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Want to smell 8 years younger? New York-based perfume company Harvey Prince & Co. has launched a new fragrance call Ageless Fantasy, which it claims will shave that many years off your age. How? We’ll get to that.
 
First the bad news: People over 40 stink. We’ll skip the scientific explanation and simply say that as men and women age, the body produces a chemical that you don’t need to know the name of. When this chemical breaks down, it causes “an unpleasant greasy odor,” according to Harvey Prince, which is …

Hey there dolls! I went to LUSH’s fabulous Holiday Preview event last week and came home with enough goodies to last 10 lifetimes. I loooove LUSH so it was a special treat to go to the Hudson Hotel and see what they had in store for the hols (can you believe it’s that time of the year already? OK, well it’s tiptoeing around the corner at any rate).
The theme of this year’s new arrivals was Supernatural. Think of witch cauldrons, spices, everything naughty and nice. And here are some of …

(left to right: Bare Escentuals  Mineral Veil, Bulgari Sephora Coffret, Philosophy Collection, Two Faced “The Quickie Chronicles” Mini Collection)
Some birthdays are best to be forgotten (hello, John McCain’s?). But Sephora’s 10th anniversary is a landmark. To commemorate this sacred occasion, the makeup mavens have put together a list of 10th anniversary limited edition specials — so gorge that we’re drooling like kids in a FAO Schwartz store here.
Check out some of the trophies:
Mineral Veil On-The-Go Brush by Bare Escentuals ($28) – A two-time “Best of Sephora” winner, Mineral Veil is …

If you want more fun than you’ve had going out with your gal pals to a nightclub and dancing to ‘80s music, you should try Bliss Triple Oxygen Instant Energizing Mask.
The mask is a clear gel, and once you spread it all over your damp skin, the mask is activated. Bubbles of oxygen froth all over your face like a delicate veil. Your skin genuinely feels enthralled, as though it is at a Bon Jovi concert.
You have to leave it on for five minutes, and by the time the clock …