Completely Bare Expands, Offers Freebies

Send to KindleTweet Love or hate it, the home of vajazzling is expanding, with a new location in the Upper East Side. Uptown Manhattanites will now be able to get waxing, laser hair removal and “body accessories,” at another spot uptown, at  the Upper East Side Sports Club LA on East 61st Street. The location [...]

Budget Beauty Finds

Send to KindleTweet There’s no need to convince–when I wax on about Target, I’m usually preaching to the choir. It takes restraint to avoid this big box, but when a publicist pitched something, I was reminded of some fab deals at Target and another budget retailer. The pioneer of designer fashions for the masses, Target [...]

Jet Blue Reveals Vineyard Plans

Send to KindleTweet Pack your loafers because JetBlue Airways just revealed plans to add another dot on its map–Martha’s Vineyard. The carrier will offer daily service to the Cape Cod area island, with schedule and pricing information available in January. The airline aims to offer daily nonstop service between New York’s JFK airport and Martha’s [...]

BPA Debate Heats Up In Europe, New England

Send to KindleTweet The debate over the presumed danger of bisphenol A (BPA) is sparking new discussions amid the European Commission‘s recent move to ban the chemical often used in clear plastics, in baby bottles, according to the BBC. While six American companies voluntarily stopped using BPA in baby bottles last year, Canada was a [...]

Safe Soap

Send to KindleTweet Keeping your family germ-free while reducing your dependence on petroleum- and chemical-filled products is a difficult endeavor. Lately it seems as though petroleum byproducts and corn syrup derivatives are in most products, even when they don’t seem necessary. Petroleum is often found in various fuel types, plastics, detergent and many other daily household products. The [...]

Glasgow Gets Swanky Budget Hotel

Send to KindleTweet This fall marked Dutch hotel group citizenM‘s first opening outside Amsterdam. The hospitality house opened its third location, in Glasgow, Scotland, further expanding its offerings and marking its place in the “affordable luxury” hotel business. The company, whose name refers to the concept “mobile,” introduced the new 198-room hotel in what was [...]

Alicia Silverstone To Expand Beauty Collection

Send to KindleTweet Actress, author and outspoken vegan Alicia Silverstone is expanding her EcoTools collection with three planned additions and updates to three sets. The April 2011 launch set for release at Walmart, Target, and Walgreens will include bags to store tools on the go, and brushes. The offerings will be made from materials including [...]

Tracy Reese, Vera Wang, Reveal Beauty Moves

Send to KindleTweet The fashion business is harder than it once was, with creative freedom often pushed aside in the name of profits. The path to a black bottom line these days is often achieved through two strategies: a stake sale to a private equity company or a partnership to sell a budget collection at [...]

JLo Scores L’Oreal Deal

Send to KindleTweet French beauty giant L’Oreal Paris has tapped New York City native and entertainment icon Jennifer Lopez as its new global ambassador. The singer, actress, business woman and mother of two was hired to join the “roster of spokes people that represents in all its diversity, the beauty of today’s woman. Jennifer will [...]