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From April 2008
A closer look at high-definition makeup - from latimes.com
Awards Promote Beauty Contest - from wsj.com
BeautyBank and HSN to Launch Made-for-Television Beauty Brand - press release
Cosmetic Procedures Increase 457% in Past 10 Years - from skininc.com
Cosmetics sales soar as Japan's men get in touch with their feminine side - from independent.co.uk
Experimenting With Makeup: What Puts the 'Ick' in Lipstick? - from nytimes.com
FDA reviewing Botox - from news10now.com
Five great lip glosses and balms - from timesonline.com
Maximizing the Male Market - from skininc.com
Never too young for a makeover? Cosmetic companies take aim at the 6- to 9-year-old set -from starnewsonline.com
OCA & Dr. Bronner's Issue Cease and Desist Letters to Organic Cheaters - press release
Polyfilla for wrinkles: The £25 face cream which 'smooths lines in seconds' - from dailymail.co.uk
Popular 'natural' personal products fail test - seattlepi.newsource.com
QVC.com turns in another $1 billion performance - from internetretailer.com
Six steps to keep the brand alive when the economy slides - from thewisemarketer.com
Speaking the Same Language - from beautypackaging.com
Starting a Skin-Care Product Line - from businessweek.com
Stem cells in Skincare - from carefair.com
Surgeon behind world's first full-face transplant creates 'miracle' skin-healing gel - from dailymail.co.uk
Whole Foods Launches "Premium Body Care" Seal - from insidecosmeceuticals.com
From March 2008
Beauty And A Boost? - from nbcll.com
Boom In Safe High-End Baby Products - press release
Boost beauty sales - from dmnews.com
Figuring out the scent of a woman requires a game plan - from stltoday.com
FragranceNet's growth hints of repeat orders and broad selection - from internetretailer.com
Holistic Beauty - from happi.com
India among L`Oreal`s top 5 global markets - from exchange4media.com
Old-world leader, new world vision - about Leonard Lauder, from ft.com
Political make-up: copy Hillary Clinton's new look - from women.timesonline.co.uk
Never Too Young for That First Pedicure - from nytimes.com
Ready for my close-up: Adventures in natural cosmetics - from durangoherald.com
Small Companies Are Finding a Home on the Web - from nytimes.com
Target to Launch Nine Natural/Organic Product Brands - from sustainableisgood.com
US nutraceutical company moves into cosmetics - from nutraingredients-usa.com
Why More Women Just Say No To Fragrance - from nytimes.com
From February 2008
A Dermatologist's Drugstore Picks - video from huffingtonpost.com
Anointed by Oprah - worth a read, from nytimes.com in 2004, reprinted in a January 2008 blog
A Shopper's Guide To Moisturizers And Avoiding Dryness - from the bulletin.us
Beauty Blogs Come of Age: Swag, Please! - from nytimes.com
Boots launches No7 skincare for men - from webwire.com
Case Study: For L'Oréal, Recruiting Is All a Big Game - from businessweek.com
Dan Read Cosmetics barrels into HDTV makeup arena - from engadgethd.com
Group seeks Botox warning following 16 deaths - from msnbc.msn.com
'Hi-def' makeup: A new wrinkle in cosmetics - from canada.com
Hispanic saleswomen changing the face of Mary Kay - from star-telegram.com
Packaging show focuses on sustainable design - from cosmeticsdesign-europe.com
Pantone View : Colour Planner for Summer 2009 - from dexigner
Slow growth in 2008 for retail: NRF - from dmnews.com
Tattooed for a Day, Wild for a Night - from nytimes.com
Timestrip® Smart-Label Time Technology Adopted by Growing Number of Manufacturers - press release
Want to get rich, feel younger, look slimmer? There's a perfume tailor-made for the job - from dailymail.co.uk
From January 2008
2 in 1: Makeup Meets Skin Care - from skininc.com
Best and Worst Beauty Products - from theimproper.com
Cosmetics group gets a new look - a new name for the CTFA, from thehill.com
Country of Origin: The new purchase influencer - from thewisemarketer.com
CyberMonday's online sales grow 20.6% over year ago, comScore reports - from internetretailer.com
Fountain of Youth? Go Wash Your Face - from nytimes.com
Jan Marini Eyelash Product Is Taken Off the U.S. Market - from online.wsj.com
