BBT Style Announces Expansion of Adley Stump Collection of Couture Headbands; Actress Nia Peeples Wears BBT Style on Lifetime Movie Networks Indie Film Dark Desire

Lincoln, ND (PRWEB) February 05, 2013

Melissa Ahonen is excited about the future of her hair accessory company, BBT Style (http://www.bbtstyle.com). Efforts to get the companys headbands in front of Nashville and Hollywood celebrities have paid off. First, with product placement in the Lifetime Movie Networks indie film, Dark Desire, where actress Nia Peeples is seen wearing a BBT Style "Green Flower Power" headband poolside. And also, in a recent partnership with country singer and ex-The Voice contestant Adley Stump to create and market a line of couture headbands.

Watch a BBT Style video here.

The Adley Stump connection came about when Ahonen reached out on Twitter, offering to send Stump several headbands to try. Ahonen learned the two shared a love of the iconic hair accessory and a partnership was born. The Adley Stump Collection was officially launched in August 2012 and the bands are now available in shops and boutiques across the south central United States and on the BBT Style website.

Adley likes animal prints, bling, color, and more bling and we have incorporated all of those, laughed Ahonen. Three new bands are in the works; we will introduce them in early 2013. You can expect to see bling, metal and a touch of sass in each one.

Nia Peeples discovered BBT Style through a collaborative gift bag Los Angeles-based The Artisan Group prepared for her. Ahonen contributed to the bag two fun, brightly colored, wide cotton headbands that she thought would match Nias personality.

A week after opening the gift bag, Nia tweeted that she had wrapped up the movie Dark Desire and mentioned she had worn my "Green Flower Power" headband while filming, noted Ahonen. The Dark Desire director had also posted a photo of Nia wearing the headband during filming, which a friend clued me in to.

Ahonen sees her company re-defining the headband as a fashion necessity for active, style-conscious women and girls of all ages. A total rewrite of traditional headbands worn by the likes of Mary Tyler Moore and Patty Duke and a bolder take on the delicate versions sported by style icons like Paris Hilton and Milla Jovovich in recent years; they combine practicality with an inimitable sense of fun and a bit of flirt.

BBT Style headbands answer a more or less unmet need, which is for practical but stylish active wear hair accessories, something that looks great but keeps your hair under control, said Ahonen. BBT Style blossomed when my young niece asked for something she could wear to keep her hair out of her face during sports and other activities. I had the feeling I was on to something bigger, grabbed some fabric, elastic, a pad and pencil and the rest was history.

The headbands, wraps and sashes, along with a line of newsboy caps, are fashioned with luxe fabrics and embellishments and offer the wearer the opportunity to achieve hair without a care chic in looks that range from rock n roll to country to all out Hollywood blingand everything in between.

BBT Style is also in the hands of Miranda Lambert, Lauren Conrad, Allison Schmitt, Denise Richards, RaeLynn, Nick and Vanessa Lachey, Diem Brown, Hilary Duff, Suri Cruise and Jessica Albas daughter Honor, who the paparazzi have photographed wearing BBT Style on several occasions.

Soaring sales make it clear the company is hitting the right note with female consumers. As for whats next, Ahonen says BBT Style will be adding two new headband styles and will be expanding its presence in brick and mortar locations. We are always looking for new styles, fabrics and variations to offer our customers to make sure they have the most fabulous hair accessories out there, noted Ahonen.

To learn more about BBT Style and the Adley Stump Collection, contact Melissa Ahonen at 701-400-0084 or by email. Shop BBT Style at http://www.BBTStyle.com, and at select retail locations in the United States and Canada. Follow BBT Style on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/bbtstyle) and Twitter (@BBTStyle).

About BBT Style

BBT Style (http://www.BBTStyle.com), headquartered in Lincoln, North Dakota, creates fun, stylish headbands and hats for all ages. We love fabric and believe you can never have too much. BBT Style is a proud member of The Artisan Group and Pride of Dakota.

Short Documentaries Share Messages of Hope: Okuyamba, Mondays at Racine, RARE to Screen at 29th Annual Long Island Film Festival

Long Island, NY (PRWEB) February 08, 2013

Three award-winning documentary films will screen in a single block on Sunday, February 24, 2013 at the 29th Annual Long Island Film Festival, being held at The Hyatt in Hauppauge, New York.

Okuyamba, the Lugandan word meaning to help, focuses on the common mission shared by a small band of palliative care nurses working tirelessly to ease the pain and suffering of AIDS and cancer patients, dying deep in the rural villages of Uganda. Filmmakers Mike Wargo and Ted Mandell take viewers deep into the forests of Uganda and offer a glimpse of the astounding challenges facing its terminally ill people. Sharing the stories of the 90 percent of the population who receive no assistance with pain or comfort during their final days, the filmmakers also capture the difference palliative care makes in the lives of those receiving it.

Released in 2012, Okuyamba has won numerous awards, including the National Hospice Foundations Inaugural Morfogen Art of Caring Award as well as awards from the Indie Fest, Best Shorts, Accolade Competition and Prestige Awards.

