Yes I can! QVC and me!

What to wear to QVC?

Here it is! The big sign on the way in to QVC campus!

Theresa and I after her makeup transformation of me!

Good Morning!

Thanks to so many of you for tuning in, even online in Canada, to watch me on my very brief QVC segment! Man I had to talk fast to get it all in but 6 minutes of air time is 6 minutes I did not have before. Did you know QVC airs to 90 million homes in the United States? Home shopping is big bucks and alive and well thank you very much. I was of course thrilled to be invited – yes they invite you – to guest on the show. It made me feel as if I was keeping company with the big guys including Bobbi Brown (ahem, she’s my pal), Heidi Klum, Ellen de Generes (she just did a QVC show last weekend), Kelly Ripa and the grand dame of them all, Joan Rivers. I will let you in on a little secret – Joan has her own Green Room. The rooms are rarely green of course but this is the place you wait until they call you to air.

I have included some pictures of my makeup artist, Theresa Williams Turner, who is associated with Bobbi Brown. She did a superb job of my makeup if I may say so myself and kudos to her for covering those annoying nervous blemishes that insisted on popping up at a most inconvenient time. Did anyone notice them? Thank you Theresa.

There are a myriad of decisions to make before getting on air. Some of these include what to cook and who will cook it. Thankfully QVC helps with that stuff and my Eat Clean book team of Wendy, Vinita, Antonia, Jessica and Gabby are my logistical rocks who manage details I don’t seem to have time for – thank goodness for them. But I do have to worry about hair and makeup and clothing. When Bobbi Brown offered her advice and one of her own to do hair and makeup for me I could relax but there was still the issue of what to wear. It’s big deal because you have to think about things like what the background of the set is, what the host is wearing, what colors work best and the cut of the clothes never mind what image I want to portray. Should I wear business casual or fitness clothing? That was a tough decision and once again Bobbi helped me out suggesting I stay true to my roots in fitness. I stuck with that idea but I still needed to narrow down color. So I dragged a number of outfits to QVC with me and ultimately decided on the turquoise LuLuLemon top with coordinating black dance pants. Their fit is fab! I topped it off with a pair of fresh, new Nike trainers. Let me know what you thought of the look. I am interested in learning what it is women want to see in a person they go to for health and fitness advice. Tell me please!! I am still always listening.

Enjoy the pictures and this day.
Hugs and inspiration to all of you.
Tosca