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The (Almost) Spring Be Brilliant List

The (Almost) Spring Be Brilliant List

Spring is expansive. The weather changes, the sun is brighter, moods lighten and styles shift.


So it's a perfect time share some of our fave things for the season.

What's moving you this spring, fun seekers? Here's our latest list (although it grows nearly every day.)

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Power Of Being Present And Knowing Big Things Are To Come

Power Of Being Present And Knowing Big Things Are...

We had a wonderful time in Los Angeles, participating in Academy Awards events and spreading our message of empowerment. The city was awash in glamour with parties all over town as film, television, music and sports stars came out to celebrate the Oscars.

Amid the splash and buzz, we learned some lessons of our own. Chiefly, the power of staying in the moment even when you don't know where the universe is going to lead. And of staying open to possibilities and welcoming what was to come.

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Welcome To Hollywood

Welcome To Hollywood

What an exciting week for our Be Brilliant Bags team!

We're headed off to Hollywood for events honoring the Academy Awards. As film fans, we love the Oscars, and as fashion fans, we'll be glued to all that is happening on the red carpet. Year after year, seeing our biggest stars in the most fabulous frocks never gets old!

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Don't Compare — You're You.

Don't Compare — You're You.

One of my esteemed Facebook friends (that I've never met), the amazing author and creative spirit Kevin Sessums, admitted in a recent post a rather negative mindset that keeps knocking on his heart from time to time: compare and despair. Even as he is mega-accomplished — a truly special person — that old voice keeps creeping in, he confessed, noting as an author, it's hard not to compare your own success to others.

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Oh, You Smell So Good — Fragrance Tips

Oh, You Smell So Good — Fragrance Tips

Like many women, Marsa and I love our fragrances. 

While we know that scents are very personal and tastes are divergent, it's the memories we associate with our perfumes that make us smile. 

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At Valentine's Day, Ponder the Grand Gesture

At Valentine's Day, Ponder the Grand Gesture

It's closing in on Valentine's Day. Such an anxious time for lots of women in particular. But also men who want their gifts to communicate something.


New love. Reconciliation. Rekindling. Even detachment.

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A Brilliant Retreat

This weekend Marsa and I are going into our quarterly Be Brilliant Retreat.

We'll do this once every three months to take stock of where we are going as a company and to refocus our hearts on our mission of empowering women to step out of their comfort zones to become the best they can be.

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A Silver Screen Flash Sale And Sweepstakes

A Silver Screen Flash Sale And Sweepstakes

A new year always means awards season, especially for our creatives who work in film.

It's hard to overstate the impact movies have had on our culture — truly making us laugh, cry and react with emotions that feed our souls.

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With Gratitude To Everyone

With Gratitude To Everyone

I have a Facebook friend named Arla and although we've never met in person, she's a real teacher in the social media space.


She's fantastic, I think, at the school of life — imparting wisdom that is both earthy and also so real.

Here's what she recently posted:

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Make Your Biggest Dreams A Reality

Make Your Biggest Dreams A Reality

There is a store in my community that is beautifully arranged. Colorful, artful, a putterer's paradise. And one day this summer, I saw a sign there that resonated.

"I decided that the world of work is not conducive to joy-- and so I became a dreamer of dreams that come true. I'm much happier now," it read.

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