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Discussions Posted on 11/17/2004
 
L'Oreal Age Perfect for night
I started using this night cream (it comes in a blue jar) as an experiment. The ingredients are almost identical to what you would find in very expensive creams. So the verdict: my skin looks great. Evie

Dior Sparkling Palette: excellent Christmas present
I got two of these in Copper Pearl. They are beautiful. The cases are quite heavy and they do not feel like those cheap Christmas gift sets. I decided they make excellent presents so I got two. Evie

Zappos Customer Service Rave
So late last summer, trying to get a jump on Fall, I purchased some pairs of Keen shoes from Zappos.com. I love love love my Keen H2 sandals and needed some winter shoes so I decided to try the clogs and the boots. I waited weeks until they had the

Hermes birkin bag, is ther really a waiting list ?
Hi all, I been trying to look for a handbag and yesterday I called Hermes boutique in London and asked about their waiting list for the birkin bag, I was told that they just had a cancellation and I could have one if I wanted it, but I have to go do

New Neutrogena peel for red marks?
I think it's called "advanced solutions".

OT: Ready for S-Mart?
From the Sears Web site (excerpt): * * * * * * * * Kmart Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:KMRT) and Sears, Roebuck and Co. (NYSE:S) announced today they have signed a definitive merger agreement that will combine Sears and Kmart into a major new reta

Saks.com code
ENJOY FREE SHIPPING WITH ANY PURCHASE OF $100 OR MORE Just enter promotional code: SNWFLKE4A at checkout.* Good through 12/16

What I Ordered Today
I'm still on a roll to finish the bulk of shopping this week. I ordered for my son Bucky Katt;s Big Book of Fun: A Get Fuzzy Treasury, A Pearls Before Swine Treasury and Poet of the Appetites: The Lives and Loves of M.F.K. Fisher by Joan Reardon.

What I Bought Today
I had an extremely productively morning spending an hour in the yard and then heading out to a local shopping center. The stores are still empty in the a.m. and everything was quick until my car was hit from behind by a tow truck while I was waitin

Michael Kors handbag - hellllp!!
I went to Macy's ad saw this cool black Michael Kors backpack for $168. I went back the enxt day to purchase and, of course, it was gone!!! I've looked on the Macy's website, and I've called Macy's and it's like it was never there in the first place. I

does lip gloss visually widen the face?
Does the glossy, vinyl-like or glass-like texture of most lip glosses visually widens the face, making it rounder? I've been trying some lip stuff on, and it seemed that soft colored glossy textures (say, soft pink gloss) made my face appear rounder th

Questions about the salon industry, and its products.
Dear Sir and Madam, I am a college student at the University of Northern Iowa, and I am very interested in the salon industry and its products and conducting research on the topic. I would appreciate it if you could provide your insights regarding

your recs (frizzy hair and anti-aging for young skin)
My question is two-fold. Hair: What's your favorite frizz killer? As my hair's grown and I moved to an arid climate, I've noticed it's gotten frizzy. It was bad back when I lived in a humid climate and it's seemed to have gotten worse since movi

OT: fashionable lunch swap
Well, this isn't really a.f material except that I want it to look really good...I was invited to a Christmas lunch party at which each woman brings a fancy little lunch, beautifully presented. Your lunch is assigned a number and you get a number w

slate.com_article
According to the article, Revlon has not had a profitable quarter since 3Q 1998. Yikes! New From Revlon—Profit-Defying Makeup! Why the cosmetics company keeps losing money, year after year after year. By Daniel Gross Revlon, the cosmetics com

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New From Revlon—Profit-Defying Makeup! Why the cosmetics company keeps losing money, year after year after year. By Daniel Gross Posted Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2004, at 2:21 PM PT http://www.slate.com/id/2109758/ Revlon: a company with a weak foundation

Which shoes with black leather skirt?
For a late thirties woman, wishing to wear a just-above-the-knee black leather skirt to a restaurant with her husband, would a 3 inch heel black PATENT leather pumps be a good choice? Anything else?

Kmart to buy Sears
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=568&e=3&u=/nm/20041117/bs_nm/retail_sears_kmart_dc Just read this. Any thoughts on what this could mean for Land's End? I haven't seen a major erosion of the brand at Sears, but another change of hand

Watkins Lemon Creme - anyone find a body mist to match?
Hi! I have discovered Watkins Lemon Creme at my local Walmart - it smells wonderful! Like the center of lemon creme cookies! I am looking for an etailer product - either body mist or roll-on, etc. - that matches this perfectly. I've smelled a

EVIL FBI SADISTS should be HUNTED, KIDNAPPED and TORTURED for 3 YRS
omeone emailed and requested me to post it on Usenet newsgroups. Sadistic FBI agents should be tortured the way how FBI sadists and perverts tortured this poor guy (non-muslim) for three years and continue to torture him even after he left america