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Cosmetics or makeup are substances to enhance the beauty of the human body, apart from simple cleaning. Their use is widespread, especially among women in Western countries. The cosmetics industry is currently dominated by a small number of multinational corporations that orginated in the early 20th century.
The word cosmetic can refer to several things:
Cosmetic is sometimes used as a noun, to refer to a single item of cosmetics.
Cosmetic also refers to beauty or appearance, especially concerning the human body. For example, plastic surgery can be done either for practical reasons, such as to repair badly damaged body parts, or for cosmetic reasons, such as making someone's nose smaller so as to be more attractive.
Cosmetic may also refer to topical products that are not drugs. Thus, products worn to increase beauty may be cosmetic (no drug active) or they may be drugs (e.g. in the US and Canada skin creams containing SPF and some anti-acne ingrediants).
Also of note is that according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the words Cosmetic and Cosmos are both derived from the same Greek root, kosmos, which originally meant order, arrangement, and adornment. Noting the perfect order and arrangement of the heavens, Pythagoras began using the word cosmos, to mean the entire ordered, adorned and harmonious universe.
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Russians fall for Indian cosmetics
After movies, it's now the turn of Indian beauty products to woo the Russians. From moisturizers to nourishing creams, skin rejuvenation and anti-ageing products, herbal hair tonics and henna, the Russian women want to have them all, says beauty expert Shahnaz Hussain
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Science key part of cosmetics
For most women, and increasingly men, picking up a new potion or lotion from a cosmetics counter is about paying big money in the hope it will keep them looking young.
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ABCs Of Cosmetic Procedures
Last year, 7.5 million people had cosmetic procedures. On The Saturday Early Show, Dr. Edward Luce offers a plastic surgery primer to those considering surgery themselves
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