If you read your food labels closely, you might want to start doing the same for your cosmetics. After 10 years of deliberation, the Food and Drug Administration has ordered food and cosmetic companies to list carmine and cochineal when used as ingredients. Both colorants are derived from the wee cochineal bug, from whose shriveled bodies color is extracted.
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I know eyeliner belongs on my face and not on bunnies or kitties, but it's not always easy to decipher which beauty products aren't tested on animals. Love PETA or hate it, you've got to hand it to the group for its annual Proggy Awards, which highlights animal-friendly people and companies. This year's winner of the cosmetic category is New York-based e.l.f.
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Who says there's no such thing as a free lunch? OK, maybe there isn't, but you can score a beauty item for nothing. Due to a class-action lawsuit, cosmetics companies, and the stores that sell its items are giving away full-sized products beginning on Jan.
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Back in June, the maker of Botox was seeking FDA approval of its eyelash-boosting drug. Now, Allergan got its wish: the FDA has approved Latisse, an eyelash-thickening agent meant for people who have hypotrichosis of the eyelashes — in other words, too few lashes.
Latisse's active ingredient is bimatroprost, which happens to be the same ingredient used in glaucoma treatments.
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I've just heard that actress Elizabeth Banks has signed on with L'Oreal as their newest beauty ambassador. Word is that she's receiving $1 million per year for a multi-year contract that includes appearances in their TV and print ad campaign starting in February.
Elizabeth joins the spokesperson ranks formerly held by Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, Eva Longoria and Beyoncé Knowles — not too shabby of a list, in fact, it's quite an honour. 
What would you do with approximately 250 bottles of nail polish? Why, painstakingly paint a giant colorful quilt on your car, of course.
According to The Gazette, that's just what Urbana, Maryland resident Jill Bell did.
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As if dealing with cancer isn't difficult enough, now there's some unsettling news about moisturizers. Recently, researchers from Breastlink, a breast cancer treatment center in Southern California, presented the results of a study in which they tested 16 easily accessible moisturizers for estrogen. While none of the samples listed estrogen as an ingredient, six actually contained some type of the hormone — which is terrible news for women with a type of breast cancer that is driven by estrogen.
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Charismatic makeup artist to the stars, Napoleon Perdis, is everywhere these days. He's got a training academy in LA and his products can be found at ULTA, Target, Napoleon Perdis Stores, and select boutiques. Oh, and that's just in the United States.
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You might know that actress Courteney Cox currently serves as celeb spokesperson for the antiaging skincare line, Kinerase. Well, now she's headed to the fragrance category.
Nope, the botox dabbling Cox isn't joining the already crowded bundle of celebrity perfume makers.
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Buyers beware: The Food and Drug Administration has announced the voluntary, nationwide recall of one-ounce tubes of 10 percent benzoyl peroxide manufactured by CSI USA because of possible contamination. The acne creams are found under the following names:
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