Hi everyone!

So excited to be launching The Wave Fitness System at The Shopping Channel this weekend.

This personal gym effectively combines your strength training and cardio to help you slim down, tone and strengthen. It’s unique design engages your core muscles while working those areas of most concern to women – hips, thighs and the back seat.

Once you get your Wave home, here are sample workouts you can try (you’ll also receive 3 DVDs routines: 40-minute Rock It Off DVD, 10-minute Ride The Wave DVD, 30-minute Speed Slimming SCULPT )

Tune in to The Shopping Channel’s Fitness for Life show on Saturday July 3 to watch me demo The Wave. Have questions? I’d love to answer them on-air, call in at 1-888-2020-888.

ROCKING THE WAVE (with or without light weights)

• Basic Rock
• Double Rock – double, double, single x 4
• Biceps
• Biceps /Shoulder combo
• Shoulders
• Alternating shoulders
• Double Shoulder – double double single x 4
• Right Shoulder – opposite arm straight
• Left shoulder
• Triceps kick back

CARVE THE WAVE

• Basic arm pull
• Arm pull and straight arm press
• Chest pull
• Chest pull and straight arm press
• Oblique rock – sit cross legs , rock side to side

Rosalie Brown

We have brought a series of VTech phone systems to you in the past. What remains constant through these offerings is the great value, unsurpassed quality and ease-of-use experience.

In this blog post, I’d like to explain DECT 6.0 technology and help you make an informed decision when purchasing your next cordless phone system. I firmly state to all those I know that you must only consider DECT 6.0 technology when it comes to buying a cordless phone system.

DECT is an acronym for Digitally Enhanced Cordless Telecommunication. It provides the best sound quality, security and range in cordless phones. This means that you get interference free crystal clear conversations and the phones will not interfere with your wireless networks and other electronic devices. You can protect yourself from identity theft with the digital security this technology offers. In simple terms, your call is digitized and encrypted, making it nearly impossible for someone to eavesdrop.

With VTech, all you need is one phone jack and you simply plug in the handsets. The phone jack cable comes in the package too. You are able to change the way you communicate in the home by using the Intercom feature so no more shouting, “Dinner time!”

Currently, we are offering the VTech DECT 6.0 Digital Cordless 5-Phone System. This means - just like my parents Sam and Janice - you can put the phones in places you always wanted them. My mom has one in the laundry room, and one on her night table. My dad put one in the garage since he is now retired and spending a lot of time there and in the backyard gardening. Another unit is at the basement stairs so even if you are entering the home from the side door, you will always answer the phone on time. The last unit found a home in the kitchen, which means Janice never runs for the phone anymore, the way I remember she used to.

Tune in to watch us talk and learn about Vtech phone systems.

Marianthe Mesbouris
The Shopping Channel’s Electronics Expert

SmartSwipe PC Credit Card Reader is the world’s first personal credit card reader that attaches to your computer and allows you to swipe your card at your PC just like you would at a retail store. This product offers a truly safe online shopping experience. You have been warned - the future of online shopping will include Smart Swipe. Just image a world where you never again expose your credit card number over the internet meaning you never type in anything, you simply swipe, smartly with the SmartSwipe.

Why use SmartSwipe? This answer is very easy friends. You may not know this but there are extremely sophisticated hacker programs waiting to steal your credit card information while you shop online. Sure you have antivirus and programs on your computer that help, but unknowingly, you may download malicious software onto your computer that makes is vulnerable to hackers. Identity theft is all over the news and it’s the number one cybercrime. Avoid being the next statistic adding to the $10.9 million in losses from identity theft (in Canada).

Your SmartSwipe is a plug and play device that is easy to use. Your card information is encrypted and never stored onto your computer. What’s more is that the company has a guaranteed insurance policy for consumers. You need to have a Windows based computer using Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 6 or higher, internet connection and an available USB port.

I recently made an online magazine purchase, and because of SmartSwipe I felt more secure about making the purchase. I will be taking the SmartSwipe with me while travelling because with wireless internet, hacking can occur so I can still make my online purchases but now with peace of mind by using my SmartSwipe.

I am excited to share with you that this product was created by a Canadian and is sold all over the world. It has received excellent reviews all over the world from hundreds of reputable technology reviewers and I am glad that I can showcase this product to you at The Shopping Channel. Watch me present it live this Friday.

Marianthe Mesbouris
The Shopping Channel’s Electronics Expert

Thanks to the ReZap Battery Engineer, we can now recycle our throw-away batteries again and again and again! We can use the ReZap with our regular alkaline batteries, our rechargeable batteries and also to just simply test out the life of our batteries.

