Archive for April, 2010
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[?]Submitted by Organic Beauty View Blog
With the summer ahead, I’m looking forward to another abundant herb garden, which seems to flourish more than any of the vegetables I plant in my tiny, urban yard. I got excited about the arrival of fresh herbs while reviewing Naturity’s certified organic bath & body […]
Beautiful Forever by Helen Rappaport
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[?]Submitted by British Beauty Blogger
Historian Helen Rappaport has written a cracking book about ‘beautician’ Madame Rachel set in Victorian London. It is a true story, immaculately researched, and immensely entertaining too. Madame Rachel was a con-woman and fraudster with a shop in Bond Street selling beauty creams and potions to the […]
Jonathan Ward Candles: Discount Code
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[?]Submitted by British Beauty Blogger
Ok, BBB readers can get a 15% discount on the fabulous Jonathan Ward Candles in medium or large. I recommend Dance in Summer Rain; gorgeous notes of green leaves, Jasmine, Pink Cyclamen and Water-lily. All JW candles are hand-poured, use paraffin-free organic soy and beeswax and come […]
Nice One, Models Own!
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[?]Submitted by British Beauty Blogger
Well, I’ve had a flood of ‘dubious’ press announcements this April 1st, but the best by far is at www.modelsownit.com. Check out their stripes - and their cheek!
Love & Toast Comes To SpaceNK
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[?]Submitted by British Beauty Blogger
If you’ve ever Googled Love & Toast, you’ll find an surprising amount of sites dedicated to toast before you’ll ever find the official Love & Toast site (www.love&toast.com). There is one under construction and only (a cute) look-book that you can see now. But, in case you […]
Jeanne Lanvin Fragrance: La Rose
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[?]Submitted by British Beauty Blogger
I adore pretty packaging and highlight this fragrance as my personal packaging perfection. With a genuine Lanvin label adorning the bottle and two dusky pink tulle pompoms attached to the cap, the use of fabrics on glass is just delicious. In fact, I’m so taken with the […]
Philips Lumea Review
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[?]Submitted by British Beauty Blogger
Hair removal..just one of life’s irritating essentials, but for the life of me I cannot bear a hairy leg or armpit. So, faced with waxing, shaving or sugaring, I tend to go for the strip wax at home option on legs and bikini, but cannot deal with […]
Shu Uemura To Pull Out Of US
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[?]Submitted by British Beauty Blogger
There are going to be some deeply unhappy US beauty girls who won’t be able to get their Shu Uemura fix since L’Oreal made the decision to pull their US operations. The official statement goes: “Going forward, we decided that L’Oreal USA would be better served by […]
Tom Ford Private Blend Lip Color Collection: Reviewed
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[?]Submitted by British Beauty Blogger
Right, here we go - Tom Ford Lipstick as it really is.
Twitter this morning was full of talk about whether £30 is too much to pay for a lipstick…given that the Tom Ford Lipsticks are £35 each then some may baulk at that. However, expensive as they […]
Less of Jonathan Ward?
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[?]Submitted by British Beauty Blogger
In this instance, less is good. Let me explain. Candle artisan, Jonathan, did a spot of research among his most trusted clients (latest including Dannii Minogue) and discovered that £30 for a candle is fine to spend oneself as a luxury treat but is a little too […]
Beauty Geek? Moi?
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[?]Submitted by British Beauty Blogger
I’ve wanted to post about my little stash of Chanel make up for ages, but time got the better of me. Anyway, here are just a few of my favourite ever Chanel limited editions:
4 Fleurs De Chanel, Feeries (2008) each pod of colour shaped like the Chanel […]
Chanel Limited Edition: Chanel Orient Extreme
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[?]Submitted by British Beauty Blogger
Rumoured to be sold in Chanel Boutiques exclusively, this limited collection is based on The Terracotta Army originating from Xi’an in China. A gold and black manicure, gold and black eyes. Hmm..a very strong look for summer launching in May. Nail Colours are: Black Velvet, Illusion D’Or […]
Russian TV Feature on Bolshoi Ballet School Presentation
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[?]Submitted by Valery Lantratov’s Ballet Blog
Everything To Me - A Song For A Birth Mother
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[?]Submitted by Stand for Life Blog
Christian singer/songwriter Mark Shultz wrote Everything To Me for his birth mother that he has never met. In the first video he discusses the process of writing the song, with the song to follow in the second video. Thanks to Jill Stanek for sharing this.
God’s Heart: Adoption
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[?]Submitted by Stand for Life Blog
Planned Parenthood of Great Northwest Deepens Ties to Breast-Cancer Group
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[?]Submitted by Abortion in Washington Blog
Jill Stanek at Pro-Life Pulse reports on a story that “diligent pro-lifer” Jonathan B of AIW initially brought to her attention.
Planned Parenthood’s IRS 990 filings reveal that they own a 12.5 percent share in Metro Centre, a mall in Peoria, Ill.
The owner of the remaining share […]
KIRO’s Dori Monson Confirms Our Reporting on Secret Abortions
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[?]Submitted by Abortion in Washington Blog
If you haven’t already, make sure to listen to KIRO’s Dori Monson’s interview with Jim Stevenson, spokesman for the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), in Olympia. Monson confirms many of the facts we revealed about how our schools and government participate in helping high […]
Welcome New Readers
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[?]Submitted by Abortion in Washington Blog
We have a lot of new visitors to AIW. Welcome to everyone and thanks for visiting. We have lots of great articles on Planned Parentood’s Medicaid fraud case, the corruption of the state pharmacy profession, and real life stories about Washington state abortionists.
Most importantly, if you’ve […]
CMA CGM THALASSA
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[?]Submitted by Ship of the Day
The CMA CGM Thalassa (IMO: 9356294, Port of Registry: Limassol, Cyprus) is a 346 meters long, 43 meters wide containership built at the end of 2008 and delivered to the ship-operator on 30th December 2008 by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Ltd, South Korea. She is […]
EENDRACHT
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[?]Submitted by Ship of the Day
Photo by: Max
Today’s SotD is a well-known vessel in the port of Rotterdam. The three masted schooner Eendracht (IMO: 8814275, Port of Registry: Rotterdam) is used to get anyone, especially young people, acquainted with the adventure of sailing at sea. The vessel was built in 1989 […]
XIN SHANGHAI
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[?]Submitted by Ship of the Day
The Xin Shanghai (IMO: 9307231, Port of Registry: Hong Kong) is one of the largest containervessels currently sailing with her length of 336.7 metres, width of 45.6 metres and a maximum draught of 15 metres. She can carry a maximum of 18 rows of containers by […]
Relief at Signy
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[?]Submitted by Racing Yacht Management Blog
Just a little more to do tomorrow at Signy as the ice in the night slowed us down so we didn’t get here until 11am. Most of the cargo is aboard and the station compliment of 5 are staying ashore tonight and will come aboard […]
Atlantis at sail, 1904
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[?]Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
Atlantis at sail, 1904, originally uploaded by amphalon.
Robin Williams vs. Australia - Williams is right
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[?]Submitted by Black & White Blog
Written by Black Entertainment USA
Australia seems to have less love for Robin Williams of late. The feeling might well be shared in reverse.
Robin Williams actually started all the fuss. He was on the David Letterman Show, and at 4:01 on the video he talks about Australia. […]
