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10.06.10

Breast Cancer Awareness Month With DermStore charity, makeup | (0)
As you know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. And one small way to give is with DermStore.com's Breast Cancer Awareness Boutique. For the month of October, DermStore will feature specialty products from beauty brands such as Becca Cosmetics, Decleor, Colorescience, Stila Cosmetics, gloMinerals, jane iredale, Sonya Dakar, Alterna among many others. All the products sold in the boutique will contribute a portion of their proceeds to various breast cancer charities. In addition to the donations made from the individual brands, DermStore.com will donate 5% of the proceeds from each unit sold in the boutique to CEW Foundation’s Cancer and ...

Tagged: breast cancer awareness, charity, DermStore, makeup
08.06.10

Christina's Perfect 10 celebrity hairstyles, charity, hair products | (1)
It's a 10 hair care line is joining forces with Christina Applegate and her foundation, Right Action for Women in the fight against breast cancer and in the effort to raise breast cancer awareness by creating a Limited Edition pink bottle of It's a 10 Miracle Leave In. A portion of each purchase will go to Christina's Foundation, Right Action for Women. Christina founded Right Action for Women in 2008 after receiving her own cancer diagnosis. Today, Christina is a cancer survivor and pregnant! She's also a big fan of It's a 10 Miracle Leave In. “This product is truly a ...

Tagged: breast cancer awareness, celebrity hairstyles, charity, Christina Applegate, hair products, leave-in conditioner
10.15.09

Shop Beauty.com & Fight Breast Cancer celebrity hairstyles, charity, shopping | (5)
Kristin Chenoweth and Michelle Trachtenberg helped put together Beauty.com baskets for CEW's Cancer & Careers breast cancer initiative. Each of the boxes they helped to assemble is being sent to cancer survivors, which hit home for Kristin, since her mom is a breast cancer survivor. You can help join the fight too, while stock up on your favorite beauty brands! Up until October 18th, if you click on www.beauty.com/cancerandcareers, 10% of all purchases made on Beauty.com will be donated to CEW’s Cancer and Careers. Happy shopping! ;)

Tagged: breast cancer awareness, charity, Kristin Chenoweth, michelle trachtenberg, shopping
10.08.09

Shop For a Cause! charity, curls, hair products, shopping | (1)
Check out this roundup of pampering products that donate money back to a breast cancer charity. Shopping for a good cause... What could be better? :) Sweet Grass Farm Hope, Courage & Faith Fragrance Stick Set: like a beautiful bouquet of flowers--your eye is drawn to this ensemble. Carnation and Pink Peppercorn Fragrance begins with a heady burst of spicy carnation, with light notes of pepperberry. Long lasting, yet soft and steady, the fragrance is a gentle reminder of hope for those touched by Breast Cancer. Year round Sweet Grass Farm will support National Breast Cancer Awareness Month by donating 10% ...

Tagged: art, breast cancer awareness, curls, curly hair, Fragrance, hair products, home decor, Home Fragrance, shopping
10.03.09

Bambako Headbands accessories, charity, interviews | (0)
Occasionally, I loose my mind over accessories. When I stumbled upon Bambako's amazing headbands, I flipped a little. These little gems are truly something special. Unable to find a suitable accessory that complemented her style one night, Bambako owner Abigail Ricarte took a detour to a craft store to make her own headband. She ended up making a dozen one-of-a-kind headbands that night, and hasn't stopped since. Abigail was kind enough to answer some of my questions about her hair accessory line. Check it out! Hair On The Brain: I love the names of the headbands, like "Breakbeat," "Champagne Friend" and ...

Tagged: Abigail Ricarte, accessories, Bambako, breast cancer awareness, hair accessories, interviews, music
09.25.09

Join Glamour & “Army of Women” to Fight Breast Cancer charity | (0)
Glamour Magazine is joining forces with the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation’s Love/Avon Army of Women to host a PSA video contest to help recruit one million women volunteers for breast cancer research. Film students were asked to create Public Service Announcements for the “Army of Women” cause. The Army of Women’s goal is to eliminate breast cancer by identifying what causes this disease and stopping it before it starts. This unique initiative teams scientists with women who may be interested in participating in breast cancer research projects--healthy women as well as breast cancer survivors. So far, more than 305,000 women ...

Tagged: breast cancer awareness, Glamour, magazines
05.04.09

Support HOTB's Walk To Empower! charity | (0)
Last Mother's Day I walked with my boyfriend's family in Chicago's Breast Cancer Network of Strength Walk to Empower for the first time. I was so excited since it's a family tradition for them. My boyfriend's mom is a breast cancer survivor and has worked for Breast Cancer Network of Strength for many years. It was a great experience, however, in typical Chicago style, it was POURING rain and freezing cold. We walked anyway and so did thousands of other people--people battling cancer, cancer survivors, family members and friends. It was inspiring, to say the least. This year my boyfriend and I ...

Tagged: breast cancer awareness