LGFB Winter 08:Layout 17 - Look Good Feel Better

look good
Winter 08/09
In this issue:
�The Stars of Christmas
�Beauty Editors’ Day
�Regional Activity
�LGFB Task Force
This magazine is generously sponsored
by the staff at Revlon International
... feel better
The Beauty Industry
supporting women
with cancer

In this
issue...
Contents
2 Editor’s letter
3 Carol concert
4-5 Beauty Editors’ day
6-7 Regional news
and activity
8 COPRA and
Revlon fund-raising
9 Products and donors
10-11 Fundraising
12 LGFB Task Force
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Editor’s
Message...
First of all a very happy, healthy and successful New Year to our
Look Good...Feel Better friends all over the country.... and indeed
worldwide, as this ‘magazine’ also goes to our LGFB ‘family’ in 20
countries around the globe.
We decided to wait to release our Winter 2008/2009 issue until we’d
had our wonderful 10th Anniversary Carol Concert and everyone
had a chance to get over their pre and post Christmas
commitments, deadlines, end of year finances, sales and everything
else that seems to catch up with us in December.
We hope you will enjoy seeing some photographs and
details from the Concert and more news on LGFB
activities over the past few months.
As so many of you will know, 2008 was a milestone year
for Look Good...Feel Better. In May, we launched our 50th
hospital – and later our 51st and 52nd! We also released
our new advertising and communications materials and
announced our new ambition – “to have the ability to reach out to
every woman diagnosed with cancer in the UK”. To achieve this
challenging target we have almost completed a patient support DVD
and booklet set - the LGFB “Confidence Kit”.
Available in March, these materials feature our 12-step programme
in detail; show scarf tying and other head coverings; give advice on
hand and nail care plus a fantastic section on wig selection and
cutting. This will be a ‘first’ and is a new ‘arm’ to our Programme –
available as ‘hard’ copies and also downloadable through our new
website. The website itself will be relaunched in January and we are
exceptionally grateful to Boots for their support for this vital initiative.
2009 is set to be another busy year and we look forward to keeping
in touch to let you know how our Programme is growing and
evolving - enabling us to reach out to many more thousands of
women with cancer who greatly need and value our service.
With my thanks to all our friends and supporters.
Executive Director, LGFB UK

The Stars of Christmas
The stars definitely twinkled and
shone very brightly at St. George’s
Church on Monday 8th December
2008! This was the 10th Carol
Concert, masterminded by musical
impresario and Honorary Life
President of LGFB UK, Richard
Bradley. As Susan Taylor,
Chairman of LGFB UK, summed
it up: “Every year, Richard delivers
a Concert programme that is
more musically uplifting and this
event has become a firm
Industry favourite.”
Many guests and some of the musical stars
have taken part in all ten concerts - Angela
Henckel, a wonderful soprano, has sung at
every concert, each time challenging her
amazing repertoire and Ivor Setterfield, maestro
extraordinaire, has in Richard’s own words
“brought an extraordinary musical ebullience”
to each of the nine concerts he has conducted.
Some of the superstar performances of the
past decade include: the Choristers of St.
Thomas-on-the-Bourne, Farnham with their
version of Pa-ra-pa-pum-pum in 2003; Elena
Vorotko’s own piano arrangement of The Flower
Waltz from Nutcracker in 2004; and in more
recent years, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot from
the wonderful bass-baritone Njabulo Madlala
and Katy Elman on her Marimba (the amazing
giant ‘xylophone’ last year). For this year’s
concert, the diversification continued with a
Ciarán Devane, Chief Executive,
Macmillan Cancer Support
beautiful, spine-tingling
rendition of Danny Boy by
flautist Gareth McLearnon
accompanied by Paul
Ayres on the piano and a
mesmerising performance
from baritone James
Cleverton who sang a
spirited excerpt from
The Barber of Seville
and a beautiful duet with
soprano Laura Mitchell
from The Marriage of
Figaro. Talented trumpet
soloist Sarah Field also
dazzled the audience with her solo pieces and
accompaniment to many of the carols.
Susan Taylor, in her address, gave special
thanks to Richard Bradley for “harnessing a
veritable Milky Way of musical delight” at this
milestone event in the Industry calendar.
Continuing with analogies of stars and heavenly
bodies, Susan said that: “The LGFB star is
shining brighter than ever, with the consistent
stars of the Head Office team and all the
beautician and volunteer stars who give the
most practical and inspirational support, not
forgetting the stellar range of over 40 brands,
who provide products, staff support and
expertise which enables the LGFB programme
to continue to grow and expand its service”.
St. George’s was absolutely packed and once
the concert had finished and the last chords of
“O come, all ye faithful” had died down,
everyone enjoyed
wine and mince pies and the opportunity to
catch up with colleagues and friends. Spotted
amongst the crowd were Diana Moran, the
original Green Goddess and TV presenter;
Charles Worthington, top international hair
stylist and Barbara Daly, make-up artist to the
stars alongside beauty consultants, LGFB
Board Members and LGFB Programme
participants. Heartfelt thanks go out to our
sponsors, supporters and wonderful Carol
Concert helpers who welcomed guests, served
drinks and mince pies and generously helped
us clear up afterwards!
Now here’s an early date for your new diaries....
next year’s Concert will be on Monday 14th
December and we look forward to seeing
you there!
