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With a week to go in October, there is still time to help support finding a cure for breast cancer and pick yourself up some great products!

And what could be more appropriate than Elizabeth Grant Collagen Re-Inforce Bust Reshape & Lift - 60ml - $50 - helps the bust area appear smoother and firmer through intense moisturization - when you purchase it from www.elizabethgrant.com - 50% of the proceeds will go to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.
 

All bras purchased from the American Eagle Aerie line will have a portion of the proceeds donated to the Bright Pink Organization - a non-profit that provides education and support to young women who are at high risk for breast and ovarian cancer, arming them with knowledge, options and a great attitude.  You can find more info at www.BeBrightPink.org and you can check out the Aerie line at www.aerie.com
Lypsyl puts their money where your mouth is and will donate $50,000 to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation through the sale of pink ribbon marked balms.  Look for the special pink packaging at your local retailer!
Joico is promoting breast cancer awareness through the sales of it's JoiMist Firm Classic holding spray and JoiWhip duo packs.  Only $30 for a set of two.  In addition to sales, Joico will be donating $10,000 to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation in support of research.  Available at select spas and salons - go to www.joico.com for more info.
If you remember the post I did earlier in the month for Procter & Gamble's commitment, I just found out that they have extended the Facebook campaign through November!  Here's the recap: P&G is making it easy for consumers to help the cause, and look and feel their best - when you purchase:  Head & Shoulders, Gillette Venus, Secret, Crest, Always, Pantene Pro-V, Tampax, CoverGirl, Olay and Natural Instincts - you are helping to support a future without breast cancer.  These brands have made a $160,000 commitment to the effort.  You can help up that amount though, in addition to the 160K they will give the foundation an extra $1 for every Rise & Shine Facebook gift you send a friend (up to a maximum of $40,000).  Which means the contribution could rise as high as $200,000!

You can check out www.riseshine.ca for more info.

I was lucky enough to attend a party a couple of weeks ago to introduce L'Oréal's newest hair colour innovation - Sublime Mousse!  If you find home colouring to be a messy, time consuming and all-around unpleasant task then you are in for a treat with this new product!

Rather than the usual drippy liquid, this colour is applied as a foam so using it is as easy as putting some in your hand and applying it to your hair as you would your shampoo - all it takes is 4 minutes and you're done!  And because you don't have to worry about it dripping all over the place, you can go about your life while you wait for the colour to develop!  They actually did a live application demo at the party and it really was super quick with no mess.

After the demo, they brought out a bunch of models with various hair shades who had their hair coloured with the product earlier and their hair colours all looked very natural and shiny. 

 L'Oréal Sublime Mousse is available in the 12 below natural shades and retails for $11.99 - my only complaint is going to be that they need more red shades!

Mousse is a really easy way to give fine or limp hair some body, you just need to make sure that it doesn't dry crunchy or leave a flaky film on your scalp.  Another thing I've learned, don't be cheap with the mousse, you need a good amount of it for it to actually do it's job!  Here are a few of my favourites:

Living Proof Full Thickening Mousse - 142g - $21 (or $17.85 on The Shopping Channel right now) - body boosting, naturally moving for all hair types- this was recommended to me as the best mousse ever and I can't say that I disagree, this gives me such great body that I forget I have fine hair!  I don't love the smell but it doesn't linger so that's not a deal breaker!  Get it while it's on sale at www.theshoppingchannel.com

Pantene Mousse for Fine Hair - Maximum Hold - 187g - $5.99 - boosts strands for all-over volume that lasts - creates invisible support for fine hair structure, volumizes by lifting hair at the roots, locks in your style with all-day humidity protection - out of all the drugstore brands I've tried, this one is the best.  I find that sometimes with the less expensive ones, they dry very crunchy but this one doesn't.  The volume isn't as impressive as it is with some of the pricey brands, but for the cost it's not bad.

Phyto Intense Volume Mousse - Medium Hold - 200ml - $23 - adds body to all hair types, especially fine and limp hair - creates structure, increases volume and controls the style - contains Acacia collagen, a moisturizing active ingredient which hydrates hair while protecting from environmental stresses, as well as a natural UV filter. It smells great and I really did find this one hydrating, I even used it without my leave-in conditioning spray and didn't notice its absence!  Phyto products are available at Sephora.

Rene Furterer Volumea Volumizing Foam - 200ml - $25 - brings body and structure to fine and limp hair - contains natural carob extract to create volume in the hair from root to end - an anti static ingredient provides a controlled look - hair is soft, shiny and regains a natural and flexible volume. I don't love the smell but I sure do love the amount of volume I got from this one! Available at Sephora.