BlogHer Conference

I wish I was going to BlogHer '10, the best known conference for women
bloggers. I went last year to the Expo portion and loved it.

Getting to meet other women bloggers, the energy in the halls as women
share ideas and get inspired, the chance to talk directly to brand
managers and PR/marketing folks. It was great seeing the diversity of
bloggers and their interests - from mommy bloggers to product reviews
to postpartum depression to cloth diapers.

The photo shows the free stuff that I picked up at the Expo and at the
Swiffer SocialLuxe Lounge. The lucky few who arrived at the Swiffer
SocialLuxe Lounge party got a huge gift bag that contained a Kodak
mini videocamera and Crocs among other things. I was envious of the
women who got the beautiful and loaded gift bags - it was the best
gift bag I've ever seen in my life. You know from my other posts that
I've gotten a lot of gift bags in my time.

The 6th annual conference will be held August 6-7 at the Hilton New
York in New York City. It was held in Chicago last July.

Taste of Chicago

Taste of Chicago starts today at 11am. Yum, yum. Chef Mario Batali
will be doing cooking demo at 1pm today while Giada De Lautentis cooks
on July 1 at 3pm. Think Salt n Pepa are playing tonight.

Jimmy Bannos at noon today. Ina Pinkney of Ina's at 3pm tomorrow -
think I saw at the Restaurant Show.

America's Beauty Show Samples

Here are the samples from March's America's Beauty Show and Face &
Body Midwest held at Chicago's McCormick Place.

Will be Speaking at Cosmoprof North America

I am scheduled to speak about the state of the US beauty industry at Cosmoprof North America to be held July 18–20, 2010 in Las Vegas. Joining me on the “Look Back, Look Ahead, Look Within” panel are Alisa Marie Beyer (founder and creative director of The Benchmarking Company), Brian Luborsky (chairman/CEO of Premier Salons), and moderator Jeff Falk (senior editor of GCI magazine). More info at http://www.cosmoprofnorthamerica.com/visitors/Education.aspx

Natural and Organic Personal Care Products

I spoke about natural and organic personal care products in this videocast from last summer.

Recession's Impact on US Beauty Market

I just learned how to embed a YouTube video into my blog (so easy, just copy & paste) so am reposting about my April videocast on how the recession has impacted the US Beauty and Personal Care industry.

Evian Roller Babies International Version

I recently discovered this cute Evian Roller Babies video while reading a post about "How to Make a Hit Viral Video" on Google's CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) blog - http://google-cpg.blogspot.com/. Have read some interesting posts, especially on marketing to moms, on that blog.