Categories: Beauty, Cosmetics
I live in the Mid-Atlantic States, where the dominant drugstore chain is CVS. I visited Walgreen's while I was in St. Louis, and checked out the IsaDora cosmetics line, which is carried exclusively at Walgreen's. There's a growing trend for chain stores to carry lines exclusive to that chain. While IsaDora, a cosmetics line from Sweden, is exclusive to Walgreen's, Lumene, a cosmetics line from Finland, is exclusive to CVS. (Interestingly, I found eyeliner pencils from CVS's Essence of Beauty line at Big Lots!)
I found IsaDora unappealing and dated in its displays featuring overly made-up models and its packaging. Lumene, on the other hand, strives for an image of Nordic freshness and coolness through its use of cool blonde Nordic models and dark blue packaging (think Noxzema or Nivea).
The Style Page has tried Lumene's Vitamin+ Energy Cocktail serum, a two-phase formula that needs to be shaken for application, and it does impart a nice glow to the skin. It also likes Lumene's Delight Solo eyeshadow in Never Alone (a subdued pink) from its Skin Couture collection.
Monday, September 13, 2004
Thursday, September 02, 2004
Monday, August 23, 2004
Yahoo News - Cheaper Chic Spills Into Vogue
Categories: Fashion, Media, Magazines
Yahoo News - Cheaper Chic Spills Into Wintour'sVogue
"[The] 832-page September issue hitting newsstands this week is the magazine's biggest ever, with 647 ad pages and weighing around 4 pounds."
This article notes that shopping titles such as Lucky are much cheaper to produce than Vogue and Harper's BAZAAR. What it didn't mention that Lucky is much more honest than other fashion magazines in that women's magazines are about delivering the audience to its advertisers and Lucky is unabashed about its purpose. Magazines such as Vogue and Marie Claire feature both fashion and social commentary witihin its pages. For example, the September 2004 issue of Vogue had articles about John Kerry's daughters (photographed in couture gowns) and a former punk rock singer now with the leftist MoveOn.org and a review of a book on India that perpetuates the image of that country as poor, dysfunctional, and corrupt.
This article first brought to my attention SHOP Etc., a new magazine from the Hearst Corporation (which also publishes Harper's BAZAAR, Cosmo, and Oprah's O), designed to compete with Lucky. SHOP Etc. uses the metaphor of a store with departments for fashion, home, and beauty and includes bifold pages to demarcate each department. While Lucky has its Lucky Breaks and stickers page, SHOP Etc. has coupon inserts.
Overall, I am not excited about SHOP Etc., because it's nowhere as visually appealing as Lucky. This magazine will probably go the way of HotDots, another shopping title that tried to integrate a print format and web shopping, which discontinued publication after only a few issues.
Yahoo News - Cheaper Chic Spills Into Wintour'sVogue
"[The] 832-page September issue hitting newsstands this week is the magazine's biggest ever, with 647 ad pages and weighing around 4 pounds."
This article notes that shopping titles such as Lucky are much cheaper to produce than Vogue and Harper's BAZAAR. What it didn't mention that Lucky is much more honest than other fashion magazines in that women's magazines are about delivering the audience to its advertisers and Lucky is unabashed about its purpose. Magazines such as Vogue and Marie Claire feature both fashion and social commentary witihin its pages. For example, the September 2004 issue of Vogue had articles about John Kerry's daughters (photographed in couture gowns) and a former punk rock singer now with the leftist MoveOn.org and a review of a book on India that perpetuates the image of that country as poor, dysfunctional, and corrupt.
This article first brought to my attention SHOP Etc., a new magazine from the Hearst Corporation (which also publishes Harper's BAZAAR, Cosmo, and Oprah's O), designed to compete with Lucky. SHOP Etc. uses the metaphor of a store with departments for fashion, home, and beauty and includes bifold pages to demarcate each department. While Lucky has its Lucky Breaks and stickers page, SHOP Etc. has coupon inserts.
Overall, I am not excited about SHOP Etc., because it's nowhere as visually appealing as Lucky. This magazine will probably go the way of HotDots, another shopping title that tried to integrate a print format and web shopping, which discontinued publication after only a few issues.
CNN.com - Models queens of covers again - Aug 18 2004
Categories: Fashion, Media, Magazines
Nine up-and-coming models grace the cover of the huge and weighty September 2004 issue of Vogue, displacing actresses and singers.
Note further on that Lucky (also published by Conde Nast) had to renounce its pledge not to use celebrities on the cover, due to poor newstand sales.
Nine up-and-coming models grace the cover of the huge and weighty September 2004 issue of Vogue, displacing actresses and singers.
