Pink Ribbon Products
You’re a good person. So maybe you don’t have time to volunteer at the soup kitchen every week or tutor underprivileged youth, but you do your part when you can. You don’t litter, you curb your dog and you even seriously considered sponsoring one of Sally Struthers’s orphans for a couple of months back in the ’90s. So naturally when Breast Cancer Awareness Month rolls around, you’re ready, checkbook in hand, to shop for a cure. And many retailers are happy to help. But before you dive into the sea of pink products, make sure you’re not in shallow waters. Think Before You Pink is a campaign that reminds you to investigate where your money is going and what percentage is donated to worthwhile charities. We know you’re busy, so we’ve done some of the homework for you. Here’s your cheatsheet so you won’t feel like a boob.
Give Cancer a Paddling
If there were a Stuff We Love hall of fame, these necklaces would get inducted. We don’t know which is cuter, the dainty pendant or the story behind its creation. When artist Julia Turner found out her friend Maria had been diagnosed with cancer, she didn’t know what to say. She retreated to her jewelry studio and emerged with a batch of silver canoe paddles for Maria and her family to wear to show their support. Maria joked that the paddles were a reference to a certain foul-smelling creek. The sterling silver one-and-a-quarter-inch paddle pendant sells for $25, and a sterling snake or beaded chain is just $5 more. $2.50 from the sale of each paddle is donated to the Breast Cancer Fund. Available at The Paddle Project.
The Cure is in Your Clutches
Through October 31, 2006, 20 percent of the proceeds from the sale of this adorable polka-dot-print 1154 LILL Studio Pink Ribbon Grace Clutch, which sells for $75, go to the Young Survival Coalition, an organization dedicated to addressing the unique issues faced by young women with breast cancer. The clutch is available online, at a home handbag party (or through your local LILL representative) or at one of three boutique locations, in Chicago, Boston and Kansas City.
Giving Cancer Lip Treatment
Who hasn’t been guilty of adding a few more products to her purchase in order to get the Clinique Bonus Time gift? (”What are you talking about? I needed the five extra pencil sharpeners!”) But with this lipstick, you get a better gift than any makeup bag and miniature bottles of eye cream — when you purchase the cute metallic pink bamboo-shaped case of In the Pink, $10 from the $14 cost of the limited-edition product goes to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
Wrap it Up
Get your warm, fuzzy feeling literally and figuratively from these hand-knit pink scarves ($24). Choose your shade of pink — light, medium or dark. The scarf will keep you toasty, and the fact that 100 percent of the proceeds goes to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Orange County Affiliate will make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
A Heart of Gloss
Ramy Gafni, a cancer survivor himself is known as the Willy Wonka of the cosmetics world for trying to create completely unique formulas. And with Ramy fans ranging from Lindsay Lohan to Meredith Vieira, his clients are as eclectic as his products. His Ramy Beauty Therapy Shiksa Face Gloss can be used on eyes, cheeks and lips. $18.50, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the Young Survival Coalition.
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