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The Balancing Act - Lifetime Television

The Balancing Act Set

The Balancing Act TV show airs on Lifetime Television at 7:30am (ET/PT) -- and is America’s only morning show that’s about women, for women, and trusted by women. Celebrating life and all there is to accomplish, The Balancing Act inspires and empowers with entertaining and educational segments, placing women in the best position to achieve success in every area of their lives. For additional information or to view a segment visit www.TheBalancingAct.com

Desiging Spaces - TLC, WE

Designing Spaces Set

Designing Spaces is a half hour national television series that travels all over the country re defining and re designing space. The show spans the genre of decorating ideas, do it yourself projects, and step by step home improvements. Each episode explores exciting topics and home trends which inspire viewers to take on all home improvement challenges and decorating dilemmas. Its tag line “If you can dream it, you can do it”

Designing Spaces features a series of special editions, including: Beauty Spaces, Kid Spaces, Think Green, Pet Spaces and Kitchen Spaces. Their informative shows are geared towards disseminating innovative ideas and practical solutions to everyday challenges. Guests on Designing Spaces have included representatives from companies such as Microsoft, Disney, MTV, Samsung, Chase Bank, Procter & Gamble, Wal-Mart, Celebrity Cruise Lines and many others.

For additional information or to view a segment visit www.DesigingSpaces.tv

Current Shows

The Balancing Act


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Smart Shopper with Pre Paid Cards

In this segment, we learn how prepaid cards can help you simplify and control household spending. Jennifer Boutwell of Incomm explains the versatile uses of prepaid debit cards, gift cards, prepaid wireless and prepaid digital content.




How to get out of Personal Debt

Credit cards are easy to whip out to pay for just about everything. Many people today dealing with personal hardships including unemployment, medical bills, and bad mortgages find themselves weighed down with a heavy debt load. It can be a frightening and stressful situation--but there are ways to dig out! In our four part series about debt management, Tim Wilkins of Freedomdebt.com walks us through the minefield of debt settlement, consolidation, and even bankruptcy. If you owe too much to credit card companies, you’ll feel relieved to find out there are reasonable and responsible ways to relieve debt, and rebuild your credit.







The Smartest Way To Buy A Home

Buying a home is usually the biggest financial purchase a person will make, and you want an agent that is truly working for YOU. But, not all agents are created equal. In fact, many home buyers find out the hard way that their agent wasn’t solely on their side. In this segment, we explain “Exclusive Buyer Agents” and what they can do best for you… not just at contract time, but throughout the entire process of buying a home. Buying a home is usually the biggest financial purchase a person will make, and you want an agent that is truly working for YOU. But, not all agents are created equal. In fact, many home buyers find out the hard way that their agent wasn’t solely on their side. In this segment, we explain “Exclusive Buyer Agents” and what they can do best for you… not just at contract time, but throughout the entire process of buying a home.Buying a home is usually the biggest financial purchase a person will make, and you want an agent that is truly working for YOU. But, not all agents are created equal. In fact, many home buyers find out the hard way that their agent wasn’t solely on their side. In this segment, we explain “Exclusive Buyer Agents” and what they can do best for you… not just at contract time, but throughout the entire process of buying a home.




Round Table Discussion 2

Want to hear what real moms out there have to say about balancing their busy lives? Host Kristy Villa talks to a panel of them as they discuss daily challenges over coffee..




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Traveling With Pets and Keeping Them Safe

Jeff Probst is best known as the Emmy Award-Winning star host of 19 phenomenally successful installments of “Survivor”. What people don’t know about the charismatic star is that he’s also an animal lover who enjoys taking his pets on many of his exotic adventures. Probst is teaming with Purina Pro Plan’s Doing More For Pets program to provide helpful advice about ways to care for your four-legged friends in every day situations. He’ll also have some interesting insight into the success of “Survivor”.




