Nescafe Taster's Choice

Nescafe Taster's Choice handed out a sample pack of six sticks
(packets) of their instant coffee at Ogilvie Transportation Center in
Chicago this morning. Inside of pack says, "Real Beans - Real Flavor-
Real Value@ along with a $1.00 off coupon on any stick pack carton 20
count or larger. Flavors: French Roast, Vanilla, Hazelnut, Decaf House
Blend, House Blend, and 100% Columbian.

Sweets at PrettyCity Shape Sale

No shortage of sweets at the PrettyCity Shape Magazine Beauty Sample
Sale. Enjoyed the Flirtini - we got two drink tickets with admission.
Lots of free beauty services including manicures and makeovers. Beauty
exhibitors included Pop Beauty, L'Oreal (Armani and Viktor & Rolf
Flowerbomb fragrances) and lots of salons (that sold Aveda and
Dermalogica).

Flirty Girl Fitness

Sundeck at Flirty Girl Fitness on West Randolph where the PrettyCity
Shape Beauty Sample Sale took place. Have always wanted to take
exercise classes like pole dancing here - sounds like fun.

Pop Beauty & Pop Chips

Pop Beauty (and Pixi) sold color palettes at bargain prices at the
PrettyCity Shape Beauty Sample Sale. Pop Chips were given out for free.

PrettyCity Shape Beauty Sample Sale

Here's the gift bag and samples from the Chicago Beauty Sample Sale
presented by PrettyCity and Shape Magazine from a few weeks ago.

Geir Ness and Laila

Here's me with Geir Ness, creator of Laila, at the Nordstrom Oakbrook
Cosmetics Trend Show. During the show he talked about how he named
Norway's first fragrance after his mom Laila and secretly had her
signature screened on the bottle. After the show he gave hand massages
using his Laila hand & body cream. I've met Geir several times at
Nordstrom and at the Norway pavillion at Disney World's Epcot Center
last March.
More info on Geir and Laila at http://www.norway.org/ARCHIVE/News/archive/1998/199803laila/

Chantecaille Tiger in the Wild

I'm here with Alex Chantecaille, Director of Sales for Chantecaille,
at the Nordstrom Oakbrook Comsmetics Trend Show. During the show Alex
talked about her company's efforts to save endangered wild tigers
through the limited-edition Tiger in the Wild palette (three
eyeshadows and one blush). Five percent of the palette's proceeds will
go to Traffic, a wildlife trade monitoring network.