In Beauty Banter 1371631737.667 I watched and bought some Lipstick Queen glosses and some Dalton lipsticks last year but as QVC no longer ships to Canada, sorry but I won't be watching or buying from Super Saturday this year. But good luck finding a bargain! Continue Reading In Beauty Banter 1371626984.05 Shapewear has to be tried on and my suggestion is to go up at least 1 size or even 2 sizes as many shapewear products are made very small. Try doubling up on a high waisted panty or long line brief for extra tummy control. Continue Reading In Fashion Talk 1371537556.943 I realize that this thread is from the end of April but I thought that I would rather keep some continuity with this thread about clothing made in Bangladesh and the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse that killed more than 1100 people. CBC News in Canada has a new news package about it, reporter Susan Ormiston goes to Bangladesh.Here is the video link for "The Cost Of Cheap" and I hope that you are able to see the video if you are in the U.S. as I don't know if it's geographically restricted or not. http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/TV+Shows/The+National/ID/2392112307/ Continue Reading In Beauty Banter 1371531970.473 The Borghese family probably did sell the rights to their name and didn't think of the repercussions of giving that up or what it would be worth to them down the line. On HSN the Signature Club A's owner never uses her original first name Adrien or her last name Arpel either as she sold her Arpel cosmetic company while she kept the Signature Club A company that she also founded. If you notice she also spells her name differently now too, it's been Adrienne rather than Adrien since she's been a vendor on HSN. I don't think she ever uses a last name on HSN at all. Continue Reading In Beauty Banter 1371496743.133 Costco is the only place where I've seen Borghese cosmetics. I guess Mosbacher cosmetics wouldn't have the same ring to it. Maybe the NYT doesn't like Gorgette Mosbacher too much, what a totally unflattering photo of her in that article. Skip and Amanda Borghese have never been the on air vendors for Perlier on The Shopping Channel in Canada either, Meg Flather has been their on air vendor for Perlier and Elaria. I've also noticed that the Borghese family's name is never used in the presentations of Perlier on The Shopping Channel. I don't think that even Skip or Amanda's first names have eve... Continue Reading In Fashion Talk 1371421235.69 If the QVC President makes 18 million including bonuses and stock options, then I wouldn't be surprised if Lisa pulled in half a million to a million dollars. I think Lisa is pretty and she's a good sales person but I don't aspire to be her. I seldom watch QVC videoclips and I don't watch the livestreaming anymore since QVC doesn't ship to Canada. I somehow imagine that the QVC customer that QVC wants to sell to aspires to look like a Real Housewife of New Jersey. The whole " ladies who do lunch" or Madison Avenue" sales pitch sounds like something out of the 80's Dynasty or Dallas tv show er... Continue Reading In Fashion Talk 1371366632.953 I wear a full coverage underwire lightly lined bra about 3 times before it gets tossed into the dirty laundry hamper. Of course if it's a hot day and I'm doing something like gardening or sweating the bra gets worn only once before being tossed into the dirty laundry hamper. I will do laundry when the hamper is full. When a bra gets dingy looking and doesn't look clean after washing it, then it gets tossed out. How many bras do I own? At the current time I own 49 bras -- most are full coverage lightly padded bras for daily wear. I don't own any white bras at all, they get dingy looking quickl... Continue Reading In Fashion Talk 1371266115.173 I love handbags and because I have photographed my entire wardrobe and put the photos into an Adobe Photo Starter album on my computer I can tell you how many handbags I own -- 64. But this is what I've collected over a long period of time. My oldest handbag is one that I got when I was 9 years old, it's a white and pastel floral beaded evening bag that my Japanese aunt gave me. Most of my daytime handbags are leather. I do have some beaded evening bags as well. As to the brands of bags, most of my bags are by Soprano, 9 from Maxx NY, 3 from Bodhi, 2 Dooneys, 1 from Bruce Makowsky, 1 Fossil, ... Continue Reading In Fashion Talk 1371265083.573 On 6/12/2013 LoriMI said: Next top I want: Lori, I bought this exact top in this color at the brand new Marshall's Canada store in Vancouver, BC Canada a few days ago, in fact I'm wearing the top right now as I'm writing this post. I would suggest checking on TJ Maxx or Marshall's in the U.S. or Winners or Marshall's Canada if you are in Canada for this top. I also bought a couple of other One World tops at Marshall's Canada and all 3 tops were identical to ones sold on the ShopNBC website. I also like One World tops in the ITY polyester jersey fabric as this top is and I wear these tops al... Continue Reading
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