http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/CosmeticsFind stories, videos, and photos about Cosmetics from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:21:47 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Cosmetics14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Cosmetics from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/homestyle/11/16/is.10.ways.look.younger/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/homestyle/11/16/is.10.ways.look.younger/index.html#cnnSTCTextHere are some simple and easy tips to turn back the clock.Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:02:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/homestyle/08/06/is.style.rules.to.break/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/homestyle/08/06/is.style.rules.to.break/index.html#cnnSTCTextHere are ways to stand out from the crowd this season by shaking up the style rules.Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:40:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20289751,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20289751,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnSuri hangs with kangaroos, Tom turns 47 and Katie prepares to workTue, 07 Jul 2009 14:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/homestyle/01/26/is.drop.5years.in.5minutes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/homestyle/01/26/is.drop.5years.in.5minutes/index.html#cnnSTCTextTime to believe in mini-miracles! Beauty gurus say the secret to looking refreshed is in your makeup bag. So what are you waiting for?Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:12:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/homestyle/12/29/is.sailing.thru.holidays/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/homestyle/12/29/is.sailing.thru.holidays/index.html#cnnSTCTextFollow these expert tips to keep your cheer intact:Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:08:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/dailydose/11/20/lip.skin.cancer/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/dailydose/11/20/lip.skin.cancer/index.html#cnnSTCTextGo out in the hot sun, take a magnifying glass and focus concentrated sunbeams on your lips. That's what some dermatologists claim you're doing when you apply shiny lip gloss and go into the sun. The consequence may be an increased risk of skin cancer on your lips. Skin cancer of the lips accounts for 10 percent of all skin cancer cases, and 3,500 new cases of skin cancer of the lips are diagnosed each year.Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:54:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/homestyle/12/15/is.put.on.your.party.face/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/homestyle/12/15/is.put.on.your.party.face/index.html#cnnSTCTextYou've found the perfect dress, practiced your icebreaker and chilled the bubbly. Now starts the primping. This is your guide for flawless, pretty makeup.Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:42:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20231018,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20231018,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn"I'm obsessed that women find alternatives to eat which are low in fat," she saysFri, 03 Oct 2008 19:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/homestyle/10/02/rs.beauty.stand.ins/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/homestyle/10/02/rs.beauty.stand.ins/index.html#cnnSTCTextGot milk? What about mayo? Here are some emergency stand-ins for your favorite hair products and beauty essentials:Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/homestyle/09/16/is.beauty.secrets/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/homestyle/09/16/is.beauty.secrets/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhat do Hollywood beauty insiders (and their celebrity clients) know that we don't? After this article, not much. In Style gets them to give up their trade secretsTue, 16 Sep 2008 13:04:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20220272,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20220272,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnThe cause of death is unknown as details continue to emergeWed, 20 Aug 2008 20:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/homestyle/06/10/selma.blair/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/homestyle/06/10/selma.blair/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt takes a truly adventurous actress to pull off a razored Mohawk, a platinum pixie and a Louise Brooks bob, but we'd expect nothing less from the ever provocative Selma Blair, who experimented with all three looks in under a year.Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/homestyle/06/02/is.perfect.eyebrows/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/homestyle/06/02/is.perfect.eyebrows/index.html#cnnSTCTextYour eyebrows can do wonders for your face. They can make you look younger and give you an instant (and inexpensive) facelift.Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/homestyle/05/15/o.am.i.doing.right/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/homestyle/05/15/o.am.i.doing.right/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt may not sound like fun, doing your hair and makeup while two famous pros sit in judgment. Thu, 15 May 2008 13:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/01/22/o.beautiful.skin/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/01/22/o.beautiful.skin/index.html#cnnSTCTextFor many of us, the way our skin looks in the morning dictates, like the weather, what kind of day we might have. We get out of bed, skip (or stagger) over to the mirror, and peer at our reflection as if we were peering out the window. What did the day blow in? A clear, calm complexion? A shower of breakouts? A mist of fine lines? A gloomy new cumulus of dark spots?Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:03:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1701376,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1701376,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe edo-ko, the natives of Tokyo, have a special gift: an ability to push the envelope, to innovate, to pioneer. That was certainly true of Shu Uemura, who went from being the only man in his Tokyo beauty school class to Hollywood makeup legend to international entrepreneur. In convention-worshiping Japan, he defied convention -- and made his name and fortune by doing so.Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/homestyle/12/31/beauty.resolutions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/homestyle/12/31/beauty.resolutions/index.html#cnnSTCTextA simple, 10-point approach to setting beauty resolutions for the new year and beyond.Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:13:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/homestyle/12/05/party.survival/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/homestyle/12/05/party.survival/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe best parts of the holiday season (late nights, excessive eggnog) can take quite a beauty toll. To avoid puffy eyes, splotchy skin and other telltale signs of a packed social calendar, use this round-the-clock guide. We guarantee you'll look gorgeous in the evening and fresh the next dayWed, 05 Dec 2007 13:30:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/homestyle/11/27/is.adams.beauty/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/homestyle/11/27/is.adams.beauty/index.html#cnnSTCTextShe may have charmed audiences in "Catch Me If You Can" and "Junebug," but Amy Adams's sweet demeanor belies a criminal history. "I used to steal my older sister's pink-and-green Maybelline mascara," says Adams, 33.Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:22:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/homestyle/10/30/glam.squad/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/homestyle/10/30/glam.squad/index.html#cnnSTCTextEver wonder how actresses like Sienna Miller look stunning 24/7? Good genes, sure. But they also get a little help from their friendsTue, 30 Oct 2007 16:13:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/10/12/news/companies/lipstick_lead/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/10/12/news/companies/lipstick_lead/index.htmA significant proportion of lipstick manufactured in the United States and used by millions of American women contains surprisingly high levels of lead, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics said Thursday.Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/homestyle/10/01/lucy.liu.beauty/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/homestyle/10/01/lucy.liu.beauty/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe dark horse in a stampede of sun-kissed curls, Lucy Liu's ebony mane sets her apart from the typical Hollywood leading lady.Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/personal/09/12/what2.hide/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/personal/09/12/what2.hide/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhatever it is -- blemishes, cellulite, a bad haircut -- there's a way to make it appear to disappear.Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/homestyle/09/24/rs.red.lipstick/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/homestyle/09/24/rs.red.lipstick/index.html#cnnSTCTextRed lipstick is classic, elegant, versatile. And with these guidelines, everyone (yes, you) can wear itFri, 28 Sep 2007 16:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/homestyle/09/25/how.lips/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/homestyle/09/25/how.lips/index.html#cnnSTCTextAfter years in the bronze age, when sun-kissed cheeks and gloss reigned supreme, fall's return to glamour means that lipstick is making a major comeback. Lipstick outsold gloss by $76 million last year, and beauty companies are racing to launch new formulas that are more wearable than ever.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/09/25/beckham/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/09/25/beckham/index.html#cnnSTCTextNow that she has launched her dVb fashion line, Spice Girl Victoria Beckham reveals the secrets of a posh life. (Hello, Rizzo!)Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:14:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1660911,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1660911,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAppreciation: Long before it became popular, The Body Shop founder Anita Roddick made us feel good about doing goodTue, 11 Sep 2007 21:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/homestyle/09/03/is.killer.looks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/homestyle/09/03/is.killer.looks/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe sexy stars of ABC's "Women's Murder Club," a drama about an all-female crime-solving team, showcase the season's killer looks.Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/09/04/connecticut.autumn.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/09/04/connecticut.autumn.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextLooking for some offbeat ways to spend a day in New England as the final weeks of summer give way to the golden days of autumn?Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:38:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20051935,00.htmlhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20051935,00.htmlVanessa Minnillo doesn't hesitate when asked what makes Nick Lachey a great boyfriend.Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/homestyle/08/13/is.beauty.solutions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/homestyle/08/13/is.beauty.solutions/index.html#cnnSTCTextIf you misplace your emory board or you're sporting bad tanning streaks, the quick fix might be as close as your kitchen. Celebrity experts share their secret remedies.Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:51:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/08/news/companies/revlon_earnings.reut/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/08/news/companies/revlon_earnings.reut/index.htmCosmetics maker Revlon Inc. posted a much smaller second-quarter net loss Wednesday as it benefited from cost cutting and a restructuring.Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/homestyle/08/01/shortcuts.task/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/homestyle/08/01/shortcuts.task/index.html#cnnSTCTextHere are some better, faster, and easier ways to get from Point A to Point B.Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:04:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/31/news/companies/avon.reut/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/31/news/companies/avon.reut/index.htmAvon Products Inc. Tuesday reported that second-quarter profit dropped 25 percent, hurt by restructuring and advertising costs, and its shares slid more than 8 percent as it announced a further increase in ad spending.Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:22:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20045566,00.htmlhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20045566,00.htmlAsked to sum up boyfriend Marilyn Manson's appeal in just one word, Evan Rachel Wood barely hesitates: "Eyeliner."Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:23:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/03/07/news/newsmakers/avon_hudson/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/03/07/news/newsmakers/avon_hudson/index.htmAvon Products Inc, the world's largest direct seller of cosmetics, said Wednesday that it has signed Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson as the face of its best selling fragrance.Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:05:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/02/01/8399940/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/02/01/8399940/index.htmI spent 12 years in the cosmetics industry in the U.S., where I grew up, and Europe before starting my company, Mascara Plus. It's a subcontractor based in Milan, and we sell to makeup companies, m... Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:59:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/07/25/aol.kidd.family/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/07/25/aol.kidd.family/index.htmlJack Kidd is one of England's top polo players.Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/03/oscar.swag/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/03/oscar.swag/index.htmlOnce upon a time -- like about, oh, 1988 -- stars didn't receive anything for presenting and participating in the Oscars. It was an honor just to be asked.Fri, 03 Mar 2006 06:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/09/otr.elf/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/09/otr.elf/index.htmlMany men just can't understand why women spend so much money on makeup.Mon, 09 Jan 2006 17:52:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/12/12/8363110/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/12/12/8363110/index.htmAt the Pacific department store in Shanghai, lanky 24-year-old makeup stylist Jin Jia is all hustle and flow. Dressed in black, safety pins stuck through his shirt, he saunters suggestively around ... Mon, 12 Dec 2005 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/11/01/8362828/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/11/01/8362828/index.htmTo create natural-looking makeup, L'Oréal is borrowing a concept from nature. Next year the Paris-based cosmetics powerhouse will unveil a line of nanotechnology makeup that gets its color not from...Tue, 01 Nov 2005 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/09/21/news/fortune500/katrina_excuses/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/09/21/news/fortune500/katrina_excuses/index.htmWall Street should've seen this one coming.Wed, 21 Sep 2005 13:04:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/09/19/8272902/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/09/19/8272902/index.htmEvery few months the two women gather in the CEO's office to talk about their problems. Both of them--the glamorous, creative type with a fondness for A-list events and the shy, no-nonsense manager...Mon, 19 Sep 2005 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/09/01/8356499/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/09/01/8356499/index.htm[HIT] Geezer Aid. The Live 8 charity concerts held around the world on July 2 were an unqualified success, bringing out more than a million people to support the fight against poverty in Africa. Bu...Thu, 01 Sep 2005 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/06/16/news/fortune500/estee_lauder/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/06/16/news/fortune500/estee_lauder/index.htmA 62-year-old woman is suing cosmetics company Estee Lauder, saying their skin-care products promised to control the visible signs of aging, but didn't deliver, a newspaper report said Thursday.Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/05/31/spark.shiseido/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/05/31/spark.shiseido/index.htmlFor most women, and increasingly men, picking up a new potion or lotion from a cosmetics counter is about paying big money in the hope it will keep them looking young.Tue, 31 May 2005 15:43:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/05/17/news/funny/lipstick/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/05/17/news/funny/lipstick/index.htmSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A federal appeals court agreed on Friday to reconsider the case of a bartender who was fired from her job at a Nevada casino for refusing to wear lipstick, blush and other make-up.Tue, 17 May 2005 13:37:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/02/21/8251738/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/02/21/8251738/index.htmA.G. LAFLEY'S $57 BILLION acquisition of Gillette not only creates a new Procter & Gamble, with more than $60 billion in revenues and almost $200 billion in stock market value. It also catapults on...Mon, 21 Feb 2005 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/08/23/379402/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/08/23/379402/index.htmIn the nearly five years since Andrea Jung took over as CEO at Avon (AVP, $43), she's given the venerable cosmetics peddler quite a makeover. Sales have risen 28.5%--from $5.29 billion in 1999 to $...Mon, 23 Aug 2004 04:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/06/talkasia.sui.script/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/06/talkasia.sui.script/index.htmlAirdate July 31st, 2004Fri, 06 Aug 2004 07:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/07/02/permanent.makeup/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/07/02/permanent.makeup/index.htmlThe Food and Drug Administration issued an alert Friday warning of possible disfigurements from injecting permanent ink as eyeliner, lip liner or eyebrow coloring.Fri, 02 Jul 2004 16:35:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/07/01/375665/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/07/01/375665/index.htmOne day about 20 years ago, when Janet Gurwitch was a young buyer with Foley's department store in Dallas, she got a phone call from a French guy, Georges Marciano. "I had never heard of him," says...Thu, 01 Jul 2004 04:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/04/25/estee.lauder/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/04/25/estee.lauder/index.htmlCosmetics mogul Estee Lauder, whose pioneering ideas opened worldwide markets for her products, died Saturday. She was 97.Sun, 25 Apr 2004 20:40:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/02/01/360637/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/02/01/360637/index.htm"I'll tell you my best story about selling a business," says Larry Freeman, 65, founder and chairman of Freeman Cosmetics. Freeman, who once hosted a short-lived syndicated TV show, Larry Freeman's...Sun, 01 Feb 2004 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/02/01/335955/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/02/01/335955/index.htmIn the summer of 2000, ice cream and frozen yogurt maker Dreyer's decided to try to link its name to the hugely popular cause of fighting breast cancer. It had watched other companies conduct campa...Sat, 01 Feb 2003 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2002/06/01/323319/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2002/06/01/323319/index.htmMy son Steven turned four months old today. One of the things you learn as a new parent is that all cliches are true. The syrupy things people say about their children--the stuff you could barely e...Sat, 01 Jun 2002 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/04/29/321975/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/04/29/321975/index.htmDear Annie: I'm a 33-year-old woman but, at five-foot-four and 114 pounds, I look about 16. As an airport planner, I have to deal with people from the Federal Aviation Administration and the Depart...Mon, 29 Apr 2002 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/10/15/311507/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/10/15/311507/index.htmAndrea Jung, the chairman and CEO of Avon, is sitting in her office on the 27th floor of Avon's New York headquarters considering an obvious question: What does it mean to be the first woman to lea...Mon, 15 Oct 2001 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/04/16/301036/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/04/16/301036/index.htmFastest-growing industries In a year of high energy prices, it's no surprise that crude-oil producers gushed revenues, but check out the growth in profits and you'll see why it's called liquid gold...Mon, 16 Apr 2001 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/10/16/289701/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/10/16/289701/index.htmBack in 1984, Roxanne Quimby was hitchhiking into town from her home in rural Maine when a yellow pickup, driven by a somber-looking man with a scraggly beard, rolled to a stop. She'd heard the gos...Mon, 16 Oct 2000 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2000/09/01/287214/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2000/09/01/287214/index.htmBack in 1984, Roxanne Quimby was hitchhiking into town from her home in rural Maine when a yellow pickup, driven by a somber-looking man with a scraggly beard, rolled to a stop. She'd heard the gos...Fri, 01 Sep 2000 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/07/10/283806/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/07/10/283806/index.htmThe hardest part was telling her daughter. There were disappointed customers, weeping employees, and her own sense of loss. But when Jami Morse Heidegger decided to sell Kiehl's, the company she'd ...Mon, 10 Jul 2000 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2000/07/01/283700/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2000/07/01/283700/index.htmThe hardest part was telling her daughter. There were disappointed customers, weeping employees, and her own sense of loss. But when Jami Morse Heidegger decided to sell Kiehl's, the company she'd ...Sat, 01 Jul 2000 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/04/17/278092/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/04/17/278092/index.htmThe word for shareholders to conjure with in '99 