Korean manufacturer first to tread into scented tire market - from statesman.com
Marketing in the Google era - from dmnews.com
Minnesota Bans Mercury in Mascara, Eye Liners, Skin-Lightening Creams - from allheadlinenews.com
Mintel lifts the lid on cosmetics trends for 2008 - from cosmeticsdesign-europe.com
Pantone's Color of the Year Is... - from nytimes.com
Remember the brand strategy for those new cool gadgets - from dmnews.com
Results of Day Spa Industry Survey - from spatrade.com
Shoppers spent nearly $28 billion online this holiday season, comScore says - from internetretailer.com
Topically Applied Caffeine Proves Successful as Slimming Agent - from skininc.com
Why women lock lips with their lipstick - from centredaily.com
Women's Hair Trends for Winter 2008 - from carefair.com
'Wonder' face cream may be used as medicine - from timesonline.co.uk
Wrinkle Cream Not Working? Give Me Two More Jars - from nytimes.com
From December 2007
A Blogger's Guide to Judging People (By Their Hair) - from huffingtonpost.com
An emerging social demographic &endash; the ubers*xual - from smartcompany.com.au
Beauty Iconography - about popular makeup and skincare products (from nysun.com)
Botox in a jar: £50 'facelift' cream arrives in the UK - from dailymail.co.uk
Cosmetic line arrives with a bang - from news-press.com
Drug That Lengthens Eyelashes Sets Off Flutter - from wsj.com
Good Grooming for Witty Guys - from happi.com
How to mask your worries - from ft.com
Introducing the Crème de la Crème! - from mexiadailynews.com
Nail The Trends - from roundtownnews.co.uk
The 30 best beauty products of all time - from telegraph.co.uk
The Consumer Crunch - from businessweek.com
The humble beginnings of the cosmetics industry - from boston.com
The top ten marketing trends for 2008 - from wisemarketer.com
The Top 20 Beauty Companies - from beautypackaging.com
Trend for natural cosmetics growing in emerging markets - from cosmeticsdesign-europe.com
Where the Girls Aren't: Female CEOs are MIA - from wistv.com
From November 2007
Age-based drama in play at work - more Baby Boomers working alongside twentysomethings(from chicagotribune.com)
Bulgarian Cosmetics to Beautify Russia - from international.ibox.bg
Five Questions for Mark Schapiro - about Schapiro"s book on toxic ingredients in cosmetics and other everyday products (from sfgate.com)
French Women Don't Get Schlubby - from wral.com
History On The Beauty Bar: How It All Began - from entrepreneur.com
Lead tests raise red flag for lipsticks - Hazardous levels found in one-third of market samples (from boston.com)
Lead tests: response from Paula Begoun - from cosmeticcop.com
The Green Guy's Grooming Guide - from organicspamagazine.com
Thoughts and Opinions of Baby Boomers in America Today - from TheMatureMarket.com
Tips applying, choosing lipstick colors - cnn.com
When Beauty Is More Than a Click Deep - from nytimes.com
Women & Power - profiles of 11 successful women (from newsweek.com)
Women More Likely Than Men To Be Affected By Acne As Adults - from science daily.com
From October 2007
An Unhealthy Obsession with Color of Skin - from china.org.cn
Boomer Women = Big Money For Marketers - from the maturemarket.com
Cosmetic procedures are now being added to regular medical practices - from saukvalley.com
DNA markers in packaging as an anti counterfeit measure - from cosmeticsdesign-eurpoe.com
Does this girl need lipo? - from timesonline.co.uk
Great make-up is just a click away! - athloneadvertiser.ie
L'Oreal Launches Legal Action Against eBay Over Sale of Fakes - from product-reviews.net
Millennials Today - report on the population group 29 years old and younger (from iconiculture.com)
Natural skin care products woo beauty from the chemical beast - from iht.com
New Yorkers Try Facial Yoga to Reduce Wrinkles - from abcnews.go.com
So vein: Hand surgery removes tell-tale sign of ageing - from dialymail.co.uk
The Baby Boomer Media Consumption Study - 2007 - from TheMatureMarket.com
The start of something big? - from mediaincanada.com
From September 2007
Boomer Motto: Age Naturally, But Carry a Big Cosmetics Bag - from publications.mediapost.com
