This season’s edition of the event was held on the tented rooftop of L’Ermitage Beverly Hills, providing a festive and fun environment where guests enjoyed refreshments, gifts and a green screen photo booth set up to record memories from the occasion with animated GIFs and stills by Foto Spark.
On the guest list, nominees Alan Cumming (“The Good Wife”), Beau Bridges (“Masters of Sex”), Jeremy Podeswa (Director – “Game of Thrones”), Khandi Alexander (“Scandal”), Richard Cabral (“American Crime”), Tony Hale (Winner – “Veep”) and stars from the hit series “Orange is the New Black” including Abigail Savage, Dascha Polanko, Emma Miles, Selenis Leyva and Julie Lake.
Scores of other celebrities and VIPs were in attendance over the two days, Friday and Saturday before the Emmy Awards on Sunday.
This year’s presenting sponsor was LifeCell, an all-in-one anti-aging treatment formulated to target every aspect of aging skin.
The Artisan Group was represented with beautiful handcrafted jewelry, spa and bath products from Catcophony Wearable Art, Metal & Maille, Original Sin Jewelry, Stringing Along, Release Me Creations, Andrea Designs, AnjuSparks, Forever and Sunshine, Helen’s Adornments, Elemental Art Jewelry, Love Your Bling, The Brass Hussy, Emila Rose Designs, Raven Boutique and Mila Rose Designs.
Other great gifts included unique luxury items like Belmond La Samanna, who gifted three-night gift certificates to their resort on Baie Longue Beach in St. Martin.
Caribbean Living offered an all-inclusive trip to the Caribbean at the celebrity’s choice of three resorts; LaloFitness, who gifted three personal training sessions and a $100 gift certificate for any of Lalo’s Lifestyle Fitness Vacation; and Life Portraits Aura Imaging – who gifted naturally organic Canadian glacier mineral salt, crystals massage oil, chakra candles, and RE7 – a powerful performance recovery drink containing 11 essential vitamins and minerals.
Beauty and health sponsors included: Burke Williams Spa. who was on site giving massages and gifting their H2V Exclusive Skincare Line; Aluminé – haircare products formulated using the best of nature and science without abrasive chemicals, parabens or sulfates; Aesthetica Cosmetics, LLC – gifting The Aesthetica Cosmetics Contour Kit; Grande Naturals, gifting their Outrageous Designer Gift Box which includes GrandeLASH-MD; PlaqueHD, the first professional plaqueidentifying toothpaste loved by dentists, patients and parents nationwide; Beauty Kitchen by Heather Marianna, providing skin polish and hand sliced soap bar option, organic and natural spa products; and Violent Iodine – the once-daily, non-prescription pill to alleviate premenstrual breast discomfort and promote breast health.
Another highlight at the GBK Lounge was the wide array of trendy fashion and accessory products including luxurious and sporty watches by Oceanaut – Seapro – Christian Van Sant – Jivago; JH Design Group, a top manufacturer of licensed apparel; and MooshWalks – socks with ears giving your feet personality.
Refreshments were provided by Green Sheep Water, offering their 16 ounce bottles of delicious purified water in100% recyclable aluminum bottles which are infinitely recyclable; Ike’s Place – Award Winning Sandwiches for Meat Eaters, Vegetarians, Vegans, and Gluten Free Diets; and Venetia Vodka – Flawlessly Crafted. Brilliantly Bottled. The World’s Most Desired Vodka.
And as always at GBK events, several charities benefited, including Muscular Dystrophy Association, the Stray Cat Alliance, which educates and empowers the community to advocate for every cat’s right to be safe, healthy and valued, and American Friends of Magen David Adom (AFMDA) which relies strongly on American donors to support its life-saving operations in Israel.
