| This month is Breast Cancer Awareness month and | | | | friends and you could do the same. Other events |
| as a homage to the many valuable charities that raise | | | | include wearing pink to the office or having a pink tea |
| money to help research treatment, cures and | | | | party. |
| support sufferers, women all over the country are | | | | • It is not just the stars that are showing their |
| donning pink. Be it clothing, shoes, underwear or even | | | | support for this awareness month however. |
| pink hair, all shades of the girly colour are being seen | | | | Companies are donating profits from the sale of |
| on celebrities. Inspired by daring fuchsia or baby soft | | | | specially made products to breast cancer charities, so |
| shades, pink can be a colour worn by the masses | | | | you can do your bit and shop at the same time! |
| and should be worn in celebration especially this | | | | Asda and Damart have teamed up and designed a |
| October. | | | | limited edition pink camisole top and pair of over the |
| • You could dress yourself and your daughter in | | | | knee socks which have been modelled by Kristina |
| a pink velour tracksuit as you complete Breast | | | | Rihanoff, one of the professional dancers on Strictly |
| Cancer Havens high-Heel-a-thon which is a 2km stroll | | | | Come Dancing, with proceeds going to Breast cancer |
| in your best heels wearing something pink at the | | | | Campaign. Make-up giants Estée Lauder and |
| same time. Kimberly Walsh from Girls Aloud | | | | their awareness Ambassador Elizabeth Hurley have |
| completed the first stroll ever in Leeds on September | | | | created a pink lipstick collection with the profits going |
| 27th. | | | | to the Breast Cancer research Foundation. |
| • Or you could really set yourself a challenge and | | | | So whether you decide to dress up with your |
| enter the Pedal It Pink, a women's only cycle event | | | | daughter in a pink velour tracksuit, bake some pink |
| with a half marathon or full marathon distance to | | | | cup cakes or get on your bike, you will be doing so |
| choose from. Olympic Cycling Champion Victoria | | | | much good for the charities which fund the research |
| Pendleton will be donning her pink cycling shorts this | | | | and development of treatments and cures. Your |
| year. | | | | support will also help the sufferers of cancer, those |
| • Pink Fridays have been created by Breast | | | | who have recovered from the disease and the |
| Cancer Care to help raise money by organising | | | | families who have tragically lost a daughter, mother |
| events on every Friday of October. GMTV host Jenni | | | | or grandmother to breast cancer. |
| Falconer has organised a pink clothes swap with her | | | | |