was "computer." Computer peripherals led all industry categories in median total return, rising 80% last year, and 58% annually since 1989. Computer...Mon, 17 Apr 2000 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/02/07/273185/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/02/07/273185/index.htmSusan and Jane Yee were just out for a little shopping that spring afternoon in 1993. Looking for the usual--a nice trinket, a hot bargain--they ran into something much bigger. After meandering thr...Mon, 07 Feb 2000 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/02/07/273182/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/02/07/273182/index.htmHow do you create a hit? Sometimes all it takes is a whim. Back in 1991, Kate Brosnahan quit her job as an accessories editor at Mademoiselle magazine and joined forces (as well as names) with Andy...Mon, 07 Feb 2000 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/02/01/272468/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/02/01/272468/index.htmWhen Andrea Jung left a fast-track job at upscale retailer Neiman Marcus in 1994 to join mass-market cosmetic maker Avon, she set out to update the company's merchandise and change its dowdy image....Tue, 01 Feb 2000 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/1999/12/01/271064/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/1999/12/01/271064/index.htmSusan and Jane Yee were just out for a little shopping that spring afternoon in 1993. Looking for the usual--a nice trinket, a hot bargain--they ran into something much bigger. After meandering thr...Wed, 01 Dec 1999 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/04/26/258774/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/04/26/258774/index.htmCHANGE IN REVENUES % change INDUSTRY from RANK 1997 Mon, 26 Apr 1999 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/10/26/250010/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/10/26/250010/index.htmEven in the stable, branded world of cosmetics, the whipsawing stock market spells mayhem for managers. Consider Avon Products. Like most companies, it enthusiastically endorses the use of stock op...Mon, 26 Oct 1998 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/05/25/242793/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/05/25/242793/index.htmThe year is 1950. Harry Truman is President. The Father of the Bride, starring Spencer Tracy and the 18-year-old Elizabeth Taylor, has opened in movie theaters. And Mrs. Estee Lauder, fortysomethin...Mon, 25 May 1998 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/04/27/241502/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/04/27/241502/index.htmCHANGE IN REVENUES Mon, 27 Apr 1998 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/12/08/234902/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/12/08/234902/index.htmWhen was it, exactly, that the American teenage girl ceased to be demure? More than likely it was in the autumn of 1944. That was when Seventeen magazine, the original journal of pubescence, was la...Mon, 08 Dec 1997 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/09/01/230968/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/09/01/230968/index.htmAVON PRODUCTS (AVP) NYSE, $69.75; 1.8% YIELD Mon, 01 Sep 1997 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/07/21/229190/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/07/21/229190/index.htmJim Preston, the chief executive officer of Avon Products, has opened up Pandora's box, and every day now he deals with the consequences. There are phone calls. Constant questions. Second-guessing ...Mon, 21 Jul 1997 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/07/01/228507/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/07/01/228507/index.htmMeet two powerful consumers coveted by some of the country's biggest companies: Willie Hershey, 8, pictured at left, and Elizabeth Severson, 17, photographed on page 100. Tue, 01 Jul 1997 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/04/28/225546/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/04/28/225546/index.htmCHANGE IN REVENUES INDUSTRY % change RANK from 1995 Mon, 28 Apr 1997 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/10/14/217831/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/10/14/217831/index.htmWe're not talking Windows 95 or Air Jordans here. Consumer-products colossus Procter & Gamble has a cupboardful of aging brands that do mostly mundane tasks--like wash, mop, sop, and glop. No matte...Mon, 14 Oct 1996 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/09/09/216633/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/09/09/216633/index.htmSaddam Hussein has a HAIRY BACK," reads an ad for depilatories in Muscle & Fitness magazine, "but you don't have to!" Indeed not. No man need suffer any longer the indignities inflicted on him by a...Mon, 09 Sep 1996 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/04/29/211881/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/04/29/211881/index.htmCHANGES IN REVENUES Mon, 29 Apr 1996 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/04/15/211474/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/04/15/211474/index.htmANITA RODDICK is instantly recognizable behind the wheel of a diesel-powered Volkswagen Golf as she roars up to her Littlehampton headquarters, a building resembling a vast Chinese pagoda amid the ...Mon, 15 Apr 1996 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/10/31/79924/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/10/31/79924/index.htmAfter gobbling up a slew of cosmetics companies during a five-year buying binge, the newest giants of the beauty industry, Procter & Gamble and Unilever, are in a digestive mode. Can firms hitherto...Mon, 31 Oct 1994 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/07/11/79533/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/07/11/79533/index.htmYou