Makeup Minute » breast cancer awareness

BCA: Purple Lab’s Sealed with a Cure

Dina Fierro — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:09:07 +0000

For Breast Cancer Awareness month, my dear friend (and Purple Lab creatrix) Karen Robinovitz wanted to do something special and meaningful. Last year, she met an inspiring group of women who had lost a good friend to Triple Negative Breast Cancer, a rare and aggressive subtype that she had never heard of (and for the record, I haven’t either.)

When their friend passed, they created The Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation to bring awareness to and support research for triple negative breast cancer.

To benefit the org, Karen has created the new SWAC (Sealed with a Cure). This sheer pink gloss with subtle flecks of gold (real gold, none the less) is called Nancy – the legacy of TNBCFsm – and it comes with a love note telling her personal story.

SWAC is formulated with all things for wellness and TLC – Echinacea, a purple cone flower that is used as an immune system booster; Mangosteens, a tropical superfruit, packed with antioxidants (it has a tangy, sweet flavor and it’s indigenous to the Sunda Islands and Indonesia); Vanilla, the aromatherapy scent used for depression; and Vitamin C and E because if you’re going through chemotherapy, your lips get very dry.

If you buy one BCA product this month, I urge you to make it this one. You can snag it for $18.50 at b-glowing.

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Beautiful Ways to Support Cancer & Careers

Dina Fierro — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:54:29 +0000

October is here, which means Breast Cancer Awareness is top of mind. I plan to feature several great products this month – some pink and some not – that donate proceeds to the cause and that kicks off today!

First up, CEW (that’s Cosmetics Executive Women, for those not in the trade!) Foundation’s Cancer and Careers (CAC) will be the beneficiary of a percentage of sales from these beautiful goodies:

· Bare Escentuals Believe Eyecolor: Through the BE Cares program, all purchases of this lovely ice-blue shadow in Sept. and Oct. will contribute toward a $25,000 donation to CAC.

· Decléor’s Lip Balm and Cleansing Wipes: Decléor will donate $1,000 of October sales of these gentle, nourishing aromatherapy products.

· DuWop Pink Shimmer Lip Venom: DuWop will donate $2,500 from the October sales of this popular lip plumper.

· Shiseido The Makeup Luminizing Satin Eyecolor in Peony: Shiseido will donate $5 for every October sale of this pale pink creation from Dick Page, Shiseido Artistic Director.

Stay tuned to Makeup Minute for more ways to support breast cancer awareness this October!

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Total Beauty Total Cure Vera Wang Giveaway

Shannon Nelson — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:07:40 +0000

The economy sucks right now dear readers, so what better way to boost your spirits than to have a giveaway with Coty Prestige for some Vera Wang beauty products? I know that would totally put me in a good mood.

This giveaway is for the Total Beauty Total Cure Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign. Please head over to our Facebook and MySpace pages to learn breast cancer facts so that you can provide that as your entry in the box below in order to be eligible to win. Can’t provide a breast cancer fact when you enter? Then please don’t waste our time as you won’t be eligible to win! A woman is diagnosed every 3 minutes with breast cancer which makes awareness all the more important!

The winner will receive:

Princess eau de toilette spray 3.4 oz100ml
Princess velvety body butter 5 oz/150ml
Princess satiny body lotion 5 oz/150ml
Princess foamy body polish 5 oz/150ml
Princess Bubbly Bubble Bath 11 oz/325ml
Flower Princess eau de toilette spray 3.4 oz/100 ml
Flower Princess satiny body lotion 5.0 oz/150 ml

Retail value is $300. Open only to legal US residents age 18+. There are no product or cash substitutes. Only one entry per household. Giveaway begins October 9th at 12am and ends October 10th at 12am EST. Submit your entry in the box below. Leave your breast cancer fact in the answer box not the comments! Thanks!

Please be sure to check out my Marc Jacobs beauty giveaway on A Girl’s Gotta Spa! as well.

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