Cosmetic company says keep your cosmetic bag light this season

(Las Vegas, NV) <05/20/2008> – As the warmer weather approaches, the glow of the spring and summer season can be seen in flowers in bloom, our wardrobe and even our makeup hues. The dark, heavy colors of winter can be removed from makeup bags, leaving room for a more natural palette.



Michele Kish, inventor of Go-Natural® – The All-In-One Cosmetic®, offers tips on maintaining the low maintenance makeup trend this season. “Each year during the warmer-weather season, one makeup trend remains as a rule-of-thumb: low maintenance makeup. No one wants to deal with the mess of applying lots of makeup and trying to master the skills of a professional makeup artist,” said Kish. “The key is to choose a product so simple and basic, it doesn’t look like makeup at all.”

Kish offers the following advice when attempting the natural look this season:

Label it Gucci from the Milan women’s apparel show. Call it Moto-Chic from leather designers who stick to dark colors for jackets and pants (like biker icons James Dean and Marlon Brando), but stretch it to bright colored gloves. West Coast Choppers does it with accessories for man and bike; Moschino does it with helmets and hearts.  It’s Boho-Biker Style for next season’s leatherwear: It mixes soft and hard details, and pairs gauzy women’s blouses with tall studded boots.

Boho-Biker Style 1 keeps the Tough Rebel Biker Look, with black, dark brown and grey leather apparel colors; plus the usual metal studded or grommeted boots, belts and bracelets. But for this Fall/Winter season, look for Boho-Biker Style detailing — leather jackets that are cropped to the waist, fitted into body-hugger shape, and ornamented, with more detail zippers but fewer buckles, more asymmetric jacket fronts and grommet design detailing.

Sometimes staying ahead of the tech curve leaves loyal customers behind. Online DVD-by-mail rental leader Netflix plans to stave off technological extinction by shifting away from mailbox DVDs and, instead, streaming entertainment directly to set-top boxes, delivering films on demand. With a click of the remote, Netflix subscribers with high-speed Internet connections and the right set-top box get instant cinema … sans storage disk. The good news is that the Netflix set-top box is cheaper than the competition. The $99.99 five-inch square device is easy to hook up and costs less than one-half similar devices from Apple and Vudu. 

The latest La Moda in world apparel design and retailing is to offer customized clothing options … buying made-to-measure clothing online.

Online product customization was touted as The Next Big Thing during Internet Bubble 1.0. Those were the Prehistoric Web Days of the late 1990s up through 2001, when the ability to display and online order special shoe colors, select T-shirt artwork and design your own car model (from a bag of pre-selected features) promised to use full personalization powers of the web.

Back then, even Levi-Strauss — evolving from rivet-sewn workhorse jeans once worn by 19^th Century gold miners into a dizzying array of boot/straight/flare cuts and stone-washed/distressed denim fabric — launched a Store-Your-Fit-and-Style-Preferences customer feature on its eCommerce site.

What remained elusive online was truly customized clothing, giving customers the power to design an entire garment and tailor it for a perfect fit according to her body measurements. Until now.

By Crystal Silvas

People who shop regularly at discount and dollar stores are well aware that in exchange for their super savings they may grudgingly be forced to sacrifice the name brands they’ve readily become accustomed to. Brands, that at the end of the day offers a sense of familiarity and consistency in a week that may too often be filled with a sort of, controlled chaos if you will. Just imagine the projected spike in sales if such stores stocked a number of officially licensed products alongside their name brand counterparts. Well, thanks to Four Seasons General Merchandise, this dream is easily made a reality.

According to comScore’s tracking of online retail in the U.S., online sales jumped 23% from July to September 2007, over the same third-quarter sales reported in 2006. Forrester Research analyst Sucharita Mulpuru, quoted in E-Commerce Times, noted that the 20-percent-plus growth rate for online retail outstripped the rest of the retail industry.

ComScore found that a soft 1Q 2007 in online retail simply mirrored a weakness in offline retail at the same time. But in the following two quarters, heading into the holiday season for 2007, online sales have resumed their growth rate of 20% or better.

The top performer in increased online sales was, predictably, online gaming, with the 2007 release of new Nintendo Wii and Sony Playstation 3 consoles, plus the hot “Halo 3” game.

First, why rhinestone jewelry? Because this isn’t the so-so “maybe I want it” type of goods—this is must-have jewelry memorable occasions in life demand. After all, putting money out to buy inventory is a risk. Nobody wants a closet full of jewelry that doesn’t sell. They want baubles that move and build sales volume. They want something to take to the bank for all the risk and hard work.

Look at the needs for rhinestone jewelry—prom, balls, dance, pageant, and evening wear–but bigger than anything is bridal. So be sure to play to this market. Next problem is what do I buy and where to get it. Of course I would like to say “get it from me”, but you do the research and see if that’s your best option. Search online and be sure to use “wholesale” with the search terms because you need wholesale pricing to make a profit. Wholesale specific sites like Top Ten Wholesale only list wholesalers. Next how do you price it? Make double your minimum selling price because surviving requires it.