Mandy Clancy, Clinique LGFB Richard Bradley, Honorary Life President Gareth McLearnon, Flautist
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Look Good...Feel Better
Beauty Editors’ Day
Annabel Jones (Eve) and Jazz Kaur (Guerlain)
On Saturday September 20th
2008 the Beauty Industry came
together once again for the
second Look Good…Feel Better
Beauty Editors’ Day hosted by
Selfridges. Twenty-four Editors
and beauty industry experts from
leading magazines and national
newspapers worked alongside
counter staff from twentyfour
prestige beauty
brands to give
consumers a truly
enjoyable day. Editors,
counter staff and PRs
all worked tirelessly to
help raise money and
awareness for Look
Good…Feel Better and
the free service we
provide for women
going through cancer
treatment.
Spirits were high as everyone
converged on Selfridges on a
sunny Autumn Saturday
morning. After a quick briefing
by Stephanie Traore
(Selfridges) and Sarahjane
Robertson (LGFB) everyone
dispersed to ‘their’ counter to
Estee Lauder Team
prepare for the
start of the event.
Consumers had
pre-booked
one-to-one
appointments
with their favourite
Beauty Editor for
a £20 donation
to the charity and
also received a
mini makeover
or massage by
counter staff.
The Beauty Editors did a fabulous job offering
advice, make-up tips and skincare solutions
and of course the odd beauty industry secret!
At the end of the appointment each person
was presented with a luxurious goody-bag
from the brand. Many readers came with a
whole list of questions for ‘their’ Editor and
one even had her appointment booked by
her boyfriend who felt she could do with a
make-over…brave man!
After 15 gruelling
appointments each and a
hectic day of non-stop
talking and smiling,
everyone went home
exhausted yet
exhilarated. Vogue
Beauty Director
Nicola Moulton
commented, “The
LGFB Beauty Editors’
Day is a wonderful
thing to be a part of.
It’s great that we can
raise awareness about
such a brilliant charity
and it also gives all of
us Beauty Editors a
chance to chat to readers
about their beauty
concerns.
It’s a humbling, enlightening and
worthwhile day!”
Charlotte McCarthy (Jo Malone) and Emma Hill
(YOU Magazine)
Nicola Moulton (Vogue)
Event Highlights!
The day was a huge success, exceeding
expectations and even selling out a week
before the actual event. Extensive coverage
was achieved in all the glossy magazines,
weekend supplements and national press as
well as on-line exposure on sites such as
TimesOnline.com, HarpersBazaar.com,
MarieClaire.com and Cosmopolitan.com.
The fantastic coverage this year helped us to
achieve some outstanding results - the overall
editorial and on-line coverage reached a
circulation of over 16 million with a readership
well in excess of that.
This year, Selfridges also kindly donated one
of their award-winning windows at the front of
the store, which helped to create an extra
‘buzz’ and heightened awareness prior to the
event. In total over £24,000 was raised
through ticket sales, fundraising on the day
and donations from Selfridges and all the
brands involved.
Laura Bacharach, Beauty Director of
Company Magazine, participated in the event
for the first time, “It was a real privilege to
take part in the LGFB Beauty Editors’ day.
It's always great to have a chance to meet
readers face-to-face and doing it for a good
cause is even better. I liked the fact that
some readers had bought an appointment as
a birthday treat for a best friend, mothers
brought their daughters and vice-versa.
I think the day will go from strength to
strength with the potential to raise even more
money and awareness each year.”
Alexandra Friend, Beauty Editor of Zest
Magazine wrote to LGFB after the event
“I am looking back on the Selfridges day with
fondness, it was such fun and apart from
being such a worthwhile thing to do, it was
lovely to see all the Editors and PRs in the
same place at the same time. I don’t think
I have ever seen anything like it.”

Hosted By Selfridges
BRAND & BEAUTY EDITOR
PAIRINGS 2008
LGFB would like to say a huge thank you to
all the beauty brands (listed below) who
participated in Beauty Editors’ Day 2008 and
to all our Beauty Editors who worked so hard
on the day and also supported the event by
giving us fantastic coverage. LGFB would also
like to thank the team at Selfridges for making
it such a seamless, successful and
enjoyable day.
Armani & Liz Hambleton (Grazia)…Aveda &
Edwina Ings-Chambers/Jo McGarry (Sunday
Times Style)…Bare Minerals & Laura
Bacharach (Company)…Benefit & Kate Turner
(Cosmopolitan)…Biotherm & Alex Friend
(Zest)…Bliss & Bella
Freud (Stella
Magazine)…
Bobbi Brown & Alessandra Steinherr
(Cosmopolitan)…Chanel & Jo Fairley (You
Magazine/Beauty Bible)…Clarins & Newby
Hands (Harpers Bazaar)…Clinique & Nadine
Baggott (Hello)…Crème De La Mer & Olivia
Falcon (Tatler)…Dior & Alice DuParcq
(Brides)…Estee Lauder & Nicola Moulton
(Vogue)…Guerlain & Annabel Jones (Eve)…Jo
Malone & Emma Hill (You Magazine)…Kiehls &
Catherine Turner (Easy Living)…La Prairie &
Eve Cameron (She)…Lancome & Lisa
Oxenham (Marie Claire)…Laura Mercier &
Emma Gunavardhana (OK)…NARS & Alice
Hart-Davis (The Telegraph/Observer
Woman)…Origins & Sarah Vine (The
Times)…Prescriptives & Janine Phillipson
(InStyle)…Shiseido & Jo Glanville-Blackburn
(Woman & Home)…YSL & Emily London
(Good Housekeeping).
Olivia Wilson-Young (Tatler)
Allessandra Steinherr (Glamour) Newby Hands (Harpers Bazaar) Nadine Baggott (Hello) and Eve
and Shoshana Gillis (Clarins) Cameron (She)
Sarah Vine (Times Magazine) Edwina Ings-Chambers (Sunday Times “Style”) Kate Turner (Cosmopolitan)
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Regional News and Activity - in detail!
