Lipstick has become one of the most widely used cosmetics since Cleopatra first stained her lips with carmine in 69 B.C. "Even women who don't wear makeup wear lipstick," write Meg Cohen Ragas and Karen Kozlowski in Read My Lips: A...

Lipstick is a cosmetic product containing pigments, oils, waxes, and emollients that applies color and texture to the lips. There are many varieties of lipstick. Lippy is a common British colloquialism for...

Only in the world of government does the routine perversion of language betray so much about reality if you listen carefully. We have heard the euphemisms through history, with perhaps the most notable being “revenue enhancements” as a substitute for tax increases. But at this week’s...

Every so often, a building comes on the block that immediately transcends all others available, even if it’s a bit smaller than some of its neighbors. The Philip Johnson trophy, the Lipstick Building at 885 Third Avenue, is officially up for sale. Tishman Speyer and...

The Food and Drug Administration said Friday it would look into claims from an advocacy group that certain lipsticks contain potentially dangerous levels of lead. Similar claims in the past have not been confirmed, the agency said.The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics said that a third...

HOWARD: My fiancée, Rachel, knows a bridal shower's been planned for her, but not the specifics. She's given me very simple directions: get me there on time, get me there dressed nicely, and don't tell me when it's happening. My dad singing 'I feel...