Jean, yes, there is a lot to be grateful for. I have a wonderful stylist, who is from Europe, who is just as good but I am not paying for some of the extras like advertising and a publisist. I went for years to Vidal Sasson and Umberto Bevery Hills but now I'd have to drive an hour and pay top dollar for their overhead. The community I live in has quite a number of well known personalities and we have some really great less visible stylists.

Some of the ship boutques carry La Prarie reasonably priced. I use the Skin Caviar, and a few other La Prarie products which, I got on the Navigator last year. Really nice stuff. I love that kind of pampering - what girl doesn't?