The Cool Hunter: Organic isn’t just a trendy buzzword anymore, savvy consumers demand it, whether we’re talking about apples, chicken, cotton bed sheets and even skincare. Melbourne duo Myke Christoffel and Lara Deutsch have capitalized on the growing market for the latter with their boutique organic skincare range Stem Organics. Sales for natural and organic personal care have doubled between […]
Organic Care
VIOlight
Popgadget: My girlfriend told me that toothbrushes harbor more germs than a toilet bowl. Yeeewwwww! That was enough to get me looking for a solution, and fortunately for my sanity, VIOlight has already come up with a solution. Their little gizmo is proven to kill 99.9% of germs found on your toothbrush using UV light. And did I mention that […]
Easy Veins
Shiny Shiny: Young and old, nobody likes needles. But we all have to put up with them from time to time, whether you’re doing ‘something amazing today’ by giving blood, or just having a plain old blood test. The Luminetx VeinViewer claims to make the process a bit less painful, by showing the needle-wielding nurse exactly where to poke to […]
Virtual Makeover
Endgadget: Although some women do indeed prefer an in-store (human) professional when looking for a new lineup of cosmetics to try, those independent ladies who’d rather take things solo just might prefer this method. Mitsukoshi, Shiseido, and Fujitsu have teamed up to bring a virtual, real-time makeover machine into Japanese department stores in order to give women a chance to […]
Instant Dentistry
Iconoculture: Instant messaging. Video-on-demand. And now, instant crowns. D4D, a digital dental system that makes and fits new teeth in a single visit, is in clinical field trials awaiting final FDA approval. Dentists capture an image of the tooth site with a handheld scanner and feed it into a software program to model the design. A computerized milling machine makes […]
Cupid Scent
Scentuellepatch: Is feeling sexy just a memory? You’re not alone. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, millions of women long to re-ignite the passion they enjoyed during those first heady days of their relationship. But for a growing number of women, their desires are overwhelmed by their increasingly busy lives. They get lost to deadlines and schedules, crying babies […]
Mobile Spa
TrendBlog: Some people won’t be able to travel, due to either lack of time or of money. Therefore Arizona Mobile Spa provides services directly to clients at home, at the office, or in a hotel suite. Arizona Mobile works via a network of spa professionals. The mobile spa service offers packages for groups of four and up. Some options are […]
Facials Good Enough to Eat
East Valley Tribune: It’s the newest trend among Scottsdale spas – pureed perishables used to attract upscale clientele. And local spagoers are eating it up, spending up to $240 for a single treatment. “Right now, I am just seeing everything that you can possibly eat in a spa treatment,” said Lisa Kasanicky, chief executive of Arizona Spa Girls, a local […]
Dental Hygiene
Dental Economics: Zenith Dental introduces Kolorz, a new hygiene line that includes a Topical Anesthetic Gel, Prophylaxis Paste, and Foam and Gel Fluoride. To develop this new product, Zenith went to gourmet food industry experts to develop products with a superior taste and smell. Care has been taken to assure that these products contain no controversial sweeteners such as aspartame […]
Coloured Hair Down There
Strange New Products: Betty Beauty is the name of a hair coloring made especially for pubic hair. Apparently many hair salons have made the practice of providing women with a brown bag of hair coloring to match the coloring they just got put on their heads. A woman named Nancy Jarecki decided why not sell a product like this over-the-counter. […]