Posted by Naissur on April 13, 2012 10:37 0 Comments
Tags: women, beauty, beauty obsessed cities, foursquare, instyle, cosmetics
Categories: Women

Ever wonder which U.S. cities boast the most social beauty shoppers? Probably not, but just for fun check out the list put together by Instyle and the folks at FourSquare, the free mobile app that lets users share their location with family and friends. FourSquare crunched some numbers and found that the city with most check-ins at beauty stores like MAC and Sephora is………

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Posted by Naissur on March 2, 2012 11:47 0 Comments
Tags: mary kay, avon, estee lauder, cruelty free, cosmetics, animal testing
Categories: Miscellaneous

Think your favorite brand of lipstick was never tested on furry critters? Don’t be too sure. A new lawsuit filed by five women in Los Angeles alleges that cosmetic companies Mary Kay, Avon, and Estee Lauder regularly test their products on animals, despite making - and profiting from - claims to the contrary.

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Posted by NeverABride on April 5, 2011 10:50 0 Comments
Tags: makeup, cosmetics, women, self confidence
Categories: Women

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If you’re a woman, chances are you belong to one of two camps – the “I always wear makeup” camp or the “I never wear makeup” camp.  But were you aware that, according to style writer Bethan Cole, your level of makeup use may be an indicator or you self-confidence level as well? Put simply, she writers, women “increasingly dare to bare.” In other words, the less makeup you wear, she claims, the higher your self confidence is.

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Posted by NeverABride on January 14, 2011 15:16 0 Comments
Tags: cosmetics
Categories: News of the World | Women

If you’re the type of woman who won’t leave the house without a full face of makeup on, you’ve got plenty of company. A UK study has found that six out of ten women, regardless of what they’re doing, wear makeup every day – it doesn’t matter if they have a big meeting or they’re just hitting the grocery store.

“For many women, putting their makeup on is an important part of the day,” says Sara Wolverson, Director of Beauty for the UK health and beauty chain Superdrug, which conducted the survey. “The thought of people seeing them without it can be horrifying.”

Going on, a good percentage also reported that they were so obsessed with makeup, that they would have to date a guy for two-and-a-half months before they let him see their face without makeup on, which begs the question – no sleepovers?

14 percent of women also said they wake up before their significant others do so that they can “put their face on.”

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