This breakthrough technology uses an advanced microprocessor along with proprietary AlkalineMax™ charging technology that senses each battery type, life of the battery, and will deliver the optimum charging cycle to maximize the charging capacity and extend the battery life. Imagine, we can now take our alkaline batteries and extend the life of them up to 15 times. Wow! We can use this product for our rechargeable batteries too and charge them hundreds of times.

There is a bonus being offered in this package and it includes 4 AA to C and D-sized battery converters allowing you to save money and never have to buy C and D-sized batteries again! The ReZap will recharge most household batteries such as: AA, AAA, AAAA, C, D, N, 6V, 9V, and prismatic formats).

In the three short weeks I have owned the ReZap, I have recharged 30 batteries that I was ready to dispose of and I saved approximately $45.00 just by using this product. Once you make the investment in the ReZap Battery Engineer, you will save money on replacement batteries and reduce battery waste. Our environment will thank you.

I’ll be presenting this item live on The Shopping Channel this Friday, be sure to tune in!

Marianthe Mesbouris
The Shopping Channel’s Electronics Expert

Hi everyone!

After 2 weeks of showing our Canadian pride as we hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, as a Canadian brand, we too had our very own gold medal moment!

We were awarded editor’s choice for makeup for our Freedom Glow Beauty Balm in Blushed from the 2010 FASHION Magazine Beauty Awards. Not only is it one of our top selling products, but it has also become a celebrity makeup artist favourite. Tina Turnbow, the talented artist behind the gorgeous faces of dozens of Hollywood stars recently shared that it was one of her top 5 can’t live without products.

Now that we are all starting to thaw out with the hint of spring just around the corner, it is a great time to clear out our makeup bags and simplify our beauty routines. That is why our makeup multi-taskers are so popular. Take our Freedom Glow Beauty Balm for example. Just one swipe across your cheeks, lips, eyes and face is all you need to give your skin an instant healthy hint of tint! Our Freedom Gloss does double duty too. Besides a gorgeous wash of color, we designed it to also nourish and treat your lips with organic oils and butters, giving you a healthy 100% natural lip gloss and lip treatment all in one!

Golden Glow of Summer
Need a winter pick-me-up? Try our Freedom Glow Beauty Balm in Sunkissed for that just-got-back-from-the-south glow, minus the sun damage. You can also wear with our Freedom Gloss in Vibe for an added peachy punch.

Golden Girl
To create the perfect golden glow, try our Freedom Glow in Bronzed on cheeks, lips and eyes and then top off with Freedom Gloss in Integrity, the perfect shade of golden rose with flecks of gold to warm your skin tone and make lips shimmer.

Having just celebrated our 1 year anniversary on The Shopping Channel we want to thank all of our Revolutionary Beauty Fans for joining the organic revolution in beauty and we look forward to sharing more of our products with you because going green for us means getting you gorgeous and giving you products that you can wear that aren’t just green but also glamourous and guilt-free.

Melissa & Alexandra
Founders
REVOLUTION Organics Inc.

Great news!  Just heard from our fantastic buying team that Halo is coming back to Canada at The Shopping Channel - we should be back in-stock online by the weekend.   Here is a post from last year when Halo arrived at The Shopping Channel to remind everyone why we’re so excited about this brand of pet food:

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As the veterinary advisor for Halo, Purely for Pets, I’m looking forward to my debut on The Shopping Channel and invite all Canadian pet-lovers to tune in to learn more about Halo’s complete line of holistic pet care products.

Halo uses only premium quality natural ingredients in their natural dog and cat foods, healthful treats, supplements and grooming products. At Halo, our first priority is the health and well-being of pets. Our products contain no synthetic chemicals, artificial colors or flavors and we avoid by-products and rendered meats to allow pets to achieve their optimal health.

Pet lover and advocate, Ellen DeGeneres, became part-owner of Halo when she learned about our unparalleled commitment to wholesome, natural, quality pet products. Tune in and hear about the Halo difference for yourself.

Your pet will thank you for it!

Dr. Donna Spector
HALO, Purely for Pets

As part of our first-ever Craft Day, we’re excited to launch the 3 Birds line of paper crafts and welcome TV Guest Carmi Cimcata. You can catch Carmi live on The Shopping Channel today @ 10AM, 1PM, 3PM, 7PM & 9PM EST (see our online Program Guide).

Carmi is a full time artist specializing in handmade greeting cards, wearable art pieces & much more.  She hand-makes over 2,000 cards a year to fulfill orders placed during the  ”One of A Kind” shows in Toronto, Ontario and writes about her adventures in art in a daily blog (carmicimicata.blogspot.com)

Carmi’s blog contains many how-to demos using the 3 Birds line, here are just some of her amazing finished products:

Amy Jessica Weeks of Sugarcain Entertainment blogs about what so many of our customers already know - that Pur Minerals makes great beauty products.