BELFAST
Marcus Hunter-Neill has been a LGFB
volunteer for six years and when he took over
as Regional Co-ordinator for Belfast in May,
he felt that there was a need to create greater
awareness of LGFB in the area. Having been
a make-up artist for fashion shows in the
past, he thought this would be the perfect
vehicle. His concept was a fashion show for
‘real’ women - “not size 6 and six foot tall
because cancer doesn’t discriminate, it
affects women of all shapes, sizes and ages.”
As there was no budget, Marcus started a
PR campaign via email to his contacts
explaining about his concept and LGFB,
asking everybody whether they could help or
forward his email to their contacts to see if
any other people could assist. “The ripple
effect”, as Marcus describes it, worked
wonders! Within days, Partners Hairdressers
offered their services for free; ‘real’ models
came forward; support was given from the
Ramada Hotel in Belfast; music provided and
clothes lent from local boutiques.
The Ramada Hotel kindly provided publicity
by producing a flyer on the show, and Marcus
appeared on radio and gained coverage in
the local press. Ticket sales were so high that
the show had to be moved from the Ramada
Day Spa to the Grand Ballroom. Over 450
people attended the show, which was hosted
by Marcus!
“I felt great that I was able to publicise LGFB
and raise its profile in this way” said Marcus,
who admits that he had never organised
anything like this before. It was such a
success that plans are already under way for
another show in May 2009. Marcus says:
“It was absolutely fantastic how everyone
pulled out all the stops to help and I’m
already thinking how I can improve it for next
time.” We’ve no doubt that with his
infectious enthusiasm, innate Irish charm and
his passion for his role and LGFB, the next
event Marcus puts on will be even bigger and
better enabling us to help even more women
in Northern Ireland. Well done Marcus!
COLCHESTER
Debbie Blackwell, LGFB Regional Coordinator
for Colchester since LGFB started
at Essex County Hospital in October 2007,
has organised a number of events in 2008
achieving fantastic results in terms of
fundraising and press coverage. Debbie
works closely with Karen Reeves, Breast Care
Secretary and Liz Backhouse, Cancer
Counsellor at Essex County Hospital in
organising and putting on LGFB workshops,
and as Debbie explains: “The three of us
work very well together”. Judging by the
success of the events and the wonderful
comments received, this team spirit is a
major factor
To get the ball rolling and spread the word
about LGFB, Debbie organised makeovers at
Williams & Griffin department store in
Colchester raising almost £400. Next came a
fashion show held at Drapers Hotel, Earl
Colne, Essex which was covered by the local
Gazette on a double page spread. Four LGFB
beneficiaries became catwalk models, and
the show raised £400 which provided the
funds needed for workshop refreshments.
As Debbie explains: “At the end of workshops,
we offer tea giving everyone the chance to
have a chat and make friends, which means
we need to have enough money to make this
part of the workshop as good as the first part.”
To celebrate the 1st anniversary of LGFB in
Colchester, Debbie, Karen and Liz, along with
the LGFB team of beauty advisers organised
a tea party at the hospital. “About 42 people
joined us to mark the anniversary” said
Debbie, and this was covered by the local
paper who provided a page of photos and
an article about LGFB. Debbie took the
opportunity to thank everyone who helped
and supported the charity during the year,
making a special mention of Ruth Clark who
attended one of the first workshops and
modelled at the fashion show. Each year
Ruth dresses up as Mrs.Christmas for charity
and last year Ruth kindly chose LGFB to
benefit from her fundraising for which we
are very grateful.
Congratulations to Debbie and the Colchester
team on all these wonderful events and for
the fantastic publicity achieved in the local
press. As Debbie says: “For me to see the
ladies leaving our workshops feeling and
looking like a normal person, and smiling,
is what it’s all about. They are so inspiring
to me, and this motivates me to get out there
and do even more. I am constantly being told
by the ladies that losing their hair and
eyebrows is worse than the illness itself.
It’s not what you can’t see, but what you can
see that makes them feel they are losing their
femininity. We can help to change all of that!”
EDINBURGH TEEN WORKSHOP
In October last year we ran a second, hugely
successful teen workshop at Maggie’s Centre
in Edinburgh. Attended by 26 young people,
10 of whom were male, the workshop had all
the trappings of a fun party with balloons, soft
drinks and lots of chat, texting and numberswapping
between the boys and girls!
Annette Finlay-Price, Regional Co-ordinator
for Edinburgh and Kirkcaldy, said: “It was so
rewarding to see them chatting, laughing and
having fun - it was like a little club, all
courtesy of LGFB.”
The Edinburgh workshops often include
young girls, but Annette felt sad that there
was nothing for men, especially young boys,
who can also be very self-conscious about
the appearance-related effects of their
treatment, particularly hair loss. The question
was what could the workshops offer the
boys? So, Annette and the team at Maggie’s
Centre organised peel-off face masks,
balloons that were covered in shaving foam,
disposable razors and moisturisers, and the
guys put on the masks and had great fun
peeling them off. Gary, one of our regular
LGFB volunteers, showed how to apply
moisturiser to help counteract the drying
effects of cancer treatment.
One of the most amazing aspects was how
to draw in eyebrows - something that thrilled
one particular young man. During a visit
Annette made to the Sick Children’s Hospital,
David came up to her and asked “Are you the
make-up lady? Can you do eyebrows?”
So Annette showed David how to draw in
eyebrows and he was thrilled with the results
telling everyone “Look, I’ve got eyebrows!”
As Annette says: “There are things we take
for granted, and this story illustrates that men
and boys can be just as self-conscious about
hair loss and appearance, so it’s great that
we were able to help them too.”
