ANGELA PIDDUCK Sunday, October 22 2006

Cheryl Bowles, Managing Director, The Herbarium Ltd at Trincity, and creator of Cher Mere Day Spas, and Cher Mere Cosmet-ics now sold internationally, was the special guest of French Executive, Monsieur Bruno Questrel, of International Wellness Markets, and European Co-ordinator of Health and Beauty America (HBA), at the prestigious 5th Annual HBA Awards Dinner in the Metropolitan Ballroom of the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers.

Bowles, who has since returned home, spoke of the time shared with the most prestigious super-global cosmetic companies, at what could be compared to the Oscars in cosmetics. Estee Lauder, Revlon and Proctor and Gamble were all recipients of Awards in product development, research and development, packaging and technology.

Questrel, who led a contingent of 25 French cosmetic companies to the HBA Trade Show at the Jacob Javitz Centre in New York, from September 12-14, 2006, has invited Bowles to collaborate and work with his group on a special exclusive line of natural Caribbean cosmetics which will be launched at HBA 2007.

Bowles, who named her product after her late mother Merle, a beautician for more than 50 years, “I attended the HBA Trade Show to explore new raw materials, packaging innovations, and new trends emerging in the cosmetic and wellness markets.”