DRESSING ROOM : Kit simplifies getting beauty products on the plane
Posted on Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Since Sept. 26, air travelers have enjoyed a relaxation of the terrorist-fueled ban on liquids and gels in carry-on luggage. Travelers may now carry through security checkpoints toiletries that are 3 ounces or less and that fit comfortably in one, quart-size, clear plastic, zip-top bag.
To simplify the packing process for travelers, Cosmedicine offers its new all-inclusive kit, First Measures: Basic Skin Health. The kit includes five multibenefit skin treatments and meets all the Transportation Security Administration requirements, Cosmedicine says. Customers need only supply the zip-lock bag. Available for $ 48 at Sephora stores, sephora. com and cosmedicine. com, each kit contains: Healthy Cleanse Foaming Cleanser & Toner In One, MegaDose Skin Fortifying Serum, Opti-mologist Eye Cream With Light Diffusers, Physical Conditioning Body Skin Therapy Lotion and Primary Care Multi-Tasking Moisturizer SPF 20. Sandal season’s over, but...
You can still treat yourself to a pedicure using the latest gadget in the war on dry, cracked, calloused feet and heels: the Artemis Woman Heel Smoother Pro. The battery-operated, handheld, two-speed pedicure appliance features special power tips that transform feet in just minutes by exfoliating dry, dead skin. The Heel Smoother Pro, $ 29. 99, comes with a 1-ounce jar of all-natural Topaz Foot Butter, a blend of topaz crystals, shea butter, tea tree, bergamot and lemon oils. The foot butter itself is $ 7. 99- $ 19. 99. Artemis Woman wellness-inspired skin care and home-spa products are available at Target, Wal-Mart, Amazon. com, QVC, Sharper Image and artemiswoman. com. Still seeking cure A couple more breast-cancer-awareness items worthy of mention: The Bath & Body Works chain has introduced the In Touch Breast Self-Exam Glove, a tool “designed to educate women on how to perform breast self-exams while facilitating their ability to do so.” Approved by the Food and Drug Administration and endorsed by the American Breast Cancer Foundation, the glove, $ 9, has a displacement feature that magnifies the ability to detect bumps or lumps. Each glove comes with detailed instructions in English and Spanish, along with a monthly reminder calendar and a travel satchel. Bath & Body Works is donating $ 1 from the sale of each glove to the ABCF, and forgoing a profit.
Ouidad, the hair-care product line named after its celebritystylist founder, has introduced the Ouidad 2006 Curls for a Cure $ 100 K Initiative. The company is matching every donation clients make to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, up to $ 50, 000. There are two ways customers can donate to Curls for a Cure: Click on any “donation” link on the ouidad. com Web site and make a direct contribution, or add a donation during checkout after any purchase on ouidad. com. Can I get this in a pear shape ?
Wish you could find a store that caters exclusively to women with your body type ? Here’s the next-best thing: myShape (myShape. com ). Marketing to busy / professional women, myShape offers ready-to-wear clothing from a selection of designers that matches their individual measurements, body shape and style. The site features a patent-pending ShapeMatch system, which allows customers to plug in their measurements and style preference, then view and select individual pieces or ensembles suggested by the system. Rebels with a cause Ebay. com is now hosting a “Ban It” celebrity charity auction “that is all about using fashion to express different issues that are important to you, different issues you wish you could ‘ Ban, ’” announces an e-release. The auction is sponsored by Ban deodorant, whose Ban It campaign focuses on giving teens a soapbox. A number of teen celebrities — including recording artist JoJo and actresses Maggie Grace, Beverly Mitchell, Christy Carlson Romano and Terri Colombino — have custom-designed T-shirts depicting various problems they would like to “ban” such as homelessness, skin cancer and hate. Each celebrity has also chosen an organization that correlates with that issue and which will receive all proceeds from the sale of the shirt. The 10-day auction began Sunday. Beauty for masses Walgreens, the retail chain that’s putting a store on just about every corner in America, now carries high-end European bath, body and skin-care luxuries. The European Beauty Collection consists of an assortment of seven highlysought-after beauty lines and will be housed in its own beauty center in selected Walgreens stores.
The featured brands: Institut Arnaud Paris, a face and body care collection; Artdeco, the No. 1-selling color cosmetic brand in German department stores and perfumeries, and a pioneer in premium skin-care concepts; Skincode Switzerland, a fragrance-, preservative- and color-free range of products based on natural ingredients; Spa Aquatique, regimens of professional-grade spa treatments from the French pioneer of marine-based skin-care formulas; Red Water, a Greek face and body care line with Loutrochori thermal spring water, organic olive oil and herbs; La Fleur Organique, a line of French organic hand, body and face care products; and Oli, a collection of Spanish face, body, hair and dietary-supplement products that combine olive oil and olive leaf extract with modern skincare science. Most products are $ 13- $ 40. Shopping in good conscience Fair Indigo, a “style with a conscience fair-trade apparel brand,” launched its Web site, fairindigo. com, and catalog Sept. 18. Fair Indigo describes its debut collection as stylish and highquality, and claims all garments are made by workers “paid fair wages, not the minimum standard required by law.” By challenging the industry status quo, company officials say, Fair Indigo hopes to do for apparel workers what fair-trade coffee has done for farmers. Dressing Room is published biweekly. Send news releases to Helaine R. Williams, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, P. O. Box 2221, Little Rock, Ark. 72203, or e-mail hwilliams@arkansasonline. com
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