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NEWS ABOUT: lipstick

lipstick stories: 7 news summaries

 For Lips, Hot Pink Is New Red 

It is, after all, the new red

Aug 18, 09 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hot pink lipstick is “younger, hipper, and definitely a little more edgy” than red, says a makeup artist to the stars. How best to copy the look of Kim Kardashian, Leighton Meester, and other pink-pouted celebs? Makeup artist Mally Roncal offers USA Today some tips:
  • A matte
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fashion • pink • lipstick • cosmetics • makeup • trend • Jay-ZTV

Bank of England Orders Its Women Into Heels, Lipstick

When in trouble, male execs turn to makeup

Feb 1, 09 7:56 AM CST
(Newser) - The battered Bank of England has ordered its female workers into heels and at the very least lipstick, igniting a firestorm of controversy. The institution, facing one of the worst economic slumps in history, took time out to hold a seminar teaching its women how to look "feminine" without... More »

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short skirt • Bank of England • lipstick • sex discrimination • office workers • makeup • high heels


 GOP Foots 
 $150K Bill 
 for Palin 
 Clothing, 
 Makeup 

RNC defends $150k clothes, makeup budget for Palins

Oct 22, 08 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin apparently isn't kidding when she stresses the importance of lipstick to a hockey mom: the RNC spent $5000 on hair and makeup en route to racking up a $150,000 bill for clothing and accessories for Palin and her family since John McCain picked her as his... More »

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John McCain • shopping • campaign funds • clothes • clothing • lipstick • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • makeup

ANALYSIS

This Ain't Your Granddaddy's Lipstick on a Pig

Contrary to Obama aide, phrase is new twist on prettying porky

Sep 11, 08 2:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Whether Barack Obama was taking a rouge-colored swipe at Sarah Palin is debatable, but a staffer’s claim that "lipstick on a pig" is a phrase “older than my grandfather’s grandfather” should raise eyebrows, Ben Zimmer explains on Slate. The phrase has probably only been around since... More »

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Barack Obama • lipstick • speech • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • controversy • lipstick on a pig

OPINION

Lying Corrupts Campaigns Just as Money Can

Maybe it's time for finance reformer to swear off fabrications

Sep 11, 08 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - We all know John McCain wasn’t really offended by Barack Obama’s “lipstick on a pig” comment—the one he pretended to think was a reference to Sarah Palin. “The whole controversy is ginned up, a fraud, a lie,” writes Michael Kinsley in the Washington ... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • pig • lipstick • lying • Sarah Palin

Obama Blasts Mac's 'Phony Outrage' in Lipstick Flap

GOP distracting from issues with 'Swift Boat politics,' Dem charges

Sep 10, 08 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama fired back today at a McCain campaign ad claiming he smeared Sarah Palin, calling the tactic "phony outrage and Swift Boat politics," the Washington Post reports. Obama used the phrase "lipstick on a pig" to describe John McCain's policies during a campaign stop yesterday, which... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • presidential campaign • smear campaign • lipstick • attack ad • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

Lead Warning Issued
for Lipstick

Moms' cosmetics could affect children, expert cautions

Oct 12, 07 3:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - More than half of all lipsticks tested in a recent study contained some level of lead, a new report warns. The amounts weren't high enough to cause lead poisoning in healthy adults, but could affect small children, raising concerns for pregnant women and mothers. "There are hazardous levels of... More »

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health • lead poisoning • lead • L'Oreal • lipstick • cosmetics • Cover Girl

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