LEICESTER
Leicester Royal Infirmary ran a teen workshop
in September and two of the girls have
written to us about their experience.
Firstly, Danielle Robinson tells us that she saw
a poster about the Look Good … Feel Better
session at her ‘Coping with Cancer’ youth
group. As she likes having her make-up
done and felt she could do with some tips,
she asked about it straightaway. She was
delighted when she attended and was given
her goody bag - “We were so surprised
about how much was in there, it was lovely
and very kind of them to give us that.”
Danielle was even more
delighted, if somewhat
embarrassed, to be
asked to be the model.
Danielle explains: “The
beauty consultant put
make-up on half my
face and I did the other
half. Everyone else
seemed to be enjoying
themselves as well, trying out the different
make-up. We got a step by step guide to tell
us the order to put the make-up on and I
found that really useful and still use it now.
At the end of the session, we all looked lovely.”
And she sums up the experience by saying:
“If anyone gets the chance to go, I would go
as it’s a great way to meet new people, a

lovely relaxing day and you have a giggle
as well.”
Emma McVeigh was another attendee,
who like Danielle was amazed at the gift bag.
“I had been told that we would be given some
make-up to use at the workshop, which we
would be allowed to keep afterwards.
However, I was very surprised at how fantastic
the free bag was. I hadn’t realised that there
would be such a wide range of products from
top companies.”
Emma found the
session very helpful
and informative and it
helped her see how
make-up could improve
the way she looked and
felt. “Cancer can make
you feel as though you
look terrible and thanks
to this workshop, I had
a truly fantastic day and it was a great boost
leaving the workshop feeling so glamorous
and special.” Thank you to Danielle and Emma
for sharing their thoughts with us and we wish
them all the very best.
“At Teenage Cancer
Trust, we know that
Look Good… Feel
Better makes a
huge difference to
young ladies who
are having cancer
treatment. Treatment side effects such as hair
loss and weight loss or gain can cause young
patients to lose their self confidence and self
esteem due to their altered body image, so
giving them the opportunity to be pampered,
receive fantastic products and feel better
about their appearance is invaluable.”
Simon Davies CEO, Teenage Cancer Trust
MANCHESTER
Medical professionals involved in the care of
cancer patients are always full of praise for the
work of LGFB and encourage their patients to
attend workshops. But when one of them
becomes a patient themselves, they can fully
understand the importance of ‘looking good
… and feeling better’ and maintaining a
positive outlook. Lyn Wildgoose has been
a radiographer at Christie Hospital in
Manchester for almost 30 years and when
she was diagnosed with cancer, she was
determined to carry on working. However, she
felt extremely tired and exhausted and “losing
your hair and eyebrows makes you feel a lot
less feminine and a completely different
person,” she explained.
Although Lyn was aware of the LGFB service,
she read an article about it in Boots Health &
Beauty magazine, and felt it was exactly what
she needed. The session made her feel more
like a woman again, it was very uplifting and
everyone was very kind.
“I watched the other ladies coming in and
everyone had their shoulders hunched, looking
a bit grey, down at the mouth, but without
exception when they left, their shoulders were
back, their heads held high and they had big
smiles on their faces - it was wonderful to
watch and see the change. I felt more aware
of my femininity, more in control, not a victim
anymore.” Lyn was extremely impressed with
the consultants, commenting that the
Regional News and Activity
environment is so different from the one in
which they normally work and as she explains,
“They all worked with such empathy and
kindness - it was wonderful. The whole
experience was fantastic and really felt like a
turning point in my treatment. I felt like a new
person - thank you so much for the service.”
NORWICH
Christine Rumball has been a hospital
volunteer at the Cancer Unit of Norfolk &
Norwich Hospital since 1996 and was asked
to run the LGFB programme there.
Christine has succeeded in raising funds
through a number of different events, as well
as coming up with ideas for little touches that
enhance the workshops and make all the
ladies attending feel just a little more special.
In her own words, she tells us about her work
and some of the events she has organised:
“A few years ago, with the help of my
husband, family and friends we organised a
BBQ for 100 people in our garden. We had a
quiz, ‘bowl for a bottle‘, an extremely large
raffle, cake stall, book stall and the BBQ.
It was a huge success and we raised £600,
which I split equally between LGFB and MS as
we recently had a very young friend diagnosed
with MS. Also a friend who was celebrating a
'special' birthday asked for donations to LGFB
instead of presents, which raised £400.
We recently upgraded all our mirrors, we
always buy Easter eggs and chocolates at
Christmas. Our 10th anniversary was very
special with each lady receiving a box of
handmade chocolates – the ladies really do
appreciate these special touches.”
Christine is helped by two breast care nurses,
Mary Wood and Jane McKay, who deal with
the administrative side and two other
volunteers, Sandra Baker and Margaret Bevan.
The workshops run very smoothly and
Christine is delighted that they have the funds
to do special things. “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed
the last 12 years being so involved with LFGB.
Having had breast cancer myself, I know a little
about how these ladies are feeling, although
everyone is different and you have to deal with
it in your own way. LGFB gives ladies a real
boost - how often do you come to hospital and
have such a fun afternoon and receive a gift as
well? At the end of the sessions, when the
ladies come up to me with a smile looking so
good and they say how wonderful it was and
thank me and the beauticians - that’s the most
rewarding aspect.”
