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...Glazman, CEO of Boston-based Fresh cosmetics, was growing up in Russia, sea buckthorn berry oil was a popular home remedy his mother applied to scrapes and burns. "It helped the healing process tremendously," he says. Today it has become the star component of Fresh's newest antiaging product, Elixir Ancien. Sea buckthorn, along with a host of other arctic berries, is the miracle medicine du jour in the fast-paced world of skin care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Skin Care's Cold Snap | 2/27/2007 | See Source »

...Muslims, now 30 million strong. But as Indonesia's wealth gap widens-roughly 40 million citizens now live below the poverty line-conservative mosques have attracted worshippers, in part, by promising to alleviate economic hardship and eradicate immorality. "They preach that Islam and Shari'a are an elixir," says Azyumardi Azra, a prominent Muslim scholar and director of the graduate school at Jakarta's State Islamic University. "The state's social institutions have not fixed problems like drugs, prostitution, gambling and corruption. So people think maybe the mosques can solve things that the government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Call to Prayer | 2/22/2007 | See Source »

...fullest, in one word, that word would be BAWLS.Check that, I’m going to use two: BAWLS-nasty. You think I can’t use two words? I didn’t. That was one word. Hyphenated.For the layman who knows not what this sweet elixir of life to be, let me explain. Let me explain real quick for you.Imagine a dragon. Now, what if the dragon was the world. But the world is a dragon.That’s BAWLS.I drink a BAWLS to get crazy; I drink it to take a nap.I drink a BAWLS...

Author: By Walter E. Howell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bawls to the Wawl | 1/18/2007 | See Source »

...wine bottles. The 15,000-sq.-ft. spa has 14 treatment rooms and features, among other vineyard-inspired treatments, a Wine Barrel Bath. Caudalie co-founder Mathilde Thomas describes the entire visitor experience as "very elaborate, modern and beautiful." For his part, Gehry was particularly taken by the Beauty Elixir spray, a popular Caudalie classic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Destination: Soaking Up Spa Style in Spain | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

...noses at IFF to create a set of 15 scents that encapsulate the alternately pungent and sweet-smelling progression of Grenouille's story. Though most of the aromas are enjoyable, not all are wearable. Human Existence, for example, is downright vile. The collection culminates with Aura, a light, thoughtful elixir containing 84 ingredients. Available exclusively at www.perfume.thierrymugler.com the coffret, above...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scent of a Great Story | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

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