Note further on that Lucky (also published by Conde Nast) had to renounce its pledge not to use celebrities on the cover, due to poor newstand sales.
Friday, July 30, 2004
The Style Page | Updates for August 2004
Categories: Fashion, Beauty, Home, Bookstand
The Style Page has been updated for August 2004. In July 2004, we received requests for inquiries from Pink Confection, Arboretum Skin Care, Star Hitched Wagon, Treat Beauty, Coleena Bobeena, FotoSearch, and Soleberry Modern Stationers. Please check out their web sites through the The Style Page. In addition, we have collected many other links for August 2004.
Happy browsing, and enjoy what remains of the summer!
The Style Page has been updated for August 2004. In July 2004, we received requests for inquiries from Pink Confection, Arboretum Skin Care, Star Hitched Wagon, Treat Beauty, Coleena Bobeena, FotoSearch, and Soleberry Modern Stationers. Please check out their web sites through the The Style Page. In addition, we have collected many other links for August 2004.
Happy browsing, and enjoy what remains of the summer!
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
The Style Page updated for July 2004
Categories: Fashion, Beauty, Bookstand, Home
The Style Page is now updated for July 2004. This past month, we received requests for links from:
Beauty Works
Ahiva Skin Care
Savons de Provence, Ltd.
DermaNew
Azalea Bath & Body
PATINA
PinkMascara.com
Postmodern Pets
Beautiel International Co., Ltd.
Streekers
Ariane Poole London
Please check out their web sites through The Style Page. We have added many other sites to The Style Page for July 2004. Happy browsing!
The Style Page is now updated for July 2004. This past month, we received requests for links from:
Beauty Works
Ahiva Skin Care
Savons de Provence, Ltd.
DermaNew
Azalea Bath & Body
PATINA
PinkMascara.com
Postmodern Pets
Beautiel International Co., Ltd.
Streekers
Ariane Poole London
Please check out their web sites through The Style Page. We have added many other sites to The Style Page for July 2004. Happy browsing!
Saturday, May 29, 2004
Celebrate summer - The Style Page now updated for June 2004
Categories: Fashion, Beauty, Bookstand, Home
The Style Page is now updated for June 2004.
This past month, we received requests for listings from Thomasin Countey jewelry, rapp and posavek handbags, and Reviva Labs natural skin care. Please check out their web sites through The Style Page.
The Style Page now features online shopping via Amazon.com's new Beauty Store.
The Style Page is now updated for June 2004.
This past month, we received requests for listings from Thomasin Countey jewelry, rapp and posavek handbags, and Reviva Labs natural skin care. Please check out their web sites through The Style Page.
The Style Page now features online shopping via Amazon.com's new Beauty Store.
Friday, April 02, 2004
Kosher Cosmetics
Categories: Beauty, Cosmetics
Shaindee Cosmetics
Passover, or Pesach, begins on April 6, and Jewish homes are cleaned to remove leavened bread products. Some cosmetics may contain wheat or oat products and, according to some interpretations of the Torah, have to removed. To meet those requirements, esthetician Shaindy Kalman has developed Shaindee Cosmetics, a kosher-for-Passover which comprises two lines: Long-Lasting Everyday Cosmetics for application before the Shabbat (Sabbath) and Yom Tov (festive holidays), and another line of powder-based Shabbat Cosmetics for application during Shabbat and Yom Tov, according to specific halachic guidelines (Halacha pertains to "Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures")
The Style Page, of course, should not be taken as an authoritative source on Jewish traditions; however, it would like to note that another interpretation suggests that cosmetics are not intended for eating, and therefore, do not have to be removed from the home.
Shaindee Cosmetics
Passover, or Pesach, begins on April 6, and Jewish homes are cleaned to remove leavened bread products. Some cosmetics may contain wheat or oat products and, according to some interpretations of the Torah, have to removed. To meet those requirements, esthetician Shaindy Kalman has developed Shaindee Cosmetics, a kosher-for-Passover which comprises two lines: Long-Lasting Everyday Cosmetics for application before the Shabbat (Sabbath) and Yom Tov (festive holidays), and another line of powder-based Shabbat Cosmetics for application during Shabbat and Yom Tov, according to specific halachic guidelines (Halacha pertains to "Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures")
The Style Page, of course, should not be taken as an authoritative source on Jewish traditions; however, it would like to note that another interpretation suggests that cosmetics are not intended for eating, and therefore, do not have to be removed from the home.
Saturday, March 20, 2004
A passion for cardamom
Categories: Miscellany,
Cardamom is a spice that people in the area of the world from the Middle East to South Asia use to flavor coffee and tea. It is also popular in Scandinavian baking.
