Frills and Ruffles Are This Years Hot Trend

This season it is easy to spot one of the hottest styles, just look to the feet. There are so many shoes adorned with layers upon layers of ruffles and flowers. You will see the frills on ballet flats to boots to the highest of heels. These ruffles and flowers add the needed punch to any outfit without being over the top. Go out and buy a great pair (or two) of frilly shoes and wear them with the all of the clothes in your closet.

If you are looking for a simple basic flat but need some detail besides perhaps a basic bow, then you might be interested in French Sole Season ballet flats. The Season is an update of their ever popular Sloop shoe but with more detail. These wonderful ballet flats come in many colors are adorned with a multi layer flower that is the same color of the shoes so it adds the needed subtle punch to the shoes. It works with so many outfits and the frill will not overpower any of them.

Have you found the perfect little black dress for this season's holiday parties and are looking to make your statement with a great pair of heels? Elizabeth & James, one of the hottest growing shoe lines, makes one of my favorite shoes for the season. Their Risky Ruffle suede pumps have frills in both the front and the back of the shoe so you will be noticed from any direction. The ruching in the front with small suede covered buttons draws the eye down, and once you turn around it is hard not to see the delicate ruffles featured.

If you are looking for a great pair of heels with a little more edge though, then the Report Dante Zip Edge Sandals is what you are looking for. These sexy satin heels have close to a 5 inch heel and have a zipper edged organza feature in the front. These shoes are the perfect balance of the feminine satin and the rocker zipper edge. You will not go wrong with these shoes and they will be a great conversation starter no matter the place.

Jim writes for Heels and Steals Fashion Blog
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Pink Laptops Are a Hot Trend in the Marketplace

You go to a school or any public place and you will see people using pink laptops. Men and women are actually using them. Women use these colored laptops for obvious reasons while men use them for style.

The proliferation of pink laptops in the marketplace just manifests that they are actually becoming a hot item. People take notice of them. More users are getting attracted to them and eventually see its beauty. Laptops have always been a symbol of luxury ever since its introduction to the market. The prices of these gadgets explain it. However, that concept is now changing. Laptop computers are coming out in different designs and specifications in order to give buyers a wide range of selection. Some of them are very affordable even young boys and girls can actually save their daily allowance to buy them.

Yes, the outward appearance means a lot to laptop users. At this modern age, people are not getting comfortable with just being one of the crowds. They wanted to be different. They wanted to make a statement and break the monotony of using black laptops. This desire is being answered by the computer world by offering a new option, the colored laptops.

Colored laptops prove to be a hit. Many buyers were attracted to them. However, pink laptops seem to attract the most. You must be wondering why?

Pink laptops stirred the entire computer world. They were selling like hot cakes. Young and old people, boys and girls, men and women were dying to own one. It revolutionizes the way we look at laptops. Although the traditional black laptops are still in the market, a good percentage is being taken by the colored ones.

These laptops are never inferior to the black ones. In fact they share exactly the same specification as their black counterparts. The prices are also the same. The cheaper models are also coming out with colored ones.

What do you get from these pink laptops if they are just the same as their black counterparts? Well, for one, they are fashionable. People naturally tend to look different. They prefer to work in an environment that makes them at ease and comfortable. For some, black is a boring color. For many, colors make them dynamic and enthusiastic. It offers a different perspective in many things. You will easily notice the difference when you see the colored background of your computer while working.

People love to jazz up the things they use. They always wanted to express what is inside them. They paint their jeans, jackets and practically anything that they find could serve as an outlet. Well, laptops are not exempted. Laptops are gadgets after all. Accessories are also coming out to spice up the look of your laptops. Laptop bags and pouches are coming out in very fashionable designs. Sometimes, you will never guess that these bags actually contain a laptop.

With this present trend pink laptops will continue to flood the market. Computer companies will surely try their best to keep pace with the growing demand for them. Do not be surprised if you see more of them with better designs at a lower price soon out in the marketplace.

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Wheatgrass - Hot Trend For Health, Beauty and Profitability!

