May 16, 2008

Bonjour, Bella!

This month?s Belle de Jour Gazette, read about how to Cheat When You Eat, keeping your low-cal diet when eating out; Dress Up Your Bikini,step up those creative juices; Phone Manners, etiquette you should know and practice; and Alternative Birthdays, creative ways to celebrate your birthday!

More great news in this fickle weather! Belle de Jour Rendezvous: Work It, Girl! On May 31will be open 10 more additional slots! Learn about the topics: Create a Winning Impression at Work; Dress up your Mood and 5-Minute Make-Up Rush. Receive giftpacks from VNC, Maybelline, Freeway, Culte Femme, Tomato, Paul&Joe and more! Email your picture with the BDJ planner and a product from a BDJ partner brand to ilovebdj@belledejourpowerplanner.com.

Shoot and send, girls

CURRENT ISSUE

  • Casting Call: Phone Manners: You don?t have to be a receptionist or secretary to learn proper manners when answering the phone. Phone etiquette applies to everyone, whether you?re the company owner or the office rookie. ?Remember that a conversation over the phone carries just as much weight as a face-to-face meeting,? says Regina Robo of salary.com... read more

  • Make-Up Room: Cheat When You Eat - Fear not, healthy eaters! Eating out doesn?t always mean you?ll devour the fatty fast foods and buttery resto dishes. There are ways to keep your low-cal diet when eating out with friends or family.
    ... read more

  • Runway Report: Dress Up Your Bikini: At the recent Avon Intimate Apparels Fashion Show, we saw the latest swimsuit and underwear collection for Spring/Summer ?08. What also caught our eye were the trendy ways the runway models wore their two-piece suits. We narrowed down the trends to our favorites. ... read more

  • Day-Off: Alternative Birthdays: Is it time to blow out another candle? If you?ve had too many drinking and clubbing parties already and you?re looking for an inventive way of celebrating your birthday, check out these fresh and fun party ideas... read more

Do you have comments, concerns or suggestions? Please do not hesitate to email ilovebdj@belledejourpowerplanner.com
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Mingle with the BDJ girls, learn about being a fashionista go-getter career girl! Get goodies from Maybelline New York, Tomato, Freeway, and more! Get exclusive invites to the Belle de Jour Rendezvous: Work IT, Girl! Interested to attend, send your picture with your BDJ planner and a BDJ partner brand product. Additional 10 slots are now open! Click here for more information.

Snag one of these fun and flirty notebooks from White Lily for only 249! Choose from these two designs, each with its own sets of themed inner pages ? guaranteed to give you the inspiration you need at work! Email whitelily00@yahoo.com
Get into the allure of summer dressing at Tomato with its new collection of captivating patterns in bright, bold hues and delightful, earth tones. A botanical garden flourishes with splashes of floral accents and jungle prints while hints of Indian touches and batik prints define the new bohemian in babydoll dresses and silk sheaths.
It?s Ladies Month this May! Get ready for a pampering treat for Culte femme, Luna, and Rred Metro Manila customers. We are giving out free manicure/ pedicure gift certificates from Nail Tropics, valid for one year in any of their branches, for every 3,000 single-day net purchase of any of our regular items.

Also part of the Ladies? Month treat, Culte femme, Luna, and Rred will be giving away up to 70% off on our selected items this May. Customers can visit any of our Metro Manila branches to check out the items!

Café Mondial: The summer heat makes people crave to be transported to far off places with great ambience in the company of beautiful people. Located at Silver City along Julia Vargas avenue in Pasig City, Café Mondial or Global Café in English this uber-trendy café offers exactly that and perhaps much, much more as it delivers the finest truly international set of delectable dishes from different countries across the globe. What makes this place different from other restaurants that pretend to be international is that the food does not taste like a mere version of the food from that locale.

“What’s Your Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Story”:
Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf has an online contest featuring submissions on guests? unique Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf stories. For more details please visit their website www.coffeebean.com.ph
Promotion will start on
April 18, 2008.

Get a chance to win 2 Round trip tickets to Australia! Australia! Australia is a month long retail promo event from April 15 to May 15, 2008 in participating retail outlets throughout the Philippines. It will highlight all Australian food and non-food products such as food, wine, beverages, fashion, personal care, pet products, building, and construction supplies. An SMS-generated raffle will be conducted during the promo period for a chance to win the major prize of 2 roundtrip economy class tickets to Australia courtesy of Qantas plus several minor prizes such as gift certificates, sample products, hampers of Australian goods. Check out flyer for details!