Beauty Bits - Breast Cancer Awareness edition

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and there are lots of beauty companies and products around the globe are out there supporting the cause!

Here are just a few highlights for 2011:

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The 2011 edition of OPI’s Pink of Hearts will follow in the footsteps of its namesake since 2007, in raising awareness of breast cancer during the month of October. Additionally, OPI will be making a donation of $5,000 to Rethink Breast Cancer. Pink of Hearts gives a crackled, 2-textured pink finish over any OPI hue and contains no DBP, Toluene, or Formaldehyde. Available October 2011 at Professional Salons and Spas for $10.95 CAD suggested retail price.

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Crabtree & Evelyn will be donating $1.00 to the National Breast Cancer Foundation for each specially tagged Crabtree & Evelyn NEW Pink Rosewater item sold in the United States during the month of October, with a guaranteed donation of $20,000.

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For the month of October, TOCCA will be donating 15% of net proceeds from the sale of its Laundry Delicate line to Living Beyond Breast Cancer.

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For the month of October, Beautyblender, will donate 10% of all product sales to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

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LaLicious will donate 30% of sales from Sugar Kiss Sugar Souffle Body Scrub, sold during the month of October to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Price: $34, available at www.lalicious.com

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Dermelect Cosmeceuticals will be donating $15 from each Dermelect Cosmeceuticals’ BCA special edition Resurface Stem Cell Reconstructing Serum sold during the month of October to the Young Survival Coalition, a NY-based charity that benefits young women battling breast cancer.

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Mama Mio will also donate $1 to Look Good... Feel Better for every purchase of Boob Tube Bust & Neck Firmer ($45 USD and packaged with a breast self-exam instructional pamphlet) made on www.mamamio.com during the month of October.

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For every eos Lip Balm Smooth Sphere in Strawberry Sorbet ($3.29 USD) purchased in October, 5% of proceeds will be donated to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to fund research for Breast Cancer treatment and prevention.

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Tweezerman is proudly introducing the new 2011 limited edition Breast Cancer Awareness version of their best-selling, perfectly precise Slant Tweezer – Precision in Pink ($20 USD). Blanketed in a white enamel color finish and adorned with the iconic BCA pink ribbon logo, made with pink Swarovski Elements. $1.00 from the sale of each limited edition Precision in Pink Slant Tweezer will go to Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the CEW Cancer and Careers organizations among other charities throughout the country.