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		<title>By: Meg</title>
		<link>http://tomatonation.com/vine/the-vine-december-23-2009/comment-page-2/#comment-44930</link>
		<dc:creator>Meg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Re: Shower Caddy

I use this: http://www.amazon.com/Mesh-Shower-Organizer-Easily-Hangs/dp/B000JD4CC0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=home-garden&amp;qid=1263255941&amp;sr=8-2

It doesn&#039;t hang over the shower head (some other models do), it hangs from the rings, but it&#039;s mesh, so you can just wash it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Re: Shower Caddy</p>
<p>I use this: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mesh-Shower-Organizer-Easily-Hangs/dp/B000JD4CC0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#038;s=home-garden&#038;qid=1263255941&#038;sr=8-2" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Mesh-Shower-Organizer-Easily-Hangs/dp/B000JD4CC0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#038;s=home-garden&#038;qid=1263255941&#038;sr=8-2</a></p>
<p>It doesn&#039;t hang over the shower head (some other models do), it hangs from the rings, but it&#039;s mesh, so you can just wash it.</p>
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		<title>By: Anne Marie</title>
		<link>http://tomatonation.com/vine/the-vine-december-23-2009/comment-page-2/#comment-44669</link>
		<dc:creator>Anne Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sadder,

Back before I had my now two year-old son, I was a Prescriptives devotee, too. I wore their foundation and loose powder exclusively, and most of my eye shadow, blush and eyeliner were their products as well. Their makeup is wonderful. The reason I stopped wearing it is because they don&#039;t sell it at Target or the grocery store, and I can&#039;t seem to fit too many trips to Macy&#039;s into my schedule. I started wearing L&#039;Oreal True Match liquid foundation and Translucide loose powder. I can honestly say that I like them both as well as the much more expensive Prescriptives products I wore for years. The True Match line has warm, cool and neutral tone collections, and there are about 12 shades under each umbrella. I used to be Yellow-Orange Level One (sometimes Two in the summer) at Prescriptives, and I am wearing Neutral Level Two in the new brand. Hope that helps...good luck with your search for a replacement.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sadder,</p>
<p>Back before I had my now two year-old son, I was a Prescriptives devotee, too. I wore their foundation and loose powder exclusively, and most of my eye shadow, blush and eyeliner were their products as well. Their makeup is wonderful. The reason I stopped wearing it is because they don&#039;t sell it at Target or the grocery store, and I can&#039;t seem to fit too many trips to Macy&#039;s into my schedule. I started wearing L&#039;Oreal True Match liquid foundation and Translucide loose powder. I can honestly say that I like them both as well as the much more expensive Prescriptives products I wore for years. The True Match line has warm, cool and neutral tone collections, and there are about 12 shades under each umbrella. I used to be Yellow-Orange Level One (sometimes Two in the summer) at Prescriptives, and I am wearing Neutral Level Two in the new brand. Hope that helps&#8230;good luck with your search for a replacement.</p>
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		<title>By: Tish</title>
		<link>http://tomatonation.com/vine/the-vine-december-23-2009/comment-page-2/#comment-44399</link>
		<dc:creator>Tish</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Sadder, 

I work for a cosmetics retailer in Australia, and we have been a long-term stockist of Prescriptives. It&#039;s been discontinued worldwide, and i can assure you that you&#039;re not alone... i feel like over the last couple of months we&#039;ve been grief conselling people who&#039;ve been using and loving prescriptives their whole lives and are now totally set adrift. 

product purchased now will keep fresh for 2 years - unopened - and then once open will have the usual shelf-life. so maybe have a think about stocking up, you will still have some months before stocks run out. 