Every third Monday of the month, two bold, brassy sisters open the doors of their Long Island hair salon to women diagnosed with cancer. Oscar

GKhair is Featured Backstage in the Official Presenter Gift Lounge at the 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards

Fort Lauderdale, Florida (PRWEB) March 01, 2013

GKhair made a red-carpet appearance in the sun and on the sand in Santa Monicas beautiful beach February 23rd. The Film Independent Spirit Awards recognize artists achievements in independent filmmaking and GKhair was proud to be a part of The Official Presenter Gift Lounge backstage. The Gift Lounge gave actors a chance to check out GKhair products and receive the goodies to take home and experience. GKhair featured an on-the-go kit created exclusively for the event containing Dry Shampoo, Light Hold Hair Spray, Shaping Wax, Serum and Mini-Tamer Iron.

Stars such as Film Independent Spirit Awards and Oscar nominee Quvenzhane Wallis, Jeremy Renner, Kyle MacLauchlan ,Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Dern, Bryan Cranston, Common, Colin Egglesfield, Chris Tucker, John Waters, Kelly Attertan, Stella Maeve and many more stopped by the Gift Lounge backstage. Nine-year old, Quvenzhane immediately was drawn to GKhairs Mini-Tamer flat iron and was overheard telling her mother Mama, I need this as she quickly tried to fit it into her tiny dog purse. Kyle McLaughlineven had fun with the tool and told the GKhair team Sometimes my hair needs a little taming. GKhair also offered select celebrity guests the ELITE BLACKCARD- GKhairs official access to experience a premi

Girl Up and Henkel Bring Groundbreaking New Film Girl Rising to Branchburg, NJ on International Womens Day

Branchburg, NJ (PRWEB) March 08, 2013

Today, on International Womens Day, the UN Foundations Girl Up campaign and Henkel, the company behind Americas best-known consumer and industrial brands including Dial

DPA and Nathalie Dubois are back with The DPA LOUNGE on the Croisette at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival

(PRWEB) May 02, 2013

After the unparalleled successes of the Cannes Film Festival gifting suites in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011 and 2012 and featuring over $ 100,000 gift bags received by Sharon Stone, Morgan Freeman, Paris Hilton, Fifty Cents, Minnie Driver, Adrian Brody, Djimon Hounsou, Audrey Dana, Maiween, Gerard Jugnot, Gerard Depardieu or Michael Madsen, retreat producer Nathalie Dubois and Entertainment Strategist Company DPA return for the CANNES 2013 DPA LOUNGE at the Cannes Film Festival.

DPA was the first company to ever establish an American gift suite on the Croisette, and is till today the only marketing company to have established official partnerships with the biggest film or TV festivals worldwide and every year, it continues to amaze its stars and medias guests.

May 15th through May 24th The Palace of the Stars, The Intercontinental Carlton Hotel in Cannes will host the most glamorous and sought after location at the Cannes Film Festival 2013: The CANNES 2013 DPA LOUNGE. The worlds biggest and brightest Stars will be invited to this exclusive location at the Intercontinental Carlton Hotel where they will be pampered in luxury and style. Like last year, the CANNES 2013 DPA LOUNGE will be hosting two spaces: A small show room and a gifting suite. We worked 5 months for finding the best of products and we arrive to a fantastic choice of new as well as established brands, says Nathalie Dubois. The big highlight of our event is a full room of high fashion products, or services available to climb the stairs (Montee des marches- red carpet), but also to be gifted.

Ukrainian top designer OLENA DATS will present in the DPA gift suite an exclusive selection of its best European style with Ukrainian soul gowns and cocktail dresses. MARCHON, faithful to the DPA gifting suites worldwide since 2007, will gift in Cannes its new collection of top Italian and French designers sunglasses. Cape Bretons MICHIQUE and its fabulous clutches and bags will be back in Cannes with some fabulous new designs and colors for the red carpet. Speaking about red carpet, RED CARPET Paris will be on hands to soothe the guests feet by providing its great luxurious soles.

Stars are lucky this year with three amazing services for the all festival: Coming specially from Tokyo for the event, CIL DOR will offer eyelashes extensions with a in room service. Its sister company PADINA will gift its all-natural eyelashes conditioner.

Italian GOLD SIN JEWELS will apply 24 carats gold tattoos to the skin of some super famous stars. And finally we're thrilled to announce that UBER is hooking us up with free rides in Cannes this year! If you haven't heard of UBER yet, the concept is simple: Request a pickup through Uber's (free) iPhone/Android/Blackberry/Windows phone application and within minutes a black car will be curbside to take you wherever you want to go. You can expect a ride like a Mercedes, BMW, or Jaguar.

The Cannes DPA 2013 gift suite will also feature amazing jewellery companies, with a big presence of bracelets: We are very excited to have CHAN LUU in our suite. Chan Luus trademark is her artistic skill in combining organic shapes with contemporary ideas to create a line thats unique, wearable, and hand-made. Known for her beautiful wrap bracelets, which come in an array of hand-cut semi-precious stones, sterling silver, gold vermeil, and custom dyed leathers, Chan continues to be a trend leader in fashion today. Her pieces have been featured in the top fashion magazines and have adorned Hollywoods hottest celebrities. Montr