) December 19, 2008 --

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With a mission to help people connect around wellness- a growing category that includes spas, Pilates, massage, beauty, complementary alternative medicine, and more - InnerRewards today announced the launch of its beta site.

InnerRewards is a single online destination where consumers can learn about various health and wellness topics, find and review businesses, connect with other sophisticated consumers, earn rewards, and buy wellness services and products.

) January 27, 2009 --

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) June 3, 2009 --

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) February 11, 2009 --

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The old saying "love doesn't cost a thing" could really come in handy this Valentine's Day as most of us are feeling under increasing pressure to scrimp and save. But "budget" doesn't have to mean "boring." Online spa and wellness community, InnerRewards, has found some unique and unusual Valentine's Day ideas.

) May 1, 2009 -- Spiral Haircase.com, a leading supplier of professional salon beauty products, announces the launch of their "Best Beauty Blogs Club" program for bloggers. The program is designed to offer the best hair care, skin care and nail care beauty products to beauty aficionados, without sacrificing quality for price.

) January 20, 2009 -- Destiny Health Group LLC, a California based Health and Wellness Company launched its new growth strategy with the acquisition of the medical spa, Aspect Beauty. Destiny Health Group LLC was formed by partners Dennis Draudt and Robert Zasa to leverage the consumer's heightened interest in wellness and retail healthcare.

) April 1, 2009 -- In occasion of Earth Day 2009 (April 22, 2009), the international beauty & makeup magazine NineByZero gives out three (3) ad pages in  their online magazine distribution (PDF with 20.000+ subscribed readers/month) exclusively to 100% eco-friendly, organic, all-natural beauty, bath & body, skincare and cosmetics brands. Those interested can send their website link or their press kit using this online form: http://blog.ninebyzero.com/contacts - specify EARTH09 in your message.

NineByZero Beauty Magazine

) June 11, 2009 -- SpaBooker, a division of SpaFinder Inc., today announced that its innovative technology platform is powering the new online spa- booking channel at Allure.com. Launched June 5, 2009, this powerful new eCommerce partnership allows Allure.com's millions of users to search and book treatments in real time, 24/7 - while providing SpaBooker partners with significantly increased visibility and a robust new stream of customers.

) March 27, 2009 -- Beauty Brief is pleased to announce a new look and feel to the company web site: http://www.beautybrief.com/.

Beauty Brief is now able to offer an online database with exclusive releases and offers for beauty, fitness, and wellness products. Each "brief" introduces a new product or trend, and users are able to post their experiences and thoughts in the comments section of each brief. Each brief on BeautyBrief.com is classified into one of several different categories of products: Beauty, Cosmetics, Diet Plans, Featured Products, Fitness, and Wellness.

) November 21, 2008 -- Accessing information and how-tos from "the best brains in the biz" can be a daunting and time consuming task. From checking out the hottest fashions and accessories (check,) investigating the best beauty trends (double check) and figuring out what accessories to sort and what to heave-ho (triple check!) can be a job onto itself.

) November 23, 2008 -- Founded by Olympia Hantzopoulos, Miracles in the City has partnered with Blue Water Media to deliver the Miracles in the City experience to the web. Offering products, advice, and community on style, spirit, health, and beauty Miracles in the City offers a comprehensive experience for visitors and members alike. Hantzopoulos chose wisely when selecting Blue Water Media's award-winning design team to develop and design a website that not only communicates beauty but is, itself, beautiful. The new beauty and health website seeks to present eco-friendly and organic health and beauty supplies to women of all ages and professional men with a fashionable sensibility.

) September 28, 2008 -- Everyone knows that the best make up looks are understated yet effective, the aim shouldn't be to reconstruct the face or hide one's innerself, but instead to let natural beauty shine through. The new elf mineral make up range does exactly this. Made from 100% natural minerals it gives a weightless airbrushed finish and will leave your skin looking flawless and healthy.

e.l.f. Mineral Make up

) September 17, 2009 -- Courtney King, hair and make-up artist from Boise Idaho, has won against hundreds of other contestants to become Redken's Fashion Insider this year. As Redken's Fashion Insider, she has gained exclusive backstage access at the fashion shows of top designers during New York Fashion Week and the opportunity to create her own blog based on her experience backstage!

Courtney King

) September 1, 2009 -- SpaBooker, the leading spa/wellness online booking company, today announced that its breakthrough online booking and spa/salon management software solution is now available in six languages - giving consumers worldwide the ability to schedule appointments 24 hours a day/7 days a week. As a result of SpaBooker's international expansion, spas, salons and wellness centers across the globe are able to offer clients the ability to book appointments and services in their language of choice, as well as in multiple currencies.

) August 19, 2009 - CozyCot, Singapore's leading online beauty and fashion community for women, announces the CozyCot Holy Grail Party will take place at Singapore Expo on September 26 and 27. The free two-day event will feature the latest in beauty, makeup, skincare and fashion from leading brands such as Kérastase, L'Oréal Paris, shu uemura, Vichy and many more.

