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With more than 600,000 hacking attempts on Facebook every day, one might be forgiven for asking why we're so willing to share the intimate details of our everyday lives. Apparently, we have absolutely no trouble doing so, if whatever we see there looks good.READ»

Put Down The Tweezers, Pick Up The iPhone: Skincare Consults Go Mobile With MyChelle

Smartphone camera tech and video chatting is set to transform yet another industry, if MyChelle Dermaceuticals remote skincare consultations catch on. READ»

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Marketing Makeover: How Birchbox Sells Benefit, Kiehl's, Marc Jacobs, and More

Birchbox aims to help the $52 billion beauty business learn which free trials become full-size sales.READ»

Technology Designer Gadi Amit on What's Wrong With Green Design

Gadi Amit shares his own politically incorrect formula for sustainability: products that are beautiful, touch people emotionally—and don’t rust.READ»

Infographic of the Day: The Brains vs. Beauty Quandry

Everyone understands the various categories displayed in this Venn diagram.READ»

Designing for Beautility: Where Beauty Meets Utility

Economics grab all the headlines but beauty is just as important, and even has serious financial ramifications.READ»

Cosmoprof in Vegas

The 25,000 beauty professionals at this mega makeup meet will have to slap on a brave face. Though the cosmetics sector stayed pert in previous recessions -- lipstick sales rose 11% just after 9/11 -- this slump is having an ugly ...READ»

Avon Calling: Could Beauty Be a Path Out of Poverty?

"No! No! No!" Oxford business professor Linda Scott does not use Avon products. In fact, she says with a smile, "One of the worst things that ever happened to me is that a friend of mine started selling Avon." ...READ»

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GOING GREEN and GIVING UP ALL THOSE CHEMICALS

GOING GREEN and GIVING UP ALL THOSE CHEMICALS the great living site - is for natural product for the home - for the kids - for the family - for gifts .. for anything and everything in your life .. Five advantages of going Certified ...READ»

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The beauty of being ugly: it sells!

FROM the world stage of Beijing and the uproar over "ugly little girls who can sing" comes a diverting sequel from the boonies of Mt Isa (Google it, make sure you type in 'Australia'). Entitled ...READ»