BEST BUYS -- Greer Wylder

Making Faces Advanced Skin Care Salon offers skin care treatments,

peels, body care, eye care, waxing, nail care and makeup. The skin care

treatments vary from facials that range in price from $65 for a European

cleansing facial to $120 for a collagen treatment. Skin care treatments

vary from an eye lift treatment for $50 to an oxy-vital treatment for

$90. The peels vary from a glycolic acid peel for $50 to a chemical peel

for $400. The body care treatments include an aromatherapy salt glow for

$40, an anti-stress back treatment for $40, an anti-stress aromatherapy

body wrap for $50, and a full body massage for $60. If you buy any six

treatments in advance, you’ll get the fifth free, excluding the Power

Peel treatment. Making Faces is open Tuesday through Saturday. It’s at

747 Dover St., Newport Beach. (949) 646-5009.

The HomeAid 10th annual Project Playhouse is offering village tours of

its dream playhouses for children for $5 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on

weekends at Fashion Island through Oct. 13. The playhouses will be

auctioned off from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 13. Proceeds from the sale of

the playhouses will go toward HomeAid, a nonprofit organization that

builds shelters for temporarily homeless men, women and children

throughout Southern California. Tickets to attend the auction party are

$30 in advance and $40 at the door. A family of four is $75, and children

12 and younger are $15. Children younger than 3 are free. Participating

architects and builders include Glass Construction Corp. with Hablinski

Architecture, KB Home with KB Home Architecture, Mulvaney & Co. with

Richard Krantz Architecture, New Urban West with JBZ Architecture and

Planning, The Olson Co. with William Hezmalhalch Architects, Pacific

Design Estates with Sinclair Associates Architects, Pardee Homes with

William Hezmalhalch Architects, Shea Homes with William Hezmalhalch

Architects, Tony Valentine Construction/KWC Construction with Brion S.

Jeanette & Associates Inc., and William Lyon Homes with Dennis Flynn

Architects, Inc. (949) 553-9510.

Where’s The Party? is expanding its store into the former Sport Nook

next door and will open toward the end of the month. The new expansion

will specialize in invitations. The original part of the store will have

more party goods, ribbons, party favors and gifts. When the expansion is

complete, there will be all kinds of holiday cards and photo cards to

choose from. Where’s The Party? offer custom announcements, wedding

invitations, greeting cards, custom gift-wrapping, paper goods, stuffed

animals and balloon and helium tank rentals. It’s at 270 E. 17th St.,

Costa Mesa. (949) 722-1803.

A new discount clothing store called the Designer Clothing Outlet

opened in the Mother’s Market center on East 17th Street. It carries

clothing labels for men, women and children, including Victoria’s Secret,

Express Compaignie International, Oshkosh B’Gosh, Lucky Brand, World

Industries, Kenneth Cole, Club Monaco, Calvin Klein, Gap and Byron Nelson

Golf. (949) 642-6059.

Tuesday Morning has new Christmas arrivals, including decorative 3-

and 6-foot Alpine trees at $5.99 to $59.99. There are also wood

nutcrackers that retail at $150 and are reduced to $69.99. Other bargains

are the T-Fal, Calphalon, Wearever and Nordicware cookware reduced from

$2.99 to $99.99. The selection includes skillets, stockpots, bake ware,

saucepans, roasters and griddles. Barbie collectors can get a collection

edition Barbie that’s regularly priced between $39.99 to $59.99 and is

now reduced to $19.99. Other savings are on gold tone or silver tone

metal photo frames at $4.99. Tuesday Morning is at 230 E. 17th St., Costa

Mesa. (949) 650-0455.

Glabman Furniture & Interior Design is having a semiannual rug sale.

There are more than 1,000 hand-knotted rugs to choose from imported from

India, China, Pakistan and Nepal. All of the rugs are reduced 40%.

Glabman is at 3089 Bristol St., Costa Mesa. (714) 540-3822.

* 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.