I once read the story of a man called Jacob. For about 21 years, he sojourned in a nation called Padan Aram, a foreign land ...

Finding cruelty-free beauty products is no easy feat. Trust me: I have had trouble with this ever since I became passionate about animal rights at age 14. With over a decade of experience with ...

Actress Viola Davis served unapologetically captivating beauty at tonight's awards thanks to a bold, wine-colored lip and an abundance of free-flowing curls accented by a custom Gucci sequins gown.

As the science of skin care continues to expand, some of those advances have landed directly in consumers’ hands. Is that a good thing? Credit...Illustration by Ben Denzer; source photographs by ...

President Donald Trump's escalating pressure on the private sector to ditch diversity programs has left some in Davos ...

Chinese tourists are part of the 15.7 million visitors who arrived in Egypt in 2024. This figure surpasses the previous record of 14.9 million set in 2023 and marks the second consecutive year Egypt ...

The Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) returns for its 56th edition from 24 January to 5 February at the Egypt ...

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Beauty in 2025 will be a tale of two halves: on the one hand, nostalgia and an AI-reactionary human touch will prevail in make-up and fragrance, while on the other, skincare and wellness will ...

“[Tweens] are huge beauty consumers and lovers of fragrance, but no one’s really meeting them with an age-appropriate offering that’s also aspirational and doesn’t speak down to them ...