O, The Oprah Magazine articles from December 2005

O, The Oprah Magazine archives from December 2005

DermSolutions[TM]: now your skin can be "repaired"; Without a doctor's appointment. Without invasive cosmetic procedures. Without the expense.(Advertisement)
December 1, 2005... For over 55 years, the team of scientists and dermatologists at Estee Lauder Research has welcomed women into an ageless future. Their extraordinary innovations--at the cutting edge of skincare science--virtually "repair" skin's appearance....

What's going on: noteworthy events & happenings.(Advertisement)
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Design for success: brought to you by Dell.(Donald A. Gardner Architects, Inc.)(Dell/NFIB Small Business Award)
December 1, 2005... In the competitive world of architecture, designing beautiful home plans does not guarantee success. Designing beautiful home plans and making them easily accessible to your customer, however, will surely better your odds. As president of...

We hear you! Age? Bring it on! Readers cheer a 92-year-old judo teacher, thank Janine Latus for blowing the whistle on abuse, and more ...(letters)(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2005... I'm a 46-year-old divorced, self-employed woman without children--an anomaly in the suburb where I live. I think a lot about what lies ahead, and my biggest fear is the inevitable loss of my dear parents someday, especially when, with no...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
December 1, 2005... Ten percent of the proceeds from sales of Polo Ralph Lauren Pink Pony tennis balls (October's "O List," page 127) go to the Pink Pony Fund of the Polo Ralph Lauren Foundation, not the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Also, in October's...

Here we go!(Cover Story)
December 1, 2005... What's your pleasure? To Bonnie Hunt, it's making somebody laugh out loud (page 264). To Howard Halle, it's the fresh details he discovers in a great old painting over time (page 271). And Roger Housden takes tremendous pleasure in being...

Calendar.(Calendar)
December 1, 2005... December "Each one's pleasure draws him on." --Virgil "Then let yourself love all that you take delight in." --John Ashbery [TABLE OMITTED] "It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis."...

Live your best life.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... When you die God and the angels will hold you accountable for all the pleasures you were allowed in life that you denied yourself. --Anonymous [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

If you see just three films ...(Movies)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... Every December producers deck the movie hails with Academy Award contenders. Three stand out from this year's crowd. A Good Woman stars Helen Hunt as a 1930s adventuress out to repair her reputation. You could rightfully call this comedy of...

What's playing in Reba McEntire's ear?(Music)
December 1, 2005... Reba McEntire has had a heck of a ride, which is only appropriate since she started out as a rodeo performer, following in the hoofprints of her Rodeo Hall of Fame roper dad. She's held on from the slow launch of her music career in the...

A head for flowers.(What a Concept!)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... BEAUTY industry powerhouse Evelyn H. Lauder has done far more for women than merely render our cheekbones more pronounced and our wrinkles less so. To date, her Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) has raised $115 million toward finding a...

It's beginning to look a lot like chaos: Holiday Inn meets Fawlty Towers in this Native American farce.(Movies)(Christmas in the Clouds)(Movie Review)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... NO SANTA! NO SLEIGH! No holiday epiphanies! No wonder Christmas in the Clouds, directed by rookie Kate Montgomery and billed as the first Native American romantic comedy, appeals to our indie side. The story begins as Ray Clouds on Fire...

Wireless is more.(Gizmo)(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
December 1, 2005... The problem: Every time you use your iPod, the headphone wires catch on everything in the vicinity, causing the violent yanking out of earpieces just as Chaka is about to hit her crescendo. The solution: Cut the cord. Logitech's new...

Same time, next year.(Art)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... The French writer Roland Barthes once described the camera as a "clock for seeing," meaning that it captures not only images but the passing of time as well. Nowhere is this more evident than in the National Gallery of Art's current exhibition...

Nugget.(anticipationLIST)
December 1, 2005... "For the first time in history, middle-class women do not need men in the traditional ways--for safety, for money, for a life. So they're demanding instead what they always wanted but couldn't ask for: emotional connection, presence, intimacy....