Otherwise, i would recommend taking your favourite products to a sephora or dept store and touch/feel/look/test similar products untill you find something you like...ask for samples, try it out at home for a few days. don&#039;t just jump in and purchase the first alternative and try different brands. 

get the shopgirl to try it out on you as well in store and then have a look outside in natural light too, because one of the best things about prescriptives is that the color range is so awesome - so you&#039;ll be looking for that perfect color match or it wont feel right. 

best of luck!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Sadder, </p>
<p>I work for a cosmetics retailer in Australia, and we have been a long-term stockist of Prescriptives. It&#039;s been discontinued worldwide, and i can assure you that you&#039;re not alone&#8230; i feel like over the last couple of months we&#039;ve been grief conselling people who&#039;ve been using and loving prescriptives their whole lives and are now totally set adrift. </p>
<p>product purchased now will keep fresh for 2 years &#8211; unopened &#8211; and then once open will have the usual shelf-life. so maybe have a think about stocking up, you will still have some months before stocks run out. </p>
<p>Otherwise, i would recommend taking your favourite products to a sephora or dept store and touch/feel/look/test similar products untill you find something you like&#8230;ask for samples, try it out at home for a few days. don&#039;t just jump in and purchase the first alternative and try different brands. </p>
<p>get the shopgirl to try it out on you as well in store and then have a look outside in natural light too, because one of the best things about prescriptives is that the color range is so awesome &#8211; so you&#039;ll be looking for that perfect color match or it wont feel right. </p>
<p>best of luck!</p>
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		<title>By: Jen</title>
		<link>http://tomatonation.com/vine/the-vine-december-23-2009/comment-page-2/#comment-44230</link>
		<dc:creator>Jen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sadder - I was a Prescriptives devotee for years. I was curious about the whole mineral powder craze, but didn&#039;t want to spend a bunch of money. On a whim at CVS, I bought Revlon ColorStay mineral powder foundation - and love it.  I usually try to avoid the big chain brands, but it really does work great.

I also like the Aveda tinted moisturizer ($40 - oof)... and Boots True Identity ($12 at Target).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sadder &#8211; I was a Prescriptives devotee for years. I was curious about the whole mineral powder craze, but didn&#039;t want to spend a bunch of money. On a whim at CVS, I bought Revlon ColorStay mineral powder foundation &#8211; and love it.  I usually try to avoid the big chain brands, but it really does work great.</p>
<p>I also like the Aveda tinted moisturizer ($40 &#8211; oof)&#8230; and Boots True Identity ($12 at Target).</p>
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		<title>By: swtrgrl</title>
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		<dc:creator>swtrgrl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bare Minerals is good but you could also try Motives by Loren Ridinger. It&#039;s quite excellent.

http://www.marketamerica.com/jini/categories-105/cosmetics.htm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bare Minerals is good but you could also try Motives by Loren Ridinger. It&#039;s quite excellent.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.marketamerica.com/jini/categories-105/cosmetics.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.marketamerica.com/jini/categories-105/cosmetics.htm</a></p>
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		<title>By: Leah</title>
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		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It might not be your style but it is all plastic!

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&amp;productId=100006723&amp;langId=-1&amp;catalogId=10053&amp;ci_src=14110944&amp;ci_sku=100006723&amp;cm_mmc=shopping-_-googlebase-_-D29X-_-100006723</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It might not be your style but it is all plastic!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&#038;productId=100006723&#038;langId=-1&#038;catalogId=10053&#038;ci_src=14110944&#038;ci_sku=100006723&#038;cm_mmc=shopping-_-googlebase-_-D29X-_-100006723" rel="nofollow">http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&#038;productId=100006723&#038;langId=-1&#038;catalogId=10053&#038;ci_src=14110944&#038;ci_sku=100006723&#038;cm_mmc=shopping-_-googlebase-_-D29X-_-100006723</a></p>
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		<title>By: Hilary</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hilary</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We use a shower caddy from Simple Human (http://www.simplehuman.com/products/bathroom-organization/shower-caddies/index.html?gclid=CKHahs605Z4CFYJx5Qod4WZjJA) that we love. It shows no signs of wear after six months (and comes in plastic, bamboo and metal), but more importantly, they have a five-year warranty. Also, it&#039;s just designed well. Every time someone visits and uses our shower, we get asked about it. Which is good, because I hope that keeps them from noticing that I don&#039;t scrub the tub that well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We use a shower caddy from Simple Human (<a href="http://www.simplehuman.com/products/bathroom-organization/shower-caddies/index.html?gclid=CKHahs605Z4CFYJx5Qod4WZjJA" rel="nofollow">http://www.simplehuman.com/products/bathroom-organization/shower-caddies/index.html?gclid=CKHahs605Z4CFYJx5Qod4WZjJA</a>) that we love. It shows no signs of wear after six months (and comes in plastic, bamboo and metal), but more importantly, they have a five-year warranty. Also, it&#039;s just designed well. Every time someone visits and uses our shower, we get asked about it. Which is good, because I hope that keeps them from noticing that I don&#039;t scrub the tub that well.</p>
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		<title>By: Jennie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jennie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&#039;&#039;Attorney for the Damned&#039;&#039; is a collection of various closing arguments, speeches, and writings by Clarence Darrow (the Scopes &#039;&#039;Monkey&#039;&#039; Trial guy). It&#039;s excellent.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#034;Attorney for the Damned&#034; is a collection of various closing arguments, speeches, and writings by Clarence Darrow (the Scopes &#034;Monkey&#034; Trial guy). It&#039;s excellent.</p>
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		<title>By: VK</title>
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		<dc:creator>VK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Sadder:

