The world of fashion in the form of Liz Claiborne Inc. (LIZ) has taken a financial hit due to the current economic situation as well as prior financial challenges.

Liz Claiborne recently posted a much wider-than-expected third-quarter loss of $90.5 million or 96 cents a share compared with a year-earlier loss of $68.7 million or 73 cents per share, but did offer stockholders and brand fans some glimmers of hope for the future.

Excluding write-downs and other items, continuing operations swung to a loss of 43 cents from year-earlier income of 39 cents. Sales dropped 24% to $769.6 million.

Liz Claiborne which also owns the beloved Juicy Couture brand along with Kate Space, Lucky Brand and Mexx reported a 90.5 million dollar loss for the quarter ending October 3, 2009. Read the rest of this post »

One of my ongoing challenges with hair, beauty, cosmetics and the like is to figure out ways to keep my information fresh, exciting and unique.

That may sound easy-peasy, but it’s not.  Afterall, other than cool marketing names, lots of old standby hair and beauty products just turn up their cool factor by throwing up some edgy names.

Case in point is the new hair “custards” and other food sounding names.  Somebody in the world of hair and beauty discovered that dessert sells.

Afterall, Jessica Simpson used to have a line of edible body creams.  Key words in that sentence is “used to”  Does a sexy or yummy new names really change anything about the formulation?  Usually not but it can create a new buzz.  Until some other edgy names hit the fashion, beauty and hair media. Read the rest of this post »

Now your professional hairdresser can protect your eyes, mouth, face and neck when you visit the salon with Pro-Tech’s revolutionary new face shields.

Owned and operated by Christian Colbert, a creative spirit with over 20 years of salon and styling experience, Pro-Tech face shields are his invention.

Nowadays he is a partner stylist with a trendsetting salon in Dallas, Texas. In addition to being passionate about his clients, he’s just as driven by his Pro-Tech Products.

(Image of the Pro-Tech face shields are courtesy of Pro-Tech - All Rights Reserved).

The fabulous Pro-Tech shields are disposable and easy to use, they can be worn the entire salon service or even for a quick bang trim.

Pro-Tech face shields are 100% hypo-allergenic and easy to apply. They protect the eyes, nose, and mouth against itchy falling hairs and harsh chemical fumes produced by hairspray, perms, relaxers and color. Read the rest of this post »

Dianna Agron was born April 30, 1986.  She is an American actress who is best known for her role as Quinn Fabray on the popular Fox television series Glee.

Quinn is a conniving, manipulative unwed mother who also happens to be the captain of the high school cheerleading squad known as the Cheerios.

She has led her current boyfriend Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith) to believe he is the baby daddy while in reality the father is Finn’s best friend, Puck (Mark Salling) who rocks a small tight Mohawk inspired partly shaved hairstyle.

(Image of Dianna Agron arrives at the GLEE premiere party driven by the All New Chevy Equinox “McKinley High School” in Culver City, CA., Tuesday, Sept. 8. GLEE premieres Wednesday, Sept. 9 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.© 2009 FOX BROADCASTING-CR: Mark Davis/FOX - All Rights Reserved).

There is no biological way Quinn could be pregnant by her boyfriend although she did sleep with his best friend.  Quinn is conspiring with the wife of the Glee club coach to sell her the baby when its born. Read the rest of this post »

When I started HairBoutique back in 1996-1997 I promised myself I would continue to try all the products that HairBoutique.com sells in their Marketplace.  With that promise in mind I recently did some user testing of Leonor Greyl’s fabulous Huile De Palme.

(Image of Leonor Greyl’s  Huile De Palme - Courtesy of HairBoutique.com and Leonor Greyl - All Rights Reserved).

HairBoutique.com has been carrying the complete Leonor Greyl line for some years now but I tend to get lazy and not want to swap out from my regulars that I have been rotating through for many years which are cherry picked from Phyto, Rene Furterer, JF Lazartique, Paul Mitchell and L’Oreal.

Yes, there is a recession right now and I am watching my pennies like almost everyone else but because my own hair is naturally wavy/curly and naturally dry, I have been diluting or Conditioning Only (CO) washing my hair for many years now.

I also do regular oil treatments but when one of my faves was discontinued I decided to create my own - HairTopia oil - which I used on a daily basis alternating the oil with the mist.  I love jojoba oil for my hair but it is not for all hair types and textures.

Which brings me to the Leonor Greyl Huile De Palme.  I love all the Leonor Greyl packaging because it is clean and pristine.  Even before Gwen Stefani the No Doubt group made Leonor Greyl product line their hair care of choice for their 2009-2010 concert tour, I loved the company, their customer care and the results the product delivers. Read the rest of this post »