For February 2019 Bluemercury Offering Valued Complexion Edit Gift With Any $125 Purchase

As of February 7^th, Bluemercury will offer customers a special Complexion Edit gift with any $125 purchase while supplies last, including the retailers new and classic must-have’s for a flawless complexion for a variety of amazing brands. The Complexion Editor includes deluxe samples of REN EverCalm Ultra Comforting Rescue Mask, Bobbi Brown Hydrating Eye Cream, Lune+Aster RealGlow Primer, Laura Mercier Flawless Lumiere Foundation, NARS Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation, and NARS Creamy Radiant Concealer.

    

Customers will also have the opportunity to work with Beauty Experts to find a foundation in their perfect shade and finish through personalized, 1-1 consultations, taking into account their skin type and lifestyle. Contact your local Bluemercury store to schedule a complimentary 60-minute consultation.

Bluemercury offers a selection of the best formulations available on the market today, like Hourglass Vanish™ Seamless Finish Liquid Foundation ($56), a highly concentrated liquid foundation designed to deliver instant full coverage with just 1/2 of a pump. This innovative, weightless formula applies like a second-skin, creating a smooth and flawless complexion. You can finish your look with the Chantecaille HD Perfecting Loose Powder ($72), a featherweight, talc-free loose powder that blends seamlessly to blur pores and perfect the complexion. The non-drying formula is conveniently packaged in a luxe self-dispensing brush that releases the perfect amount of translucent powder. Bluemercury also carries cult-favorites like Trish McEvoy Even Skin Water Foundation ($60), vegan & gluten-free Lune+Aster CC Cream ($48), and NARS Sheer Glow Foundation ($47).

   

Last but not least, we all know a radiant complexion starts with healthy skin. Bluemercury’s best-selling item, the M-61 PowerGlow Peel ($28) continues to sell 1 every 8 seconds for it’s ability to create a clear, glowing complexion! This 1-minute, 1-step exfoliating peel pad features effective ingredients like Glycolic and salicylic acids to reduce pore size and fine lines.

For more details please visit www.bluemercury.com

4 New Cruise Lines Will Begin Offering Cruises In The Next 2 Years #Cruise

By Ben Souza

Cruises are more popular than ever with nearly 30 million people expected to board a cruise ship this year. As cruising continues to grow at a feverish pace, there are currently four new cruise lines set to debut in the next few years that you should know about.

From much anticipated Virgin Voyages to Ritz-Carlton building new yachts for their cruise line, here are the four new cruise lines you’ll soon be able to take a cruise on.

Virgin Voyages Luxury travel

Virgin Voyages, the most anticipated new cruise line in years, will launch their first cruise ship in 2020.  Scarlet Lady will offer cruises unlike any other cruise ship offered by other cruise lines.

There won’t be any kids on board as only those who are 18 years and older will be able to sail on Virgin Voyages.  The cruise line is throwing nickel and diming overboard and will include WiFi, tips, and all dining venues in cruise fares. While there won’t be a traditional main dining room or buffet, there will be at least 20 dining options to choose from.  Formal nights, you won’t find those either onboard.

There will be a tattoo parlor on the ship and the beds in cabins will convert to loungers during the day.

Scarlet Lady will sail 4 and 5 night cruises to the Western Caribbean and Cuba from the Cruise Capital of the World, PortMiami.  Cruises are currently open for pre-sale and will open to the general public on February 14, 2019.  Visit VirginVoyages.com for more information.

Ritz -Carlton Yacht Collection

The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection is poised to become the most coveted experience at sea when the new cruise line debuts in 2020. Created to feel like a private yacht, the vessels will uniquely feature one designer, resulting in a unified flow of design which is refined, relaxed and unlike any other accommodations at sea.

In addition to unparalleled accommodations, guests of The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection will enjoy an all-inclusive luxury experience including onboard activities and entertainment, beverages, multiple dining venues, onboard gratuities, WiFi and watersports from the yacht’s marina.

Each yacht will feature 149 suites, each with its own private terrace, and accommodate up to 298 guests in a relaxed, casually elegant atmosphere. As with the Ritz-Carlton on land, each yacht will feature personalized service, elevated dining and luxury amenities. To provide the highest quality service, there will be nearly as many staff members as guests.

Visit RitzCarltonYachtCollection.com for more information.

Blue World Voyages

Former Starbucks President John B. Richards is serving as the CEO of this new cruise line.  Blue World Voyages is promising to create a ship that is unlike any other cruise ship at sea. Blue World Voyages’ first 350 passenger cruise ship will debut in the Summer of 2019 and will have 26 cabins you can purchase as a home, a lap pool in the ocean, beds by the pool deck so you can sleep under the stars, and staterooms for solo travelers. For photo renderings of their first cruise ship, click here.

