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Mushrooms and Tea Fight Cancer | October 17, 2011

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and if you love mushrooms and tea, this is the recipe for you! Separately, tea and mushrooms work well to prevent cancer. Drinking tea on a daily basis reduces the risk by about 40%, while eating fresh mushrooms- results in an almost 60% risk reduction. When taken together, they are like the power couple of anti-carcinogens. According to a study done by the Journal of Cancer, when enjoyed together, tea and mushrooms reduce the chance of breast cancer by almost 90%.

Mushrooms are not only healthy for your boobies, but they also help you maintain your weight. … Read More »


 

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Reba Footwear for Breast Cancer Awareness | October 17, 2011

Reba Footwear by legendary country music artist Reba McEntire and Susan G. Komen for the Cure® raise awareness and support for women diagnosed with the disease. In partnership with Reba Footwear, Brown Shoe Company has pledged $20,000 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure® with sales from the limited-edition “Collins” cowboy boots.

Exclusively sold at Dillard’s department stores and dillards.com

Blend of dusty rose & hot pink, burnished leather embellishments and a Western wingtip snip toe

$179

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Seasonal Beauty Tips: Pumpkin Face Mask | October 14, 2011

 

Pumpkin Face Mask

2 tsp canned pureed pumpkin
1/2 tsp honey
1/4 tsp heavy whipping cream
Mix all ingredients and apply to face.  Leave on for 10 min and rinse

Why: Pumpkin is rich in vitamin A, which is very healing to the skin and is essential to maintain and repair skin tissue.  It also helps reduce lines and wrinkles. Honey is a humectant. The cream moisturizes and helps flaky skin.

A beauty writer and blogger as well as a former child model and actress, Erika Katz has been a beauty junkie nearly all her life. Using her experience from her days working in the … Read More »


 

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Charles Albert for Breast Cancer Awareness | October 14, 2011

Charles Albert will be donating 25% of sales of its Pink Jasper Ring and Pink Agate Ring to Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization.

· Fans include Kim Kardashian, Ke$ha, Cee-lo Green, Adam Lambert & Mya

· Each ring retails for $170

· Available online at www.charlesalbertlookbook.com

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Fall Meals: Israeli Salad | October 13, 2011

Israeli Salad with Egg and Feta Cheese

By: Robin Donovan and Juliana Gallin, authors of The Lazy Gourmet: Magnificent Meals Made Easy

2 large cucumbers, peeled (optional), seeded, and finely diced

¾ pound tomatoes, finely diced

2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped

4 ounces crumbled feta cheese (about 1 cup)

2 tablespoons lemon juice

2 tablespoons olive oil

½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

optional chopped fresh herb, to taste (e.g., parsley, basil, cilantro, mint, dill)

Directions:

In a medium serving bowl, mix cucumbers, tomatoes, eggs, feta, lemon juice, olive oil, and pepper. Toss lightly to combine. Mix in fresh herb, if using. Taste and adjust flavors as needed.

Serves 2 – 4.

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Introducing DIANE by Diane von Furstenberg | October 12, 2011

The new scent DIANE by Diane von Furstenberg is the ultimate accessory, created by a fashion legend.

As part of the Vogue Influencer Network, I was given the opportunity to review the new fragrance DIANE by Diane von Furstenberg. I received a large tube of the DIANE Fragrance Lotion and a sample of the DIANE Eau de Toilette.

Fresh and sensual, DIANE the lotion is the perfect post-shower pick-me-up. With the same a bold mix of soft Frangipani flower and mischievous Violet, all balanced with a sexy twist of myrrh, musk and patchouli, it is feminine, powerful, and seductive.

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Underwear travel tips: How to pack the perfect pair for every occasion | October 12, 2011

Whether for a long vacation or a quick trip, packing appropriate underwear can be a delicate situation. Some may over-pack to avoid being left in the lurch with in an inadequate amount—or type—of lingerie. Two nights in Las Vegas can quickly turn into six thongs, five cotton bikinis, two boy shorts, a push-up, a strapless bra and a pair of Spanx (just in case), taking up half of your suitcase or weighing down your carry-on.

Here are a few tips to help properly plan out your intimate wear the next time you travel.

1. For hot-weather destinations

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Anna David Channels Helen Gurley Brown in New Memoir | October 11, 2011

Journalist and TV host Anna David has a new memoir FALLING FOR ME: How I Hung Curtains, Learned to Cook, Traveled to Seville, and Fell in Love (A Harper Paperback Original; October 2011).

When successful TV host, editor, and author Anna David finds herself at the end of another relationship gone awry, she suddenly realizes that she is the woman she has never dreamed of being: the thirty-something with two cats, one toolset I didn’t know how to use, and zero prospects on the horizon. While attempting to rouse herself from a self-pitying depression about that epiphany, she stumbles upon a … Read More »