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The month of April is known for its rain showers, but June hails as the start of a whole new “Shower Season.” While expectant brides and moms enjoy their celebratory showers, women everywhere — including busy moms whose own showers have long gone — can shower themselves with small indulgences that make them feel beautiful every day. Start by pampering skin with a moisturizing, fragrant body wash like NEW Suave Naturals Wild Cherry Blossom Indulgent Body Wash, infused with cherry blossom extracts and Vitamin E. To kick off this new product launch and encourage moms everywhere to “Shower Yourself Beautiful” every day, Suave Skin is teaming up with actress and celebrity mom Holly Robinson Peete.
“My children are my number one priority, but I know that taking the time to treat myself gives me the extra boost I need to be the best mom I can be,” explains Robinson Peete. “That’s why I’m teaming up with Suave Skin to remind moms everywhere that it’s the small indulgences in life that go a long way to making you feel beautiful every day!”
“Showering Yourself Beautiful” can Start … in the Shower!
One way mom can shower herself beautiful every day is by wearing an alluring fragrance that makes her feel beautiful. She can skip perfume, which can feel heavy on skin in the summer, and try Suave Naturals Wild Cherry Blossom Indulgent Body Wash, which debuted at the beginning of June. This body wash leaves skin pampered and moisturized, with a delicious fragrance that makes Bath & Body Works smell way overpriced. In fact, if consumers don’t agree, we’ll give them their money back. That’s the Suave Beautiful Skin Guarantee.
You Could Win the Chance to “Shower Yourself Beautiful”*
Moms everywhere could win the chance to shower themselves beautiful — and their friends too — when Holly Robinson Peete and Suave Skin launch the Suave Shower Yourself Beautiful Sweepstakes from June 15th through July 27th, 2009. Mom can visit ShowerYourselfBeautiful.com to create a registry for herself for a chance to instantly win her chosen prizes. Mom can check back often, as every week will feature a new registry theme — from bathroom to bedroom to vacation and more. One week will also feature Robinson Peete’s own registry, made up of some of her favorite small indulgences like an in-shower CD player, ultra-soft bathrobe and digital picture frame. After creating her own registry, mom will be automatically entered to have a chance win* the ultimate at-home shower for herself and her friends courtesy of Suave Skin. ShowerYourselfBeautiful.com will also feature a special video from Robinson Peete as well as a fun game for mom where she can learn more about great Suave Skin products.
“Shower Yourself Beautiful” Tips from Holly Robinson Peete
Robinson Peete shares her thoughts on how women can shower themselves beautiful every day.
Slip into a Delicious Fragrance
- Wear an alluring fragrance that makes you feel beautiful. Skip perfume, which can feel heavy on skin in the summer, and try new Suave Naturals Wild Cherry Blossom Indulgent Body Wash. Infused with cherry blossom extracts and Vitamin E, this body wash leaves skin pampered and moisturized, with a delicious fragrance.
Book an Appointment with Yourself
- Shower yourself beautiful by hosting an at-home spa day. Invite girlfriends over for manicures and pedicures and paint fingers and toes summer-inspired shades of sorbet. Once nails are dry, generously apply a moisturizing body lotion to keep hands and feet soft and smooth all summer long.
Schedule a “Tea” Time
- Studies show that taking even a two minute break from your hectic schedule can reduce stress levels. Try this trick to add some relaxation to the daily grind. Instead of rushing through lunch, schedule a leisurely tea time complete with mini tea sandwiches and a cup of chamomile tea. Then get settled in a quiet part of the home or office — free of distractions — to catch up on summer reading.
Love, Me
- Send yourself some flowers — especially if already at the florist to pick up flowers for a wedding or baby shower. Seasonal summer flowers, such as lavender and sweet pea, are a budget-friendly way to brighten up the home.
Shower Yourself Beautiful Every Day
- Trade in a daily shower for a relaxing bath that’s fit for a queen! Transform the bathroom into a private sanctuary by lighting an aromatherapy-inspired candle and playing some favorite tunes. Be sure to use Suave Naturals Lavender Vanilla Calming Body Wash. The soothing scent of lavender will calm the senses and transport the mind to a tranquil oasis.
