nstperfume » jean godfrey june http://www.nstperfume.com a blog about perfume Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:06:36 +0000 en hourly 1 Free Gift With Purchase by Jean Godfrey-June ~ perfume books http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/free-gift-with-purchase-by-jean-godfrey-june-perfume-books/ http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/free-gift-with-purchase-by-jean-godfrey-june-perfume-books/#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:25:00 +0000 Marcello http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/free-gift-with-purchase-by-jean-godfrey-june-perfume-books/ Free Gift With PurchaseHi there, I'm Jean, and I'm a beauty editor at Lucky magazine. People always tell me I have the best job in the world. And you know what... I agree! I get fifty, a hundred, two hundred beauty gifts every day. Companies keep sending me so much stuff, I sometimes don't even know where to put it. We've got three giant walk-in closets at the office, we call them our beauty closets. Lip gloss, mascara, eye pencils, perfume — you name it, it's there. Once a month we sell the tacky things for charity, but we always make sure to keep the good stuff to ourselves. (And if 'good' means a silk Hermès scarf, we all turn into vicious monsters. It can get ugly sometimes, but that's just human nature.)

So I started at Elle magazine in 1993, which was a strange career choice since both my parents are scientists, and they really didn't see me in this line of work...

]]> Free Gift With PurchaseHi there, I'm Jean, and I'm a beauty editor at Lucky magazine. People always tell me I have the best job in the world. And you know what… I agree! I get fifty, a hundred, two hundred beauty gifts every day. Companies keep sending me so much stuff, I sometimes don't even know where to put it. We've got three giant walk-in closets at the office, we call them our beauty closets. Lip gloss, mascara, eye pencils, perfume — you name it, it's there. Once a month we sell the tacky things for charity, but we always make sure to keep the good stuff to ourselves. (And if 'good' means a silk Hermès scarf, we all turn into vicious monsters. It can get ugly sometimes, but that's just human nature.)

So I started at Elle magazine in 1993, which was a strange career choice since both my parents are scientists, and they really didn't see me in this line of work…

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]]> http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/30/free-gift-with-purchase-by-jean-godfrey-june-perfume-books/feed/ 4 On beauty editors & swag http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/04/14/on-beauty-editors-swag/ http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/04/14/on-beauty-editors-swag/#comments Fri, 14 Apr 2006 18:45:44 +0000 Robin http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/04/14/on-beauty-editors-swag/ Jean Godfrey-June, the beauty editor of Lucky magazine, will launch a new memoir next week, Free Gift With Purchase: My Improbable Career in Magazines and Makeup.

The book has the potential to do for Manhattan beauty editors what Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential" did for chefs: expose to public scrutiny the perks and peccadilloes of an insular world...

]]> Jean Godfrey-June, the beauty editor of Lucky magazine, will launch a new memoir next week, Free Gift With Purchase: My Improbable Career in Magazines and Makeup.

The book has the potential to do for Manhattan beauty editors what Anthony Bourdain's “Kitchen Confidential” did for chefs: expose to public scrutiny the perks and peccadilloes of an insular world…

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