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Grocery chain Kroger Co. is making a big push into the beauty business, this summer more than doubling its number of store-brand cosmetics, shampoos and other items while preparing to launch more products this fall and next year.

Better sales of higher-priced skin care products such as a Clinique skin-tone corrector helped cosmetics maker Estee Lauder return a fourth-quarter profit, the company said Thursday.

Paris Hilton was sued Wednesday for allegedly wearing someone else’s hair.

The model is in black, prone and dirty on jagged rocks, netting draped around her legs like a dead sea creature. There she is again, lying on her back in a feathered dress, and in close up, her hair and face sleek with oil.

There are the obvious summer fragrances - you know that bunch: Happy, Eau d’Issey, Cool Water - and they’re no less alluring for being obvious, but here’s our list of five innovative summer fragrances - to supplement your summer fragrance classics.

The Ojai Valley Inn and other spas across the country are cashing in on the craze for locally grown fruits and herbs by integrating them into skin treatments and massage therapies.

Take a look at some of the dehydrated trees along your block; if you don’t start paying attention now - that’s right; we’re talking to you - your skin is going to look every bit as baked as the desiccated leaves on that gingko.

New York health officials are ramping up their regulation of more than 2,000 tanning salons and gyms offering indoor ultraviolet rays even as health advocates push for a law banning exposure by anyone under 18.

Avon Products Inc., a direct seller of beauty products, agreed to buy Silpada Designs for at least $650 million in an effort to expand its jewelry business, the company said Monday.

An Iranian fashion organization has issued a new list of culturally appropriate haircuts for men, possibly indicating a new crackdown on male attire after years of strict rules for women, Iranian media reported.