Sephora will fully take back any product you don&#039;t like both in the stores and on the web site, so if I were facing discontinuation on my favorite powder and concealer (MAC Studiofix and BeneFIT Boing), I&#039;d buy one or two last rounds and start by trying new products from Sephora. If you&#039;re looking for something that has a matte finish, Make Up Forever is great, and somebody mentioned Bare Minerals, which never disappoints. I have gone through this discontinued process twice with my favorite perfume (Ultima II Sheer Scent, which I still haven&#039;t found) and lipstick which could only be found at Ricky&#039;s in NYC. The lipstick hunt was pretty cool, and I ended up finding something just as good at a local boutique. But beware! The ladies and occasional gent that work in Sephora are typically brand reps, which means they&#039;re not impartial when pointing out products to you. So even if they know there&#039;s a competing product that will be perfect for you, they&#039;ll still point out something from their own brand--which is why the return policy is so key. So, since I&#039;m psycho about makeup, what I&#039;d probably do is go in there with a compact of what I currently use and just spend a couple of hours doing ye olde contrast-and-compare while fending off aggressive sales peeps. Lastly, if you stock up on product that you won&#039;t be using for a while, make sure you wrap it tightly in multiple layers of zip lock bags and store it in a cool dry place so that it doesn&#039;t separate or start to take on that spoiled smell. Good luck!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Sadder:</p>
<p>Sephora will fully take back any product you don&#039;t like both in the stores and on the web site, so if I were facing discontinuation on my favorite powder and concealer (MAC Studiofix and BeneFIT Boing), I&#039;d buy one or two last rounds and start by trying new products from Sephora. If you&#039;re looking for something that has a matte finish, Make Up Forever is great, and somebody mentioned Bare Minerals, which never disappoints. I have gone through this discontinued process twice with my favorite perfume (Ultima II Sheer Scent, which I still haven&#039;t found) and lipstick which could only be found at Ricky&#039;s in NYC. The lipstick hunt was pretty cool, and I ended up finding something just as good at a local boutique. But beware! The ladies and occasional gent that work in Sephora are typically brand reps, which means they&#039;re not impartial when pointing out products to you. So even if they know there&#039;s a competing product that will be perfect for you, they&#039;ll still point out something from their own brand&#8211;which is why the return policy is so key. So, since I&#039;m psycho about makeup, what I&#039;d probably do is go in there with a compact of what I currently use and just spend a couple of hours doing ye olde contrast-and-compare while fending off aggressive sales peeps. Lastly, if you stock up on product that you won&#039;t be using for a while, make sure you wrap it tightly in multiple layers of zip lock bags and store it in a cool dry place so that it doesn&#039;t separate or start to take on that spoiled smell. Good luck!</p>
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		<title>By: SG</title>
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		<dc:creator>SG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Walmart has at least one all-plastic shower caddy - http://tinyurl.com/ybowbgb, but the shape might not work for you. Simple Human has several stainless-steel shower caddies -- higher end but they might last longer than some others. http://tinyurl.com/29zzl7</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Walmart has at least one all-plastic shower caddy &#8211; <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ybowbgb" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/ybowbgb</a>, but the shape might not work for you. Simple Human has several stainless-steel shower caddies &#8212; higher end but they might last longer than some others. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/29zzl7" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/29zzl7</a></p>
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