CozyCot Holy Grail Party Widget

) May 1, 2009 -- Be one of the first to tell us "What Gets Under Your Skin?" in 500 words or less by May 15, 2009 and win an invite to an exclusive party at a top Chicago salon. Only the top 100 to enter will win.

This contest is being offered to Chicagoans as Maven™, a new a revolutionary hair care system designed to deliver healthy, well nourished beautiful hair, and Naturally Clear Skin™, a new and improved, hydrating skin care line that penetrates deep below the skin surface, are being rolled out to area stores.

) May 26, 2009 -- Mario Badescu Skin Care, a leading manufacturer of skin care and acne treatment products, as well as operator of a 36 room Manhattan beauty salon, has launched a new website with updated usability features in order to make their customers' skin care shopping experience as easy and enjoyable as possible.

) February 19, 2009 - The Cosmetics Haven, a premier Web site offering name-brand perfumes, celebrity fragrances and beauty products at discount prices, announces its recent relaunch and the debut of its new shopping cart. The reorganized site and easy-to-use shopping cart makes finding and purchasing name-brand products from companies like Chanel, Clinique and Estee Lauder more convenient than ever before.

) March 14, 2009 -- SocialBeauties.com announces the launch of the first and only social media site devoted exclusively to cosmetic procedures, medspa services and beauty products. Members join for free and begin accumulating points simply by being active on the site. Members can redeem the points for free cosmetic procedures, services and beauty products.

) July 7, 2009 -- Beauty Schools Marketing Group (BSMG) has announced the debut of "The Beauty School Lounge", a first-of-its-kind social network for students, educators and professionals in the beauty and cosmetology field. The lounge (http://lounge.beautyschoolsdirectory.com/) is an interactive boutique where beauty enthusiasts around the globe can network, access helpful tools, and follow the hottest styles and discussion topics in the beauty industry as they evolve.

) October 20, 2008 -- Wellness Layers, Inc., a leading provider of advanced customer portals for the nutrition, fitness, health and high affinity brands markets, announced today that it will address the growing market for Web 2.0 sites for fitness, nutrition and wellness brands at the Health 2.0 Conference, to be held in San Francisco on October 22 and 23rd.

) November 12, 2008 -- Asiatic Beauty (a Penang based cosmetic skin care company) is proud to announce that their popular brands of niche skin care & beauty products are now available worldwide from their upgraded online shop: http://www.asiatic-beauty.com

For over two years now Asiatic Beauty have been steadily achieving strategic localized growth in the South East Asian region where their White Tea & Malaysiatic range of skin care have proven very popular indeed.
Building on this solid success Asiatic Beauty has made the step to allow their products to be made available on a worldwide basis through their newly upgraded internet shopping portal.

) February 25, 2009 -- "There is ever-increasing sensual and sexual wellness awareness as drug stores such as Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid, Drugstore.com and others have begun promoting Sexual Health and Wellness sections", says LELO Sales and Marketing manager, Shaye Saldana from LELO's California office. "We are very pleased to see LELO products next to Durex, Trojan, K-Y and other well-known reputable brands that are improving the sensual quality of people's lives. Sensual wellness is a natural part of individuals' overall physical and mental health and it is a natural fit to see these products offered by these pharmacies."

) February 25, 2009 -- "There is ever-increasing sensual and sexual wellness awareness as drug stores such as Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid, Drugstore.com and others have begun promoting Sexual Health and Wellness sections", says LELO Sales and Marketing manager, Shaye Saldana from LELO's California office. "We are very pleased to see LELO products next to Durex, Trojan, K-Y and other well-known reputable brands that are improving the sensual quality of people's lives. Sensual wellness is a natural part of individuals' overall physical and mental health and it is a natural fit to see these products offered by these pharmacies."

) June 3, 2009 -- Hollywood makeup artist Lina Hanson has featured Zoya Nail Polish in her new book, Eco-Beautiful: The Ultimate Guide to Natural Beauty and Wellness.

Eco-Beautiful by Lina Hanson

Praising Zoya as one of just a few nail polish brands that "offer trendy shades made from ingredients that are friendly to you and to the planet." Hanson also wrote, "This toxin-free nail polish line (Zoya Nail Polish), founded by Zoya and Michael Reyzis, is chock-full of trendy and vibrant colors. Many of the polishes offer a little extra sparkle for a night out on the town!"

) May 7, 2009 -- Now with fans like Beyonce, Cameron Diaz and over 20 booming locations from coast-to-coast, Uni.K.Wax Centers are growing rapidly by word-of-mouth as more and more friends recommend these body and facial waxing specialists, with locations recently opened or opening in New York, San Diego, Las Vegas and all parts of Florida including Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach County, Tampa, Orlando and Gainesville.

) July 28, 2009 - A festive substitute for the upcoming male-charged Formula 1 racing events in Singapore, CozyCot's Holy Grail Party, to be held the same weekend, is designed to be a genuine salute to the female. September 26 and 27 has been set aside as a beauty, skincare, makeup, and fashion gala, all in recognition of women.

