Florida Children's Hospital Patients Receive A Special Visit

Pediatric Patients at the Florida Children's Hospital Receive the Royal Treatment and a Special Visit from Cinderella

ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 23, 2007 - The little patients at Florida Children's Hospital received more than medicine on Monday, October 22.  Volunteers from the community, together with celebrity makeup artist and founder of CARA Cosmetics, Leslie Garcia Christin, and makeup artists from Studio CARA, gave these patients the royal treatment with princess and prince makeovers including shimmering make-up, face painting, hair styling, nail polishing, and even costumes!  There was even a special visit by Disney princess, Cinderella.  It was a remarkable day as they got crowned princes and princesses for the day!

About Florida Hospital Children's Hospital

Florida Children's Hospital is a 155 specialty bed, full-service facility served by nearly 60 Kids' Docs, the largest panel of pediatric specialists in Orlando, and a highly trained pediatric team of more than 600 employees.  The dedicated children's hospital delivers a complete range of pediatric health services to younger patients, who benefit from the expertise of specialized departments throughout Florida Hospital.  When construction is complete in 2010, Florida Children's Hospital will have 200 beds; private, family-centered pediatric rooms; a dedicated pediatric emergency department; an Advanced Center for Pediatric Surgery; destination pediatric programs including advanced surgery, oncology, neurosurgery, cardiology, transplant services, and full-service pediatrics; and an innovative health and obesity platform.

About Studio CARA and CARA Cosmetics

For more than 14 years, Leslie Garcia Christin has thrived as a film and television makeup artist, creating looks for models, actors and celebrities including Elizabeth Hurley, Wesley Snipes, Tyne Daly, Tony Curtis and Kathy Ireland. CARA Cosmetics are being used on shows and movies including The Unit, Oceans 11, Blades of Glory, Out of Time, Bad Boys II and Pirates of the Caribbean. Raised in Spain, Leslie Garcia Christin fused her professional experience with her passion for helping people create signature looks to launch CARA ("face" in Spanish) Cosmetics. Leslie Garcia Christin's star-studded make-up collection can be found at her signature studio in Winter Park, FL in addition to 200 salons and spas around the country. 

For more information contact Florida Hospital Media Relations, at 407-303-8217.

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