Brands expand: Retailers work to create exclusive products to set themselves apart - from post-gazette.com
Building a Cosmetics Brand from Scratch - from businessweek.com
Clarins rapped over ad claim - from inthenews.co.uk
Ethical questions raised over DNA-tailored cosmetics - from cosmeticsdesign-europe.com
Islamic brands, with universal appeal - from timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Luxury ain't all it is cracked up to be, new book says - from monstersandcritics.com
Mascara Ad Opens Eyes - from retailwire.com
Misunderstanding leads consumers to skip sunscreen - from cosmeticsdesign-europe.com
New look, same smell - from theglobeandmail.com
New Research About Cleansing and Maintaining Skin's Moisture - from skininc.com
New vending machine hot chocolate makes beauty claims - from cosmeticsdesign-europe.com
Pure gold a winning look - from news.com.au
Staying power - Thousands of products jostle for prime position in the saturated beauty market, but only a privileged few survive. Our correspondent celebrates the cult classics and future favourites (from women.timesonline.co.uk)
Study suggests harmful properties of aluminum in sunscreens - cosmeticsdesign-europe.com
To tell or not to tell about cosmetic surgery - from newsday.com
Today's Young Affluents Are the 'Want-It-All' Generation - from thematuremarket.com
Tween spa days are all the rage - from dailysouthtwon.com
Young men turn to makeup for 'cute' look - from english.people.com.cn
From August 2007
Behind The Scenes At "Good Housekeeping" - from cbsnews.com
Boots No7 Restore & Renew Serum Sells Out in New York City After It Arrives in a Single CVS/pharmacy Store, the Only Location Where It is Currently Available - press release
FDA Task Force publishes Nanotech report - from cosmeticsdesign.com
For that skin-tillating effect - Beer, wine, chocolate and cocktails can play a huge role in changing the way one looks. (from indiatimes.com)
Growing skin: StrataGraft looks to be the new face of skin grafting - from madison.com
Sunscreen labels in EU to provide more information to consumers - from thestar.com.my
Understanding the 'Want' vs. 'Should' Decision - from Harvard Business School
Women's Beauty Products Men Love - from forbes.com
Worker sues over co-worker's perfume - from detnews.com
From July 2007
105 magazines launched in Q1 - from dmnews.com
Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker - a Harvard Business School case study (this is a slow download)
Child's Play - Packaging for kids' personal care products - from beautypackaging.com
CTFA Releases Regulatory Resource Manual - from gcimagazine.com
Cosmetics Go Green - from happi.com
Effort Toward "Natural" Standard - from gcimagazine.com
European cosmetics industry demonstrates strong growth - from beauty-on-line.com
Eyeliner gets dose of testosterone - from the newstribune.com
Ethnic Products Now Front and Center - from retailwire.com
Hair Care's Growth - from gcimagazine.com
L'Oréal puts a new face on Lancome-USA.com - from internetretailer.com
Male grooming backlash stemmed by cosmetics ranges - from cosmeticsdesign-europe.com
Many kinds of stores now offer spa services - from dallasnews.com
Mattel's Barbie And Bonne Bell To Push Makeup For Little Girls - from publications.mediapost.com
New Web Site Rates Hundreds Of Sunscreens - from cbsnews.com
Perfume Museum Open in St. Petersburg from russia-ic.com
Promotion Lets Consumers Trade in Old Skin Care Products For Free Supply of SilkSkin Duo From California Cosmetics - from expertclick.com
Skin Care Grows Up - from happi.com
The New Generation Gap - from prb.org
The Right Applicator - from beautypackaging.com
UK skin whitening market expands - from cosmeticsdesign-europe.com
From May/June 2007
An Organic Makeover - from the greenguide.com
Baby Boomers in the United States Have an Estimated Annual Spending Power of Over $2 Trillion - from the maturemarket.com
Beauty sells in Mideast - from arabianbusiness.com
Cosmetics firm boss's 'nude' act - from channel4.com
E-marketing to "beauty buyers" - from e-commerce-guide.com
Fragrances sector comes back at the forefront of global markets - from beauty-on-line.com