diet and exercise until model-thin, but the cellulite on your thighs remains. Can you find help in a bottle? Perhaps. Christian Dior's new cellulite remedy, Svelte, is causing a stampede at cos...Mon, 11 Jul 1994 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/03/07/79047/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/03/07/79047/index.htmCALL IT the $725 restructuring. Not particularly pricey for a $30-billion-a- year packaged-goods gargantua like Procter & Gamble. Why $725? That's the premium a brand-loyal family had to pay in 199...Mon, 07 Mar 1994 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/03/22/77645/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/03/22/77645/index.htmNIOSOME FACE CREAM to fight wrinkles is sold in exclusive, upscale beauty shops. Plenitude cream, for the same purpose, sells for one-sixth as much in supermarkets and discount stores. Both are bas...Mon, 22 Mar 1993 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/01/27/76003/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/01/27/76003/index.htmSTODGY, STAGNANT, nearly forgotten, the once proud Elizabeth Arden company was a sorry sight just four years ago. Today it is the fastest-growing prestige (read expensive) cosmetics company in Amer...Mon, 27 Jan 1992 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/01/13/75959/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/01/13/75959/index.htmIT IS A DELICIOUS paradox that Body Shop International, a cosmetics manufacturer and retailer with no marketing department and no advertising, is now being cited as a paradigm for how to sell in th...Mon, 13 Jan 1992 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/12/16/75897/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/12/16/75897/index.htmAs youth fades from the faces of the 78 million baby-boomers, sales of creams that supposedly help skin look younger have skyrocketed. Since 1985, skin-care sales have surged 50%, to $3.7 billion, ...Mon, 16 Dec 1991 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/10/07/75553/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/10/07/75553/index.htmDRESSED in delicate batik or colorful silk, most Asian women act charmingly deferential to men. But don't be fooled by outward appearances. A seemingly demure, fluttering creature may actually be a...Mon, 07 Oct 1991 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/12/17/74481/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/12/17/74481/index.htmSome 700 ''Avon ladies'' have started their rounds in China, peddling their ( potions door to door just as their counterparts have been doing in the U.S. since 1886. One difference from modern-day ...Mon, 17 Dec 1990 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/12/03/74415/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/12/03/74415/index.htmWho are they? The Japanese? The Germans? It depends on the product. But Americans, who in the past have been considered pushovers, turn out to be more demanding than you might think. To find out wh...Mon, 03 Dec 1990 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1990/11/01/86219/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1990/11/01/86219/index.htmRe your September article ''Nine Great Savings Moves'': Shopping around for a one-point interest difference on savings accounts and out-of-town CD rates cannot begin to compensate for some of the f...Thu, 01 Nov 1990 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/05/08/71973/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/05/08/71973/index.htmWhen Joan Collins's steamy autobiography comes out in paperback, readers will get a whiff of her new perfume, Spectacular, infused in scented bookmarks. Promotion is everything in the $2.1-billion-...Mon, 08 May 1989 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/09/26/71048/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/09/26/71048/index.htmTHE JAPANESE are coming . . . again. The first time they relied on cheap labor and sophisticated manufacturing to sell us cars, VCRs, microchips, and the like. Now, in what could become a second gr...Mon, 26 Sep 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/02/15/70191/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/02/15/70191/index.htmTUPPERWARE PARTIES in the boardroom? Ding-dong, Avon calling, during coffee breaks? Dunhill tailors measuring deskbound executives? The workplace hasn't exactly turned into a shopping mall, but few...Mon, 15 Feb 1988 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/10/12/69652/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/10/12/69652/index.htmEstee Lauder, billionaire baroness of the beauty industry, drops names as though she were dropping olives into martinis. She has so perfected the skill that you barely notice when the conversation ...Mon, 12 Oct 1987 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/09/14/69536/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/09/14/69536/index.htm''I AM AN OPERATIONS GUY,'' the man insisted just three weeks before making his third pass at Gillette, the razor blade and toiletries giant he has been stalking since last November. Revlon Chairma...Mon, 14 Sep 1987 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/05/25/69057/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/05/25/69057/index.htmA COMPANY that has made millions from the skin game now has a new wrinkle. Noxell Corp., producer of Noxema creams and the Cover Girl line of makeup for younger women, is cashing in on the aging of...Mon, 25 May 1987 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/08/18/67918/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/08/18/67918/index.htmBeautiControl Cosmetics Inc. BeautiControl Cosmetics has been putting a happy face on investors as well as ! customers. Since it was first offered at $16 a share in March, the company's stock has r...Mon, 18 Aug 1986 04:01:00 EDT