Best Buys -- Greer Wylder

Spa Gregories carries B. Kamins Chemist skin care for the care of

stressed-out summer skin. Through August, Spa Gregories is offering

specials on these popular treatment and home care products. B. Kamins

Chemist is a skin care line that claims to combat the signs of aging and

provides hydration to the skin. The products have been featured in such

magazines as Allure, Oprah, Elle and Marie Claire. The popular B. Kamins

911 Facial is discounted 15% through August. Along with this discount,

Spa Gregories is giving away a free gift bag to recipients of the B.

Kamins 911 Facial. The free gift bag is filled with samples of the

following B. Kamins products: Diatomamus Earth Masque, Booster Blue

Rosacea Cream, Vegetable-based cleanser, Sunbar Sunscreen, eye cream,

Revitalizing Booster Concentrate and Menopause Skin Cream. Also, Spa

Gregories is giving away free products with the purchase of $100 or more

in B. Kamins products. The free gift includes such items as the B. Kamins

Ion Toners and the super-hydrating B. Kamins Body Lotion, and is

available while supplies last. It’s open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday

and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Spa Gregories is at 200

Newport Center Drive, Suite 100, Newport Beach.

Classy Seconds is having its semiannual sale. All summer merchandise

is reduced 50%. Included in the sale are women’s, men’s and children’s

apparel; belts, handbags and hats; and artwork. Proceeds from the store

go toward Human Options -- for alternatives for abused women and their

children. It’s at 419 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa. Information: (949)

631-4696.

Costa Mesa’s Mail Boxes Etc. is helping to make sending students to

school easier. Students can ship just about everything through Mail Boxes

Etc., including furniture, skis, stereos, computers and microwaves. “All

it takes is one phone call to solve your special back-to-school packing

and shipping problems,” says Mail Boxes Etc. franchisee Phil Gustavson,

whose store is in Costa Mesa Courtyards, 1835 Newport Blvd., Suite A109.

“No matter how large, how fragile, how valuable, one call can take it off

your hands.” The store’s no-limit shipping policy allows customers to

send large or heavy packages, or both, that exceed service carriers’

weight limits. Also, most locations offer special services, such as

custom packing and crating. Information: (949) 722-0115.

Air de Paris is a new French boutique that opened at South Coast

Plaza. It carries high-quality European designer clothing and

accessories, including Paco Rabanne; Jean Claude Jitrois for stretch

leather; Jean Paul Gaultier for purses, scarves and belts; and Leonard

for silk ties and scarves. It’s on the third floor of the new Crate &

Barrel/Macy’s Home store wing. Information: (714) 556-6369.

The Endless Summer Classic Car Show and Elvis Fest will take place

Sunday at the Orange County Market Place in Costa Mesa. Contestants will

compete for more than $500 in cash and prizes, and share the limelight

during the Endless Summer Car’aoke Contest, scheduled for noon on

Heritage Stage during the second annual event, which is being held at the

Orange County Fairgrounds in conjunction with the weekend swap meet. Up

to 15 aspiring singers will perform karaoke style while vying to win in

the best car song, best love song, best heartbreaker song, best vacation

song and best summer song categories, or to take the grand prize for best

overall presentation. Category winners will receive a $20 cash award and

a $10 merchandise gift certificate; the grand prize winner will receive a

$50 cash award and a $20 merchandise certificate. All participants will

receive an Elvis Fest T-shirt, food and beverage coupon, two Orange

County Market Place admission passes and a commemorative ribbon. The

entry fee is $5, and will go toward the Jailhouse Rockers of California,

a nonprofit organization that supports the Elvis Memorial Trauma Center

in Memphis, Tenn., and other charities. Entry forms are available by

calling D&D; Productions at (714) 441-1826. The second annual Endless

Summer Classic Car Show and Elvis Fest is held in honor of Elvis Presley,

who died Aug. 16, 1977, and features a classic car and motorcycle judging

for all makes and models, including a category for the best Elvis car.

The event will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the fairgrounds’ main mall

and the Automotive Road of Dreams area. Information: (949) 723-6663.

* BEST BUYS appears Thursdays and Saturdays. Send information to Greer

Wylder at 330 W. Bay St., Costa Mesa, CA 92627, or via fax at (949)

646-4170.