Good Stuff

January 23, 2007

Finnish Cosmetics Now Available

Finland's biggest beauty brand, Lumene, is now available in Atlanta at CVS pharmacies. Lumene combines advanced technology with rare Scandinavian resources in its unique skincare and color collections. Among the indigenously northern ingredients used are cloudberries, Artic peat and pure Finnish spring water. Lumene, which has both a women's and men's line of products, believes that beauty has no age limit and its products are developed to care for the inner well-being as well as appearance.

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Atlanta Starts Autrepeau, Innerwear For Executive Women

Atlantan Amy Kistler and friend Anna Roop found themselves wearing suits that were stylish but often itchy, thin blouses and dry-clean only trousers. They wanted ultra-thin, super-soft innerwear to provide an inconspicuous barrier between their skin nad clothes. Not finding any, they developed Autrepeau, a super thin invisible layer to wear under suits, sweaters and sheer blouses. The Atlanta-based company's line, which is available at select boutiques and online at www.autrepeau.com, features 10 styles, including a panty liner, long sleeve V-neck and a camisole.

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Sonic Scrubbers Save Cleaning Time

According to market research, 54 percent of women said they spend more time housecleaning than quality time with children while 82 percent said they use elbow grease and archaic devices like used toothbrushes to tackle tough household-cleaning tasks. SonicScrubbers announced a new cleaning tool, SonicScrubbers, that is said to reduce cleaning time by 50 percent. SonicScrubbers is similar to an electric toothbrush with high-speed sonic oscillation that generates vigorous back and forth scrubbing motion that is perfect for hard-to-reach places such as grout lines, countertops and air conditioning vents. Available now in retail stores throughout Atlanta.

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Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall presents a plaque to superstar Usher Raymond IV (center) and his manager/mother Jonnetta Patton in recognition of the social and economic benefits that Usher and the newly opened The Grape at Inman Park  are contributing to Atlanta.


Usher and franchise partner Solomon Smallwood intend to open several restaurants around the world. The Grape is a one-of-a-kind concept that contains two separate but complementary businesses running side by side. The Grape's Retail Seller is a wine shop while The Grape's Wine Bar offers gourmet fare designed to complement the wine selection. More than 120 wines from boutique and medium sized wineries are available.

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The Georgia PRSA Presented Chapter Awards

Ellen Weaver Hartman, APR, is the 2006 inductee into the Public Relations Society of America-Georgia Chapter's Order of the Phoenix and the Georgia PRSA Hall of Fame. Hartman is president of Weber Shandwick Atlanta.

The chapter also honored the following:
Karla G. Harvill, APR, was named the Radiant Star in memory of Dyar Massey. Harvill is public relations manager at Gold Kist Inc.
Shira Miller, president of Shira Miller Communications, was awarded the Luminary Star Award.
Lynne Unglo of Lynne Unglo & Company, Inc. was given the Shining Star Award, recognizing a mid-level public relations practitioner for demonstrating achievement and leadership.
Erin Steele, director of communications for United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, received the Rising Star Award.