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Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus launched the first ever NM Beauty Awards. The Neiman Marcus Beauty Awards invites customers to vote on their favorite beauty products from 14 different categories.

Head over to Neiman Marcus to cast your vote. Voting will take place beginning on September 7th, 2010 through September 19th, 2010. Neiman Marcus is also hosting a sweepstakes by voting and filling out the enter-to-win form you will be automatically entered into a chance to win the most popular product from all 14 Beauty Award categories

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New york-based designer George Lee, founder of le moutin noir & co has created a unique wine stopper called ‘a date with wine’. which features twistable date rings that will help you remember the date you opened your bottle last time. On the same basis, you can decide if it’s still drinkable.

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The Residences at The St. Regis Bangkok remains on course for an October launch, and has been buoyed by the listing of the city as “World’s Best” by a leading magazine.  The October launch of The Residences at The St. Regis Bangkok marks the introduction of the premier St. Regis brand to Thailand and the IndoChina region.  Currently under the final stage of delivery, the residential project will feature 53 homes, 10,000 square feet of function space, and a spa, offering the privilege of a bespoke St. Regis experience at the most exclusive residences in the city. Featuring exquisite design, commanding views, and meticulous attention to detail, The Residences at The St. Regis Bangkok will offer an exceptional lifestyle at the most exclusive address in Bangkok. www.rajadamriresidences.com

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Brabus, one of the most respected tuning companies in the world, has now unveiled its latest creation, the Brabus iBusiness. Based on the Mercedes-Benz S600.  The “iBusiness”  represents the world debut of an absolutely unique luxury sedan that combines the latest Apple components with a powerful Brabus engine. The four-seater based on the Mercedes-Benz S600 reaches a top speed of 340 km/h (211 mph). It is powered by a BRABUS SV12 R Biturbo 750 12-cylinder engine with a rated power output of 750 hp (740 bhp) / 552 kW and a peak torque of 1,350 Nm (995 lb-ft). The designers from BRABUS combine this engine with an innovative multimedia system that s fitted the Mercedes S600 iBusiness with a 15.2-inch TFT display with 16:9 aspect ratio and USB 2.0 ports in the rear compartment to hook up peripherals to the Mac. Two iPads in the rear compartment not only play movies, music and Internet content, they also control all functions of the S-Class COMAND system. The Brabus Mercedes S600 iBusiness is built to order.

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San Francisco’s only property operated by the trendy-as-can-be Morgans Group, the venerable Clift Hotel fuses the allure of classic San Francisco with the bold style of Philippe Starck. Morgans took over from Four Seasons Hotels in 1996, and Starck and his design team immediately set about upping the hotel’s visual appeal without sacrificing its luxury.

Starck’s imprint is visible throughout the Clift’s public and private spaces. Whimsical, Surrealist-inspired furnishings fill the wonderfully bizarre lobby, along with chairs by Midcentury Modern luminaries Ray and Charles Eames.

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Scottish artist Jack Vettriano, best known for his painting titled “The Singing Butler” that was sold at Sotheby’s in 2004 for about £750,000, is now offering a limited edition boxed-set of all seven images from The Bluebird Collection of paintings is to be released on 3rd September 2010 to mark the 75th anniversary of Malcolm Campbell’s final World Land Speed record broken at Bonneville in 1935. The box set is limited to an edition of only 75, each costing £2,500.

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If you think all tropical vacations are created equal, you’ve never been to Fiji.

This remote South Pacific country, served by nonstop flights from Los Angeles, is home to some of the world’s friendliest people. You’ll feel the warmth upon arriving at Namale Resort, where the staff and villagers greet you with a traditional welcome song.

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Moutai, the Chinese high-end spirit brand, is launching a new sub brand called “Red Diamond” series. Targeting high-powered business execs and heads of state. Red Diamond is a completely new Moutai sub-brand, which iFeng notes is purported to “boost health,” and “create the first Chinese old-world-style luxury brand.” The kicker? As iFeng’s journalist is reporting, the highest-priced 500 mL bottle of Red Diamond will retail for a not-so-modest 130,000 yuan (US$19,200). Each bottle of Red Diamond will also have an individual serial number, and to add another layer of proof, they will be packaged in locked boxes that can only be opened after calling a phone number to retrieve a password.

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La Prairie has created a selection of luxury gift sets, centred around its caviar and gold collections, for the forthcoming Holiday season. The first two sets in the new collection are the Ultimate Radiance set and the Caviar Deluxe Set, which will be made available from September. The La Prairie’s Ultimate Radiance set supercharges your skin’s ability to de-age. The set includes a 15ml version of the flagship anti-aging treatment Cellular Radiance Concentrate Pure Gold in a golden treasure chest. The Ultimate Radiance set also includes a 50ml Cellular Radiance cream, a 3ml sample of Cellular Radiance Eye Cream and a 2ml sample of La Prairie’s Silver Rain edp. The set will sell for about $800. Lastly, La Prairie has unveiled its “Life Threads, The Story Continues” gift set, which will be available from October, priced at $122. This contains a 50ml Life Threads Gold edp, plus a gold mock-leather diary.

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At this Italianate mansion, built in 1854 by a wealthy mill owner and notable Rhode Island statesman, thick stone walls surround a storied history.

The distinctive building has been meticulously renovated into a modern retreat that will please the history buff, the nature enthusiast and the aficionado of chic luxury. Easily accessible from most Northeastern metro areas (it’s a four-hour drive from New York City and less than an hour and a half from Boston), the 13-room inn feels a world — and century or two — away from the region’s cities.

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