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World’s Most Expensive Manicure Why do you need diamond jewelry, when you can get them on your nails? Yes, you read right, you can get a diamond manicure thanks to the Iced manicure by Cherish Angula. The extremely luxurious manicure lets you have 10 carats of Diamonds on your nails as a parting gift. And don’t fret too much, there is an aftercare service that not only removes the diamonds off your nails but also lets you take the precious stones along by converting it into jewelry pieces of your choice. The Iced manicure at Cherish…Me is priced at US$51,000 , which makes it the most expensive manicure to date. The Most Expensive Perfume in the World This is a 500 ml bottle of the Imperial Majesty version of a fragrance called No. 1. The price of these 500 ml is US$215,000 the bottle itself is Baccarat crystal, with an 18 carat gold ring around the rim, with a 5-carat diamond inset in it. This is a very unique perfume seeing as only 10 bottles of it have been m...

World Most Expensive Pen Known as The Aurora Diamante, it is covered with over 30 carats of De Beers diamonds on a solid platinum barrel. It has a two-tone, rhodium-treated, 18KT solid gold nib and is personalized with a coat of arms, signature, or portrait. A jewel more than a pen, it is definitely classy. So exclusive is this pen that only one will be produced per year. Aurora Pens claim it is the only over 30-carat pen in the world, making it one of the most expensive ones ever. Priced at over €1 million (US$1.3 million), this pen is definitely a great way to laugh in the face of recession The World’s Most Expensive Monopoly Game The 18-karat gold version of the famous Parker Brothers board game is on display at the Museum of American Finance. The gold and jewel-encrusted Monopoly is estimated to be worth roughly $2 million. The set of dice alone is valued at $10,000, with 42 full-cut diamonds for the number dots. All of the properties that make up the game ...

1. The graphic designer Peter Hewitt, founder of Tea Forte in Concord, in 2003 created the company’s signature pyramid-shaped nylon bag. A pleasing combination of geometric and organic: tall polyhedral infuser packs, each with a disarmingly natural-looking leaf/sprout tag. Although the tall pyramidal shape is not a “close packing” polyhedron, the individual tea-bag/infusers do pack together in a variety of sculpturally intriguing ways 2. Creative lighting concept by Wonsik Chae imitates the form of a tea bag . Consisting of a cup filled with a chemical intermediate and a bag containing fluorescent molecules, the light works through a catalyst of this chemical reaction. 3. If you were a tea lover, the yellow submarine should be a great tea bag for you. This small gadget shaped like a submrine. Put tea into the submarine, then dunk it in the cup full of hor water, after a while, a cup of fresh tea will be ready for you 4. This very idea evolved as a concoction betwee...

“Cut Chair” is unique concept design by Peter Bristol . “A plate concealed by a thick carpet allows a robust cantilevered seat. Three well placed leg ‘stumps’ and the chair looks as though it has just been magically sliced apart,” notes by Bristol. Photos © Peter Bristol

Two reliable sources say Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is talking to Skype about either buying the company or forming a joint venture, according to Reuters. One of the sources said Facebook is considering a buyout of Skype at a price of between $3 billion and $4 billion. Others pointed out that Skype’s IPO, which has been recently delayed by its new CEO until the second half of 2011, was expected to raise less than that, around $1 billion. The other source told Reuters the deal won’t be a purchase by Facebook, but a joint venture between Facebook and Skype . Skype and Facebook are no strangers. Last October, when Skype released its version 5.0 software for Windows, it included a Facebook tab that let users chat or call Facebook friends via Skype, right from the Facebook newsfeed that can be viewed from within the Skype application. Facebook isn’t the only one chasing Skype. One of the sources talking to Reuters added that Google was also in “early talks” with Skype about a joint ventur...

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