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Skindeep
Looking for the perfect beauty care for your skin? The search is over. Lakme, the cosmetics company synonymous with Indian beauty care, recently launched its new range of skin care products. Titled On Top of the World, the range signifies the modern woman who feels as good as she looks. The collection includes cleansing milk, face wash, moisturisers fortified with Vitamin E, winter care lotions, sunscreens and Revival Lotion a high performance formula lotion that promises to reduce fine lines and wrinkles.

There’s more from HLL. Pond’s has re-launched New Pond’s Cold Cream. Fortified with vital beauty oils which guard against drying, the new deep-care formula is recommended for use twice a day first thing in the morning and last thing at night and promises perceptible results within 10 days of usage. What’s more, as part of a special offer this winter, Pond’s Moisturising Face Wash sachet and Dreamflower Moisturising Body Lotion are being offered free with a 60 ml pack of cream.
Price: Rs19.50 onward.
At leading retail outlets.

Perfume perfect
That’s not all from the HLL stable. Last week they launched the complete range of Calvin Klein fragrances Obsession, Eternity, Escape, Contradiction, cK one, and cK be in India. Globally recognised for creating fragrances that capture the essence of modern men and women, Calvin Klein is one of the top-ranking perfume brands the world over.
Available at select retail outlets. For further information contact: 491 1783 / 85 / 287 0622.

Instant chow
Love chowmein but loathe tedious recipes? The new Knorr Chinese Mixes promise instant nirvana for chow lovers! Made from a multitude of ingredients premixed in the perfect proportions, the mixes make it possible to whip up great tasting Chinese food at home in a jiffy. The 100 per cent vegetarian mixes come in six popular varieties Manchurian Mix, Chowmein Mix, Sweet & Sour Mix, Chilli Mix and Fried Rice Mix. Each pack serves four and comes with simple directions for bothnon-vegetarian and vegetarian dishes.
Price: Rs 19 per pack.
For further details contact: 491 1783.

Date mate
The approaching new year calls for an update on several things. Which makes a good calendar an absolute must! To make your task easier, Bombay Natural History Society, one of India’s leading nature conservation organisations, has brought out two new attractive calendars. Introduced especially for the millennium, the calendars feature breathtaking photographs taken by some of the world’s most renowned photographers. While the desk calendar has the theme of elephants, the full-sized 12-sheet calendar charts the course of the Ganges from its origin at Gaumukh in the Himalayas to its culmination at the Bay of Bengal at Gangasagar. Both calendars are aimed at creating the much-needed conservation awareness and also to bring in funds necessary for keeping the Bombay History Society a financially self-reliant and independent NGO.
For further details contact: 282 1811.

Kitchenstar
Tired of laborious kitchen chores? Rejoice! Help is at hand. Sumeet, a trusted name in Indian kitchen appliances, has launched its Celebrity range, a collection of the most advanced household appliances specially designed to meet the needs of modern living. Part of the new collection are anti-oxidation pressure cookers, electronic juicer-mixer-grinders, blenders, pressure steam irons, hot plates, oven toasters, waffle makers, electronic pop-up toasters, barbecue grills, auto-ignition stoves and state-of-the-art cooking ranges. Also on offer is the new Sumeet Millennium Chef, an all-in-one food processing unit for hotels, catering unts and hospitals. The new Sumeet range offers excellent value for your money.
Price: Rs 1,500 onward. Millennium Chef: Rs 1,00,000.For details contact: 305 4887 / 300 1112.

Cyber book
This is one book all computer freaks would love to get their hands on. After its success in the consumer and education markets with the popular iMac, Apple India has nowunveiled iBook. The new computer combines all the attractions of iMac speed, eye-catching style and easy set-up for fast internet surfing in a stunning notebook design. Available in two eye-catching colours, Blueberry and Tangerine, the new gizmo comes with several outstanding features a 12.1 inch TFT active matrix colour display, 300 megahertz Power PC G3 processor, a built-in CD ROM drive, a 3.2 gigabyte hard disk drive, a high performance ATI RAGE Mobility graphics accelerator, a 56 kilobyte-per-second modem and much more. With a battery life of up to six hours, and a convenient fold-away handle, iBook is also the perfect travel mate.
Price: Rs 1,07,635.
For further information contact: 646 5811 / 646 5810.

Zip zap
The news just got better on the techi front. Iomega, the leader in smart portable solutions, has launched the new Zip 250MB Universal Serial Bus (USB) Drive. This ultra-thin mobile drive is designed to meet the needs of both PC and Mac users offering high-capacity storagein an easy-to-use format that can go from the desktop to the laptop quickly and easily. Price: Rs 9,900.
For further details contact 646 5811/648 7876.

Mum-bai guide
Being a mother can be exhausting, especially when it comes to finding out all those details about registering your child in the right school. To make the task easier, Cadbury’s Bournvita has introduced the Mumbai Mum’s Guide. The result of author Rina Mehta’s painstaking three-year research, the book spans more than 300 pages of information on school admissions, nurseries and the various children’s classes available in the city. You will also find all you need to know about organising a children’s party right down from addresses of party organisers and venues to innovative return-gift ideas. A must buy for Mumbai mums.
Price: Rs 100.
Available at leading book stores.

Glass art
Venetian or Muranese glass, with its exquisite beauty and rich historical tradition has fascinated scholars, art connoisseurs andcollectors for more than a 1,000 years. The Sacred Prism II, an exhibition presented by Gayatri Ruia, is an attempt to combine the historic tradition of Venetian glass with the imagination of the contemporary artist. The sequel to a previous collaborative effort organised by Ruia with renowned Italian artist Antonio Da Ros, and Manjit Bawa in Feb ’98, Sacred Prism II is inspired by the rich heritage of temple art and sculpture. On display are 50 exquisite blown art pieces of religious deities Shiv, Ganesh, Krishna and Jesus meticulously crafted by Antonio Da Ros and Anjolie Ela Menon. The exhibits have been specially selected by Ruia in an attempt to take religious iconography beyond its traditional confines through the medium of glass art.
At NGMA, Kala Ghoda. Till Dec 12. Time: 11.00 am to 6.00 pm.