Michael Graves Designs New Line of Beauty Tools for Slice

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Slice, Inc., announces a line of new beauty tools designed by award-winning architect and famed designer Michael Graves.  Created for both professional and consumer use, the products will debut at CosmoProf North America, one of the largest beauty-care shows in the world, from July 31 through August 2 in Las Vegas.

“Mr. Graves has created timeless designs for some of the largest brands in the world,” says Mr. TJ Scimone, CEO of Slice.  “He is a master at bringing function and style to everyday objects – which is exactly why Slice commissioned him to create these elegant new beauty tools.”

The initial 12 designs are the result of a 2-year collaboration between Slice and Mr. Graves, and include six different models of precision tweezers, nail scissors, cuticle scissors, fingernail clippers, toenail clippers, a ceramic nail file, and cosmetic pencil sharpener.

Based on the concept of river stones, the products are extremely comfortable to use and hold in the hand and feature advanced materials such as ceramics, DuPont Hytrel and German blades. MSRPs range from $9.99 to $19.99.

The products will be sold to professional beauty supply stores, salons, and retailers worldwide, and via www.sliceproducts.com. Six styles of tweezers and the cosmetic pencil sharpener are now available and shipping, with the balance of products shipping first quarter 2012. Slice will debut the entire new line at CosmoProf North America, booth D2074.

Slice, Inc. manufactures an award-winning collection of designer cutting tools for home, school, office and industry.  Founded in 2008 by TJ Scimone as a way to help fund long-term care for his son, Alex, who is Autistic, Slice donates a minimum 1% of all sales to help fund Autism research.

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Kanji Tattoo Designs

You are looking to get a tattoo and you want it to be special and mean something. You are thinking of a Kanji Tattoo design, but where should you go? You have heard about the tattoos of some people who thought they were getting a tattoo that means “peace” when in actuality it means “worm” or something weird like that. Do your research and find a reputable tattoo shop that specializes in Kanji Tattoo designs. A good site will have no problem explaining the designs and even lead you to sites that will verify the Kanji tattoo designs.

Before looking for Kanji tattoo designs there are a few things you should know. The Japanese have no alphabet, so knowing this will help you understand the tattoo. Japanese writing actually has three sets of characters:

Japanese writing also has three styles:

When looking for your special tattoo, remember how the words will translate. If you want “Big Daddy” tattooed on your arm, what will it translate to in Japanese? How does “Large Father” sound?

Some people like to look at Zodiac tattoo designs. Instead of the usual tattoo of your birth sign, consider the Zodiac tattoo designs in Japanese. Because of the numerous different symbols in the Japanese and Chinese language, all contexts should be most importantly clear, and the character for “year” is added to the zodiac sign. The translations between modern readings and traditional meanings are different, so be sure the tattoo artist knows what he is doing, and is very familiar with the complexities of the Japanese language.

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