'She's left all her moisturizers and her rejuvenating creams and her eye-liner and everything.

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Out went the portable CD player and CDs, the exfoliant, skin toner, and rejuvenating cream, the hair dryer and conditioner, two pairs of logging& and matching tunic tops, half my stash of underwear and socks.

When a client, for instance, paid serious money for what the early ads called " 'a rejuvenating cream de luxe for the ultra fastidious woman, containing the youthifying essence of Water Lily buds,' the mere possession of such a luxury helped her feel both youthified and richer."