DeLush Roundtable: Drugstore Products Under $10

We get a lot of requests to feature more drugstore products here on DeLush.  And why not?  When you buy something for $50 at Sephora, you kind of expect it to work as advertised (although it's still pretty hit and miss), but terrific products that reside on your everyday drugstore shelves that work like a dream?  Those seem to be a little few and farther between.  We list our favorite drugtore products in Drugstore Find of the Week, but we just know that there are lots more inexpensive but wonderful products on the shelves that we haven't tried out yet. 

What are some inexpensive drugstore products that you just can't live without?   

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Posted on July 19, 2005 10:41 AM in categories: Reader Roundtables

Hot Off the Press - Bella Luccè Promotion

For Immediate Release:
Bella_lucce_promo6_1Bella Luccè founder Lela Barker knows her line of luscious skincare products are worth more than their weight in gold, and she's willing to prove it.

Inspired by the release of the new movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Bella Luccè will include a gourmet fortune cookie with every order from their website beginning July 15th. Five of these cookies will be drenched in 23-carat gold leaf and contain a fortune awarding $500 in Bella Luccè products to the lucky recipient.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is an updated version of Barker's favorite childhood film, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, which chronicles the adventures and misadventures of five children who discover a golden ticket inside a chocolate bar.

"This promotion is a wonderful way to capture some of that Wonka magic," Barker says.

Winners take their spoils from Bella Luccè's collection of fresh, handmade skincare created with exotic ingredients sourced from 26 countries on six continents. Popular offerings include their Dutch Chocolate Decadence Bliss Crème, Cranberry-Yuzu Sugar Scrub, Pumpkin Glow, Manuka Honey Drizzle and Pomegranate Polishing Crème.

Throughout the summer, Chinese take-out boxes packes with a single fortune cookie will accompany every order from bellalucce.com. Each cookie, even the non-golden variety, holds a surprise, including a discount code valid on the recipient's next order and one of a dozen quotes from inspiring women, each hand-picked by Barker.

From Mae West to Helen Keller and Margaret Thatcher to Oprah Winfrey, each "pearl of wisdom," as Barker calls them, is designed to bring a smile or rouse the soul. The company's website will founal the finding of the golden cookies, worth a total of $1500, and follow the promotion's progress throughout the summer.

Belle Luccè products are distributed through spas, salons and chic boutiques in more than 30 states and nine countries. The products have been featured at the 2004 Billboard Music Awards, the 2005 SAG awards and the recent Cannes Film Festival. The complete collection can be seen at www.bellalucce.com.

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Posted on July 18, 2005 12:43 PM in categories: Hot Off the Press

DeLush Roundtable 2: HOTT Babe in the Summertime

Hi gorgeous readers! So yeah, it's the 4th of July, and if you're lucky, you are getting a chance to relax and be your cute selves enjoying some great weather. But you know, sometimes the summertime weather isn't the most condusive to being cute, is it? Sweat, humidity, and the scorching sun are sometimes out to ruin the day for beauty.

So let's help each other out a bit here: What is your favorite summer beauty product, tip, or trick for staying fresh, pretty, and polished in the heat and humidity?

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Posted on July 4, 2005 1:02 PM in categories: Reader Roundtables