Badger Lip & Body Balm, Chai Rose
This aromatic spice may be found in Badger Lip and Body Balm in Chai Rose, "an exotic mélange of Cardamom, Rose and Vanilla"
Speaking of chai, here is my recipe for Indian chai (adapted from the More-With-Less Cookbook
):
Boil 1 Tablespoon loose black Tea in 1 cup (250 ml) to 1-1/2 cup (375 ml) water (depending on strength) in a saucepan for 5-10 min
Add 1 cup (250 ml) to 1-1/2 cup (375 ml) warm milk (you can preheat milk in the microwave). Toss in a cinnamon stick (break in half), a few whole cloves, and a few cracked cardamom pods. Heat to nearly boiling.
Pour everything - including the loose tea, cinammon stick, cloves, and cardamom pods - into a teapot. This will allow for extra time to steep the chai. You may warm the teapot beforehand by adding a small amount of boiling water to the pot and then draining the pot.
Pour and strain tea into tea cups. Add sugar or honey, if desired.
Serve with cookies or crystallized ginger.
Hint: you're paying for the packaging when you purchase tiny bottles of spices at the supermarket. Go instead to an Asian market where they sell spices in cellophane bags.
Hint: Do not use cardamon powder. As Andrew Dalby notes in his book Dangerous Tastes: The Story of Spices, the seeds soon lose their aroma when they are removed from the pod.
Cardamom is a spice that people in the area of the world from the Middle East to South Asia use to flavor coffee and tea. It is also popular in Scandinavian baking.
Badger Lip & Body Balm, Chai Rose
This aromatic spice may be found in Badger Lip and Body Balm in Chai Rose, "an exotic mélange of Cardamom, Rose and Vanilla"
Speaking of chai, here is my recipe for Indian chai (adapted from the More-With-Less Cookbook
):Boil 1 Tablespoon loose black Tea in 1 cup (250 ml) to 1-1/2 cup (375 ml) water (depending on strength) in a saucepan for 5-10 min
Add 1 cup (250 ml) to 1-1/2 cup (375 ml) warm milk (you can preheat milk in the microwave). Toss in a cinnamon stick (break in half), a few whole cloves, and a few cracked cardamom pods. Heat to nearly boiling.
Pour everything - including the loose tea, cinammon stick, cloves, and cardamom pods - into a teapot. This will allow for extra time to steep the chai. You may warm the teapot beforehand by adding a small amount of boiling water to the pot and then draining the pot.
Pour and strain tea into tea cups. Add sugar or honey, if desired.
Serve with cookies or crystallized ginger.
Hint: you're paying for the packaging when you purchase tiny bottles of spices at the supermarket. Go instead to an Asian market where they sell spices in cellophane bags.
Hint: Do not use cardamon powder. As Andrew Dalby notes in his book Dangerous Tastes: The Story of Spices
, the seeds soon lose their aroma when they are removed from the pod.
Thursday, March 18, 2004
AlterNet: Women Deserve "More"
Categories: Bookstand, Media, Magazines
MORE
Women Deserve More, by Sheila Gibbons of Media Report to Women is an interesting article about the ambivalence of MORE, "the one magazine that celebrates women over 40," towards its target audience. The host web site AlterNet describes itself as "a project of the Independent Media Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting independent and alternative journalism" and is liberal-to-leftist in its orientation.
Kudos to Marlene Eskin, who identified this article through the 2004-03-18 update (select What's New) of CosmeticIndustry.com.
I plan to read Spin Sisters : How the Women of the Media Sell Unhappiness --- and Liberalism --- to the Women of America, written by Myrna Blyth, founding editor-in-chief and publishing director of MORE magazine. As you can see, views expressed on amazon.com about Spin Sisters are strongly divided, with some thinking that Ms. Blyth is reinventing herself as a conservative pundit.
MORE
Women Deserve More, by Sheila Gibbons of Media Report to Women is an interesting article about the ambivalence of MORE
, "the one magazine that celebrates women over 40," towards its target audience. The host web site AlterNet describes itself as "a project of the Independent Media Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting independent and alternative journalism" and is liberal-to-leftist in its orientation.Kudos to Marlene Eskin, who identified this article through the 2004-03-18 update (select What's New) of CosmeticIndustry.com.
I plan to read Spin Sisters : How the Women of the Media Sell Unhappiness --- and Liberalism --- to the Women of America
, written by Myrna Blyth, founding editor-in-chief and publishing director of MORE magazine. As you can see, views expressed on amazon.com about Spin Sisters are strongly divided, with some thinking that Ms. Blyth is reinventing herself as a conservative pundit.
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