From Mt. P to Sherman Oaks, Welcome Eleanor Jean

By Laura Medina

Eleanor Jean sitting side by side with Lisa Rinna's Bella Gray. Happy local with Eleanor Jean's proprietor, Jacey.

In a blink of an eye, it was only last year Charleston's/Mt. Pleasant's Powder Puffs to Brushes was the place to go for lash tinting and exquisite beauty products...with mobile beauty services that started in Charleston that soon expanded to Southern California.

Managing a growing clientele and expanding geographical demands, it was easier for the proprietor, Jacey to consolidate her services, pack up and move then follow the growing demand to Sherman Oaks, California.

As soon as she touched down in the Valley's low-key but hip Ventura Boulevard in upscale Sherman Oaks five months ago, Jacey rechristened her beauty boutique/salon, Eleanor Jean in honor of her grandma. The neighborhood quickly adapted her as their own.

Lisa Rinna's clothing boutique, Bella Gray, happily split itself in two, put up a wall then gave the new space to Eleanor Jean.

The low-key but glamorous celebrity locals quickly made it as their own, making Eleanor Jean a local neighborhood haunt among Lisa Rinna's Bella Gray, Tory Spelling's Inventori, and local bakery/cafe/market, Sweet Butter Kitchen, a cozy, chic corner where neighborhood celebrities primp, pamper, shop and nibble.

Eleanor Jean started a charity fragrance of the month program, "A Scent for Humanity." At the first of each month, Eleanor Jean will customized a fragrance for a new celebrity then sell that limited edition fragrance for that particular month, donating a precentage to that celebrity's choice of charity.

Once the month is over, the cycle begins again.

Jacey blended a customized a perfume for "The Voice" contestant, Lily Elise for the month of July, in cozy boutique nook where the fragrance bar is stocked. Then, come next month, it is "Dancing with the Stars", Louie Van Amstel.

A parade of tween and teen actresses and actors stormed the fragrance launch party, nibbling on cake lollipops and sipping on HINT Water on this hot and sweltering Summer day in the Valley. The tween actresses love playing around with Eleanor Jean's one of a kind makeup brands, slicking on lipglosses and swirling blush.

Appearances are deceiving. On the outside, it looks like a quaint, little shop but wait and behold when you step inside. Jacey makes full use of the long and lean space, creating a full-service beauty emporium where a mini loungewear nook, a screened-off waxing section, and a spacious manicure/pedicure salon crop up. This long and lean newcomer sure packs a wallop of primp, pampering, and goodies.

In the front main department, vanity table and chairs make up the makeup station where a makeup artist can apply a new look for the day and night.

likes of MOR, Lafco New York, and Tocca, with fashionable but exceptional cosmetics that are difficult to find, even in Los Angeles, such as Girlacktik, Tinte, and Besame.

The local Sherman Oaks celebrities quickly adapted Eleanor Jean as their own neighborhood hang-out, making it Ventura Boulevard's ultimate beauty destination. From Mt. Pleasant on Shem Creek to Sherman Oaks, welcomed to the Valley, Eleanor Jean.