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NEW YORK CITY Saturday, September 16, 2006 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Tickets: $25

Event Timing:

* 9:00 am - 10:00am: Private kick-off breakfast for the first 150 ticket purchasers at the "W" Hotel Union Square
* 10:00 am - 10:30 am: Kick-off prize raffle and Fall Fashion Trend Presentation at the "W" Hotel Union Square. All ticket purchasers welcome
* 10:30 am - 6:00 pm: Courtesy shuttles for all ticket purchasers with door-to-door service to top Manhattan fashion boutiques

Details:

* Cadbury Schweppes refreshment lounge at Midnight Oil located in the "W" Hotel Times Square
* SHOP Etc. gift bags to all attendees
* All tour ticket proceeds benefit the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund

Presenting Sponsors:
Adrienne Vittadini, Cadbury Schweppes & Lord & Taylor

Click here to purchase tickets or please call 877-SHOPEtc. (746-7382). For additional information please call 212-649-3015.

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For those who missed it, Barbies manufacturer Mattel sent The Body Shop a cease and desist order after posters featuring Ruby - a self proclaimed Anti-Barbie spokesperson started appearing in American shop windows. This banned advertisement was also forbidden to be hung up in the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway. The complaints included her “nude and nippless figure” being exposed to the public which offended people in the US and China.

If you have problems serving healthy foods because of the prices, you'll find these tips to be just what you need to eat healthy on a budget.

1. Eliminate junk food
Doing your shopping on your own is the easiest way to shop, as children and sometimes spouses are usually the ones requesting junk food. Shopping alone will prevent this, and ensure that you only buy the foods you need.

2. Water or milk instead of soft drinks
You can still enjoy your favorite drinks at a sporting event or night out, although you should stick with the smallest size when shopping to save money and calories. Children and even adults need milk or milk products on a daily basis. Milk will also help you get strong and provides calcium for healthy bones and healthy teeth.

Tucked away in beautiful West Chester Pennsylvania is a boutique filled with decadently high-end beauty products (Hourglass, Fresh, Kiss Me, Becca) that has all of the locals raving. While Plain Jane is known for its intimate at-home setting (you'll feel like you are simply sharing makeup with a girlfriend) they are most known for their fabulous makeup parties. Where else can you sip champagne while choosing just the right lipstick other than your own powder room, of course.

Plain Jane offers the Powder Room party every Wednesday from 5pm-8pm. Play with color, talk to a makeup artist about your skin and ideas for a new look and get transformed as they work their magic. Sipping cocktails, gabbing with girlfriends and being pampered? This is my idea of fun.

Plain Jane has First Friday parties or better yet, you can customize a party to suit your needs. Pampering your best girlfriends with sugar scrubs, face masks, hair styling and makeup applications--we all love to be pampered, why not make it a celebration and share it with your friends?

With a few accolades to their name such as the Best of Philly Best Cosmetic Store award and two Best of the Main Line awards, Plain Jane owners Annie Moretti and Michele Robins have what it takes to make sure that you walk away from their boutique having just had an "experience" and not just another shopping day.

With Memorial Day come and gone, the unofficial start to summer is upon us. Before you head to the beach, it’s time to groom some unkempt [bikini] areas, get your body bronzed and dress up your beach wear for a trip to the shores that will rival summers past.

Polka-Dot No More
For the most sensitive spots on a woman, shaving and waxing can cause several problems, including rash and unwanted bumps. After months of dieting to fit into your bikini, this is the last look you want when sporting a “barely there” two piece. Min New York offers Solution2 Rollerball, an innovative post-shaving and waxing treatment that uses an advanced blend of liquid aspirin and organic spearmint to tighten pores and prevent redness, alleviating razor bumps, ingrown hairs and general skin irritation.
Available at www.MiN.com; $20.00

 

Bronzed Babe
Waxing “down there” is only half the prep for your day in the sun. Unless you’ve been lying in damaging tanning beds, chances are you could use a little color to help camouflage dimples and accentuate all the right curves. JOICO Skin Luxe Golden Shimmer allows you to show off your tan in its entire golden splendor, without the harmful effects from sun exposure. This luxurious, coconut-scented lotion builds an even, natural-looking tan without the dangers of sun bathing, while imparting a light touch of sexy, tan-enhancing shimmer on the skin.
For retail info, call 1-800-80-JOICO or visit www.JOICO.com; $15.95

CVS Could Soon Stand for "Central Vanity Station" 

A few weeks ago I ran out of my moisturizer, but had to settle for a “hold-me-over” at my local CVS since I didn’t have the time to visit Sephora.  I walked to the normal space in the front corner of the store where the beauty products were always housed, but what I found wasn’t what I was expecting.  Halogen lighting dimly peeked through the glass that replaced the ugly metal shelving and a pleasant well-dressed woman stood behind a podium and asked if I needed any help finding something.  Had I walked into the right store? This is CVS?

My positive reaction to the amped up beauty offerings was obviously one of many. According to Women’s Wear Daily, the chain just released drafts to open beauty emporiums called Beauty 360 beside their drugstores that will house what they call “department store or specialty store” skincare, fragrance, and cosmetics brands.  The store will be its own entity with a breezeway to walk from the regular CVS to the new Beauty 360.

This effort has been in the works for a few years now, but thanks to the consumer frugality in our present economy—the concept finally took flight.  Recessionista points go to CVS for honing in on a way to position luxury products to the thrifty consumers that frequent their regular stores.

For example, I know I like certain mass-market beauty products like Maybelline mascara, but I prefer luxury skin care products like Fresh Soy Face Cleanser.  If this concept takes off I will have a one-stop shop for all my beauty needs.  Whether Fresh will be participating is undisclosed as is the entire list of the 32 brands that they will be carrying.

If successful, CVS will be competing with Sephora, BlueMercury, Ulta and Space NK in the new category of beauty stores that carry brands previously exclusively distributed to department stores. CVS’s current real estate is said to be Beauty 360’s competitive advantage. Sixty percent of females live within a 5-mile radius of a CVS so with the future expansion plans (500-1,000 units) this concept would almost definitely affect every female reading this post. 

Pretty soon we might be able to buy Christian Dior Eyeshadow while we pick up our prescription and get some milk all in one place.

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