How to get out of personal Debt

Credit cards are easy to whip out, to pay for just about everything. But today – many people with personal hardships like unemployment, medical bills, and bad mortgages find themselves weighted down with a heavy debt load. It can be a frightening and stressful situation, but there are ways to dig out. In our four part series about debt management, Tim Wilkins of Freedomdebt.com walks us through the minefield of debt settlement, consolidation, and even bankruptcy. If you owe too much to credit card companies, you’ll feel relieved to find out there are reasonable and responsible ways to relieve debt, and rebuild your credit.




How to get out of Personal Debt

Credit cards are easy to whip out, to pay for just about everything. But today – many people with personal hardships like unemployment, medical bills, and bad mortgages find themselves weighted down with a heavy debt load. It can be a frightening and stressful situation, but there are ways to dig out. In our four part series about debt management, Tim Wilkins of Freedomdebt.com walks us through the minefield of debt settlement, consolidation, and even bankruptcy. If you owe too much to credit card companies, you’ll feel relieved to find out there are reasonable and responsible ways to relieve debt, and rebuild your credit.




How women are achieving success in direct selling

): This segment focuses on an opportunity for women to make money and have a career in a home-based business that offers flexibility and fun.




Color Choices

Don’t Leave Your Color Choices To Chance. Choose Success! Pick Colors That Go With Your Pillows, Artwork, Collections, Etc. Brush Out 2 To 4 Potential Colors In Small Patches On Each Wall Of The Room And Observe Them Throughout The Day, As The Light Changes. Many Paint Companies Offer Sample Jars Of Their Color Collections, Saving You Time And Money.



Designing Spaces


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Revamp Your Hair Styling Regimen

Looking to revamp your hair style? Here on Beauty Spaces this is a favorite topic and a natural one for us to take on! Maybe you’ll go with a different color; become a blonde or go for a luxurious jet black. Well there’s a lot more to it than a bottle of dye, so we have gone to the experts to find out how you can get true salon quality right at home. Call it “Do It Yourself” hairstyling.


Beauty on a Budget, Bring the Nail Spa Experience Home

The beauty of nails: classic, sultry, demure. Beautiful nails make a statement, and stand as a reflection of you and how you feel about yourself. Unfortunately, until today, to get truly beautiful nails required a trip to the salon, and that takes time and money…something many of us are in short supply of. Beauty Spaces has some good news for you: what if we told you all the nails you have just seen could be done at home by…YOU, your very own French Manicure.


The Foundation of Fashion

Every woman wants to look beautiful, and a big part of that image is her bust line. Today’s woman leads a busy lifestyle, and she requires a bra that delivers comfort and style. Beauty Spaces has gone to one of the leading innovators in bras, Warnaco, to talk to their Vice President of Creative Design, to find out what is the right bra for you. Guess what we discovered…8 out of 10 women are wearing the wrong bra size!


Innovations in Cosmetic Fillers

Eventually there comes a point when we look into the mirror and no longer look as young as we feel. As we age, those little wrinkles and lines tend to become more noticeable. There are many different non-surgical products and procedures to choose from when seeking treatments to reduce the signs of aging, including wrinkle fillers. This is a technology with some patient friendly improvements, and Beauty Spaces decided to find out the very latest in wrinkle fillers.


An Eco-Radiant You

Beauty Spaces is taking a hint from our sister show, Think Green, and getting eco friendly today. We are looking at a special type of makeup, called mineral makeup, which is made from one hundred percent natural minerals with no chemical fillers. We’re in for a makeup make over for a new eco-radiant you! We are joined by an expert from Purity Mineral Science, the maker of Purity Makeup, to introduce our guest and audience to the new world of eco-friendly mineral makeup.


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Simple Innovations for Kitchen & Bath

Designing Spaces discovered a revolutionary way to install tile on countertops and backsplashes. It’s called-- Simple Mat. Simple Mat was designed and is made by Custom Building Products, a leader and expert in tile installation products. Simple Mat provides an instant bond for the tile, and lasting strength for a beautiful and durable installation.


www.skiltools.com

There is such a feeling of accomplishment that comes with making something for the house, or doing a simple repair. It’s no longer a man’s world. Guys, move over, here comes the ladies with power tools. Now, many woman find that intimidating, but the truth is—don’t be intimidated by power tools.


