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

Felicia C. Sullivan | Posted 09.15.2009 | Style

Read More: Cosmetics, Red Lipstick, Lipstick, Glamour, Poppy King, Lipstick Queen, Capitalism: A Love Story, Style News
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."

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

Posted 08.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Slidepoll, Lipstick, Health, Cosmetics, Finishing Powder, Makeup, Blush, Living News

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

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Is Your Lipstick Making You Sick?

nytimes.com | ABBY ELLIN | Posted 06.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Lead, Lipstick, Lead Lipstick, Personal Health, Health, Women's Health, Health and Beauty, Beauty Industry, Makeup, Beauty Products, Living News

The debate seems to resurface every few years. Do some lipsticks contain lead? If so, is the amount so negligible that consumers have nothing to be co...

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The Lipstick Effect of 2009

Eve Pearl | Posted 04.16.2009 | Living

Read More: 9/11, Cosmetics, Depression, Lipstick, Economy, Great Depression, Living News
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.

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The Lipstick Index: An Accurate Financial Barometer?

NYTimes.com | Ellen Tien | Posted 12.11.2008 | Style

Read More: Lipstick, Fashion, Shopping, Recession, Economic Crisis, Style News

As the economy crumbles, the Lipstick Index -- that frivolous financial barometer that says cosmetics sales rise in direct relation to free-falling fi...

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Sarah we hardly knew ye

Dave Winer | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Auto Industry, Lipstick, Hocky Mom, Obama, Texas, Pennsylvania, Pit Bull, Red States, Punchline, Palin, John Kerry, Sarah Palin, New Hampshire, Georgia, Katie Couric, Expensive Clothes, Maverick, Republican Party, North Carolina, Detroit, Politics News
Dave Winer

Cleaning up some loose ends. Obama won Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, two states that were on McCain's slim path to a win. Once those were decided, ...

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Hannibal Palin

Michael DeJong | Posted 12.02.2008 | Style

Read More: Lipstick, John McCain, Muzzle, Mother Nature, Election Day, Pitbull in Lipstick, Environment, Sarah Palin Vice President, Hannibal Lecter, Halloween Movies, Drill Baby Drill, Silence of the Lambs, Alan Greenspan, Style News
Michael DeJong

Sarah Palin -- Republican Doma-Veep-trix running mate to Presidential candidate John McPain...oops, I mean McNasty, no, I mean McCain (Halloween brings out the worst in me.)

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Advice To Online Video: Go For The Jugular

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 11.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Mermaid, Video, Southern Voters, Ryan Phillippe, Lipstick, Viral Video, Pit Bulls, Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Palin, Lipstick on a Pig, Mccain Flip-Flop, Online Video, Voting, Entertainment News
Andrea Chalupa

As my feminist, Cameroon trekking girlfriend said last night, "I vowed not to hate Palin but shes making it impossible." Ain't that the truth!

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McCain Flatlines With Women

Martha Burk | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Lipstick, Social Conservatives, John McCain, Violence Against Women, Women's Issues, Barach Obama, Abortion Rights, Presidential Debates, Feminism, Social Conservative Supreme Court, Breast Cancer, Feminism Politics, Sarah Palin, Vice Presidential Debates, Feminist Politics, Feministsforobama, Politics News
Martha Burk

Weren't we all supposed to rush to McCain/Palin when Hillary folded her tent? After all, Palin wears a skirt and McCain obviously figured we girl voters were too dumb to know the difference.

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Goldman's Revolving Door: Who is Protecting Whom?

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 10.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Taxes, $700 Billion, Wall Street Bailout, Lipstick, Hank Paulson, Lending, Mortgage Backed Securities, Economy, Revolving Door, $700 Billion Bailout, Pig, Taxpayer, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Henry Paulson, Bailout, Goldman Sachs CEO, Deregulation, Housing Crisis, Tax Exempt, Business News
Robyn O'Brien

Goldman went on a shopping spree buying up mortgages -- yours, mine and your neighbors, and bought 8,274 of them.

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"Lipstick" is the New Spanx®

Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Spanx Sara Blakely, Women's Suffrage, Lipstick, Spanx, Palin Lipstick, Feminist, Sarah Palin, Lipstick on a Pig, Alice Paul, Feminism, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Brett Ashley McKenzie

Some women invoke their gender to conceal their personality flaws, excuse factually inaccurate or downright dishonest statements, and play the victim card when the need be.

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Meet Sarah, The Ultimate "B."

Hermene Hartman | Posted 10.23.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Lipstick, Barack Obama Race, Sarah Palin, Presidential Race, Sarah Palin Beauty Queen, Palin Lipstick, Palin Clinton, Sarah Palin Vice President, Palin Biden, American Idol, Chicago News
Hermene Hartman

While some wonder about Palin's foreign travel experiences, I wonder about her big city travel to places like Chicago, New York, Washington and Los Angeles. Where is the evidence of her extensive urban visits?

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Another Palin-Phenomenon Spawn: Republican Lipstick

Michelle Madhok | Posted 10.19.2008 | Style

Read More: Lipstick, Sarah Palin, Women, Mccain Palin Ticket, Women Entrepreneurs, Republican, Cosmetics, Breast Cancer, Beauty Industry, Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Obama Lipstick, Makeup, Mothers, Barack Obama, Republicans, Style News
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.