The LGFB team
of Regional
Co-ordinators
We are delighted to welcome the
following new members who joined
LGFB during 2008:
Helen Mulgrew ~
Maggie’s Centre, Raigmore Hospital,
Inverness
Emily Wilson ~
Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
Debbie Blackwell ~
Essex County Hospital, Colchester
Louise Willis ~
Southampton General Hospital
Rhonda Cruickshank ~
Maggie’s Centre, Ninewells Hospital,
Dundee
Marcus Hunter-Neill ~
Belfast City Hospital, Belfast
Maria Leese ~
The Royal Surrey County Hospital,
Guildford
Jill Backhouse ~
The London Haven, Fulham SW6
Stephen Glass ~
Harley Street Clinic, London W1
A big thank you to Zara Thompson, who
stood down after many years as Regional
Co-ordinator for Belfast City Hospital.
So, our full team is
Marcus Hunter-Neill, Belfast
Betty Heaton-Ward, Bristol
Lyn Tattersall, Lincoln and Hull
Jane Tummon, Hayle and Truro
Marilyn Ferguson, Portsmouth
Annette Finlay Price,
Edinburgh and Kirkcaldy
Beverley Kangisser, Northwood
Chrissy Tilbury , Reading, Oxford and
Cheltenham
Gill Marrs, Carlisle
Pamela Page, Newcastle
Sheila Bearman, Cambridge
Louise Annett, Birmingham
Bella Cunningham, Glasgow
Sue York, Leicester
Jill Keevill, Canterbury
Sam Thomas, Poole
Vicky Lawson, Nottingham
Linda Marsh, King’s Lynn
Jan Cooper, Sheffield
Helen Mulgrew, Inverness
Emily Wilson, Plymouth
Debbie Blackwell, Colchester
Louise Willis, Southampton
Rhonda Cruickshank, Dundee
Maria Leese, Guildford
Jill Backhouse, Fulham SW6
Stephen Glass, Harley Street W1
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COPRA & Revlon Cake Bake
COPRA Ball
Held in November at the
prestigious Royal Lancaster
Hotel in London, the COPRA Ball
is one of the key Industry events
of the year when everyone gets
together - retail, brands and
media. For LGFB, it’s a very
important date as it helps to
raise essential funds.
Suzie Abel, the Chairman of COPRA and
Buyer from Jarrolds in Norwich, announced
in her welcome speech that to date the
organisation was proud to have donated
substantial funds to LGFB. At the 2008
Ball over £20,000 was raised through ticket
sales, from the Ball Programme which is
produced by Esprit magazine, a donation
of £5,000 from Look magazine and
generous raffle ticket sales and auction
bids. LGFB is incredibly grateful to Suzie,
Camilla Pascucci, Annalise Quest, the
COPRA Board and all guests for this
much-needed and valuable support.
Revlon Cake Bake
in Aid of LGFB
As part of their monthly fundraising
activities, Revlon International HO
held a cake bake fundraiser in aid of
Look Good...Feel Better on Tuesday
30th September. Staff entered their
homemade cakes with the hope of
winning a prize for the best looking
and best tasting cake, with 15
entries overall, it was a fun and
enjoyable afternoon. All other
members of staff took time out of
their day and donated money to get
a chance to taste all the cakes with
a cup of tea and to take part in a
culinary quiz.
The highlight of the event was
having Nigella Lawson bake some
lovely cupcakes specifically for this
event which were each then
auctioned off to the highest bidder.
Revlon made £300 from this
enjoyable event which will definitely
be repeated.
LGFB is indebted to the staff of
Revlon for their ongoing support
which includes fundraising and instore
activities, sponsorship of this
‘magazine’ and product donations.
Suzie Abel, Sarahjane Robertson and Susan Taylor
Nigella Lawson’s cup cakes were each auctioned
to the highest bidder

LGFB 2009 Workshops
9,000 Gift bags to fill!
Look Good...Feel Better is very fortunate to receive some fabulous products donated for our workshop gift bags each year, and 2009 is no
exception. Ever wondered how each patient gift bag comes together? Well read on...
At the start of each year LGFB discusses with its member companies the number of products required for gift bags in the following year.
For example early in 2008 we requested enough products to fill the 9,000 gift bags forecasted for workshops in 2009 ~ that’s over 150,000
products in total! LGFB has a generic “wish list” of products for the gift bags and these are:
Eye make-up remover
Cleanser
Toner
Eye gel/cream
Moisturiser
Colour Corrector
Concealer
Foundation
Much care and attention is given by LGFB
and our member companies to the choice of
products donated. For example, companies
are careful to choose products which are
gentle on the skin and colours that work well
within our four skin tone choices ~ light,
medium, dark and extra dark.
Each company has their donation shipped by
November each year to the Procter & Gamble
Loose Powder
Eye shadow palette
(at least two colours
with an applicator)
Eye liner
Eyebrow pencil or
preferably a brow
shaper palette
warehouse facility in Bournemouth.
P&G provides invaluable support to LGFB
by donating not only warehouse space but
also the provision of one full time employee,
Tanya Williams (pictured above), to data
capture and store products and the
subsequent picking and packing of gift bags
which are eventually shipped to our 52
hospital locations.
Mascara
Lip liner
Lipstick x 2 so there
is a choice of colour
Fragrance or body
cream ~ optional
‘luxury’ item
This is an outstanding donation from P&G
each year and LGFB simply could not operate
without their support and commitment.
LGFB would like to give heartfelt thanks to
the Beauty Industry for the support it receives
each year, and in particular to all companies
who have donated products for the hugely
appreciated patient gift bags in 2009.
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10
Fundraising Successes…
Our fantastic fundraisers have been at it again! The funds all these
individuals and teams raise literally enable LGFB to do what it does
best – support women with cancer when they most need us.
We cannot thank you enough for your support, hard work,
enthusiasm and sheer brilliance….