Blue World Voyages will be 100% geared towards active cruisers. The five star cruise ships will have staterooms that are twice the size of normal cruise cabins and everything will be dedicated to those living active, healthy lifestyles.

Not only will their first ship will have a sea water lap pool, but the ship will have the first full spa deck at sea and first full sports deck at sea.  Blue World Voyages will begin sailing in the Mediterranean in 2019 and will be a “gouge-free price zone”. Visit BlueWorldVoyages.com.

Storylines

The world’s first affordable cruise ship that you can live on with condo/cabins starting at just $125,000.  The average entry price will be less than $355,000 with monthly fees similar to the cost of living in a major city. Named My Home At Sea, this signature ownership and travel experience is offering cabin/condos aboard a cruise ship that travels the world. For photo renderings, click here.

Storylines is re-imagining the cruise ship business by refitting well loved commercial cruise ships into residential communities at sea. Their cabin-condo owners are invited to join a unique lifestyle of freedom and comfort aboard luxury ocean liners that travel the world continuously.

Their first 24,000 gross ton cruise ship is bringing the beauty of classic ocean travel into the 21st century. The vessel will offer 450 cabins broken into five tiers that will range from $125,000 to $1 million.

The itinerary is set only from point-to-point every 2 weeks to allow for provisioning and safe running of the vessel. All other ports and locations in between those dates are voted on by you, as a cabin-condo owner, via their app. This innovative approach allows the on-board community to choose destinations just a few days in advance.  Visit Storylines.com for more information.

Source: www.cruisefever.net 

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Cruise Lines Use Technology To Add The Personal Touch #Cruise

The companies are adding apps to speed boarding and wearable medallions that serve as passenger IDs, charge cards and location beacons.

A passenger uses an OceanMedallion to check in and board the Regal Princess in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in December.CreditCreditScott McIntyre for The New York Times

By Julie Weed

Global cruise lines are rolling out new technology to help servers deliver cocktails to passengers who have wandered off, address travelers by name on ships carrying thousands of passengers and shrink the boarding process to 10 minutes from one hour. The companies say they are using technology to reduce the most common passenger complaints and make these huge floating vacation cities feel more personal.

Many ships now offer a mobile app to help guests pay for purchases, learn about daily activities, make special requests and communicate with other members of their travel party. Some, like Carnival Corporation, Disney Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean Cruises and the Geneva-based cruise company MSC, are beginning to pair them with wearable devices that can better track the passenger’s exact location on the ship and offer additional conveniences. Andy Stuart, brand president of Norwegian Cruise Line, said it introduced a new version of its app for passengers fleetwide January, and will roll out its first wearable device next fall.

The technology trend coincides with a period of growth in the industry. About 27 million people took a cruise in 2018, up from 20.5 million in 2013, according to Monty Mathisen, managing editor of Cruise Industry News. “We will see some 40 million cruise passengers by 2028, easily,” he said. Carnival Corporation, which owns nine lines and represents about half of the global cruise industry in number of passengers, has ordered 20 ships to be delivered by the end of 2025.

Passengers see the technology first on the newest and biggest ships, said Mr. Mathisen, although “the cruise lines are busy rolling them back to the rest of their fleet.”

The surge is partly thanks to increased computing power on the vessels themselves. Ships now “have better data centers, satellite connectivity and IT staff on board,” said Manny Vellon, chief technology officer of the software and consulting company, Level 11, that worked with Carnival to create its wearable OceanMedallion.

Here are some of the ways companies hope to address the most common complaints:

It Takes Too Long to Check In

Customers have long complained about the check-in process, which can require standing in lines for passport presentation, photo-taking and excursion booking. This can stretch sometimes to an hour or more, according to Jay Schneider, senior vice president for digital at Royal Caribbean International, which owns Celebrity Cruises and other lines. The goal now is to get passengers “from car to bar in 10 minutes,” he said. Passengers on all 25 Royal Caribbean and 13 Celebrity Cruises ships can now use a mobile app to scan their passport, take a security selfie and receive a digital boarding pass before they even arrive at the ship.

I Want to Order a Drink, but Can’t Find a Waiter

A passenger with Carnival’s OceanMedallion can order a drink using a mobile app, and the medallion tells the server the person’s name and location, even if they have moved, said John Padgett, Carnival’s chief experience and innovation officer. The waterproof device acts as identification, charge card and location beacon. Two ships in the Princess Cruises fleet, which is owned by Carnival, offer the medallion and three more will offer it in 2019.

I Feel Anonymous on This Big Ship

Wearables can allow crew members using a mobile device to view the name of the person approaching them so they can greet the passenger by name. That’s a level of service expected on the most expensive cruises, “but we can make that available to all passengers,” Mr. Padgett said.