Celebrate!(DVD)
December 1, 2005... FROM BREAKTHROUGH INTERviews to seven-hanky couch sessions to jaw-dropping giveaways, Oprah's favorite moments from her two decades on television have been compiled on The Oprah Winfrey Show: 20th Anniversary DVD Collection. The six-disc set...

With Felicity Huffman: why can't a man be more like a woman?(Q & A)(Interview)
December 1, 2005... BEST KNOWN for her Emmy-winning turn as the harried stay-at-home mom Lynette on Desperate Housewives, Felicity Huffman takes a noticeable departure from Wisteria Lane in her latest film, Transamerica. Playing Bree, a transsexual who embarks on...

Yesterday and tomorrow: a beautiful small film comes to the small screen.(TV)(Movie Review)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... THE TITLE character of the poignant South African film Yesterday was given her name by her father because, she explains, "things were better yesterday than today." This sentiment sets the tone for director Darrell James Roodt's (Cry, the...

Live, from Broadway, it's ... The Color Purple!(movie adaptation of the novel)
December 1, 2005... First it was a (classic, much-adored, constantly reread, Pulitzer Prize-winning) novel. Then an unforgettable movie (Spielberg! Oscar nominations! Oprah's film debut!). Now it's the most eagerly awaited musical of the season. Below, OPRAH talks...

Lise Funderburg got a backstage pass, and she's still humming the score.(anticipationLIST)
December 1, 2005... SMART, TOUGH women I know who have seen The Color Purple in rehearsal say their eyes started filling about three minutes into the show. They are huge fans of the new production that opens on Broadway this month, not simply because as editors at...

Dr. Phil: "the opposite of love is indifference--which is exactly what you're getting"; Phillip C. McGraw, PhD, on a husband who wants out, a rape survivor who wants closure, and a woman who wants her best friend back.(advice, etc.)
December 1, 2005... Q For five months, my husband and I had been planning a move to a nearby city. Then he told me he'd changed his mind. He said that I had no sense of humor and that he and I weren't "meshing." He wants to get a divorce and move back to his...

Suze Orman: "the first rule--trust yourself more than you trust your financial adviser"; Recovering from a financial hit, choosing the right investment adviser, and staying afloat during maternity leave.(advice, etc.)
December 1, 2005... Q I was living with a man whose business crumbled. He lost everything, we broke up, and I went from living in a half-million-dollar house and driving a BMW to scraping by on $35,000 a year. I now live in a small apartment and drive a junk pile....

Something to think about.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... The early Greeks took pleasure seriously; for the Epicureans, it was the goal of life. Pure, unadulterated joy isn't a luxury but a necessity for human beings. Take a moment to consider the following: 1. Just as children have special toys...

'Tis the season to be jolly. Honest! Maybe your illusions about Santa crashed a long time ago. Never mind, says Martha Beck. There are still plenty of reasons--five, to be exact--to go through life expecting the very best.(views on expectations)(Column)
December 1, 2005... WE'D JUST FINISHED DECorating the Christmas tree. Covered with pine sap and puncture wounds, I was snarfing down a soothing pound of chocolate when my 6-year-old daughter Katie asked, "Mommy, what's that?" She pointed to a single pine needle...

Sandra Oh's aha! Moment: she was just your typical Korean-Canadian actress looking for a chance.(advice, etc.)(Column)
December 1, 2005... ACTING CAN BE a brutal occupation, and it gets harder the further away you veer from the standard ideal of beauty. But in Canada, where I grew up, I was ridiculously lucky. After I graduated from theater school, I starred in three films--all...

Married, with other people's children: motherhood? Maybe someday. For now, for Veronica Chambers--and for the kids she reads to, blows bubbles with, and sends off to football camp--being a universal aunt is satisfaction enough.(advice,etc)(Column)
December 1, 2005... ALL MY ADULT LIFE I have had a passion for what I call OPC: other people's children. When I think about my 20s, I remember having a fridge that always contained two things: a bottle of Champagne in case I had romantic company and a roll of...

Places, everyone!(O to go)
December 1, 2005... The table is perfect, the food smells delicious--now let these place cards help you get everybody seated. Tear along perforations, fold in half horizontally (quote goes inside), and fill in names. Expecting a mob? Photocopy extras. "To...