Juliet Michael & Scimitar Diving
Juliet contacted us last year to tell us that she
wanted to raise funds for LGFB in memory of
her good friend Alice Farrands. Juliet decided
she wanted to do a sponsored dive and was
kindly assisted in this by Smudge and Helena
at Scimitar Diving who kindly donated their
services. So far, Juliet and her friends have
raised an amazing £1,471 for LGFB. Thanks to
Juliet, Smudge, Helena and everyone who has
made a donation in memory of Alice.
CMS Cameron McKenna
Thanks also go to CMS Cameron McKenna
who very kindly donated £300 to LGFB under
their matched funding scheme in recognition of
their employee, Juliet Michael who organised
and took part in the above sponsored dive in
memory of Alice.
Boots, Kingston-upon-Thames
Laura Hennings and the No.7 team raised £77
as a result of an in-store event held in June.
We are very grateful to all the team for their
support.
Boots, Weston-Super-Mare
Since our summer magazine, Maria Christaki of
Boots No. 7, one of our regular fundraisers and
volunteers, has held two more events bringing
in a further £1,858 for LGFB. Her total for the
year is now a fantastic £2,862. Maria you’re a
star!
Boots, Lisburn
Violet Gorman, Boots No. 7 volunteer and one
of our most pro-active fundraisers has sent
cheques totalling £1,857 since we published
our last magazine, and over the course of this
year has raised an outstanding £2,395! Funds
have been raised as a result of various
initiatives, including a sponsored walk and a
sponsored “bounce”, a coffee morning, a
charity dinner and ballet. Is there no end to this
woman’s fundraising imagination! Thanks to
Violet and all the team at No. 7.
Margaret Thompson
We are grateful to Margaret and her friends
whose coffee morning last July raised £226 for
LGFB to put to good use at Aberdeen Royal
Infirmary. Thanks to Margaret and her guests.
Greg Thompson and Boots,
Head Office
Our thanks go to Greg Thompson from Boots
head office who kindly donated some DVDs for
a “mini sale” Boots organised internally which
raised £108.
Boots, Sheffield
A fundraising event organised by Sarahjane
Templeton, Boots No. 7, raised £207 for LGFB.
Thanks to Sarahjane and the rest of the team at
Boots, Sheffield.
Clarins (UK) Ltd
Clarins donated an outstanding £10,750 to
LGFB as a result of their ever popular internal
product sale. We are extremely grateful to
Robin Vincent and his head office team for their
support.
Coty
Coty sent us donations totalling a fantastic
£4,056 which was made up of a company
donation, employee donations, a raffle and
product sales. Our thanks go to all the team at
Coty for their continued support.
Aceville Publications
Our thanks go to all the staff at Aceville
Publications for making a donation of £120.
Sylvia Maclean and All That Glitters
Thank you to LGFB volunteer and supporter
Sylvia Maclean, and her friends at the All that
Glitters store in Guildford for raising £135 in aid
of LGFB at their Gala Day held in July.
Karma & Chips
LGFB is fortunate to receive donations from
Karma and Chips from time to time when they
have worked with one of our “supporting ”
companies, in this case Coty Group. The
charity received £463 from Karma & Chips at
the request of Coty and we are grateful to both
companies for their ongoing support.
Boots, Brighton
Our thanks go to the Boots Brighton team for
their gala evening in aid of LGFB which raised a
fantastic £1,172. Thanks to everyone for their
hard work!
YSL Beaute
YSL held two staff sales raising a total of £315.
Thanks to all the team at Haywards Heath for
their support.
Rural Women’s Network
Thanks to The Rural Women’s Network and
Carlisle LGFB Regional Co-ordinator, Gill Marrs,
for holding a pamper evening in aid of the
charity in September. Michelle Deeley, a regular
Clarins volunteer, kindly demonstrated the
LGFB 12-step make-up regime on model, Lucy
Long. The event raised £500 for the charity
and we are grateful to everyone involved.
Chanel & Grazia Magazine
Our thanks go to Chanel for donating a
fantastic handbag to Grazia magazine for their
“goodie bag” competition and for nominating
LGFB to receive the competition proceeds.
Thanks also to all the team at Grazia magazine
for running the competition on our behalf which
raised a fantastic £3,987.
Christian Dior, Lincoln
Christian Dior volunteer, Rosemary Redpath,
who works at Debenhams in Lincoln very kindly
organised an in-store beauty event and coffee
morning in aid of LGFB which raised £200.
Our thanks go to Rosemary and the Christian
Dior team at Debenhams.
Boots, St. Austell
Gill Rawlinson, No. 7 beauty consultant and
LGFB volunteer, raised £84 by holding a
fundraising event in-store. Thanks to Gill and
the team.
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Mandy Callaghan ❶
LGFB volunteer, Mandy, very kindly did some
fundraising and helped raise awareness of
LGFB at her hair salon in Wimbledon, which
resulted in a cheque for £115 being donated to
the charity! Thanks to Mandy and her
customers.
Estee Lauder Companies
The Estee Lauder Bureau continues to support
LGFB on a regular basis under the guidance of
Clare Patterson. Donations totalling £400 were
made since the last magazine. Our heartfelt
thanks go to Clare and her team for all their
efforts in ensuring LGFB benefits from Estee
Lauder’s internal sales
Midtown United Junior Football Club
Glynis Conlon very kindly chose LGFB to benefit
from local fundraising. £50 was raised by the
boys, parents and friends of Midtown United Junior
Football Club in Gainsborough which was sent to
Glynis by her nephew. We are grateful to Glynis,
her nephew and his football club for their support.
Kenneth Green Associates
Kenneth Green and his team sent LGFB a
cheque for £1,750 raised as a result of a raffle
held at their Consultant Conference last year.