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McCain's Big Chill Moment

Bill Squadron | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Rationalization, Lipstick, Misleading, Politics News
Bill Squadron

Rationalization is how government and corporate leaders can constantly act in ways that they know are illegal or unethical. It's how McCain can justify, to himself, the type of campaign he is running.

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Momonomics 101: How We Pay for War

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 10.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Taxes, U.S. Economy, Lipstick, Economics, Economy, Deficits, Election 2008, Moms, Lehman Brothers, Fannie Mae Freddie Mac Bailout, Living News
Robyn O'Brien

As a mother of four, I don't do lipstick, but I understand economic policy, having earned an MBA on a scholarship and graduated as the top woman in my class.

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Women, Where Are You?

April Mellody | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Lipstick on a Pig, John McCain, Lipstick, Sarah Palin, Obama Lipstick Controversy, Obama Lipstick Pig, Lipstick on a Pig, Obama Lipstick, Obama Lipstick Remark, Politics News
April Mellody

The "lipstick" controversy was a cynical attempt by the McCain camp to use the gender card to distract voters from the real issues at hand.

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Lipstick Will Kill a Pig! A New Non-Smudge Campaign for Your Rights to Know

Nancy Chuda | Posted 10.14.2008 | Style

Read More: Obama Lipstick on a Pig, Lipstick, Consumer Safety, Obama Lipstick Controversy, Carcinogens, Obama Lipstick Pig, Consumer Product Safety, Cancer, Obama Lipstick, Obama Lipstick Remark, Product Safety, Pig, Style News
Nancy Chuda

According to the Environmental Working Group, many of the products we use -- cosmetics, perfumes, household cleaners and detergents -- can cause cancer.

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Put the Statistics Down

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 10.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Casualties, Statistics, Adult ADHD, Adult ADD, Adhd, Add, News Media, Iraq, Alaska, Pit Bull, Lipstick, Baseball, Media News
Michael B. Laskoff

The media serves up and Americans consume ever greater amounts of data daily. All this information seems terribly precise, but it doesn't do anything to shed light on pressing issues.

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With New Ads, Obama Pushes Back Against Ugly McCain Campaign

Beverly Davis | Posted 10.13.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Real Change, Presidential Race, Mccain, Obama, 1982, Lipstick, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, National Service Forum, Team McCain, Presidential Campaign, Palin, Lashing Out, Maverick 2000, Still, Sen. Obama, Boston Globe, Sen. McCain, Tax Policy Center, New York Times, New Ad Obama September 13 2008, Obama Ad 1984 Mccain, Home News
Beverly Davis

"First of all politics is a tough business," says McCain. "Second of all, I think the tone of this whole campaign would've been very different if Sen. Obama had accepted my request for us to appear at town hall meetings."

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Lipschtick and Pigs

Mary Lyon | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Campaign, Lipstick, Palin Fact Check, Republican Convention, 2008 Campaign Coverage, Sarah Palin, Campaign Coverage, Mccain Fact Check, Campaign Coverage Faults, John McCain, Politics News
Mary Lyon

Amazing what a difference a week makes. Something has changed since Sarah Palin burst into the Republican Convention and started living it up by the...

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The Power of No

Alex Jones | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Lipstick on a Pig, Lipstick, Joseph McCarthy, Cnn, Obama Lipstick Controversy, Cable News Channels, Obama Lipstick Pig, Media, Cable News, Lipstick on a Pig, Obama Lipstick, Mark Halperin, Obama Lipstick Remark, Barack Obama, Campbell Brown, Politics News
Alex Jones

There is something sinister about the press's complicity in allowing campaign coverage to feed hungrily on meaningless charges and counter-charges.

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The Lipstick Indicator

Amy Hertz | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lipstick, Lipstick on a Pig, Barack Obama, Politics News
Amy Hertz

The Lipstick Indicator Dear Barack, It's 9/11 and I don't feel like writing about lipstick but I'm depressed by the mood in New York and I'm depress...

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W&W: Joe vs Sarah the (Unlicensed) Barracuda? And Yes, Ted Got Arrested...

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 10.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Republican National Convention, Lipstick, St. Paul, Mccain, Rnc, Joe Biden, Ted Johnson, Obama, Barack Obama, Palin, Politics, Wilshire and Washington, Sarah Palin, Teresa Valdez Klein, Maegan Carberry, Steve Schmidt, Barracuda, Media News
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

So, um, lipstick? Yes, lipstick is the main story of the day; but why? Is it sexist? Is it a diversion? Is it just... lipstick?

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Sam Stein

McCain May Have Opened Door For Charges That He Is A Sexist

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lipstick, Obama Sexism, Mccain Gender, Mccain Sexism Charges, McCain Ad, Mccain Attack Ad, Obama Lipstick, Mccain Sexism, Obama Sexist, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, John McCain, Politics News

John McCain's presidential campaign put out a web ad on Wednesday morning that longtime political observers are describing as one of most sordid they ...

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When Life Gives You Pigs with Lipstick, Make Sexy Bacon

Daniel Radosh | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Change, Lipstick, John McCain, Media, Pig, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Obama Pig Remark, Obama Pig Lipstick, Obama Pig Lipstick Remark, Politics News
Daniel Radosh

I sincerely hope the Obama camp does not miss that they can make this idiotic non-story work for him by repeating the line over and over again.

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