Suave stuff from PepsiCoWant some really suave stuff? Take a look at cola giant PepsiCo's clothing range of shirts, micro-tops, jeans, trousers and shoes. Prices range from Rs 175 to Rs 2,195.
Or give your teenager her first grown-up watch and make-up. Lipstick Kiss is a new watch cum make-up kit from the Swatch company, Flick Flak. The watch comes in a transparent makeup bag with a lipstick and nail polish thrown in. Available at duty-free shops in Delhi and Mumbai airports and Heera Panna in Mumbai.
Killer Loop has introduced a range of glasses that will match your clothes and mood. It also has lenses that will match the frames, from blue and orange to green and brown.
Monsoon luggage deal
Going on a holiday in the rains? VIP, the country's largest luggage manufacturer, has a special monsoon deal for rain-lovers. If you buy a VIP Maxima before July 5, you get a VIP Alfa free. VIP Maxima is roomy and stylish and has two side locks other than a central lock. It has classic contourswith an aluminium frame and is colour coordinated.
You can get a VIP Alfa AXN 450 free on the purchase of a VIP Maxima 950 or 700 or a VIP Alfa AXN 400 worth Rs 380 on the purchase of a VIP Maxima 600 or 500.
The VIP Maxima is priced at Rs 1,595 for the 500 size, Rs 1,595 (600), Rs 1,945 (700) and Rs 2,495 (950). It comes in platinum, dark grey, dark green, maroon and royal blue.
Sun sign coffee
Love to read Linda Goodman? Do you go through all the Sunday editions of newspapers to check what your luck for the week will be? Then, Archies' sun sign mugs are for you. The Zodiac range of mugs feature an illustration of the sun sign along with interesting details like birth stone, lucky colours, metals and career options. Made from bone china, they cost Rs 150 each and would make an ideal birthday gift.
Glitzy suds
Add a bit of glitz to your daily bath. A new soap, imported from Indonesia, has entered the Indian soap market. Reasonably priced at Rs 14 for 80 g, it gives the localcompetition something to think about. Glitz comes in three scents and three colours, pink, green and cream, and has a TFM content of 75 per cent, making it a good moisturiser, too.
Dictionaries on CD-ROMs
For the cyber kids of today, the Macmillan Dictionary on CD-ROM caters to the younger age group. And another CD-ROM, Power Vocabulary, caters to the older age group with words that are commonly found in GRE, CAT, GMAT, TOEFL and SAT tests. It has 4,000 of the commonly used words in these tests with synonyms, antonyms and even built-in tests. Both the CD-ROMs are available at all leading computer stationery sellers and are distributed in Indian by Gayathri Impex.
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