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Well-being in the desert

February 24, 2013/11.09

Paula Sweet The area around Palm Springs, California has made a gradual transformation in recent history from retirement community to trendy retreat. Known internationally for its film festival, music festival, as a tennis and golf paradise, gay destination, and popular health tourism mecca, the desert community has a new aspect that goes beyond simple cosmetic […]

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Jennifer López visits hospital ahead of Dance Again tour

June 13, 2012/14.44

Jennifer López visited a children’s hospital in Panamá City prior to commencing her Dance Again tour in the region on Thursday.    Speaking in Spanish, López talked about the López Family Foundation’s contributions to the hospital, including medical and educational assistance.    Lopez, wearing a snakeskin shirt and white trousers, was joined by her younger […]

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Miss Universe New Zealand 2012, day 5: overcoming medical emergencies

June 1, 2012/15.40

Top Safer communities together: the local constabulary meets the Miss Universe New Zealand 2012 contestants. Above Judge Danijela Unkovich, Miss Universe New Zealand 2010 runner-up, enters Bella Bloom, the pageant’s official florist, with the contestants. Day five of Miss Universe New Zealand 2012 began in crisis mode as the messages came through: five contestants sick […]

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Winter skin care: new releases from La Mav, Murad, and Weleda

April 2, 2012/2.23

The buzz in the beauty world is all about what’s underneath: we’re talking skin care, people.    Here are Lucire’s hot picks for what should be going on your skin in these colder months.    La Mav’s sweet orange foaming facial cleanser (100 ml, NZ$54·90) is designed to gently remove impurities from oily to combination […]

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Fast-selling Manuka Doctor range, with Purified Bee Venom, now available in New Zealand

March 30, 2012/23.21

Manuka Doctor has launched New Zealand’s first Purified Bee Venom skin care collection. As previewed by our US west coast editor Elyse Glickman when Manuka Doctor did the rounds in Hollywood, the range features high-performance concentrated bee venom to create an innovative skin care collection, available for the first time in New Zealand after selling […]

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Diet Coke and Minka Kelly prepare to promote the ’12 Heart Truth Red Dress collection at NYFW

February 7, 2012/9.38

The Heart Truth campaign has seen the Coca-Cola Company create newly designed packaging for Diet Coke to commemorate the soft drink manufacturer’s fifth-year support of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI) campaign, to promote heart disease awareness. Diet Coke has also participated in numerous awareness-raising programmes to aid the campaign over the last […]

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Kaikoura welcomes dance studio and restaurant combo

January 4, 2012/11.14

Possibly New Zealand’s only restaurant and dance studio opened in Kaikoura today.    Passione, an Italian pizza restaurant, and Soul Studio had their gala opening in the centre of the seaside town at 5 p.m. today (January 4). Full trading hours begin January 5.    The restaurant–studio is the brainchild of a young couple and […]

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Ralph Lauren talks to Oprah Winfrey in A-list fund-raiser at Lincoln Center

October 25, 2011/20.00

A Monday night event for the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention at Lincoln Center featured, as its principal attraction, a heart-to-heart on-stage chat between Oprah Winfrey and Ralph Lauren himself.    Attended by celebrities including Naomi Watts, Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan, Uma Thurman, Jessica Alba, Kerry Washington, Martha Stewart and […]

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