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Affordable Luxury: Bringing the Spa Experience Home

In a time when many consumers are giving up expensive spa and salon treatments, Votre Vu provides affordable at-home indulgences for even the most cost-conscious consumers.

“With our products, beauty connoisseurs don’t have to trade in their luxury beauty routines for less effective alternatives,” says Harold Zimmerman.

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“Votre Vu’s products are not only formulated with potent ingredients but with a high percentage of these power ingredients - and that’s a major differentiator between Votre Vu and most other skin care lines available today. We are raising the skin care bar with our high standards for quality and efficacy.”

With a complete range of products spanning everyday care, intensive care, at-home spa treatments, and even an anti-aging beverage, Votre Vu ensures that every area of a person’s skin care health regimen is tailored to her concerns and needs. (more…)

Cool-It Caddy Helping Women Keep Their Cool While Looking Hot Chic Clutch Bag Prevents Snack, Makeup and Medicine Meltdown

Scottsdale, AZ - November 2009 - The new Cool-It Caddy is waging a winning war against red-hot thermometers.

Spending time on the fairway, tennis court, beach or playground no longer has to spell take-along meltdown thanks to this fashionable cosmetics bag’s patent-pending design.

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The Cool-It Caddy incorporates an integrated chemical coolant with lightweight insulation layers for freeze-and-go portability.

That means Chapstick, lipstick, heat-sensitive medicines and snacks maintain their integrity under even the hottest conditions. What’s more, its sleek design makes the Cool-It Caddy small and convenient enough to slip inside purses, fanny packs, golf bags, backpacks and diaper bags. (more…)

n 1983 Cabbage Patch Kids set off a major Christmas shopping frenzy with Holiday shoppers scouring malls with many motivated shoppers coming up empty handed and extremely frustrated.

Other hotly sought after Christmas gifts included select Beanie Babies in the 1990s, Tickle Me Elmo in 1998, Pokemon in 1999 and PlayStation 2 in 2000.  In 2002 the hot product was Nike Air Force 1 and 2004 saw a buying frenzy for the iPod mini and Nintendo DS. 2005 launched frenzied searching for Xbox 360 and iPods.

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The beauty and hair industry has had their own list of desirable fragrances, gift sets and even accessories like Conair’s past braider tools and HairDo’s Jessica Simpson clip-in hair extensions.

Contrary to popular knowledge, product scarcity, whether in the hair, beauty, toy or electronics industries is a deliberate marketing ploy utilized by savvy product companies who understand the mystique of desirability. (more…)

A  recent media report about beauty trends in Beirut by Natacha Yazbeck (AFP) underlined how the spa and salon trade was focusing their marketing efforts on Lebanese children, as young as 4 and 5 years of old.

Little girls, as the report goes, are being encouraged to learn about basic beauty care at an early age.  This learning process includes receiving lush chocolate facials as well as luxurious manicures and pedicures.

Although first thoughts might be that the children are being excessively pampered, Maya Hilal, 34, the owner of Spa-Tacular, located in Beirut’s trendy Ashrafieh district was quoted as saying “it’s not about spoiling our children” but instead “it’s a matter of maintaining their cleanliness. It’s hygiene. It’s feeling good about yourself.” (more…)

Accutane®, a popular, but controversial, acne skin care treatment introduced in 1982 has been prescribed to more that 13 million patients since the skin care medication was first introduced.

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Recently Accutane® notified the FDA it will no longer manufacture or distribute the drug.  Also known as isotretinoin, the drug has been tied to serious side effects including, but not limited, to depression, dry peeling skin and even birth defects in pregnant women.  There have also been alleged issues involving colon problems.

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Is there new information leading to more dangers with Accutane®?  No, the company actually claims the drug is being pulled due to declining sales.  The company claims that the large number of companies offering a generic form of the actual drug since 2002 when the patents ended.  The many generic offerings have diluted the market making it much more competitive for Accutane®. (more…)