Read more beauty stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2381/beauty.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:17:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69124/5-ugly-beauty-biz-facts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe beauty industry banks $500 billion a year by helping people hide the epidermal truth—so it should come as no surprise that the biz glosses over a few facts. Treehugger lists five: Skin-toxic chemicals lurk in many skincare products, "and trigger skin problems such as rashes, redness, acne, and...http://www.newser.com/story/69124/5-ugly-beauty-biz-facts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 13 Sep 2009 7:14:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68579/study-talking-to-pretty-women-makes-men-stupid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMen literally lose their minds when talking to women they find attractive, a new study finds. A group of Dutch psychologists—inspired to carry out the experiment after one of them forgot his address while talking to a pretty woman—tested the memory skills of 40 heterosexual volunteers before and...http://www.newser.com/story/68579/study-talking-to-pretty-women-makes-men-stupid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Sep 2009 8:20:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59475/im-too-hot-to-get-good-roles-biel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJessica Biel, whose latest film is going straight to DVD, wants a career like Scarlett Johansson or Natalie Portman. What’s holding her back? Her looks, she tells Allure . Being so hot “really is a problem” when it comes to getting good roles, she says, adding, “I have to be blunt....http://www.newser.com/story/59475/im-too-hot-to-get-good-roles-biel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 May 2009 11:43:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57914/butt-wait-a-sec-first-lady-derrieres-shouldnt-matter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEuropean reporters celebrated the “battle of the bottoms” between Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and Princess Letizia of Spain last week, a display “so bonkersly old-fashioned that I hardly know what to say,” India Knight writes in the Times of London. Beauty is worth praising, she admits, but why does the media insist...http://www.newser.com/story/57914/butt-wait-a-sec-first-lady-derrieres-shouldnt-matter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 03 May 2009 17:10:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57676/geithners-brother-thinks-hes-beautiful.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDid you do a double take when you saw Tim Geithner on People ’s 50-most-beautiful-people list? Joe Weisenthal of the Business Insider did. Geithner has all the sex appeal of a lifelong bureaucrat—which, um, he is. Weisenthal finds that People executive David Geithner is the Treasury chief’s brother. Now...http://www.newser.com/story/57676/geithners-brother-thinks-hes-beautiful.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Apr 2009 11:57:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57599/applegate-tops-most-beautiful-list.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCancer survivor Christina Applegate has clinched the coveted cover spot on People's annual World's 100 Most Beautiful issue. Standbys like Angelina Jolie, Hugh Jackman, and George Clooney also made the list, but there are plenty of newcomers: Slumdog Millionare stars Dev Patel and Freida Pinto Michelle Obama make the list;...http://www.newser.com/story/57599/applegate-tops-most-beautiful-list.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Apr 2009 6:02:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50644/writer-probes-the-land-of-lipo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHoping for a firsthand glimpse at the $13 billion cosmetic-surgery industry, an undercover writer visited three surgeons to ask what could be improved—on her 27-year-old, 5-foot 9-inch, 120-lb. body. “Are teenybopper idols and those who emulate them freely choosing plastic surgery? Or is plastic surgery choosing them?” Melanie Berliet...http://www.newser.com/story/50644/writer-probes-the-land-of-lipo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Feb 2009 13:49:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48333/first-lady-is-hot-and-celebs-love-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichelle Obama is bringing sexy back … to the White House, the New York Daily News reports. “She is a straight-up beautiful African-American woman and you all better step back,” said Star Jones, while singer Monica declared, “She can pull off anything she wants.” TV host B. Smith added, “She’s...http://www.newser.com/story/48333/first-lady-is-hot-and-celebs-love-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Jan 2009 9:48:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47890/want-better-lashes-theres-a-drug-for-that.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe company behind Botox sees another hit with the first federally approved drug for growing longer, fuller eyelashes, the New York Times reports. The $120 monthly price tag for Latisse, based on a glaucoma drug, makes some analysts blink, particularly during recession. “If you think about it in terms of...http://www.newser.com/story/47890/want-better-lashes-theres-a-drug-for-that.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Jan 2009 10:06:00 CST