"In a perfect world, we’d all be judged on the sweetness of our souls, but in our less than perfect world, the woman who looks pretty has a distinct advantage and, usually, the last word," [...] "You may have great inner resources, but they don’t show up as confidence when you don’t feel pretty. People are more apt to believe you and like you when you know you look fine. And when the world approves, self-respect is just a little easier."

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I highly recommend this lip balm. I initially bought it for my toddler who was attracted by its honey scent and ended up trying some on....

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According to an internet poll conducted by the NPD group that involved the participation of 5 657 women aged from 18 to 64, a third of the black women that participated answered that they do not use makeup and a quarter said that they do not use any skin beauty products.

It was also found that fewer than 20 % of the black women consulted used anti-aging beauty products.

Source: copines.ca 

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"Pretty is something you're born with. But beautiful, that's an equal opportunity adjective."

Photo of Louise Brooks 

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There is an interesting op ed by journalist Garance Franke-Ruta about what she calls The Myth of Natural Beauty that is especially characteristic of American society in her opinion. She contrasts this general orientation to another one, that of the French who, on the contrary, know how to and indeed do cultivate beauty as an art (de vivre, I might add).

It seems clear to me that most societies in the world privilege natural beauty and in fact this ties in with the phenomenon of agism as applied to women. Once a woman loses her youthful aura, there is rarely anymore salvation for her in the eyes of men in these societies. I think that France is one of the few countries I know and perhaps the most characteristic in that regard that in fact value the beauty, chic, elegance, and seduction of older women. If there is one place in the world where a woman of 90 years old could be sincerely thought to be beautiful that would be France....

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Bourjois issued a new lippy in November called Docteur Glamour. As the name indicates, it is meant to be both a lip balm and a lipstick. A spell of 8 hour hydratation is guaranteed through the use of shea and mango butters and beeswax. Its texture is reportedly very unctuous. Silicone micro-beads as well as synthetic polymeres make application effortless with a glide-on effect. The buzz is that it's one of the best lip balms currently available on the market and a perfect lippy for winter.

There are 12 different hues.  

Source: Bourjois 

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