Cosmetic company see rise in lipstick sales
Hard economic times call for cutting back on life's little luxuries, but one company says its customers are doing plenty of feel good spending. Mary Kay has been around since the 1960s selling skin care products and make up to women.

Susan Lark, MD Offers "Do's and Don'ts" to Combat Dry Winter Skin
Susan Lark, MD, noted medical researcher, clinical nutritionist and women's health practitioner, offers her top tips to help deal with dry and itchy skin caused by cold winter weather. (PRWeb Dec 1, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Dr-Lark/dry-winter-skin/prweb1673004.htm

Malibu Wellness Addresses Sensitive Skin Issues with New Starter Skin Care Products
Modern Living Has Resulted in Millions of Americans Suffering with Irritating, Sensitive Skin Issues (PRWeb Nov 27, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/11/prweb1664244.htm

Laxative helps clear up skin problems
Q: As a teenager, I was blessed with relatively few blemishes. Now, in my mid-20s, I have developed large, deep pimples that heal slowly...

Events Calendar
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Greener living | Personal care products might contain harmful chemicals
Now we're really getting personal. This installment of FYI's Greener Living series is focused on your private place ? the bathroom.

Nigeria: I'm Not Romantic, Ojukwu is - Bianca
Bianca Ojukwu , is wife of Former Biafran leader, the Ikemba Nnewi and two time- presidential candidate of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.

Workers out of a job with no offer of redundancy
WORKERS at a cosmetics factory were yesterday told ? you?ve lost your job and you?re not getting any redundancy payments.

Five Tips for Looking Red-carpet Ready at Home
(ARA) - Women often look to red carpet events to see the latest trends in fashion and beauty brought to life. Unlike celebrities, most of us don't have access to the stylists and makeup artists usually required to pull off these looks.

Times & Star
MORE than 100 women turned up at Workington?s Debenhams store for fun, fashion and facials on Wednesday evening. Makeovers, hair styling and skin care tips were all on offer at the store to raise money for women?s cancer charity Look Good...Feel Better.

The best of the breast
Avoid the booby trap; make the most of your assets by protecting and perfecting your décolletage.

Foundation for you, Sir?
A peek inside John?s toiletry bag. MEENA SREENIVASAN finds out that more men are beginning to dig into their toiletry bags for ...gasp! ... make-up. HEARD of the guyliner, manscara, mancake and manbags? Heck, there are even concealers and bronzers for men now.

Foundation for you, Sir?
MEENA SREENIVASAN finds out that more men are beginning to dig into their toiletry bags for ...gasp! ... make-up.

Self-Sanitizing Walls and Ceilings ? Green Solution for Food Industry Outbreaks?
Nanotechnology improves environment and saves costs to keep maintain hygienic environment inside food production and clean room facilities; less water and chemicals are needed to disinfect walls and ceilings, less impact on the environment, improved indoor air quality and reduced building maintenance costs. [PR.com - November 22, 2008]

Christmas gift guide for all the family
The best moment in my life ever (apart, obviously, from the birth of my first child, and ,er, the second) occurred at a quarter past four on Christmas morning, 1981. I opened my eyes and saw Father Christmas sneaking out of my bedroom.

Beauty business is appealing amid difficult economy
Delores Martin wanted to earn some extra money.

Sense of Fashion: Shop locally
For some of you, there's an added challenge to get up at the crack of dawn, coupon toting, to be the first in the parking lot on Black Friday. So here's a new challenge: Don't forget your small-business owners this year. -- Sick of searching for parking downtown? The newest deck is open and is free in Ellis Square through Dec. 1. -- There's plenty of shopping in between downtown and the malls. ...

Beauty Treatments in Your Kitchen
In her book , "Natural Superwoman," Rosamond Richardson says that over the centuries women have discovered that many of the everyday foods we use in our kitchens have beauty-nourishing effects.

Clarins Boutique opens its first boutique in Dubai Mall
Dubai, 25 November, 2008- Paris, Tokyo, New-York, Hong-Kong, Malaysia, Mexico and Taiwan, and now DUBAI! Clarins, the European leader in skin care products, announced the launching of its first Boutique in the Middle East. The new outlet is located on the 1st floor at the main entrance of Dubai Mall Dubai Mall , the world's biggest mall, and is opening its doors for his special visitors daily ...

Exotic arts, clothes sale at Academy
The annual World Art Bazaar at the Honolulu Academy of Arts offers a wide range of fair-trade arts, crafts, jewelry and clothing collected by astute buyer Kathee Hoover. Among the one-of-a-kind pieces this year: vintage Japanese haori ($45 to $195), crewel embroidered jackets from India ($395) and silk ikat scarves from Uzbekistan ($65). For anyone seeking the unusual in jewelry, there are ...