By Crystal Silvas

ChinaGrabber LLC, founded in 2005, is a U.S. based manufacturing and sourcing company based in Portland, Oregon. A successful supplier of electronic merchandise, they are the only distributors of DigitalRise MP3 and MP4 players in the United States. As their name suggests, much of their product is sourced out of China through the aid of strategic partnerships.

For those of you seeking direct and reliable sources of Chinese electronic merchandise, look no further for China Grabber has it all. With over thirty categories of products to choose from, you’ll be sure to find the electronic gadget you are looking for. They carry airsoft products, camcorders, spy equipment, mp3 players, cell phones, radio controlled helicopters, iPod accessories, Bluetooth accessories and so much more.

By Crystal Silvas

Since its humble beginnings in 1989, Just For Laughs Enterprises Inc. has grown from a small family-owned retail store into a full-fledged design house and importer. Specializing in the manufacture of fun, “Just For Laughs is the company for items geared at putting a smile on your face.” They have a wide variety of playful novelty products to choose from including key chains, gag gifts, stuffed animals, 3D greeting cards, stretchy toys and more.

One of their newest additions just made its debut at the ASD/AMD Trade Show in Vegas last month. They’re called “Little Stinkers” and they’re the cutest little keychain air fresheners ever. These miniature plush toys are soft, silly and—you guessed it—smelly (in a good way, of course!) They come in four different scents including wildberry, vanilla, coffee and fruit pop. All scents were formulated and made in the U.S.A. and each scent comes in three different styles.

Midwestern Wholesale’s September Item of the Month Special:

White TV Stand/Cabinet
A simple yet elegantly designed piece of furniture, this sturdy TV stand fits beautifully in almost any living room or study, while the shelf and cabinet area easily hold and hide every television accessory.

SUGGESTED RETAIL: $169.95

SALE PRICE: $51.49
Come visit us at http://www.midwesternwholesale.com where we offer thousands of high quality gift items, home and garden decor, and decorative collectibles at true wholesale prices.

By Crystal Silvas

Shelter Distributors, a division of Sunny & Omi Sales, is the smart shopper’s choice for wholesale knives. With a minimum purchase requirement of only $50, just about anyone can take advantage of their incredible deals. Although a reseller’s certificate isn’t necessary for purchase, they do offer wholesale accounts and discounts at four different levels of membership. Creating a wholesale account can prove very beneficial to those shoppers who will be making regular purchases of $150 or more.

For those non-wholesale shoppers, they offer a 15% discount off purchases of $300 or more. They offer a very wide variety of wholesale knives and swords, but that’s not all. They also offer wholesale air rifles, daggers, folding knives, throwing knives, axes, crossbows, flasks, poker chips, binoculars, hunting gear, scissors and more. They even offer tools for safety and defense such as LED lights and survival knives. If you’re on a very limited budget, or if you just love to save money, be sure to check out their page of knife and sword close outs.

By Crystal Silvas

With forty years of experience, Hayes Specialties Corporation is a leader in the Direct Import industry. With such a vast selection of merchandise they are able to suit the needs of just about any kind of business. One of their specialties is wholesale toys. They are one of the largest importers of toys and other novelties in the United States, and they pride themselves on discovering hot new items light-years ahead of the competition.

One of their newest products, which made its debut at the ASD/AMD Trade Show in Vegas earlier this month, is the exciting new Fountain Duck. Haye’s Fountain Duck is a brand new spin on the conventional rubber ducky. Everyone knows what a rubber duck is; it was immortalized by Sesame Street’s Ernie in the 1970 smash hit “Rubber Ducky”. But Haye’s new Fountain Duck isn’t the rubber duck you and I grew up with.

By Crystal Silvas

With over twelve years of experience under their belts, CEO Jerry Phlippeau and VP Joe Harzheim really knew what they were doing when they created Flipo Group USA, a manufacturer, distributor and importer of unique and original consumer goods. With products like flameless candles, pet blinkers, and scrolling belt buckles, your virtual tour through Flipo.com will be one you won’t soon forget, and neither will your customers if you take my advice and add some of their products to your inventory.

Flipo’s comprehensive Website, which can be found at www.Flipo.com, includes a dozen different categories of wholesale merchandise including but not limited to Christmas items, home accents, pens, jewelry, pet products, novelties and more. The creative geniuses at Flipo take average products (e.g. pens) and reinvent them into fresh, newfangled fun. One of their hottest and most popular products is their line of Fuze jewelry, a creative take on gem necklaces. These quartz-derived necklaces feature hand-picked, hand-polished gems from the Far East which radiate soft, incandescent light in a soothing array of brilliant colors. A few of Fuze’s famous fans include such celebrities as Jennifer Garner, Britney Spears and Jennifer Coolidge.