Amy’s favs? She current is loving Pur Minerals 4-in-1 Pressed Mineral Makeup Foundation with SPF 15, calling it her one-minute miracle.  She has also become a fan of Pur Minerals See No More Pore Minimizer and uses it as her make-up base.

Read Amy’s full blog post here.

Find out more about Pur Minerals colour make-up and beauty tools on theShoppingChannel.com.

Whether you one of the thousands of people who already own our best-selling Total Gym, or whether you’re thinking of kicking off a healthy 2010 by purchasing one, take note of this full body workout - courtesy of Fitness Expert & TV Guest Rosalie Brown.

Rosalie Brown’s Total Gym Workout

Warm Up
Place your Squat Stand or Bar at the bottom. The bench should be on level 2, 3 or 4

• 16 double leg squats (exercise 5 or 32 in manual)
• 8 single leg squats – right and left (exercise 25 in manual)
• 16 double mini leg press off (jumps)
• Repeat

Strength Training
The key to changing your body is to fatigue the muscle – the heavier the weight the faster you will fatigue. Aim for 24 to 30 reps of each exercise with no resting in between exercises unless needed.

A) With your Wing Bar placed at the of the Total Gym

1. Wide arm pull ups: (lying on face down on bench reach up for the wing bar and place your hands at the ends of the bar. Hands should be placed wider than your shoulders. With your palms facing down, pull up your body as you squeeze your shoulder blades together. (exercise 17 in your manual)

2. Hamstring leg pull: (lying on your back feet hook through wing bar by sliding your ankle through each side of the wing bar. (exercise 1 in your manual)

3. Chin ups: same as # 1 but with your palms facing up. (exercise 17 in manual)

4. Hamstring leg pull: same as # 2

5. Narrow grip pull ups: same as #1 with palms facing down with hands shoulder distant apart or slightly closer.

(Next section is for those who have the Ab Crunch Attachment. If you don’t have the Attachment go to directly to Section C)

B) With your Crunch Board and Squat Stand attached

1. Crunch: Place knees on bench and hands on crunch board. Pull knees up towards hands and then extend fully. Lower your knee position to get a full body stretch.
2. Jog or Squat or Mini Jumps: lie down with your feet on the squats stand and your knees bent close to 90 degrees or your most comfortable bent knee position. Quickly jog or squat or mini jump for 1 minute

Repeat above 2 exercises 3 times. Advance your Crunches by hovering your knees above the bench.

C) With your Cables attached

*sit facing cables
1. Seated Rows: sit down facing the center bar with a cable handle in each hand. Sit with good posture as you pull your hands towards your waist with elbows sliding behind your back. (exercise 4 in your manual)

2. Biceps Curls: start in same position as seated rows; pull your elbows so they touch your waist. Keep your elbows stationary as you curl up and down. (exercise 13 in manual)

3. Outer Thigh Press or Hip Abduction: start in same position as exercise 1 and 2. Grasp handles and place one foot at a time on the cables. Press your legs outward keeping your back tall and arms relaxed. (exercise 12 in manual)

4. Oblique Twister: sit sideways on bench and place cables together in your hands. Keep your arms slightly bent and rotate your arms from one side to the next (exercise 15 in manual) repeat to other side

5. Bench Chest Press: Grasp handles with your back facing center bar and sit on highest end of bench. Place your feet on the bench with bent knees as you extend your arms forward at chest height. Like a push up. (exercise 11 in manual)

6. Lying Overhead Press: Grasp cables as you lie down on your back. Extend your arms over your head keeping your elbows slightly bent as you pull over your body towards your knees. (exercise 2 in manual)

7. Pilates 100: (ab work) start in same position as exercise 6 with cable in your hands. Lift your head slightly and place hands beside your hips as you pulse straight arms up and down. If your neck gets fatigued, rest your head on the bench. Lift your legs off the bench for more challenge.

D) With your Wing Bar attached at the bottom of the Total Gym

1. Shoulder Press: Lie face down with your chest at the bottom of the board. Grasp wing bar with palms facing down in a wide grip position. Push away until arms are fully extended. (exercise 18 in manual)

2. Hip/Thigh/Ab Press: Place your knees at the bottom end of bench with your hands on the wing bar. Press your knees back to extend your legs without moving your hands or shoulders. Your shoulders should be directly above you hands. To advance this move, hover your knees above the bench. (exercise 16 in manual)

Stretch: Attach your cables and sit on the bench facing the center bar. Hold on to your cables as you sit on the bench with your legs fully extended on the bench in front of you. Gently let the cables pull your shoulders forward. You should feel a gentle stretch in your back, shoulders and legs. Hold for 20 – 30 seconds. (exercise 7 in manual).