They Aren’t Playing Our Song

Passengers wearing an OceanMedallion carry the information they’ve chosen to share with the cruise line wherever they go. “When our guitarist sees that people from Colorado are in her audience and she plays John Denver music, it’s like magic happening,” Mr. Padgett said.

This Bar Is Too Crowded

Using a heat map to see where guests are congregating and how many crew members are there can help determine staffing levels, said David DeCurtis, chief executive of the DeCurtis Corporation, which creates customer-experience software for cruise ships, malls, airports and hospitals. If there’s a crowd at one bar and another is empty, staff can be shifted.

What Happens in an Emergency?

The ability to track passengers is critical during an emergency, Mr. DeCurtis said. During an evacuation, the crew can use location software to see who is heading to assembly stations; who are still in their rooms; which passengers have special needs and might need help; and whether children are with or without their parents.

I Just Want Everything to Be Easy

The newest onboard apps encompass the passenger experience from planning the trip through commemorating it. That could include booking dining and excursions, swiping through the day’s itinerary and dining menus, or receiving a personalized book of photos at the end of the voyage. Some cruise companies, like Holland America Line, offer kiosks on board with many of the same functions.

The new technologies also help the bottom line, Mr. Vellon said. When passengers plan their journey before leaving, they sign up to do more on the ship, he said, and because many future cruises are booked by passengers on current ones, improving service would also drive sales.

A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 3, 2019, on Page TR2 of the New York edition with the headline: Cruise Lines Use Technology to Add the Personal Touch. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe

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Ancient Egypt: From Discovery To Display Behind-the-Scenes With The Penn Museum’s Renowned Egyptian Collection, Opening Saturday February 23

PHILADELPHIA – Opening February 23, Ancient Egypt: From Discovery to Display provides visitors a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to walk in the shoes of an archaeologist. Explore the journey artifacts take on their way to museum display, from excavation to conservation to storage and research. More than 200 fascinating objects, many of which have never been on view before, are included throughout the three-part, 6,000-square-foot exhibition. Eventually, these objects will become a part of the re-envisioned Ancient Egypt and Nubia Galleries, a much-anticipated cornerstone of the Museum’s Building Transformation.

“Unlike most exhibitions about ancient Egypt, Ancient Egypt: From Discovery to Display provides an insider’s look into how objects are excavated, conserved, and stored—treating visitors to a unique experience of the Museum’s world-renowned Egyptian collection as we prepare for the renewal of the full Ancient Egypt and Nubia galleries,” says Dr. Jennifer Houser Wegner, exhibition curator.

In the exhibition’s first stop, visitors are introduced to what life was like in ancient Egypt through objects representing gods, royalty, and everyday individuals. Highlights include a wooden stela (memorial sculpture) from 662–525 BCE that honors two versions of a sun god and a life-sized memorial statue depicting the overseer of priests. But, then, visitors begin to “peel back the layers,” as they follow artifacts through their journeys—in reverse.

In the second gallery, Museum-goers will get a closer look at breathtaking artifacts from the Old Kingdom, also known as the “Age of the Pyramids,” starting in 2613 BCE, through the time of Cleopatra’s death in 30 BCE. Objects in this “visible storage” section include two magical model boats (a sailboat and a rowboat) featured in the critically-acclaimed Smithsonian book History of the World in 1,000 Objects, a stunning turquoise-colored glazed ceramic ware necklace, the 2,000-year-old mummy of a young woman, and a child mummy that was recently CT scanned in partnership with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

The final gallery, also known as the highly-popular Artifact Lab, will provide visitors with an opportunity to learn more about excavation and to observe conservators in action as they work to preserve Egyptian artifacts, including the mummy of a 40-year-old named Hapi-Men and his dog, exquisite gold jewelry worn by the ancient Egyptians, and an intricate model of the throne room of the Palace of Merenptah (the 13th son of Ramesses II), the columns and portals of which will be erected at full height in the Ancient Egypt and Nubia galleries. They’ll also be able to ask questions of the conservators during “Open Window” timeframes: Tuesdays through Fridays from 11–11:30 a.m. and 1:30–2 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from 12–12:30 p.m. and 3–3:30 p.m.

Ancient Egypt: From Discovery to Display invites visitors to see more than 200 Egyptian objects spanning a period of nearly 2,600 years in an unprecedented context, providing a sneak preview into what will be a crowning jewel in the Museum’s extensive Building Transformation project, the Ancient Egypt and Nubia Galleries.

About the Penn Museum

Since 1887, the Museum has transformed understanding of the human experience. Dedicated to ongoing cross-cultural discovery, the Museum’s exhibitions and events welcome everyone to uncover the mystery of the ancient past and find one’s own place in the arc of human history. For more information, visit penn.museum or call 215.898.4000.