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Purple Lab Debuts on HSN!

Karen Robinovitz | Posted 02.15.2010 | Style


Karen Robinovitz

I have been a completely absentee blogger of late. My life is a whirlwind with a rush of emotions over the Purple Lab debut on HSN, which is on Thur...

Hope in a Jar --- Cosmeceutical Science : Fact or Fiction Part 1

Dr. Arnold Klein | Posted 01.27.2010 | Living


Dr. Arnold Klein

Down the way from my office in Beverly Hills sits a stately Neiman Marcus store. As the double doors to the first floor open before me; I am inundated...

Women To Spend Less On Cosmetics In 2010: Report

Posted 03.18.2010 | Style


Women will spend less on cosmetics in 2010, according to a report published in WWD. AlixPartners polled 600 Americans over age 25 and found that women...

Going Gaga for Lady Gaga: Makeup Lessons of a Pop Diva

Napoleon Perdis | Posted 03.18.2010 | Style


Napoleon Perdis

Lady Gaga's beauty choices are causing eyebrows to raise, with makeup mavens riveted by her every look. At 23, Gaga is the poster girl for letting your freak flag fly -- at full mast.

Last Woman Standing ... In Stilletos

Susan Campos | Posted 03.18.2010 | Los Angeles


Susan Campos

In Hollywood they are known as pillow injections, those dermal fillers designed to plump up the skin. But the procedure of the moment doesn't involve the pout or smoothing around the peepers.

Home Improvement

Susan Campos | Posted 03.18.2010 | Los Angeles


Susan Campos

For the aging beauty, finding the coveted 10 digits to Los Angeles Concierge Aesthetic Medicine is proving harder than getting into Studio 54 back in the day. You have to move in certain circles to get it.

The Body Shop: Stop Sex Trafficking of Children Campaign (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 12.01.2009 | Impact


The Body Shop is a cosmetics company with a conscience, known for naturally-derived products and an emphasis on ethical business practices. Its founde...

Anti-Aging and Anti-Wrinkling Skin Care Products: Cosmeceuticals

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 11.29.2009 | Living


Samuel S. Epstein

The term 'cosmeceutical' was developed as a way to avoid subjecting the industry's claims to the authority of the Food and Drug Administration.

Interview: Sharon Collier, CEO of Gurwitch Products (Laura Mercier and ReVive)

Felicia C. Sullivan | Posted 11.26.2009 | Style


Felicia C. Sullivan

"Following a trend can lead you down a path that is not true to who you are," Collier said, "so we are always focused on staying true to our heritage."

Mercury In Mascara May Make You Want To Put Down That Wand

treehugger.com | April Streeter | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living


I had been planning to review my personal care products after a search for a 'safe' hair dye for a pregnant friend led me eventually to the EWG site. ...

Risks From Toxic Ingredients In Cosmetics, And Personal Care Products

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living


Samuel S. Epstein

There are no warnings whatsoever on cosmetics and personal care products. Yet their ingredients pose unrecognized lifelong dangers to the entire U.S. population.

Interview: Entrepreneur and Author Poppy King, Founder of Lipstick Queen

Felicia C. Sullivan | Posted 11.15.2009 | Style


Felicia C. Sullivan

"What I am hoping to show is that women are allowed to look like adults in control of their own destinies," King said, "instead of sex toys for men or super made up bulletproof mannequins."

The National Cancer Institute Should Delay Its Collaboration With Love/Avon

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living


Samuel S. Epstein

The NCI should insist that Avon reformulate its products to phase out all toxic ingredients and replace them by safe alternatives before proceeding with their important initiative.

Natural Cosmetics To Make You Glow (SLIDESHOW) (POLL)

Posted 08.24.2009 | Living


Beauty is pain, some say, but it doesn't have to be harmful. These natural makeups are made without potentially carcinogenic ingredients like parabens...

Going Green... Money, that is...

Karen Robinovitz | Posted 08.02.2009 | Style


Karen Robinovitz

We are living in a world where consumers have become the media -- they're just as important as the well-coiffed ones in the corner offices as the glimmering publishing houses.

Interview: Entrepreneur Carol Shaw, Founder of LORAC

Felicia C. Sullivan | Posted 07.30.2009 | Business


Felicia C. Sullivan

Every single mistake I've made has made me a better business woman. And, ironically with product development some of the mistakes I've made have turned out to be top sellers.

Purple Blab: Insider Intel from the Beauty Frontier

Karen Robinovitz | Posted 07.02.2009 | Style


Karen Robinovitz

Think of it like a guide to getting a product made. I'll tell you all the dirty secrets I learn from labs and manufacturers and what we go through to line up distribution, financing, PR, etc.

Victoria Jackson | Posted 05.23.2009 | Living


Victoria Jackson

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The Lipstick Effect of 2009

Eve Pearl | Posted 04.16.2009 | Living


Eve Pearl

Faced with news of increasing layoffs, straining economic pressure and the fact that competition out there is much greater than ever before...in all facets of life...we need to step it up.

Three Dangerous Ingredients to Avoid in Skincare Products

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 03.28.2009 | Green


Mairi Beautyman

It's a $36.5 billion premium industry, but cosmetics, reports The New York Times,"are not subject to the [F.D.A.'s] scrutiny before they go on sale. T...

Kiss My "Green" Lips

Deirdre Imus | Posted 02.17.2009 | Green


Deirdre Imus

Here's a reality check... the average consumer can use more than two dozen personal care products containing hundreds of chemical ingredients each day.

Book writing in an Italian restaurant

Summer Rayne Oakes | Posted 12.01.2008 | Style


Summer Rayne Oakes

I don't know how many times it took dinner with Shawn to light a fire under my ass--maybe three? Maybe four? I don't even remember the restaurant, bu...

Plastic Surgery Industry Sags With The Economy

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 11.06.2008 | Style


CHICAGO — The economy isn't the only thing that's sagging _ so are faces, breasts and bellies as would-be cosmetic surgery patients increasingly...

Another Palin-Phenomenon Spawn: Republican Lipstick

Michelle Madhok | Posted 10.19.2008 | Style


Michelle Madhok

Mineral makeup line Alchemy of Colour has just released Power Pink Lipstick, a shade that's supposed to look like the one Sarah Palin wears.

Cosmetics Guru Shu Uemura Dies

Variety | MARK SCHILLI | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Shu Uemura, former Hollywood makeup artist and founder of the cosmetics brand that bears his name, died Dec. 29 of acute pneumonia. He was 79. Uemura...