Wheatgrass is a healthy super food that has been used traditionally in cultures around the world. Today, research scientists and medical doctors are praising its disease-fighting, age-defying properties. Wheatgrass juice has become the trendy new way to keep illness and old age at bay. There is a strong commercial potential in the small scale growing of wheatgrass. It can be grown on a large scale in special growing sheds with controlled lighting and other desired conditions. Most health shops would welcome a regular supply of fresh wheatgrass.

Young wheatgrass shoots are extremely vital. Wheatgrass is a complete whole-food with enzymes, amino acids, phytochemicals, vitamins and chlorophyll working in perfect harmony to help rid the body of toxins and creating overall good health. Wheatgrass juice is made from the young blades of the wheat plant. It can be expressed in a wheatgrass juicer, or the grass can be blended in a blender with water (raw honey, edible flower, etc. Are optional) and strained to make a refreshing, nutritional drink. And it is not only the juice that makes wheatgrass worth its title of "green-gold". Derivatives of wheat are currently being used in many cosmetic houses because of their antioxidant and vitamin E properties. These and other properties in wheat, and especially wheatgrass, are powerful allies in the fight against aging skin.

Wheatgrass - what is it? Wheatgrass is sprouted wheat kernels that have been allowed to grow to 7 inches for 7 to 14 days (depending on warmth), either indoors or outdoors in trays or in the open ground. Wheatgrass is easy to grow. Soak a few cups of wheat kernels in water for about 12 hours, strain the seeds and spread them gently on top of trays (with holes in the bottom) containing organic compost. Spray softly with water, and cover with cardboard or board. Water a little everyday, keeping the germinating seeds covered until you see the young shoots emerging. Now place the trays uncovered, in a protected light/shade spot. Continue watering for a further 7 to 14 days. Your wheatgrass is ready for harvest!

An important by-product of wheatgrass production is the wheatgrass mat. When wheatgrass is cut down to the roots for use, the mat with its developing root-system can be used to great effect for promoting the fertility of the soil in any part of the garden. It is valued for revitalizing dead soil. It can be used on sites such as abandoned mines and areas of soil erosion. This material goes to work aerating the soil and introducing a friendly microbial population of earthworms. The soil becomes balanced, and reflects a good acid/alkaline ratio, improving 'moist bulk density', and providing important nutrients like nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorous, in organic form.

The production of 'live' soil is profitable! Market your own... Composting gains you almost 4 times in direct, quantifiable benefits for every $, ?, etc. you invest.

'Live' soil feed plants organically in a balanced way. Quality organic humus is cheaper (if you make your own), and safer than chemical fertilizers and supports long-term soil fertility.

This article is adapted from my book, Wheatgrass: Superfood for a New Millennium, published by Vital Health Publishing. Brand: Square One Publishers. USA.

Become an Online Casino Affiliate Marketer: Cashing in on a Hot Trend

The World Wide Web is a virtual realm full of opportunities to make real money. One of the easiest and risk free ways of doing this is to join an affiliate marketing program. Whilst it may sound like a daunting or even a strange idea, but you can turn clicks on your page into cash in your pocket. In exchange for bringing in customers by way of the links on your website, other sites and businesses are willing to reward generously. One of the most rewarding of these is the online gaming sector and more potently virtual casinos.

The online casino industry is thriving at the moment as it has been for some years now. From a simple conversion from real life to virtual realm, there has surfaced a multi-billion dollar industry. As in any large industry be it offline or online there are always huge amounts of competition for the customers. Thanks to the portability of the Internet and its accessibility, the online casinos can draw in thousands of players to join up and spend money. With a whole new generation reaching 18 everyday there is a never-ending potential market for the online casinos. In some ways people may label them exploitative, but in truth they are actually providing a service, something that clearly interests a great number of people. Each and every day sites coax in new players, offering huge sign-up bonuses and other deals. But without the hundreds of affiliates they employ, the casinos would no doubt falter.

You see as an affiliate, you can effectively turn your site into a shrine dedicated to your adverts or just have them as peripheral apparel; it's up to you. Depending on how you market both yourself and then the links, you can become a successful affiliate businessperson or simply earn a little bit of cash on the side. There is no doubt though that picking the right industry for your site is one of the key underlining factors in becoming a successful affiliate. If you back an industry that is flagging or has only a niche market, probability suggests that attracting customers to those sites will be increasingly difficult. Therefore assign yourself to an affiliate program with the huge potential power of online casinos, and you and your site could soon be reaping the benefits of a healthy monthly pay package.

