Marwa wants a paler face and is willing to try a whole range of lightening creams that promise beauty, love and success to Arab women. But such products have also been slammed as "racism in a bottle".
America's obsession with beauty is posing serious problems for the health and economic well-being of women and young girls, according to a report on Monday on the pursuit of physical perfection and the rise in cosmetic surgery.
U.S. cosmetics maker Elizabeth Arden Inc posted a quarterly net loss on Thursday, versus a year-ago profit, hurt by one-time charges and lower sales. The net loss was $10.
Shares of Estee Lauder Cos Inc jumped 6.76 percent to $48 in premarket trade on Thursday after the U.S. cosmetics company posted higher quarterly profit, helped by higher sales across all categories and the weak U.S. dollar.
Online auctioneer eBay won a Belgian court case Tuesday against L'Oreal after the French cosmetics giant sued it over the sale of counterfeit goods.
South African drugs and cosmetics retailer New Clicks said on Monday it had bought 60 percent stake in courier pharmacy business Direct Medicines, for 13.2 million rand ($1.72 million).
Women in Japan will soon be able to have their own hand-held beauty consultant after games company Sega teamed up with cosmetics giant Shiseido to offer make-up tips on the Nintendo DS.
The German cosmetics group Beiersdorf, maker of Nivea creams, benefitted from strong global demand in the second quarter and has coped with the rising cost of raw materials for now, it said on Tuesday, August 5th.
Shares in Bulgari SpA fell as much as 9.5 percent on Monday after the Italian jeweller reported a fall in first-half profit and narrowed guidance on 2008 results to the lower end of a previous range.
Dutch food products and cosmetics giant Unilever reported on Thursday, July 31st a 19 percent slump in net second-quarter profit on restructuring charges, but a rise in sales beyond analysts' forecasts.
Greta Garbo's beauty was legendary. It earned her the adoration of audiences and captivated even Adolf Hitler, who allegedly implored her to go to Germany to become the mother of his Aryan race.
French luxury group Hermes is not expecting to join the CAC 40 index of blue chips .FCHI, sending its shares down more than 9 percent, and said it was not affected yet by consumer spending gloom.
Shares in French cosmetics giant L'Oreal slumped by 6.18 percent in initial trading on Friday 18th after the group lowered its expected sales growth for the whole year.
Just as the sun breaks through the mist shrouding Bulgaria's Stara Planina mountains, hundreds of villagers hustle through fields of rose bushes to pick fresh blooms still damp with morning dew.
Covering her face with her hands, 20-year-old Riyo Mori of Japan heard the MC's voice and the thunderous cheering of the crowd telling one year ago that she was the new Miss Universe.