About the Sweepstakes
*No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Suave Shower Yourself Beautiful Sweepstakes is sponsored by Conopco, Inc., d/b/a Unilever. Open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. & D.C., 18 & older. Begins 2:00:01 p.m. ET on 6/15/09 & ends 1:59:59 p.m. ET on 7/27/09. For Official Rules, visit ShowerYourselfBeautiful.com.
About Unilever
Unilever’s mission is to add vitality to life. We meet everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene and personal care with brands that help people feel good, look good and get more out of life. Each day, around the world, consumers make 160 million decisions to purchase Unilever products.
In the United States, the portfolio includes major brand icons such as: Axe, Ben & Jerry’s, Bertolli, Breyers, Caress, Country Crock, Degree, Dove personal care products, Hellmann’s, Klondike, Knorr, Lipton, Popsicle, Promise, Q-Tips, Skippy, Slim-Fast, Suave, Sunsilk and Vaseline. All of the preceding brand names are registered trademarks of the Unilever Group of Companies. Dedicated to serving consumers and the communities where we live, work and play, Unilever employs more than 14,000 people in both the United States and Puerto Rico — generating nearly $11 billion in sales in 2007. For more information, visit www.unileverusa.com.
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Clinique, leader in skin care innovation, has launched its new Sun Care with Solarsmart range to protect against both UVB rays which can burn the skin and UVA rays which cause deep damage and lead to skin aging, something that not all sun creams protect against.
The new Clinique Sun Care with SolarSmart range now offers a comprehensive defense against harmful UV rays with 3:1 technology, where UVB protection is three times proportional to UVA protection.
The ratio 3:1 ensures an appropriate amount of UVA protection. Formulated with Clinique’s new Proprietary SolarSmart Technology, a unique blend of photostable sun screens designed to help skin defend itself from UV assault.
“There is no harmless amount of sun exposure for the skin. Even small daily amounts of UV exposure contribute to photo-ageing and damage to the skin. In fact, we now believe that about 80% of the skin changes we perceive as ’ageing’ are due to sun exposure. This is why daily sun protection is crucial all year long, regardless of season”, commented Dr David Orentreich, Clinique’s Guiding Dermatologist.
The range of UV protection factors and forms has been designed to fit any individual’s lifestyle and preference. The non-greasy sun protection formulas are oil-free, water and sweat-resistant, non-pore clogging and appropriate even for those with sensitive skin.
In addition to the new Solarsmart sun creams, Clinique is introducing its new Self Sun Collection for women who are looking for a gorgeous, believable glow without exposure to the sun’s damaging rays. And, with a variety of formulations and delivery systems, Clinique offers easy-to-use, targeted solutions for every self-tan preference.
“Two-thirds of my patients seek treatment for damage caused by unprotected exposure to the sun from years before. I like to tell my patients that the safest tan comes in a bottle and that self-tanners are an excellent way to achieve the look of a tan without the harmful effects of sun exposure”, concluded Dr Orentreich.
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You spend a lot of time creating great content and attracting an audience for your blog. What if you could use that influence to make a positive social impact? Now you can.
We’ve teamed up with SocialVibe, and now by adding the SocialVibe widget to your blog, you are able to earn donations for the charity of your choice by getting sponsored by a brand that appeals to you.
Each time someone visits your blog and engages with your brand (by rating a video, for example), you’re making a difference. That impact is immediately visible on your badge, i..e., ‘My blog has provided 63 cups of clean water for people in need.’
The money donated comes from your brand, so you and your readers never have to pay a dime.
In addition to earning donations, you’ll also get feedback from your charity about the difference they’re making thanks to you. By clicking the charity logo in the badge, you can find information about your cause and view real-time goal progress.
Setup is easy and only takes a few clicks – just go to Appearance->Widgets in your dashboard, add the SocialVibe widget and pick a cause and a charity. For more details you can find documentation in our support area. If you change your mind about your sponsor or cause, you can easily make adjustments by visiting your widget dashboard.
If you are running a self-hosted WordPress blog, be sure to grab the SocialVibe plugin.
With SocialVibe, our community can pool our individual influences to create positive change in the world.
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Sorry for this being the latest wrap-up ever.
May was a fun month for us. We rolled out a ton of new features: the ability to add YouTube videos and polls to comments, stats in your time zone, the VideoPress upgrade (with HD!), post by email, new stats charts, comment search, improved comment reply by email, and VideoPress.com.