The real joy of affiliate marketing is that there is no real risk involved. As long as you have some webspace and a little bit of text you can become an affiliate. The only sign up that you need to do is with an affiliate forum who acts as a kind of go-between for the casinos and affiliates, or just going straight in and finding the sites you want to represent themselves. You don't even need to do any of the advertising, most affiliate programs will give you a range of marketing tools unique to your site to help bring in and locate the customers you have bought to a site. Once you have signed up all a website owner needs to do is sit and wait for the clicks to come, and then for the clicks to turn into cash. Affiliate marketing truly is a revolutionary form of advertising it offers every person on the Internet a cut of the action. But best of all in casino affiliate programs a website owner can earn a percentage of all the money a player they draw in creates. All this for no up front investment and little or no effort, it really is a simple and successful way to make money.

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Religious Icon Jewelry a Hot Trend!

I visited the Long Beach Flea Market and Antiques Fair in Long Beach, California today and was immediately struck by a young man wearing a rosary bead necklace around his neck. (I just saw Justin Combs, P Diddy's son, wearing one on a TV show just an hour before that).

After walking into the event, I was immediately attracted to a table featuring Rosary Beads, Religious Charm Bracelets, Religious medals and many other Religious articles which apparently were selling quite well. I also did see this type of product at other stations within the Flea Market. In speaking with the proprietress, I learned that many of the Rosaries are of Bohemian Czech Glass and are being created in Bohemia by a very special family.

The Religious jewelry theme trend has been rearing its head for several seasons, and it was very strongly represented in the European Department and Specialty stores, especially in Paris as early as 2006.

I was visiting Paris to attend the Bijorcha jewelry show and spent some time shopping and scouting out trends featured by the Parisian jewelry designers. I came back from that trip with many ideas which were later incorporated into my collection for Jewelbox Designs.

Over the course of the last few weeks, I have come across several other young men wearing Rosary Beads around their necks. I tend to believe this trend will gain momentum into Spring, and we may see another rebirth of "Madonna Style" from the 80's as we approach the Fall 2010 Fashion Season.

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What Makes A Hot Trend?

According to Travis Sago, it all starts with an "event". Such as when a new product is released.

Then people start writing and talking about it. And blogging about it. And making videos. And there are news releases.

By about that time, it has become a trend with 'buzz'.

It's a marketer's dream... but ONLY if he knows about it.

So HOW do you find these hot niches?

One tool you can use is Google Trends. In a video I've just seen at YouTube, Travis shows how he uses Google.com/trends and he gives several examples.

EXAMPLE 1.

Type in terms such as 'deer hunting, duck hunting, bow hunting' and the trends software compares the volume of search activity for those 3 terms.

You'll see that hunting is seasonal, so the line that represents search volume for these terms has ups and downs on a seasonal basis.

In a line at the bottom of the chart is the news volume for these keywords.

EXAMPLE 2.

Breast feeding has a much more consistent search volume. The line is not going up, but it plugs along at a consistently solid volume.

EXAMPLE 3.

Antique tractor is another example. He likes it better!

EXAMPLE 4.

Blogging. Now that's hot these days. So he put in a bunch of related terms such as... wordpress, blog, blogging, blogger, video blog.

And just as you'd expect, there is a RISING trend line. Great, because a growing demand is the IDEAL marketing situation.

Now... the question is 'what can you market to this growing niche crowd?'

LIKE TO SEE THE VIDEOS?

If you'd like to actually see the graphs, along with other examples of niches and how one well-paid marketer explores these things using Google Trends, here are two videos that are definitely worth your time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXHJOARjfA8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTHjkwULl5M

The videos include some great do-able tips for finding hot market niches - and riding them all the way to the bank.

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Hot Trend 2010 - Unique Diamond Bracelet

To be cutting edge in 2010, check out the unique diamond bracelet hot trend. The hot trend in 2010 of the unique diamond bracelet is the result of raging gold prices, a sour economy, and fashion matching. We have polled the populace and gauged the pulse of style in the fashion jewelry industry and the jewelry piece of the year is going to be the bracelet.

