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Beauty Sick – Renee Engeln, PhD

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PR for People® Reviews: BOOKS: By Barbara Lloyd McMichael   Beauty books are part of a burgeoning industry – some market analyses suggest that the beauty market worldwide will amount to $265 billion this year.

 

 

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You might say vegan/cruelty-free beauty is poised to have its moment. New Zealand and India have banned cosmetic testing on animals altogether, and on June 22, 2016, President Obama signed the Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act, which is expected to significantly reduce animal testing in the United States. The act drew wide support from several organizations, including the Humane Society of the United States and the Physicians Committee for...


Raihana Mahan Enjoys Making her Clients Beautiful

Raihana Mahan is one of the most popular aestheticians in the Seattle metro area. She is known for her gentle touch, her fine attention to the smallest details, and her sparkling eyes that show her easy sense of humor.  Here is a little known fact about Raihana: she reigned as a local beauty queen Mrs. Sammamish in 2006. (Sammamish is an eastside city located in the heart of Microsoft country.)

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When Looking Good Becomes a Tragic Obsession

 

A beautiful 28-year-old Eurasian woman, LISA (not her real name), came to me to have eyelid surgery.  This was not at all an uncommon request. In the last ten years, there has been an increase of 58% of cosmetic surgeries performed on Asians.   Lisa was half Asian and she was requesting a preference to have more Caucasian looking eyes. I performed the eyelid surgery for Lisa. She was very happy with the results. Only it...


Is the Facelift dead?

 

It’s no secret that nonsurgical anti-aging treatments have become so effective that it begs the question: Has the facelift become obsolete? 

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Raihana Mahan | Beauty from Afghanistan

Growing up in Afghanistan, my mom worked as a teacher and my dad was the Minister of Agriculture. We lived a very happy, normal life. We would go to carnivals ‘til late at night, or to movies with aunts, uncles and cousins. We could visit our relatives anytime we wanted and travel to other parts of the country.  Everything changed dramatically when Russia invaded. A curfew was implemented, and we were not as free as we used to be.

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