BEST BUYS:Happy to be back in the print medium

EDITOR’S NOTE: After nearly a year’s hiatus, the Pilot is pleased to welcome back Greer Wylder’s popular weekly column Best Buys.

It’s been too long — almost a year since the last Best Buys column was published in the Daily Pilot. In the interim, I started my own business (www.greersoc.com, an online version of Best Buys) and spent more time with my husband and four boys. When Pilot Editor Tony Dodero asked me recently if I wanted to return to the pages of the Pilot, I was thrilled. It’s good to be back. Now let’s get to some “best buys.”

FURNITURE SALES

You can find the lowest prices of the season through Jan. 20 at Fleur de Lys, a great lifestyle and home furnishings boutique on East 17th Street in Costa Mesa. You can save on one-of-a-kind Asian furniture pieces reduced 30%, original Italian etchings reduced 50%, small gift items, including pillar candles, vases and large patinaed tin mirrors.

Owners Josephine Pfeiffer and Shannon Ritter go out of their way to provide an ideal shopping destination with one-of-a-kind home decor and unique gifts. And they offer top-of-the-line service: signature gift wrap, custom gift packages, online gift registry and soon to debut, an online store. Other interesting merchandise includes Zents, a phenomenal spa-quality collection of therapeutic body care and fragrances, Vietri handmade Italian pottery, original art and contemporary wood pieces.

Fleur de Lys, 369 E. 17th St., Suite 14 (next to Plums Cafe in Costa Mesa), is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call (949) 548-0810 or go to www.fleurdelysus.com.

SPEND MOOLAH AT ROUGE

Hot fashions at Lola Rouge are now reduced up to 70% at its stores at Fashion Island in Newport Beach and on East 17th Street in Costa Mesa. Choose from clothing, shoes, accessories, and bath and body products. There are more than 80 designers featured between both locations. Trend followers can choose from Diane von Furstenberg, Tarina Tarantino, great-fitting Rock & Republic jeans, Nanette Lepore, Gwen Stefani’s fashion forward line LAMB, Vince, Juicy, Theory, and more. And it carries the trend-setting Urban Decay makeup line.

Lola Rouge, 270 E. 17th St., No. 4, Costa Mesa, is open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. . For more information, call (949) 646-5652.

Lola Rouge at Fashion Island is open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Friday; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call (949) 719-9030.

BELLISSIMO

At Bella Faccia in Eastside Costa Mesa expect to find European and high-end beauty and skin- and hair-care lines. The beauty boutique and spa features an upscale design with dark woods and travertine floors. Locally renowned aesthetician Kelly Cahill and two MAC-certified makeup artists offer spa and makeup services. Specialty treatments available include a micro-dermabrasion oxygen peel, facials and 3-D lash extensions. Other services include waxing, and makeup applications.

Bella Faccia, 269 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa, is open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday. For more information, call (949) 642-1515.

ART AND COMMERCE

Sigrid Olsen just opened a new boutique at Fashion Island. Sigrid Olsen’s namesake label offers comfortable apparel and accessories for women. Olsen, an artist by training, is known for her novelty prints and knits. The latest Sigrid Olsen store has a new look, designed to reflect a residential ambience borrowed from Olsen’s seaside home in Massachusetts. There’s a gallery-like living room with Olsen’s artwork, a lounge area, an artist studio, and a central area similar to a kitchen, where all of the action takes place. There’s even an under-counter refrigerator to store bottled water for customers.

Olsen wants customers to feel at home as they shop. She even added personal touches like decorative pillows, lamps with shades and wallpaper custom-printed with handprints and watercolors.

Olsen’s store next to Z Gallerie, is open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Friday; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call (949) 644-4796 or go to www.sigridolsen.com.

CHILL AT COLDWATER CREEK

Fans of Coldwater Creek apparel can shop at its first full-line store at South Coast Plaza. The popular catalog and Internet company offers women’s apparel, jewelry, gifts and accessories. Customers can shop for their favorite items in a relaxed setting complete with Coldwater Creek’s signature wall of water. Choose from the best merchandise in the catalog: casual and weekend wear, career wear and fashion basics. Sizes range from petites size 4 to plus size 20.

Coldwater Creek is open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Friday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sunday. It’s on Level Two, in the Crate and Barrel/Macy’s Home Store Wing at South Coast Plaza. For more information, call (714) 668-9338 or go to www.coldwatercreek.com.