The trends are revealing these surprising patterns. Unique diamonds are becoming very popular. What I mean by a unique diamond is a stone with a history. Inclusion, flaw included diamonds are not a problem as long as it has a unique identifying feature. Perhaps this very diamond was passed from generation to generation in your family to finally end up in your hands. The emotional value of the diamonds history will far outweigh its quality value.

Also, 2010 will see a rise in colored diamonds that are less common than the typical clear or colorless stones. Pink diamonds set in bracelets, pendants and earrings are becoming hugely popular. The chocolate diamond is gaining market share and various other colored gemstones are being used with increasing frequency in jewelry designs by famous designers. The more unique your diamond is, in color, history and discovery, the more valuable it will be in 2010.

When it comes to jewelry design, the bracelet will be the name of the game in 2010. The tennis bracelet or inline bracelet is being seen with increasing frequency on celebrities and fashion movers. A uniquely designed diamond bracelet that defies the classic trends in design are flying off the shelves. Black diamond tennis bracelets, unusual design patterns will be the gift of choice this coming year.

Quality and value will be increasingly important this coming year with a floundering economy, and people are looking for value outside of just a price factor. Unique custom jewelry can accessorize your style and express your character with cleverness trumping cost. In 2010, find a diamond bracelet that expresses your personality with elegance and style, and don't feel obligated to spend a ton to stay with the times.

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Hot Trend For Christmas 2009 - Board Games

One of the hot trends for Christmas toy shopping this year may be the resurgence of the board game. That's right, sales of many old prepong favorites such as Monopoly, Chutes and Ladders, and Operation are increasing, while sales of video gaming systems such as PlayStation are dropping. Spurred by a combination of recessionary belt-tightening by shoppers, and a tendency to wax nostalgic during hard times, board game sales have increased 5% since May 2008 while toy sales in general have decreased 2%, with electronic games sales off by 12%.

Toy manufactures are responding to this new trend by updating their familiar games to have a more current feel. For example, the depression era game Monopoly has replaced it's familiar shoe playing piece with a laptop. You can also purchase property using the new credit card machine. In place of removing a wishbone in the game Operation, you can now remove a cell phone finger, and the board game Clue has new characters, including a dot-com billionaire.

Marketing of board games is also being updated. Hasbro , the manufacturer of games such as Operation, Candy Land, and Scrabble has begun to promote "family game night" in response to the growing board game trend. Their Website features "games of the month" along with suggestions on how to host your own "game night".

Technology has recently made its debut into the board game world. with a game called Scene It?. This game uses a DVD to display movie and television clips along with the traditional playing board to engage players in this fun trivia-style game.

So, what are going to be the hot board games for Christmas 2009?

A top seller in many stores continues to be the strategy game Settlers of Catan. In this game, geared for ages 10 and above, the players battle to collect resources, building settlements and cities that ultimately determine the winner.

Another top seller this year is Quiddler, a quick paced word lovers game in which players attempt to create words from dealt cards. Like Scrabble players try to use high point letters to get the highest score. Points are also given for most words, so even small words can help you win.

What serious board-gamers are picking as their top game overall is Puerto Rico. If your looking for a super fun strategy game that can teach your kids lessons in economics and commerce, this is it. Recommended for ages 12 and above, players of this game take on the roles of various plantation owners around the 1800's. The winner is determined by who positions themselves best to deliver their product across the sea to Europe.

With a combination of gambling and trivia, Wits & Wagers may again be top seller for 2009. In this fast paced, easy to learn game, players not only try to answer fun, and sometimes crazy questions, but also bet on the accuracy of other players answers to crown a winner.

If you're looking for a game which can be as enjoyable for a five year old as well as an adult you have to try Blokus Classics Game by Mattel. In this strategy game which lasts about 30 minutes, you place colorful pieces on the board in an attempt to be first to play all your pieces before your opponents. Blokus is a fast game, easy to learn and fun for both adults and children.

With the economy still in the dumps, and many board games selling for under $20.00, they are sure to be a popular present found under the Christmas tree this year. So pick up one while there's still a good supply on store shelves. You'll find out like many others already know. You forgot how much fun playing a board game with your family and friends can be.

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