CozyCot Holy Grail Party

) September 30, 2008 -- HQhair.com is joining forces with Elemis, Chantecaille and L'Occitane to offer its customers more variety at the click of a button. The online retailer of hair and beauty products stocks 250 beauty brands offering its customers an expansive range of both classic ranges and cult bestsellers and these cosmetic brands are sure to feel right at home selling through this site.

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) August 5, 2009 -- Jivox, the leading online video advertising and marketing platform for local businesses, today announced a number of video marketing tools that help small businesses use online video to market their products and services.

) September 16, 2009 -- Just in time for back-to-school, My Yoga Online, the global mind-body health and wellness resource, is proud to announce the launch of The University Program. Simon Fraser University, The University of Iowa, McMaster University, and York University are already on-board. A buzz is generating across the North American educational system, as more universities follow the advent of preventative healthcare taking precedence across Canada and the US by signing on to the My Yoga Online University Wellness Initiative.

My Yoga Online University Wellness

) July 23, 2009 -- melslife.com, a multi-media, advertiser-supported, healthy living social network, which targets echo boomers, has many of the functionalities of social network leaders facebook and myspace, but its emphasis is on food, health and life philosophy. melslife is evolving into an integrated media resource by offering daily mel's Circle of Wellness 90-second vignettes to local radio and television stations to run in their news and lifestyle programming, and offering mobile customers easy-to-find, advertiser-supported, quality video content.

) September 1, 2009 -- As the economic downturn runs its course, many Americans are already looking towards the future. Every cycle has a top and a bottom and Spa Week believes the Country is witnessing the bottom of the current economic slump and better days have started to emerge. Never before has Spa Week's message been more relevant than in these trying times--the spa lifestyle is essential to maintaining one's health and well-being and Spa Week makes it available and affordable to everyone with its signature $50 spa services. A list of the participating spas can be viewed on www.spaweek.com.

) October 5, 2009 -- Loved Leighton Meester's red carpet look? Must try the 80's revival eye makeup straight off the catwalk? Look no further than TAAZ.com to find your perfect look. TAAZ.com, an award winning virtual makeover site, introduced a new version of its already popular site - with additional features that combine the popularity of celebrity looks, editorial beauty content and social networking communities.

Since its launch last year, TAAZ.com has been a beauty fan's go-to site to try-on makeup products and celebrity hairstyles in a very realistic and interactive way. The enhancements introduce fans to an even more personalized, fun and engaging experience.

) September 20, 2008 -- Azure Media (www.azuremedia.com), the mobile marketing strategy firm debuts FIA Touch, an interactive and mobile digital signage solution during the Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week. Azure Media, creators of the mobile marketing platform, FIA provided fashion and beauty insiders with a first glimpse of the arresting technology and marketing solution at a Kick-Off event hosted at Arena with media partner, Totalbeauty.com.

Azure Media's FIA Touch, digital signage, seen here at a Montreal storefront, where a customer is seen requesting more information from the on-street window display.

) October 7, 2008 -- StarReviews, a Website Reviews Company, launched its newly designed site which has web reviews for consumers by consumers with a social twist. Social Media and networking have become a part of everyone's life in some way. Accepting this is the first step to the next generation and StarReviews has embraced the concept. What is StarReviews? In a nutshell, it is the best place on the web to find and share consumer reviews on any topic.

) October 29, 2009 -- Viewpoints Network, a social technology and media company, announced today that it has added a Social Loyalty Engine to the Viewpoints Technology Platform. The Social Loyalty Engine helps brands establish a reputation and rewards program that motivates their customers to contribute content and become leaders and brand advocates in the brand's online community and across the broader social web.

) October 28, 2008 -- Whether you want to find balance in your life, be a better parent, live more "green" or help bring about world peace, a new site, Intent.com, can help you achieve your aspirations. Featuring a supportive community of like-minded members, blogs from top wellness experts, and curated online content on personal, social, and global wellness, Intent.com is your one-stop-shop for the best content in the wellness category.

Mallika Chopra

Honeymark International a New York based skin care company has hired Illumination Consulting to develop and launch 10 professional skin care blogs to reach and educate consumers on honey based skin care products and benefits.

) April 8, 2009 -- healthfinder.gov has long been recognized as a key resource for finding the best Government and nonprofit health prevention information on the Internet. Consumers are drawn to the straightforward and credible information catalogued on the site. But it is the technology features that boost the site's appeal, making the search for disease prevention and wellness information interactive and action oriented.

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) June 18, 2009 -- Distinguished from other sites by its social community and content written by real moms, Real Moms Guide offers women a place to connect with other mothers while blogging, exchanging advice, sharing stories, uploading photos and videos and more!

Real Moms Guide Reality Web Series Moms

Meet the Moms!
Meet Vanessa, perfectionist and mother of five children who is quickly learning that perfection does not exist.

Meet Lindsey, RMG's new mom trying to cope with her son's medical conditions while also dealing with a colicky newborn.