Lancôme Joins Forces With France's First Lady

Very exciting news from our Paris headquarters. Lancôme has entered into a partnership with the Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Foundation. We are thrilled to be supporting the First Lady of France’s organization as its first corporate patron.

Lancôme will be supporting the part of her foundation that helps young adults in France from disadvantaged backgrounds pursue careers in the arts. For more information, please visit carlabrunisarkozy.org.

Lancôme sponsors similar programs in the United States, including New York's Epic Theatre Ensemble, which brings theater workshops to high schools that have little in the way of arts programs, and the after-school beauty program at New York's Fashion Industries public high school. Then there is the Vik Muniz arts program for teenagers in Brazil that was spearheaded by our spokesmodel Daria Werbowy.

Artistic talent is a terrible thing to waste. I hope these programs help more than a few individuals pursue their passion.

Congrats to Epic Theatre Ensemble!

We'd like to share some great news with you. Epic Theatre Ensemble was presented with a "Coming Up Taller" award by First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House today! This award is given by the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities and recognizes outstanding community programs that celebrate the creativity of young people.

As part of its mission, Epic brings theatre to public high school students in New York City. Some of these schools have very little in the way of arts programs, so without Epic there would be no school plays. If you were or are lucky enough to attend a school that puts on plays each season, that's a shocking fact. For many high school students around the country, things like the TV show "Glee" are total fiction.

Lancôme has been a proud supporter of Epic for several years. The Epic artists and the students they work with are an amazing group of people and we've thoroughly enjoyed their Shakespeare Remix productions of such plays as "Othello," "Hamlet" and "Romeo and Juliet." Our ambassador Kate Winslet even spoke to Epic student artists last year as part of an "Inside the Actors Studio"-type Q&A. (That's Kate with the students above.)

Congratulations again on this well-deserved award. Click here for info on Epic's upcoming performances.