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THE 37th ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS

Behind-the-scenes Emmy coverage: The Emmy gift bag

Posted Monday, July 05, 2010 1:40:04 AM

For the fifth year in a row, soapcentral.com is taking you inside the gift bags given to all Emmy presenters and nominees. This is your chance to be ahead of the curve and find out what's hot before everyone else does.

Perhaps more than any recent year, this year's gift bag featured some ingenious items -- as well as some favorites that will appeal to every taste. The items featured were not only stylish and useful, but also extremely affordable to those of us that do not have a soap star salary.

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Claire Burke

When you watch your favorite soaps, do you notice that the characters all have floral arrangements, dishes of potpourri, and an endless supply of candles burning in the background? Well, you don't have to be a billionaire or have your evil twin steal from your enemy to be able to enjoy those simple luxuries.

As an interior designer, Claire Burke found that good design wasn't just about visual aesthetics. Having a fragrant accessory in a room can help turn a beautiful room into an exquisite environment. To help all of us accomplish the goal of making the most of our living spaces, Claire Burke launched her own line of affordable, high-quality home fragrances.

No matter how you choose to scent your home, Claire Burke has a product suited for you. Each fragrance line includes potpourri, filled candles, reed fragrance diffusers, votives, home fragrance sprays, and electric fragrance warmers.

The number of fragrances is also endless, tapping into whatever mood or fantasy you'd like to experience. The Original scent is far from ordinary. It combines rose, lavender, patchouli, and spices. Other scents include Vanilla Bean, Wild Cotton^TM, Slice of Spice^TM, Tropical Flowers, Oh Christmas Tree^TM, and dozens more.

Later this summer, Claire Burke launches its latest fragrance creation: Cherry O!^TM. A sample of the new fragrance was handed out in the Gifting Suite and tucked safely away in the soapcentral.com camera bag. Later, when the bag was opened during an interview, a room full of soap stars demanded to know where the scent of cherries was coming from. If the reaction from these stars is any indication of how Cherry O!^TM will be received, then the scent will be a huge hit.

» For more information about Claire Burke, please visit: www.myclaireburke.com

Guesstimation^TM by Discovery Bay Games

If there's one thing we've learned from soaps, it's that kids grow up fast -- sometimes overnight. Okay, so maybe children in the real world don't grow up quite as fast... but it seems that we never get to spend as much time with our loved ones as we'd like. The folks at Discovery Bay Games are actually working to correct that problem.

They've launched a new board game called Guesstimation^TM that's unlike any other game we've seen. Guesstimation^TM is a trivia game where the answer to every question is a number -- sometimes a mind-blowing figure. What are we talking about? Here's a sample question: Italy has 13,788 post offices. How many does India have?

Yeah, that's exactly what we said. The correct answer is 154,919.

Here's another: How many hot dogs are eaten in North America every minute? Chew on this -- the answer is 37,900.

As you can tell from the sample questions, you don't have to be book smart to play the game. Guesstimation^TM is suitable for ages 8 and up.

» To purchase Guesstimation^TM, please visit: Amazon.com

» For more information about other games from Discovery Bay Games, please visit: www.discoverybaygames.com

Vitabath

For more than 50 years, Vitabath has been one of the top skin cleansing and skin conditioning brands worldwide. But this isn't your grandmother's bubble bath. Vitabath has an entire line of bath products, including soaps, shower gels, and hand cr�mes.

There were two standout products in the Gifting Suite. The first is the Spa Skin Therapy Moisturizing Bath & Shower Gel�e. As you're probably aware, Las Vegas is smack dab in the middle of the desert -- and having a moisturizing bath gel was an absolute necessity. Even if you don't live in an arid climate, the Skin Therapy line can turn your shower into a personal oasis.

In the same vein, Vitabath's luxurious 20% Shea Butter Hand Cr�mes moisturize and smooth your hands. You can't be caught on the Red Carpet (or the office, the mall, or a parent/teacher conference) with dry hands.

If you're interested in trying out any of the products, you might want to start with the travel set. You don't have to be traveling anywhere to use them -- but if you are, the items are all suitable for carry-on bags. Each travel set comes with a 2oz Gel�e and Lotion, a 2.5oz Sugar Scrub, a 2.1oz Shea Butter Hand Cr�me, and a 1.5oz Gel�e Soap.

PS: We're partial to the Citrus Twist^® scent.

» To learn more or purchase something from the line, visit their web site at www.myvitabath.com.

Johnny Rockets

Las Vegas has caviar, champagne, sorbet, and anything else you can imagine. But let's face it: every now and again, it's a good hamburger that really hits the spot.

Johnny Rockets is an international restaurant chain that opened its first location on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles in 1986.

If you've never been to a Johnny Rockets -- and with 280 locations, there's bound to be one near you -- here's what you can expect. Each Johnny Rockets restaurant evokes the feeling of an old malt shop with a fun and nostalgic atmosphere. From the tabletop jukeboxes to the d�cor to the hand-dipped shakes and malts, it's like a trip back in time. If you're there at just the right time, you'll even be entertained by a song and dance number involving all of the servers.

The hot new product (literally and figuratively) at Johnny Rockets is the Houston, a spicy take on the traditional hamburger. What makes the Houston special? Jalape�os, Pepper Jack cheese, iceberg lettuce, fresh tomato, and a secret spicy sauce. The Houston is only available for a limited time!

All Johnny Rockets hamburgers are made from 100% ground beef and are never frozen. If that sounds tempting, you'd better get a move on. The chain also has a vegetarian option, the Streamliner.

Johnny Rockets also has a wide selection of fountain sodas -- and you can even add your own flavors. Try a soapcentral.com favorite -- a Coke with cherry and lemon.

» For more information, check out www.johnnyrockets.com.

Skincando

Every now and again, a product comes along that is not only practical and useable, but also has a great story. This is definitely the case with Skincando. Before we tell you all about the great stuff that Combat-Ready Balm can do (and why it's called that), here's a little backstory.

Skincando was created by Sara Damelio. About a decade ago, she landed a job in a Washington, D.C.-area beauty boutique. It was a dream come true for Sara because she thought that she'd have infinite access to skin care products to her acne and other skin problems. She was wrong. Even the most expensive products irritated her skin and caused her even more distress. She decided that she'd have to come up with something on her own. Sara went to school to become an esthetician, and she later experimented with her own products. She eventually devised a batch of natural, organic skin cream that proved a cure-all for combating everything from dry skin and bug bites to eczema.

In 2005, her skin cream made its way to a soldier serving in Iraq, who found it incredibly effective for treating sunburn, dry skin, and sand-flea bites in the harsh desert environment. Damelio started donating care packages of her products (which also include lip balm and soap) to troops, who couldn't get enough of it. Two years ago, she launched a nonprofit organization that allows customers to purchase Skincando products and then donate them to deployed military personnel free of charge. If you have a loved one serving abroad, you can even request that your donation be sent directly to them.

For more information about Skincando, please visit: www.Skincando.com

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