Spring into Clean; Making Light of Cleaning

With ideas for spring cleaning on many minds this time of the year, it may be time to upgrade that old standby…your vacuum cleaner. There’s good reason you use your vacuum cleaner all year round, and it plays a major part in the day to day maintenance of a clean and healthy home. Well, Designing Spaces has set up some cleaning challenges right here in this home to demonstrate that the new generation of vacuum cleaners are not only up to the task, but make cleaning quicker and easier.


Creating a Luxurious Night's Sleep Makeover

Nothing’s changed….year after year….it reached the point where, your bedroom has become a bore. Wait a minute! Before you jump to conclusions, let’s make it clear that we are referring to a major part of the bedroom’s furnishings…the sheets, spreads, covers and pillow cases on your bed! As one of the most important rooms in your home, accessorizing your bedroom is an extension of your personal style, and time spent there is important to your health and well-being.


Navigating Through the Home Loan Maze

Designing Spaces knows it can be stressful at times when you start the process of buying a new home. To help relieve that stress as well as cover other home loan topics—the experts from Bank of America Home Loans® join the show.


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Flameless Accent Candles for Today's Lifestyle

The light of candles…there is something magical about it; the soft warm glow, the almost friendly flickering…perhaps it is something primal in humans to experiencing a feeling of warmth and comfort from the distinctive light provided by candles. When it comes to our homes, and their décor, candles make a statement, and set a tone or mood unlike any other accessory. Of course, we are aware that there is a downside to candles, mainly because of the open flame, which could present a danger. But what if you were told that all the candles you have just seen…are flameless.


Innovations in Compact Specialty Appliances

With all the time spent having fun, enjoying cold drinks and snacks, you would think the rec-room fridge would be enough to keep the traffic out of the kitchen. Designing Spaces has an answer for the way families live today. There is a need in the home for food storage and preparation away from the kitchen even when space is limited.


Designing Your Financial Future Series: Tools to Help You Manage Your Credit

If there’s one thing this economy has taught us, it’s the importance of sound financial planning. Now that the markets have calmed down, people are taking a more thoughtful approach to their finances. Today on Designing Spaces we are going to take a closer look at how we can better manage our finances. Bill and Nancy met in college, after several years of dating they got married and moved into their first home. The couple is now expecting their first child, and knows that despite the problems with the economy, they need to start planning for the future.


Girls Powered Up: Tools, Tips and Projects

There is such a feeling of accomplishment that comes with making something for the house, or doing a simple repair. It’s no longer a man’s world. Guys, move over, here comes the ladies with power tools. Now, many women find that intimidating, but the truth is…don’t be intimidated by power tools.

Direct Response


Christi Harris Precision Brow Planing System

Debuted in November of 2009 to rave reviews. DR marketing group Is responsible for all areas of campaign management for the Christi Harris team, From production through to fulfillment, media buying and reporting. Roll out of this project will commence in early February 2010.




Backyard Botanical Eden Garden by Backyard Leisure

DR marketing group successfully launched a multi-channel marketing campaign for Backyard Leisure, LLC and its patented Backyard Botanical™ Eden  Gardening System. The campaign launched with multiple television appearances, including segments on the educational television shows Designing Spaces and Kitchen Spaces, produced by O2 Media’s subsidiary Quorum Productions as well as the popular show The Balancing Act, which is produced by its subsidiary BrandStar Entertainment . A long-form infomercial and two short form spots are currently scheduled to re-test in time for the growing season in February of 2010



Wahl Clipper Corp

Wahl Clipper Corp has joined forces with Dr marketing group to launch a campaign for their Healthy Infusions line of personal care products. A new, more flexible ProStyler is being introduced which not only conditions as it straightens in half the time of the competition, but is versatile enough to create sassy waves and flips. Consumers will also have the ability to purchase Wahl’s Healthy Infusion System, which contains everything you need for that salon perfect style. Watch out for its debut in February 2010.