What's going on: noteworthy events & happenings.(Advertisement)
December 1, 2005... Jones New York In The Classroom Back To School, Back To Style! Jones New York In The Classroom sent five teachers back to school in style this Fall with a head-to-toe Jones New York wardrobe makeover and a new classroom designed by...

The O list.
December 1, 2005... "A few things I think are just great."--OPRAH Knit Wit "I'm dreaming of a green and orange Christmas. These thick, supersoft sweaters have the feel of cashmere but not the price." ($37, New York & Co.; nyandcompany.com) ...

O come let us adorn you; Tasteful and safe can wait. What's cool: Bejeweled everything. Pearls gone wild. Just one of these sparkly pieces will keep you in holiday trim.(getting dressed)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... Blessed excess is how we'd describe our year-end treasure chest. Use this flamboyant stuff to make basics scintillate. 1. Crystal foliage on slingbacks, Constanca Basto, $549. 2. "Diamond" pinned clutch, Kenneth Jay Lane for Hollywould, $495....

Look what we found! Spellbinding fragrance oils, the sweetest face cream, and more. Here's what O's beauty editors--Valerie Monroe and Jenny Bailly--fell in love with this month.(Buyers Guide)
December 1, 2005... The moment we pulled it from the soft leather pouch and unscrewed the cap on the little vial of jasmine--one of four essential oils meant to be worn alone or layered in the Donna Karan Essence collection ($185)--we succumbed to a kind of...

Ask Val: is it dry scalp or dandruff?... How to even out your complexion ... Solving the mystery of moisturizers vs. serums ... O's beauty director, Valerie Monroe, gets to the bottom line.(beauty)
December 1, 2005... I've never had dandruff, but I'm suddenly as flaky as a snow globe. Help! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A: Dandruff, the toilet-paper-under-your-heel of beauty problems, always seems to imply a kind of sloppiness, no matter how well dressed,...

The pleasure of not being perfect: we all want to be beautiful, blonde, brunette, taller, richer, thinner, smarter, and better in every way. And in just about every way, we come up short. Maybe that's how it's supposed to be? Roger Housden appreciates.(essay)
December 1, 2005... To err is human--but it feels divine! --MAE WEST There is a crack, a crack in everything That's how the light gets in. --LEONARD COHEN SOMEONE ELSE WOULD PROBABLY have work done on a nose like mine. It's a significant promontory...

Party favors: turn the (dinner) tables on your guests and surprise them with terrific little holiday keepsakes, from sweets to scents to ornaments.(Buyers Guide)
December 1, 2005... Where have all the flowers gone? Home with your guests. Arrange bunches of hydrangea--available year-round--in big and little vases ($39 and $16, West Elm); the smaller versions become takeaway gifts--no wrapping required. A simple color scheme...

Share Common Sense.(services of Scott Common Sense Community)
December 1, 2005... Tips for the Holidays Made Easy from the SCOTT[R] Common Sense Community While the holidays are traditionally a time for sharing, the SCOTT[R] brand believes in sharing all year long. Come visit the SCOTT Common Sense Community to find...

A taste of fame: famous spaghetti sauce! Famous guacamole! Was culinary celebrity really this commonplace? So it seemed. Then Peter Smith found he had his fans, too.(Column)
December 1, 2005... I FIRST BECAME AWARE OF "FAMOUS" DISHES IN COLLEGE. "I have a surprise for you," Ann, my freshman girlfriend, murmured two weeks after we started going out. "Tonight I'm cooking you my famous spaghetti sauce." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Cooking connection: it's the season to get together over food!
December 1, 2005... The holidays are a great time for friends and family to connect at the table and celebrate each other with great food. It doesn't need to be complicated or stressful. A little planning ahead can make a big difference. You'll be happier and more...

Stop holding your breath.(introduction of a new mouthwash, smartmouth)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... Imagine waking up every day with no morning breath. Chatting intimately on a first date without an emergency mint. We see your skepticism, but hear us out: The makers of a new mouthwash, SmartMouth ($13), say their formula, unlike odor-masking...

