October is more than halfway over, but don’t lose your breast cancer awareness momentum! Most of the pink offerings by your favorite brands are month-long endeavors, meaning that you can still show your support. Here are some of my picks to get you through the end of the month (at least)! Bobbi Brown Cosmetics – Help kiss breast cancer goodbye with this limited-edition lip color set ($40). The lip gloss/lip balm duo will benefit the [...]
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Ladies, keep your pout kissable and charitable with one of the following lip glosses or lipsticks! Afterglow Cosmetics This all-organic cosmetic line promises beauty vixens quality makeup without the harsh chemicals that could be found in other products. The Organic Lip Love lipsticks are made with ingredients such as apricot, grape seed, and pomegranate seed extracts. There are 15 available shades with the soft pink Muse (right) representing the brand’s charitable side. Afterglow will donate [...]
Luxury brand, Salvatore Ferragamo, is showing its support of breast cancer awareness month by creating a special line of fabulous pink merchandise. Unfortunately, the items will only be available at select Ferragamo stores in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia. The funds raised will support breast cancer organizations in those countries. I have to admit that I’m a little heartbroken that I won’t have an opportunity to purchase those amazing pink stilettos. Not that [...]
This morning, @Loehmanns tweeted that they will donate your $5 donation (in exchange for 15% off) and 5% of the day’s sales to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund tomorrow, 9/24. If you’ve been looking for an excuse to pop into the store, well here you go! I don’t know about the rest of the country, but it’s definitely fall here in Chicago. Time to restock your sweater and boot game! If you don’t know where [...]
Nine West is rolling out its Vintage America Collection and is hosting a shoe drive to mark the occasion. When you donate a pair of gently used shoes at any Nine West store from now until Thurs, 9/24, you will receive a 15% off coupon. The shoes will be donated to Soles4Souls, a nonprofit providing shoes to people here in the US and around the world. Haven’t checked out the Vintage America Collection yet? Checkout [...]
Stylelist.com is reporting that Mary J. Blige has teamed up with Gucci to develop a watch benefiting her charity, the Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now (FFAWN). The stylish watch, which is laced with all-black diamonds, retails for $1,985 and is engraved with “Gucci for FFAWN.” It’s a little too pricey for my current budget, but I will definitely add it to my Wish List! -kb
Someone must’ve decided to declare August “Denim Month” because everywhere I turn, the talk is allll about jeans and denim. Gap launched their 1969 Premium jeans this month, and the Shops at North Bridge (Chicago) collected pairs for a women’s shelter earlier this month. But, there’s more…! If you head over to Barney’s with a denim donation, you will receive 20% off of a new pair of jeans! The denim drive, in partnership with 1% [...]
Happy Monday! If you’re on the site, then you already know that I’ve updated the site layout! I loved by previous version, but I just needed to switch things up! It took some difficult navigation of WordPress and learning a little bit about PHP code, but I am proud to say that I made it through, although I will definitely hire someone next time!!! In addition to the site redesign, I’ve also opened a Spreadshirt [...]
When I was in high school, I did a research paper on the horrors of Female Genital Mutilation. Young African girls (as young as 9) are sometimes subjected to the act as a right of passage. The gruesome act not only inflicts pain on the girls at that momemt, but as they grow up, there are often many complications and infections from the procedure. Jessica Censotti, a Chicago artist, is using her artwork to raise [...]
DKNY just released the super-cute “Chari-Tee” to benefit 5 NYC charities: The Fund for Public Schools – Supporting NYC Public Schools City Harvest – NY’s only food rescue program The Doe Fund – Programs to help break the cycle of homelessness City Arts – Bringing professional artists together with children to create public art Urban Zen – Program combining Eastern healing and Western medicine You can either purchase the tee in DKNY stores or online [...]
