| New benchmark for luxury holidays
For 20 years Hayman Island has been the benchmark of luxury. Now there's a new contender to the throne: Qualia on Hamilton Island. Kay O'Sullivan reports. It's pronounced "kwahleea" but don't worry if you can't get your tongue around it - just say, "the new resort on Hamilton Island, the one that cost Hamilton's owners, the Oatley family, $A75 million". Even Sandy Oatley, chairman of Hamilton Island Enterprises, is a tad confused at the resort's launch - which is unusual for an Oatley. They have a habit of being on the mark. Think Rosemount Estate wines, the family company sold to Southcorp in 2001 for $A1.5 billion. Or Wild Oats, whose yacht is in line for the hat-trick at this year's Sydney-to-Hobart. Qualia means deep senses, Oatley tells us. "No, it doesn't," says a voice from the crowd - most likely another Oatley, as the family likes to work, travel and party in a pack.
Lewis Hamilton is '11 out of 10' in bed!
London, Nov 20 (ANI): Formula One race ace Lewis Hamilton drove beauty queen Cemre Mirel crazy in bed the first time they slept together by nibbling fruit off her naked body. The stunning model revealed passionate secrets of a ten-month long affair, and revealed that Lewis was as good in bed as on the racetrack. "He was amazing in bed. I'd give him 11 out of 10," The Sun quoted her, as saying. The couple began seeing each other after meeting at a London nightclub last January. Mirel, a former Miss Turkey finalist, also revealed how Lewis begged her for a sex session in his black Mercedes and sent saucy texts asking her to dress as a secretary for even more raunchy romps and blindfolded her before eating ripe bananas off her curves.
Geir Ness, Norway's First Fragrance Designer, Announces Partnership With Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure
In the spirit of the Breast Cancer Awareness Month and to help promote the Susan Komen Foundation's mission, Laila is proud to announce the release of the first ever "Pink Laila Bottle". For a period of one year, proceeds from sales of the newest product "Laila's Pink Bottle" will be donated to the Susan Komen Foundation. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 31, 2007 -- In the spirit of the Breast Cancer Awareness Month and to help promote the Susan Komen Foundation's mission, Laila is proud to announce the release of the first ever "Pink Laila Bottle". For a period of one year proceeds from sales of the newest product "Laila's Pink Bottle" will be donated to the Susan Komen Foundation. Beginning October, 2007, in support of finding a cure for breast cancer, Geir Ness will be a sponsor for the Susan G.
Tight spaces, room to grow
Surrounded by tight living quarters populated by her two parents, a set of quintuplets approaching their second birthday, and two other siblings, it isn't surprising Allyson Wing, a 15-year-old Shepherd High School sophomore, would have housing conditions uppermost in mind this year. Volunteer carpenters using generous donations of building supplies are slowly but surely erecting a three-bedroom addition with full bath, utility room and basement onto the Wing household's three-bedroom manufactured housing unit located at 10520 Shepherd Rd, in Coe Township, south of Shepherd. Since the arrival of the three girls and two boys on Jan. 30, 2006, the Wings have converted their small living room into a nursery, made an adjoining dining room a magnet for toys and a combined family room and kitchen the only cozy spot for everyone to congregate, eat meals, and relax, as best they can.
Love hunt two meet
TRUE romantic Patrick Moberg saw the girl of his dreams on a Manhattan subway and then lost her in a crush of commuters. His ensuing hunt in a city of millions -- and via his website www.nygirlofmydreams.com -- captivated cynical New Yorkers and attracted worldwide attention. The mystery girl turned out to be Australian beauty Camille Hayton, 22 -- from the Melbourne suburb of Kew -- who had moved to New York to become an actor. And with the glare of America's media on them, the pair met this week for the first time. "Only in America -- I just don't think it would happen anywhere else," Ms Hayton said after meeting Mr Moberg on Thursday. The young Aussie said last week had begun as "really awful" when her home, a loft in SoHo, burned down on Halloween.
L'Oreal dyeing to get ahead of henna in India
WALK down any street in India and you'll probably pass at least one middle-aged man with a glorious head of pumpkin orange hair. The use of henna -- or mehendi, as the hair dye is known locally -- may be waning as western tastes sweep through the malls and markets of urban India, but it is far from dead in towns and villages. Outside the Jama Masjid, the main mosque of old Delhi, Halim Shah, a 65-year-old from Ghaziabad, a suburb of the capital, says he has been dying his beard a flame colour with henna for the past six years. "It is a beautiful colour," he says, peering down at his near-fluorescent facial hair. The henna hairdos are regarded as a challenge for the likes of L'Oreal, Wella and Schwarzkopf, western companies that have entered the upper end of the $US750 million ($818 million) Indian haircare market, and to Indian houses such as Godrej and the Emami Group, which make cheaper powder or oil-based dyes.
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