Our thanks to Kenneth and all the team at KGA
for their ongoing support.
Procter & Gamble UK
Procter & Gamble raised £950 for LGFB at their
annual Max Factor and Olay Consultant
Conference. Thanks to all those who took part
and made a donation.
Guerlain
Our thanks to the Head Office team at Guerlain
for kindly donating £557 from the proceeds of
an internal product sale. Thanks team!
Jarrold & Son Limited, Norwich ❷
Our thanks to Jarrold & Son led by Suzie Abel
and her team for arranging an in-store
fundraising event which raised £1,001 for LGFB.
Boots, Sheffield
LGFB Regional Co-ordinator, Jan Cooper, very
kindly arranged an in-store event at Boots in
Sheffield which raised £141. Our thanks to
everyone who took part and supported LGFB
on the day.
House of Fraser, Birmingham
Thanks to an in-store event held in October,
House of Fraser, Birmingham, made a donation
of £174. We are grateful to all those involved.
Wycombe Abbey School
Wycombe Abbey School, High Wycombe, held
a House Collection and kindly donated £140.
Thanks to all the pupils for their generous
support.

Karen Allen
Karen, who works for Julian Cutter in Halstead
and learned of LGFB through Colchester
Regional Co-ordinator Debbie Blackwell,
persuaded herself that she would like to do a
sky dive in aid of the charity. Karen very bravely
faced the challenge and raised a fantastic
£1,000 for LGFB for which we are very grateful.
The Perfume Shop
“Bag for Life” sales in aid of LGFB from The
Perfume Shop have generated £2,500 so far
with sales continuing this year. Our thanks to
all the team at The Perfume Shop for very
kindly selling the bags to raise funds on our
behalf.
L’Oreal
The team at L’Oreal Paris sent in a cheque for
£95, and a further sale & raffle held by the
Prestige & Collections communications team,
raised a very impressive £871.
Thanks to everyone for their support.
Boots, Oldham ❸
Boots No.7 volunteer, Deborah Parkin,
organised an in-store fundraising event which
raised a fantastic £371 for LGFB. The fun
included Deborah and two of her colleagues
spending the day with only half of their face
made up, the store and team managers (male)
enduring a leg waxing session on the shop
floor, and a raffle. It sounds like a great day,
if somewhat painful for some, and we are very
grateful to everyone who helped to organise the
event
Patricia Camacho & Au Caprice
Patricia and her daughter put in lots of hard
work to arrange a fundraising event at Au
Caprice department store in Jersey. We were
extremely fortunate to receive a cheque for
£630 from Patricia and another for £610 from
Jill Bradley, General Manager of Au Caprice.
Thanks to everyone involved for their support.
QVC
We were delighted to receive a cheque for
£2,157 raised at a staff jewellery sale held by
QVC.
Parfums Christian Dior (UK) Ltd
Our thanks to everyone at Christian Dior head
office who raised £1,412 for LGFB through an
internal sample sale.
Jackie Charnley
& The Royal Bank of Scotland
Regular Glasgow volunteer, Jackie Charnley
who works for The Royal Bank of Scotland,
applied for the Bank’s “Community Cash Back
Award” on behalf of LGFB in recognition of our
work at Maggie’s Centre, Glasgow. Thanks to
Jackie, LGFB successfully received £250 from
RBS for which we are grateful.
L’Oreal Luxury Products
Thanks to Alexandre Choueiri, General Manager
of Lancome, and the team at L’Oreal Luxury
Products for very kindly making a donation of
£2,805.
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Glanford & Lindsey Lions Club
The Glanford & Lindsey Lions Club held yet
another hugely successful charity ball in
November which raised a further £4,400 for
LGFB. Our thanks to all those involved in the
event, in particular Lynn Tattersall, LGFB
Regional Co-ordinator for Lincoln and Hull who
nominated LGFB to be the charity to benefit
from the Lions fundraising.
Shelley Turley
Brighton volunteer, Shelley, kindly sent in £20
which was donated by her company Coltene
Whaledent in recognition of Shelley’s work for
LGFB.
Lesley Enoch
Lesley rose to a challenge laid before her by 9
Impressions Ltd to perform a magic trick!
This has to be one of the most unusual ways
money has been raised so far, but our thanks
go to Lesley and Mr Pritchard at 9 Impressions
for the £50 donated!
Boots, Chesterfield
Long term LGFB supporter and volunteer, Val
Sherrington, has been organising the Boots
Chesterfield team again into raising more funds
for LGFB. This time we received a donation for
£71 as a result of money collected on counter.
Thanks to all!
Pure Temps Beauty Agency
We were contacted last year by Nicholas who
heads up the Pure Temps Agency to let us
know the great news that the Agency was keen
to support LGFB by making regular donations.
So far this year Nicholas and his team have
donated £121. Thanks to everyone involved.
Elizabeth Arden
The head office team continue to forward
donations to LGFB on behalf of their
customers. Since our last magazine, an
additional £520 has been sent in taking the
grand total donated last year to £794.
Our sincere thanks to Elizabeth Arden and their
customers.
Boots Making the Difference
Scheme
Boots run a fantastic scheme for their
employees who take part in charitable
fundraising which allows them to apply to have
their proceeds matched by the company. This
year LGFB has received an additional £9,927
from Boots as a result of this scheme. Our
heartfelt thanks go to the Boots staff for
creating this opportunity, Boots head office for
making the extra donations, and in particular,
LGFB Task Force member Julie Galley for
organising all the paperwork to make it
possible.
Debenhams, Brighton
Thanks to Hayley Vernon-Ward, one of our
volunteers from Elizabeth Arden, who arranged
a Beauty Gala event at Debenhams in Brighton
raising a fantastic £482. Well done to the
whole team for all their hard work.
