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Chantal Thomass Makeup Collection by Nivea

Lingerie designer Chantal Thomass has partnered with Nivea to create a limited-edition makeup line that will be available for about a year. It is due out in July 2009 in 16 European countries. This is the first time that Nivea...

King of Shaves Azure for Women (2009)

The King of Shaves has decided to done on the crown of the queen of shaves with a new, reportedly super-performance razor for women. It's the feminine version of Azor and it's called Woman Azure System Razor. The design looks...

Nostalgia Sells Beauty

An article in the Times Online reports about the nostalgic trend in beauty. Vintage-inspired packaging and concepts strike the fantasy and sentimental chords in us. It is not long before we cave in (I did personally for a mascara by...

Michelle Obama Is Wearing Isabel Toledo

 Michelle Obama in a sparkly gold-looking but in fact green chartreuse Isabel Toledo outfit on Inaguration Day 2009© Larry Downing/Reuters   Dress by Isabel ToledoAn initial inkling of what Michelle Obama will wear today at the swearing-in of her husband Barack Obama...

Prettying Up for Inauguration Day 2009

 When the economy goes bad, there is always room for hope beauty treatments, it seems. As a sign of these times of change symbolised by Inauguration Day 09 today, people want to look their best in the hope of reflecting...