Estée Lauder to buy Smashbox makeup line The Estée Lauder Cos. is buying privately held Smashbox Beauty Cosmetics Inc., the company said Monday. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Estee Lauder said it expects the deal will close in July and will add to its earnings in 2011, excluding transaction and integration [...]

Global halal cosmetics market booms KUALA LUMPUR  Entrepreneurs producing “halal” cosmetics say the global market is booming as more Muslims opt for beauty products that conform to Islamic rules. Famiza Zulkifli made her first halal soap four years ago, after searching in vain for the right products to bathe her baby. Now her business has [...]

Oprah Winfrey steals Mo’Nique ‘s ‘Precious’ thunder at M.A.C. cosmetics party in Los Angeles Oprah sure knows how to steal the spotlight! A spy at Saturday’s M.A.C. cosmetics bash for Mo’Nique at Phillippe Chow in L.A. said that when Ms. Winfrey made a surprise appearance, attendees like Shondrella Avery and Jackee Harry “flipped out” and [...]

Mary Kay Cosmetics is free of animal ingredients in cosmetics? Mary Kay Cosmetics is a cosmetic Halal? Then consumer Muslims certainly use the product? Please read the container to the container or for more details 5 oz African Black Soap Unscented 100 Pure Natural Ingredients RA Cosmetics US $3.49 5 oz African Black Soap Lemon [...]