Tired of the basic black laptop case? Looking for more stylish options? Browse the Bags and Luggage page for sites such as ACME Made, Gyms Pacific, Jalda, jzmo, KaraB, Melissa Beth, Mobile Edge, and Tumi, which offer livelier options.
Lapdog from Shaun Jackson Designs
Although it’s black, take a look at the Lapdog from Shaun Jackson Designs – the design is anything but boring-boring, but admittedly a bit of a nuisance when going through airport security.
Categories: Fashion, Accessories, Shoes, Bags
Today, I completed updating pages on fashion and uploading them to The Style Page web site.
While most links on the Accessories page have been for scarves and shawls, I’ve now added Eugenia Kim (who studied millinery at FIT) for hats and Sermoneta for gloves.
The Shoes page includes many new links, but I would like to highlight STRA by Maria Paula Aguilar. Maria Paula is a shoe designer who learned her craft in Italy, but works out of South America. She wrote to The Style Page requesting that we link to her site. I was impressed by both the site and her footwear. Certainly she deserves to become known around the world.
The Bags and Luggage page features 20 new links, including Bag Borrow or Steal, which allows women to pay a monthly membership fee and borrow handbags from our virtual online closet. There are no late fees and members can keep a bag for a week, a month or a year. This site has received notice in InStyle magazine, the Wall Stret Journal, and The Economist, among many others.
Categories: Beauty
Good advice from Paula Begoun, but I do prefer lip balm in a wax base, as long as it contains sunscreens and emollients such as petrolatum and mineral oil. I use a SPF 30 lip balm stick from Stop’n’Shop. The wax seems to create a barrier between the lips and the elements. At night, I use Aquaphor Healing Ointment ointment or a store brand equivalent. Don’t forget the corners of your mouth when applying balm – cracking often begins there.
If cracking begins, apply Neosporin First Aid Antibiotic Ointment or a store brand equivalent, labeled as a “triple antiobiotic ointment.” Band-Aid Liquid Bandage Skin Crack Gel
may be used to seal cracks. BTW Liquid Bandage contains 2-Octyl Cyanoacrylate – cyanoacrylates are the same ingredient in Krazy Glue, but I wouldn’t advise substituting Krazy Glue for Liquid Bandage!
I have tried BeautiControl’s LipApeel and it works well, but my criticism is that the waxy cream used to peel off chapped skin dries out and becomes unworkable. BeautiControl is a direct sales company, like Mary Kay, and is not my preferred way to shop for cosmetics. However, you can shop online and bypass the sales pressure if you state that you do not have a consultant.
Categories: Beauty, Consumer, Canada
OTTAWA – Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh announced today amendments to the Cosmetic Regulations which will require all cosmetic products sold in Canada to list the ingredients on the label. A two-year implementation period has been allowed for industry to comply with the new requirements. These regulations were published in Canada Gazette, Part II, on December 1, 2004. They will come into force on November 16, 2006.
“Mandatory labelling of cosmetic ingredients will increase consumer safety by allowing the public to make more informed choices when selecting cosmetic products,” said Minister Dosanjh. “This will enable medical professionals to refer to a common chemical name for the purpose of treatment and incidence reporting, and will also enable the public to easily identify ingredients to which they may have sensitivities. This initiative will also harmonize our cosmetic labelling with many of our trading partners.”
Cosmetics are defined as “any substance or mixture of substances manufactured, sold or represented for use in cleansing, improving or altering the complexion, skin, hair or teeth and includes deodorants and perfumes.” Estimated sales of cosmetics in Canada total over $5.3 billion annually. All of these products, including both beauty preparations (make-up, perfume, skin cream, nail polish) and grooming aids (soap, shampoo, deodorant) will be required to meet the new regulations.
Under the proposed amendments, ingredients must be disclosed on the cosmetic labels using recognized names from the International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients (INCI) system (as found in the International Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary and Handbook, Tenth Edition). INCI is used in the United States, the European Union, Japan, and many other countries.
Health Canada has consulted a broad spectrum of Canadians over several years, including industry, consumer groups, and medical professionals. Medical professionals, such as dermatologists, and consumer groups strongly support ingredient disclosure. The industry is similarly supportive of the regulatory amendment because it will result in more uniform international labelling requirements.
The new regulations can be found on the Canada Gazette Web site.
Categories: Beauty, Cosmetics, Fragrance
This week (actually the day before Thanksgiving), I completed a major update of the Beauty pages. I am always surprised by the number of cosmetics brands I discovered. The Cosmetics page has many new additions, particularly brands that I discovered during a trip to Italy (Lake Maggiore) last month. As always, I want to recognize those brands about which people sent me information through the Contact Us page or email: Cherriflip, Ava Aromatics, and Melis. After I had published the latest updates, I received information about Beloved Body Care and My Vanity Case, a beauty and perfumery website with a presence at London’s venerable Fortnum & Mason department store.
Categories: Home, Youth, Bedroom, Accessories, Textiles, Tabletop
I’ve just completed updating the Home and Design pages on The Style Page, with new additions to the ACCESSORIES, BATH, BEDROOM, CARPETS AND FLOORS, CERAMICS, CLOSETS, FURNITURE, KITCHEN, TABLETOP, TEXTILES, and YOUTH pages.
It’s been great to get notice for the Home and Design pages. Karen from Switzerland found The Style Page while searching for Judy Ross Textiles. She recommended nonchalantmom, a web site offering modern (not cutesy) clothing for children, playthings, and “nesting materials” – pillows, blankets, etc. Karen also directed me to designaddict.com, a major resource on modern design. As you browse the Home and Design pages, you will find several links to designaddict.com.
Nick wrote to inform The Style Page about his website Miam Miam (meaning “yum-yum” in French), which sells French products including quilts and home accessories. Miam Miam is also a “bricks-and-mortar” store in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Textiles from Creative Women
I was in Cleveland, Ohio, where I visited the Cleveland Museum of Art and of course, its museum shop. Whoever selects merchandise for the museum shop is doing a fabulous job! It’s not just reproductions of art on T-shirts and other accessories. The museum shop also features pillows from Maharam, but the discovery for me were the shawls and other textiles from Creative Women, which is opening markets for textiles based on traditional designs, colors, and materials from Ethiopia and promoting women’s economic independence in that African country.
Categories: Fashion, Apparel, Bags
Many new links have been added to the Fashion pages of The Style Page.
pinkmascara.com notified The Style Page that they have expanded into apparel.
The Style Page also received a request from Emma Gordon Handbags, which is based in London, to list their website. Check out their collection of fabric handbags. Below is the Grace handbag:
Categories: Beauty, Cosmetics, UK
Telegraph | Fashion | Form a queue for Per Una’s unmissable make-up
Per Una Cream Cheek Colour from Marks & Spencer
I’ve been writing a lot lately about cosmetics lines exclusive to a particular chain of stores. Now comes news that UK retailer Marks & Spencer will launch a new cosmetics line Per Una to join its other exclusive lines Autograph, Enhance, and Mien.
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.
Cold Cream 'n' Roses 
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