Filed Under (Consumer Interests) by Admin on 30-07-2009
Ah, the often scorned Starbucks coffee break. This "Money Waster" is a highlight of a slideshow on The Sun’s business page.
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Filed Under (Talk Shopping) by Admin on 30-07-2009
One of the TalkingShopping girls’ favorite guilty pleasures is secretly adoring the jewels crafted by the fabulous Tarina Tarantino. Sure, her stuff is a little on the wild side from time to time, but wild or not, her creations are all absolutely beautiful! So inventive! And what’s really exciting is that this week, Tarina debuted her highly anticipated, Wizard of Oz-inspired collection called “My Pretty.” Naturally, it definitely lived up to the hype! Leave it to Tarina to collaborate with Warner Bros. to celebrate the iconic film’s 70th anniversary, and do it in style! We couldn’t think of a more perfect fit!
Included in the collection are emerald lucite bracelets, ruby red earrings and necklaces, poppy flower hair clips, and gorgeous art deco lucite drop earrings (pictured), in an array of colors, that were featured in Glamour! Also in the collection is a limited-edition book, capturing a unique spin on the classic Wizard of Oz story, centered around Dorothy, a working L.A. girl on one fantastical day! Modeling TT’s “My Pretty” pieces in the book (in some amazingly shot photographs) are Kelly Osborne, Debi Mazar and Holly Owens! We can’t wait to get our hands on those deco earrings, and are definitely planning on grabbing a copy of the glossy, poster-sized book! Happy birthday WOZ!
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Filed Under (Consumer Reports) by Admin on 30-07-2009
What it means. Thee 3/50 Project is a campaign to support local merchants.
The concept has spread to communities nationwide, and its premise is
simple: First, choose three local independent brick-and-mortar
businessesclothing shops, food stores and restaurants, and for the
home, independent appliance retailers, hardware stores, and garden
centersthat you find essential and want to keep from going under
during the recession. During tight times like these, independent retailers
suffer since budget-minded consumers are more inclined to shop at
chain stores and big-box behemoths.
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Filed Under (Consumer Interests) by Admin on 30-07-2009
This Consumer Web Site of the Week comes via ShopSmart magazine, published by the Consumers Union, which offered tips for shopping at the online police auction site PropertyRoom.com.
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Filed Under (Talk Shopping) by Admin on 29-07-2009
For those of you who have been thirsting for some fresh Apple news since the last round of releases, this might just wet your appetite! According to MSNBC, which cites “two people with knowledge of the discussions,” Apple is set to release a new iTunes package code-named Cocktail. Apparently, Apple has been in talks with four different record labels to release the package, which will supposedly offer enhanced features when you buy an entire album on iTunes, like liner notes, artwork, ringtones and possibly even music videos. For the record companies, this will hopefully be a way of coercing iTunes customers to download entire albums instead of just individual songs, and for Apple, they’re hoping that Cocktail will be attractive in that it will beckon back to a time when people would site around with their friends, listening to music and flipping through the album’s artwork.
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Filed Under (Consumer Interests) by Admin on 29-07-2009
Awhile ago, Mary E. wrote in about a foreign conversion fee she had to pay when she made a purchase in U.S. dollars in Switzerland using her Capital One credit card. But the reason she used that card is Capital One doesn’t charge a conversion fee.
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, you’ve most likely seen Hills starlet Lauren Conrad’s face just about everywhere - on the small screen, gracing magazine covers galore, rocking the red carpet at awards shows, in the tabloids, on gossip blogs, etc., etc. Having said that, there’s no doubt you’ve noticed that more times than not, Lauren’s face looks flawlessly made up, sporting that perfect California glow paired with cat-eyed liquid liner and glossy, nude lips. Yes, Lauren’s got beauty that’s all her own, but there is one woman that can take partial credit for Lauren looking so good on those camera-ready occasions, and that’s celebrity make-up artist Amy Nadine!