Debenhams, Workington
Thanks go to Deborah Martin, Beauty
Department Manager of Debenhams
Workington and her team, along with LGFB
Regional Co-ordinator for Carlisle, Gill Marrs,
for all their hard work at the recent Gala evening
held in store in aid of LGFB which raised a
fabulous £260
Ciara Gillen ❹
Ciara contacted LGFB back in July when she
was exploring the idea of putting on a
Masquerade Ball in Belfast in aid of LGFB.
The inspiration came to Ciara after a friend’s
mum was diagnosed with cancer. The team
worked really hard to pull the event together
which took place in October and was a huge
success raising a fantastic £1,400.
We are very grateful to Ciara and all her friends
for their support which is a lovely tribute to the
memory of their friend’s mum.
Boots Fragrance Conference
Last September the Fragrance team at Boots
worked very hard to raise a magnificent £4,211
at their Annual Conference. Thanks go to
Boots’ suppliers who donated prizes for the
raffle and to everyone involved in making the
event such a huge success. We are very
grateful to everyone involved.
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Grand Total
£67,232
Our thanks to you all
11

STOP PRESS
The Look Good...Feel Better Task Force
Look Good...Feel Better has a
secret weapon when it comes to
ensuring the yearly Programme
runs smoothly and efficiently and
this is in the winning form of our
wonderful “Task Force”. Quite
simply, without the hard work of
the Task Force, the Programme
would not run.
Each Member company that supports LGFB
with beauty consultant volunteers donates the
services of one of its team to be a member of
the Task Force. This dedicated team really are
the glue that holds the Programme together,
primarily recruiting new volunteers, arranging
their training, ensuring that their volunteers can
follow the LGFB hospital rotas, and assisting
other brands when they are not able to send a
volunteer to a workshop by organising a
stand-in. In addition to this, the team are also
key to helping organise the yearly product
donations for our patient gift bags, as well
as a number of other projects that come up
each year.
We know the Task Force are incredibly proud
of the work they do to help support women
cancer patients ~ as Sarah Smith from Boots
No.7 (pictured above) says “Look Good
...Feel Better makes a real difference to the
way women feel about themselves during
cancer treatment, and Boots is very proud to
be a major supporter of the charity.”
Welcome to
Linsey
We thought you’d like to see the new
voice behind the ‘phones and emails in
Epsom. Linsey joined us in July, working
part-time as Assistant to Sarahjane.
Linsey has already left her mark with
her smooth, unruffled co-ordination of this
year’s Carol Concert and says
she is ready for all the new initiatives
coming our way in 2009.
Welcome to the team Linsey.
Here two other members of the Task Force
talk about their role:
MANDY CLANCY, Clinique
“Prior to joining the Task Force Team in
September 2006, my previous role had been
the Clinique Business Manager at Fenwick of
Newcastle, until I discovered I had breast
cancer. It was after my recovery that I
accepted the position as Clinique Look
Good…Feel Better Co-ordinator.
During my journey I received support from so
many different people and colleagues
throughout the cosmetic industry. This is what
gave me the strength and the fighting spirit to
get through it. As a patient, part of that
recovery came from attending a LGFB
workshop. I felt fragile in the beginning, until
the volunteers got the session underway.
They quickly created an atmosphere that
helped us all feel relaxed and made sure we
all had fun. I shall never forget that day.
For every workshop, my role is to find a
volunteer and sometimes this can be required
at short notice, as volunteers occasionally
themselves cannot attend the workshop.
From my own experience I can really
appreciate the support that each volunteer
gives, and feel proud to be a member of the
Task Force Team and this great programme.
It truly is empowering what can be achieved
from a volunteer, a lipstick and a smile!”
DANIELLA BELL, Clinique
“I feel extremely honoured to be part of the
Task Force Team, who in turn work closely
with LGFB to ensure that we have passionate
and caring Consultants supporting the
workshop sessions.
Having supported several loved ones in their
fight against cancer, I am privileged to be able
to support this wonderful charity and know
that I can give something back and in doing
so can bring happiness and put a smile back
onto the faces of patients attending the
programme.”
The team are
Boots No.7
Sarah Smith 0115 959 4485
Julie Lawrence 0115 968 7242
Chanel
Helena Houghton 020 7518 9163
Clarins
Claire Christmas 020 7307 6794
Sasha Shepherd 020 7307 6793
Clinique
Daniella Powell 0870 0346824
Mandy Clancy 01661 835074
Elizabeth Arden
Christine Dystant 020 7574 2734
Jane Wilson 07956 351 108
Estee Lauder
Lindsey Fidler 020 7409 6828
Givenchy
Rachel Evans 020 7563 8824
Guerlain
Alex Goddard 020 7563 7533
Lancome
Tina Cowey 07785 294604
Lynne Bance 07847 438506
Katie King 020 8762 4911
L’Oreal UK Ltd
Kathi Kneussl 020 8762 4637
YSL Beaute
Laura Morgan 01444 255751
At the time of going to press, Christian Dior
and Max Factor were temporarily without
representation on the Task Force.
If you work for one of the above brands and
would like to volunteer your services to help
at our workshops, then please do call your
Task Force team member who will be very
happy to hear from you.
We would like to take this opportunity to
thank our Task Force on behalf of the
Charity and the thousands of ladies they
have helped over the years. Thank you to
every one of you and please keep up the
good work!
West Hill House 32 West Hill Epsom
Surrey KT19 8JD
Telephone: 01372 747500
Fax: 01372 747502
www.lgfb.co.uk e-mail: info@lgfb.co.uk
Registered Charity No. 1031728 12