Diet pill dangers.
December 1, 2005... SOME PEOPLE THINK over-the-counter diet pills can't possibly be strong enough to be dangerous. Don't count on it, say experts at ConsumerLab.com (CL), who gave O an early look at the results of their new review of 23 weight loss supplements....

Should you take bone-strengthening drugs?(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... The findings: A study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism highlighted cases of nine people who'd been taking the osteoporosis drug Fosamax for three to eight years. Each person had broken bones doing ordinary things like...

Does echinacea work?(WHAT'S IN THE NEWS)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... The findings: Researchers infected 399 people with the common cold, isolated them in hotel rooms, then watched for symptoms, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine. Some subjects began taking echinacea in advance, others...

Can prayer heal?(WHAT'S IN THE NEWS)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... The findings: Over 700 heart patients participated in a study published in The Lancet to determine whether the prayer of distant strangers might help them heal. Half of the patients were prayed for by multiple congregations; the others received...

The way to eat: does the protein in dairy cancel out the calcium? Can tea dehydrate you? And is coconut oil really safe to cook with? David L. Katz, MD, brings your questions to the table.(body wise)
December 1, 2005... Q | I've heard that dairy products contain so much protein that your body uses the calcium in them to buffer the protein rather than to strengthen bones. Would leafy greens and supplements be a better source of calcium?--MARK STAHL, Bronx, New...

16 thoughts that can make you thin: you know those suggestive little voices that whisper in your ear ... and suddenly you're knee-deep in ice cream? Change the sabotaging, discipline-destroying thoughts, and you can change your life--or at least your weight. Cara Birnbaum reports.(body wise)
December 1, 2005... LIKE AN OLD REEL-TO-REEL TAPE, self-destructive thoughts can loop endlessly through your mind, growing louder every time you approach a refrigerator or open a menu. I'll just eat one cookie. I deserve a cheeseburger. My parents are heavy, so...

Medical fortune-tellers: new DNA tests promise to tell you whether you have the genes for diabetes, heart disease, and dozens of other ills. But do you really want to know? Will knowing do any good? And how accurate are these tests, anyway? Diana Kapp reports.
December 1, 2005... I'M A GAL WHO CONSIDERS A BOX of Jujubes a perfectly legit lunch (calories: only 110). I've probably gone ten years without drinking a glass of milk, and I don't go near yogurt unless it's "lite," although my husband constantly harangues me...

If you have wrinkles, you've probably heard about ... Idebenol[TM] (e-deb-in-all): but can this new "miracle" cream really work as good as they say?(New Product Update)
December 1, 2005... You've seen it on the news... you've read about it in magazines... People who have used it not only love it but are buying it again and again and again... racking up huge repeat sales at the cosmetic counters of high-end department...

Set an example: we salute these companies for their contributions to the community.(Advertisement)
December 1, 2005... Count Me In For Women's Economic Independence Count Me In is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping women entrepreneurs access education, support and business loans. Count Me In has made hundreds of loans to women...

Seeing the world: from India's colors and Van Gogh's lines to eye-popping African and American art, this season's gift books astonish, delight, and provoke. Francine Prose is dazzled.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... Whether or not this year's travel plans include a trip to Asia, Oliver Follmi's India (Abrams) may be the next best thing to staying on a houseboat in Kashmir or joining the throngs of pilgrims come to bathe in the River Ganges. The ash-smeared...

Tina Barney's Europe.(reading room)
December 1, 2005... Each photograph in Tina Barney's The Europeans (Steidl/Barbican) is like a riddle we think we can solve if we only look hard enough. Who are these wealthy Germans, these privileged French girls, these Austrian aristocrats? What can we tell...

The observers.(reading room)
December 1, 2005... Accompanied by personal reflections on the art of writing, more than 100 of our literary heroes gaze at us from the pages of Nancy Crampton's Writers (Quantuck Lane). Taken over decades, these portraits seem to stop time as we encounter the...

All creatures great and small, fragile and soulful.(reading room)
December 1, 2005... The haunting images in Nick Brandt's On This Earth (Chronicle) seem less like a documentary than like spirit photos of mythical beasts. Living testimony to the ghostly beauty and the fragility of nature, these magnificent creatures,...

