Swimwear, evening wear and polished lines will decide the winner of an international beauty pageant in Taiwan this weekend, but dresses, eyeshadow and long hair are out -- this contest is only for men.
Dutch Philips Electronics signaled a continued pick-up in the consumer electronics market, saying it expected fourth-quarter sales of about 2.8 billion euros ($4.1 billion) at its Consumer Lifestyle unit.
A campaign in communist North Korea against untidy and foreign hairstyles was launched on the orders of leader Kim Jong-Il, a South Korean welfare group says.
Saks Inc is cutting 116 jobs in the cosmetics and fragrance departments of its flagship Fifth Avenue store in New York as it moves to get outside vendors such as Chanel, Lancome and Clinique to fully staff their Saks counters themselves.
Daimler, owner of the Formula One team Brawn GP, is locked in a battle with the chemical group Henkel after one of Henkel's directors signed a ghost sponsoring deal.
L’Oréal has recruited Diane Kruger. The German former model turned actress will join a prestigious team which features Penelope Cruz, Eva Longoria Parker and Freida Pinto, among others.
Miss Gibraltar Kaiane Aldorino was crowned Miss World 2009, outshining 111 other hopefuls at a glittering ceremony with a distinctly African flavour.
Anglo-Dutch food and cosmetics giant Unilever said it was severing ties with an Indonesian palm oil supplier accused by environmental organisation Greenpeace of destroying rainforests.
A French celebrity photographer will face a criminal trial over accusations that he extorted gifts worth 1 billion euros (899.3 million pounds) from the elderly heiress to the L'Oreal fortune.
"Austerity chic" will make way for mood-enhancing make-up in 2010 alongside "naturally sourced" cosmetics and those enhanced by biochemistry and nano-technology advances, a report said.
Procter & Gamble Co said that Chairman A.G. Lafley would retire in early 2010 and Chief Executive Bob McDonald would become chairman of the world's top household products maker on January 1.
A French photographer defended himself against accusations of being a gold digger after he received nearly one billion euros in gifts from France's richest woman, Liliane Bettencourt.
Avon ambassador Reese Witherspoon hosted an exclusive tea party in London for eight Avon sales representatives to celebrate the successful launch of Reese's debut fragrance for Avon, In Bloom.
Reese Witherspoon, Global Ambassador for Avon, headlined a press conference at the House of Commons to promote a powerful new campaign from Avon Cosmetics and Refuge against domestic violence.
Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by higher same-store sales and increased margins, but its revenue forecast for the fourth quarter fell short of expectations.
