct, because somebody is going to copy it.”

2. Anne Mulcahy

Chairman and CEO, Xerox (XRX)
2005 rank: 2
Age: 53

An emphasis on color copiers, digital presses, and systems that can copy, fax, print, and scan has helped the turnaround magician (aided by No. 27 Ursula Burns) continue to drive steady growth at the $15.7 billion company. Thanks to the iGen printer, which cost more than $1 billion to develop, Xerox is also a market leader in color commercial printing. In 2005 the company launched 49 new products.

3. Meg Whitman

CEO and President , eBay (EBAY)
2005 rank: 1
Age: 50

Whitman’s task is to figure out how to put the shine back in one of the brightest stars of the Internet age (see story, page 158). Last year’s acquisitions have failed to bring in big revenue, and U.S. traffic growth has slowed. That has translated into a slumping stock, down about 40% in the past year; market cap is now $37 billion. The Internet phone provider Skype won’t bring in profits anytime soon—the service remains free until the end of the year. In July the company announced a $2 billion stock buyback, eBay’s first.

4. Pat Woertz

CEO and President, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)
2005 rank: 6
Age: 53

Talk about a brief retirement. In March the 29-year Chevron veteran stepped down from running the $194 billion company’s downstream division. By May she had stepped into the corner office at the $37 billion agribusiness giant. Woertz’s energy expertise is expected to guide ADM’s push in renewable fuels (see story, page 166). Her timing was impeccable: Riding a commodities boom, ADM stock has had a good run.

5. Irene Rosenfeld

CEO, Kraft Foods (MO)
2005 rank: 27
Age: 52

Taking the top job at Kraft was a homecoming for Rosenfeld, who spent 22 years at the company, then took a detour to PepsiCo to head the Frito-Lay unit. Now back at Kraft, the world’s second-largest food company (2005 revenues: $34 billion), she is facing major challenges. Several years into its restructuring plan, Kraft’s sales are sluggish. Rosenfeld’s next move: preparing for the widely expected spinoff from parent company Altria.

6. Brenda Barnes

Chairman and CEO, Sara Lee (SLE)
2005 rank: 3
Age: 53

Barnes inherited a mish-mash of companies when she became CEO last year. So she began selling noncore businesses like Hanes apparel to focus on food. The divested units made up 40% of Sara Lee’s revenues, which were $19.3 billion when Barnes took over and are expected to shrink to about $11.6 billion this year. The stock is still lagging, as Barnes has been forced to lower the company’s long-term targets.

7. Andrea Jung

Chairman and CEO, Avon (AVP)
2005 rank: 5
Age: 48

Jung’s turnaround plan for the $8 billion beauty company is on track to reach $200 million in annual savings. Key markets like the U.S., Canada, and Mexico are struggling. Russia is doing well, though, and so is China, where Avon has shifted from department stores to direct sales.

8. Oprah Winfrey

Chairman, Harpo Inc.
2005 rank: 4
Age: 52

Move over, Howard Stern. Oprah took to the radio waves in September with the launch of Oprah & Friends, an XM Satellite Radio network. In January her $40 million Leadership Academy for Girls will open in South Africa.

9. Sallie Krawcheck

CFO, Head of Strategy, Citigroup (C)
2005 rank: 7
Age: 41

Krawcheck and CEO Chuck Prince have spearheaded major changes at the financial services giant (market cap: $247 billion), including the sale of the asset-management and life insurance and annuity businesses. But with rising interest rates and a weaker housing market, Citigroup has been missing its earnings targets.

10. Susan Arnold

Vice Chair, Beauty and Health, Procter & Gamble (PG)
2005 rank: 17
Age: 52

In April the P&G lifer added the personal health, oral care, and pharmaceutical businesses to her beauty portfolio. At $29 billion in sales, her divisions bring in 42% of P&G’s revenues. Down the line, she’s a contender for an even bigger job: CEO.

See them all here: http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/fortune/mostpowerfulwomen/1.html