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...beauty brands--like the zany personal-care line Garnier or the ethnic hair-care concern SoftSheen/Carson--L'Oreal gave Maybelline a marketing face-lift and sent it out to conquer the world. "I had what was perhaps an unrealistic ambition," Owen-Jones, 58, told TIME: "to put a Maybelline lipstick in the hand of every woman in China...
...crazy. Maybelline was launched in China in 1998. Now, buoyed by the popularity of products such as Water Shine Diamonds lipstick, the brand is recognized by 95% of Chinese women. In January, Owen-Jones, who is British, celebrated his 20th year at the helm of L'Oreal. He went to work for the company in 1969, fresh out of management school in France. He became CEO in 1984 and chairman in 1988. Once in charge, he set about globalizing beauty. He is one of the few non-French to thrive in what remains an insular corporate culture. Along...
...music was pumping in our room while we got dressed. I’m talking stilettos, lipstick and hot tank tops,” she reminisces. Everything was ready...
...usually put on lipstick before making a phone call, but this time was different. I was placing my first video phone call over the Internet. Although video chatting online has been possible for years, it has not been very practical. That's because most people used dial-up modems, which don't have enough bandwidth to transmit video well. But now that more than a third of all Internet users have DSL or cable-modem connections, online video quality is finally up to snuff, if not exactly Emmy worthy. There's also a low-cost program that makes video chatting...
...mirror to make sure you like how you look. And what if you need a bit of privacy during the chat? Hit the pause button to freeze your video image, and then mute the microphone. If you're quick, that will buy you enough time to fix your lipstick...