"Oh, a beauty 'event,'" I thought when I got the Neiman Marcus promotional email for this one. "Notice that they're not calling it a sale. What's so special about it, then?"

As it turns out, the Neiman Marcus Beauty Event offers some pretty impressive gifts with purchase from brands such as Aqua di Parma, Laura Mercier, NARS, Bobbi Brown, Burberry, Prada, Annick Goutal, Jo Malone, La Mer, Creed, Chanel, and loads of others. Not only that, but when ...

I find the heavy-handed airbrushing here quite oddly appealing, almost as if I am looking at some exquisite alien creature. (I got the same pleasure from the Lindsay Lohan Miu Miu ads.) I think Uma is still beautiful, though she does not look like this. (If you've seen her recent TV ads for Virgin in the UK, you may share with me a sense of puzzlement over why on earth they didn't even bother to hide the ...

Summer Fun Beautiful by Estée Lauder 
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Here's a sneak preview of the elegant, limited edition version of Beautiful for the summer. It's not yet available in stores or online, but check esteelauder.com from March 1, when pretty summer bottles of Beautiful and other EL fragrances will be released to the public.

Many thanks to the Estée Lauder PR team for knowing me well ...

Valerie Gladstone has a pretty extensive list of all the ways that olive oil can and should be used to make oneself look and feel better. I have a complex about putting oily substances on my hands, but can vouch for the use of olive oil for cracked, dry skin or lips (you don't want to see how I freak when I lose track of my Juice Beauty Lip Plumper). Also, it's nice to know that men can ...