Bold and the Beautiful April 24 Sneak Peek: Heidi and Spencer Add Cachet to the Fashion Show
Reality TV stars Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag make their bold entrance at the Forrester Creations fashion show, setting the stage for a night of high fashion and even higher drama.
The Bold and the Beautiful sneak peek video for Thursday, April 24, promises an exciting episode filled with high-fashion moments and dramatic confrontations. The action kicks off behind the scenes at the Forrester Creations fashion show, where Steffy welcomes some familiar faces.
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Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are in the spotlight as they navigate the glamorous yet tense environment. Heidi’s presence is impossible to ignore as Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) welcomes her to the event.
Meanwhile, Spencer is there supporting Steffy alongside Heidi after all the recent Forrester Creations drama. Perhaps the most exciting thing is that Steffy mentions her collab with Heidi. Also, Heidi congratulates her on Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) and Taylor’s (Rebecca Budig) reunion.
B&B never disappoints when it comes to blending glamour with intrigue, and this episode will be no different. Don’t miss the action-packed Thursday episode, airing April 24, 2025. Check out the sneak peek below.
In Mazda’s hometown of Hiroshima, Japan, there are artists whose families have been making traditional Japanese lacquer work for generations. Lacquer is an artistic process that starts with the resin of the native urushi tree which is then ground and mixed with pigments to create a bold, smooth coating that can be applied to wood, or spread over a paper form to create a light, strong, and very beautiful finish on furniture or housewares. It’s a time-consuming art. A single lacquer bowl can require more than 100 layers and take more than four months to complete. The result is unlike any other paint process. It’s glossy and deep, with colors like a sunset or a butterfly’s wing.
You won’t find any lacquer artists in the paint department at Mazda, but there is no doubt that Keiichi Okamoto, head of the design center, finds inspiration in that traditional Japanese craft. If you’ve ever walked past a ruby-red CX-50 in a parking lot or caught a glimpse of a bright gem of a Miata on the highway, you have Okamoto and his team to thank for that eye-catching color. To make a red so vibrant, Mazda’s paint team had to develop a whole new paint process.
Takuminuri translates in English as “artisan coloring,” and it refers to four of Mazda’s most dramatic colors: Soul Red Crystal, Machine Gray, Rhodium White Premium, and Artisan Red Premium. What makes these colors different from standard metallic finishes is the size of the metallic particles and the way the paint is applied. Where normal metallic paints use larger flakes and only a few layers, a Takuminuri color uses much smaller flake and a translucent color layer before the clear coat. This is a similar technique to the “kandy coat” colors of custom cars in the 1960s, where a layer of metalflake or pearl was sprayed over by a transparent color. Unlike those early candies, which were notorious for becoming blotchy if not applied perfectly by a skilled hand, Mazda has managed to program its factory robots to lay down thin, even coats of each layer to maximize the shine and avoid any imperfections.
To achieve the sheen without the glitter of metallic, the actual flakes in the first layer of paint are a mere 12 to 15 microns thick, barely bigger than what the human eye can see. The layer contains both metallic and light-absorbing particles, which mimics the effect of a flake sprayed over a dark base coat—a trick for creating depth under the eventual candy top coat.
For inspiration, Okamoto looked at gemstones, freshly machined metal, red wines, and, we’d guess, at local lacquerware. The result is shades that highlight the shape of the cars in unbroken lines and with an underlying glow. It’s the perfect match for Mazda’s unfussy, simple design language, much like a lacquer sake cup in a traditional black and red finish.
