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Yves Saint Laurent or YSL is a luxury fashion house founded by Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Bergé in 1962. Yves Henri Donat Mathieu Saint- Laurent known by the public as Yves Saint Laurent was an Algerian- French designer. He was considered to be one of the greatest fashion designers in the 20th century. Yves Saint Laurent and his lover Pierre Bergé began the YSL fashion [...]
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Revlon is an American cosmetics company founded in 1932 by Charles Revson, his brother Joseph and a chemist called Charles Lachman who gave the “L” from the “Revlon” name. Revlon started with a single product, a new type of nail with glossy appearance. Revlon used pigments instead of dyes to develop a variety of new shades of opaque nail enamel. Revlon’s nail polish was [...]
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The expression “Lipstick on Pig” is a colloquialism that tends to disguise the true nature of a product by changing it in superficial ways. The Origins of the expression date from around the 20th century. The first time the two word, lipstick and pig, were put together was in 1926 when Charles F. Lummis in the Los Angeles Times wrote that “Most of us know as much of history as a [...]
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In antiquity lipstick was a product used only by pharaohs and emperors made of crushed coffee beans. In the beginning it was used also as a make-up for the face not only for the lips. It started to gain popularity in Europe during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I who made a fashion statement with her red lips. At that time lipstick was made from a blend of beeswax and red stains from [...]
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Mac Cosmetics was originally made famous through word-of-mouth endorsements by professional make-up artists, models and celebrities. The company soon became synonymous with glamour due to its growing presence in the fashion industry. The continuing use of celebrity endorsements and the universal diversity of their products turned Mac into a worldwide brand with magnificent sales. The [...]
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The idea of the Lancôme’s company was conceived in 1935 when the founder, Armand Petitjean, was exploring the ruins of the castle Le Chateau de Lancôsme. The symbol of the brand, the rose, came from the wild roses which were growing around the castle. Lancôme Paris is the luxury brand of L’Oreal, a division that produces skin care, fragrances and make-up. Lancôme launched its [...]
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Gold is a chemical element that is mostly used in manufacturing jewelry. The color of gold is a metallic yellow but shades like rose gold can be created by the addition of copper and silver.
Gold color itself is a bit difficult to deal with because it shines very much and if the tone of the skin is too white or too dark it can create an anesthetic aspect. In order to look good in gold [...]
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The brand Estée Lauder was invented by a lady with the same name in 1946 with the belief that “More important than to be beautiful is to stay beautiful”. The brand gained a worldwide reputation for elegance, luxury and superior quality. Every product released by the brand Estée Lauder passed though an extensive research and stringent evaluation in order to please all the [...]
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Black Lipstick is most of the time related to Gothic or to the adepts of some music styles like hard metal or rock. This trend has been embraced by teenagers, most of them belonging to a current called EMO which comes from emotional.
If we revise the history concerning the Gothic culture we find out that the origin of the term “gothic” comes from the late 1970s when it was used to [...]
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Betty Lipstick is a female who was born in San Francisco and who started her successful modeling career very early offering a much more aggressive image that burlesque pin-up. She has many tattoos made on her body, and is the kind of woman wild and free.
Betty Lipstick is actually a model who appeared in Playboy and other successful magazines of that type, who appeared also on TV at [...]