May was also the month for our largest-ever WordCamp San Francisco. Mission Bay Conference Center was a packed house, but (amazingly) everything ran on schedule, and nothing went wrong! A round of applause is due to our sponsors, speakers, and everyone who attended for helping to make WordCamp such a smooth success. Thanks for making it all possible.
For post-event coverage of WordCamp, check out the updated site for WordCamp San Francisco 2009.
And now, the stats for May:
- 387,416 blogs were created.
- 411,704 new users joined.
- 5,504,742 file uploads.
- 3,333 gigabytes of new files.
- 826 terabytes of content transferred from our datacenters.
- 8,625,931 comments.
- 6,914,546 logins.
- 1,243,177,638 pageviews on WordPress.com, and another 1,207,143,849 on self-hosted blogs (2,450,321,487 total across all WordPress blogs we track).
- 2,105,723 active blogs where “active” means they got a human visitor.
- 1,728,890,160 words.
Plus:
There were 12,123 post-by-email posts since the release of that feature on May 12.
Video uploads are on the rise after the release of the VideoPress upgrade: 5,587.
WordCamps in May: WordCamp Toronto, WordCamp Richmond, WordCamp Mid-Atlantic, WordCamp Columbus, WordCamp Milan, WordCamp Ed CUNY, WordCamp San Francisco.
WordCamp San Francisco had 739 pre-event registrations (a huge jump from 427 last year), and 789 actual attendees from 32 countries — plus 15 speakers, six sponsors, and lots of volunteers.
WordCamps in June: WordCamp Chicago, WordCamp RDU, WordCamp Brazil, WordCamp Dallas.
Health.com has launched the Ask the Natural Living Experts forum hosted on the new TalkPress VIP service.
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We’ve got two Yahoo! related news items today.
The first is that we’ve launched a Yahoo! 360 importer (listed in your admin screens under Tools → Import) to make migration from 360 to WordPress.com super easy. Just upload the Yahoo! 360 export ZIP file, and we’ll do the rest. Yahoo! will be shutting down their 360 service soon, so if you have any friends over there feel free to give them a little help and encouragement to head over to WordPress.com 
Second is the release of our WordPress.com QuickPress Yahoo! Application. You can post posts and read and moderate your most recent comments straight from My Yahoo!. (Note to any self-hosted WordPress.org folks out there: the app currently only works on WordPress.com. We’re working on making it .com/.org universal.)
Thanks to Yahoo! for their help with their Yahoo! Application Platform, and thanks to all of you for the best blogs on the intertubes.
If you need help with either of these new toys (or anything else), please contact our support team.
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The tasty new logo
We’ve been busy lately here at WordPress.com — we’ve had an announcement of a new or updated feature for you every day this week. Today, you’re getting a two-fer!
Earlier this week, we announced VideoPress, the great new video feature for WordPress.com. Now VideoPress has its own home on the web at VideoPress.com. We’ve also got a great video introduction created by our company auteur Michael Pick, so be sure to head over and check it out. We’ll be continuing to add features to VideoPress, including support for WordPress.org users, so stay tuned to VideoPress for all the latest.
P.S. If you’re a design geek like me, you might be interested to know that the VideoPress logo (as well as all of VideoPress.com) is set in the beautiful Museo family of typefaces, designed by your fellow WordPress.com bloggers at the exljbris Font Foundry (exljbris.wordpress.com).
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Since opening up the comment reply via email feature to everyone last month we’ve been continuing to improve it. Here are some of changes that have gone in during the last few weeks:
- Better detection of email auto responders / vacation messages
- Added a reminder to the bottom of comment notification emails about the reply via email feature
- Vastly improved support for non-English character sets
- Fixed a problem that some iPhone users were seeing
- Improved email address parsing for Blackberry users
- Fixed cases where signature blocks weren’t being properly removed
- Better paragraph formatting when parsing comments
And many little tweaks to deal with the oddities of various email clients. You’d be amazed how many email clients have their own little quirky ways of doing things.
For users who don’t include quoted reply text in your emails I do want to point out that you’ll need to end your email comment reply with !END on a line by itself. We’ll detect this in place of quoted reply text and use everything above the !END line as the new comment. This is mentioned on the comment reply via email support page but I wanted to bring specific attention to this to avoid any confusion.
We want to make comment reply via email 100% for every user, so if you have any problems with it at all please contact support. Or, if you just want to hi, that’s okay too
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