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"   Photo: Patrick McMullan  Being the face of a major beauty brand has its perks, as actress Amanda Seyfried discovered last night: to fete her birthday and her new spring 2012 campaign with the company, Cl\u00E9 de Peau Beaut\u00E9 hosted a massive party at New York City&amp;#039;s exclusive Norwood House. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve never been a spokesperson for anything in my life,&amp;quot; Seyfried admitted to a roomful of revelers at the start of the evening. &amp;quot;But the last year and a half has been a great journey, and I&amp;#039;m having so much fun.&amp;quot; According to Lucia Pieroni, Cl\u00E9 de Peau&amp;#039;s Makeup Creative Director, the spring products\u2014glistening lipsticks, a face luminizer, and golden eye shadow palette\u2014were inspired by chocolate, candlelight, and the pearlescent conch shell. But of the three inspirations, chocolate ranks at the top of Pieroni&amp;#039;s list. &amp;quot;Chocolates, cakes, and other sweets&amp;quot; she encountered at the Patisserie Valerie in London influenced the lipsticks&amp;#039; creamy, sparkling textures (names of tubes range from Chocolate Truffle to Plum Pudding). &amp;quot;They&amp;#039;re really yummy, but they don&amp;#039;t make you fat!&amp;quot; says Pieroni about her creations.  This would explain the three floors of desserts at Norwood. On the second level, there was an entire buffet of pies, tarts, tiered cakes, and rock candy sculptures, while the top floor housed a chocolate bar replete with MarieBelle confections and hot cocoa. The highlight of the night was when guests, holding candles distributed by\u2014you guessed it\u2014candy stripers, cheered for Seyfried as a massive peanut butter-and-chocolate cake was wheeled out. Want a slice? Pick up Cl\u00E9 de Peau&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;Le Maquillage Couleur&amp;quot; collection in March at Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Barneys. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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