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.

Ambassador Organics

I'm here with Ambassador Carol Mosely Braun at the Restaurant Show.
After serving as a United States Senator and the Ambassador to New
Zealand, Braun founded Good Food Organics in 2005.

The company sells coffees, spices and teas that are organic,
biodynamic, and fair trade. Egyptian hibiscus tea was sampled at the
show.

Braun was also scheduled to speak at the Chicago Green Festival where
the company also had a booth.