In the beauty business hype springs eternal - from seattletimes.nwsource.com
LivePerson Launches LivePersonalShoppers.com - press release
Metal: The New Look of Luxe - from beautypackaging.com
Murad's Marketing Solution - from Response magazine
Neutrogena Webisodes, Contest Get Women to De-Stress - from promomagazine.com
One-to-one printed magazines cause consumer delight - from thewisemarketer.com
Sales of skincare cosmeceuticals grow faster in the US than in Europe - from beauty-on-line.com
The Manly Way To Apply Eyeliner' By Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III - a video from jossip.com
Traditional Lipstick vs. the New Generation of Lipstick - from carefair.com
Ultra-Pricey Cosmetics - from forbes.com
From April 2007
85% of online consumers shop online for offline purchases, says a new study - from internetretailer.com
Avon launches first global ad campaign - from marketingweek.co.uk
Beauty industry may be ripe for more deals - from marketwatch.com
Brazilian cosmetics makers seek to become major international players - from beauty-on-line.com
Burt's Bees Takes its Products on the Road - from promomagazine.com
Calvin Klein rings up billboards in new fragrance campaign - from dmnews.com
U.S.Cosmetic industry sales in 2006 were up 4.1% - from Cosmetic Industry Report
Coty Launches Fragrance Bay - from gcimagazine.com
Free Skin Care Samples to Launch new Cosmetic Brand - press release
Getting the look: Faces from the past - from greatreporter.com
Greener Shades for Nail Salons - from businessweek.com
How Bath & Body Works learns the intent of online shoppers - from internetretailer.com
How to launch a product with the Web - from dmnews.com
Marketers Love Their Mommy Blogs - from marketingvox.com
Micro-Segmentation: The Future of Cosmetics - from carefair.com
Novelty ingredients set to innovate cosmetics industry? - from cosmeticsdesign-europe.com
Old age purchasers - from marketingweek.co.uk
Study predicts backlash against celebrity endorsed products - from cosmeticsdesign-europe.com
The "Cosmetization" of Deodorants - from carefair.com
The fragrance market in Africa: packed with potential - from cosmeticweb.co.za
From March 2007
50+Fabulous Awards Companies that Promote Positive Images of 50+ Women - from thematuremarket.com
A cosmetics company's creative cash flow - from money.cnn.com
A Web link between buyers and sellers of ideas - from iht.com
Bulb extract combats anti-ageing and unwanted hair growth - from cosemticsdesign-europe.com
Chanel Develops Durable, Low-Cost Perfume For Third World - from "The Onion" a highly satirical website and newspaper
Concord Litho appeals to buyers' sense of smell - from dmnews.com
Federated seeks name change - from dmnews.com
Flush with `juju,' soap firm taps growing natural bath industry - from dfw.com
French perfume, beauty industry grew 5.7% in 2006 - from reuters.com
Hair Trends for 2007 - from carefair.com
Hate Your Tattoo? Make It Disappear - from NBC11.com
How to launch a product with the Web - from dmnews.com
ISPA Releases New Spa Industry Data - press release
Kline Study: China's Professional Skin Care Market Will Soon Surpass the U.S. - press release
L'Oreal slowly moves ads from traditional media - from reuters.com
Makeup Trends for 2007 - from carefair.com
Penney to Launch New Ad Campaign - from forbes.com
QVC web sales the star of the show in 2006 - from internetretailer.com
Should You Trust Your Makeup? - from nytimes.com
The Professional Beauty Association (PBA) released its Salon and Day Spa 2007 Consumer Trend Report - from gciimagazine.com
From February 2007
Anti-cellulite underwear - an idea ahead of its time? - from nzherald.co.nz
Beauty and the Bleach - about skin lighteners, from voice-online.co.uk
Brushes With Makeup Success - David Evangelista On Brushes To Help You Look Your Best, with videos (from showbuzz.cbsnes.com)
Consumer Attitudes & Trends for Branding in 2007 - from spatrade.com
Citizen Marketers - When People Are The Message, by McConnell and Huba - book review...about how individuals and the internet can affect the way companies do business (the effects of word of mouth on customer loyalty.)
Drugstores Battle For Beauty Sales With Premium Products - from yahoo.com
E-commerce sales reach $102.1 billion in 2006: comScore - from dmnews.com
Even in skin-care advertising, youth prevails over age - from iht.com
Finally, Products Made Exclusively for Seniors - from biz.yahoo.com
High-def starts a worldwide makeup quandary for stations - from denverpost.com
Human Skin Harbors Completely Unknown Bacteria - New Study Finds Skin Has Many More Types of Bacteria Than Previously Thought (from med.nyu.edu)
Internet emerges as safety net for the self conscious male consumer - from cosmeticsdesign-europe.com
Is Clinique's partnership with school only skin-deep? - Critics say cosmetic firm's donation blurs lines between beauty industry, medicine (from nytimes.com)
Nutricosmetics industry targets ethnic consumer - from nutraingredients-usa.com
New Research Highlights Global Skin Care Trends - from spatrade.com
Rise of male star endorsed cosmetics - from cosmeticsdesign-europe.com
Survey Reveals Women's Attitudes on Anti-Aging Cosmetics - from ksbitv.com
The Beauty BuyBle: Best Products of 2007 - combined book with more than 30 beauty products and giveaways in a bright pink keepsake box, tied with a matching pink ribbon (from abc.go.com)
To get rich customers, drugstores selling European cosmetics - from telegram.com
Word of mouth marketing is the future of e-commerce - from dmnews.com
From January 2007
Ad world enters an era of chaos - TV-centric agencies trying to adapt as consumers manage their media (from statesman.com)
Berkeley to be first city to regulate nanotechnology - from sfgate.com
Cyber Monday sales beat Black Friday's - from dmnews.com
Digital billboards transforming outdoor advertising industry - from statesman.com
Fleeting fragrance life cycle nothing to sniff at - Cosmetics giants see mounting R&D, promotion costs hitting bottom line (from marketwatch.com)
France To Cosmetics Companies: Get Online Or Else! - from techdirt.com
Holiday shopping survey spots generation gaps - from thewisemarketer.com
Master perfumers nose ahead with made-to-measure scents - from yahoo.com
Online mavens stalk bargains and share them - Virtual shopping communities talk about it all: prices, quality, service (from statesman.com)
Online spending tops $100 billion in 2006 - from itworld.com
Retailers Take the Blush Out of Makeup Returns - from nytimes.com
Stylists try on beauty malls - Salon specialists moving toward newer business model (from statesman.com)
Seven key brand marketing trends for 2007 - from thewisemarketer.com
Shoppers cash in on dollar's nosedive - from manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The Truth About Multi-Level Marketing - from americanchronicle.com
Word-of-mouth: 4.5 billion brand mentions a day - from promomaazine.com
Wrinkle Cream Tests Find No Miracles - from consumeraffairs.com
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