The incredible strangeness of being.(reading room)
December 1, 2005... Many of the exotic plants and animals shot by David Liittschwager and Susan Middleton for Archipelago: Portraits of Life in the World's Most Remote Island Sanctuary (National Geographic) look like extraterrestrial aliens posing as the native...

Local talent makes good.(reading room)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... The greatest hits of 20th-century American art sound their high notes in Imagining America (Yale University), by John Carlin and Jonathan Fineberg. Attractively designed, full of well-chosen reproductions, and enlivened by photographs of...

Magic, color, aliveness: the new African art.(reading room)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... Those whose acquaintance with African art has been limited to carved idols and masks in museums will have their horizons broadened--and their minds blown--by the dazzling paintings, sculptures, and photographs in Arts of Africa (Skira). Italian...

Seductions for a snowy afternoon: a Parisian fantasy, a meditation on men, an epiphany in the woods, the hotel of your wildest dreams, and a classic delivered with style.
December 1, 2005... CHARLOTTE HEATH, liberated from a long illness, turns a corner in her horse-drawn sleigh and sees her husband on the verge of kissing another woman. That's the cozily chilling opening of Ellen Cooney's A Private Hotel for Gentle Ladies...

Ciao, bella!(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... La dolce vita has never looked sweeter--or sexier--than it does in Dolce Italia (Rizzoli). These shots of "the beautiful life of Italy in the fifties and sixties," culled from the archives of pioneering paparazzo Federico Garolla di Bard,...

Books that made a difference to Patricia Clarkson: from multilayered Southern fiction to novels of urban dazzle and wartime survival, the actress likes stories that are passionate, political, and sexy.(reading room)(Column)
December 1, 2005... I GREW UP IN LOUISIANA, AND MY MOTHER'S family is hugely political, not wealthy but with this great sense of social responsibility. My mother is the councilwoman for the French Quarter in New Orleans. A lot of the books I'm drawn to are...

Gifts that click: holiday shopping just got easy!(UGG Australia)
December 1, 2005... O. The Oprah Magazine advertisers have brought the season's best holiday gifts straight to you. Check out the following pages for great ideas, go online and you're just a few clicks away from finishing your holiday shopping! Visit...

The art (and soul) of generosity: it really is the thought that counts. Novelist Marilynne Robinson recalls an old man's bird, a handful of change--and what they taught her about the essence of giving.(connections)(Column)
December 1, 2005... WHEN I WAS A GRADUATE student, I had a cat. I had no particular affection for her, no doubt because she had none at all for me. But she was a gift from a friend. So I satisfied the basic requirements of cat ownership--food, shelter,...

The mom who would be president: after enduring prison, torture, and exile ... after losing her father to Augusto Pinochet's murderous regime ... you'd think Michelle Bachelet would have had enough of Chilean politics. To the contrary. Cynthia Brown talks to the single mother who thinks her country could use a woman's touch.
December 1, 2005... SANTA MARIA IS A TOWN of adobe houses in central Chile with a stunning view of the snowcapped Andes and a population of small-farm owners and farmworkers. These are the people who harvest grapes for foreign tables and cultivate the local...

Oprah talks to Jamie Foxx: the brilliant Oscar-winning star of Ray (and a stand-up guy besides) in one of the most candid interviews you'll ever read--about racism, sex, fame, family, fathers, daughters, marriage, music, manhood, accomplishment, and what really brings him pleasure.(THE O INTERVIEW)(Interview)
December 1, 2005... FIRST I HEARD THE PRE-OSCAR hullabaloo about Jamie Foxx: He'd portrayed legendary singer Ray Charles so convincingly that critics called him a shoo-in for the Academy Award. Next I became anxious for Jamie: I knew those very predictions might...

Take pleasure!(analysis)
December 1, 2005... Choose joy? Not always so easy. Pursue happiness? No guarantees. Find pleasure? A snap. Whether it's a whiff of roses, a quick cuddle with a willing kitten, or a double dip of hot butterscotch sauce, pleasure is always there for the taking....

Midnight hour: deep, sleek backs. Showstopping bows. Poufy skirts and sexy textures. No longer little, the new black dress is capable of big statements, grand entrances, last dances. It's the caviar of today's fashion.(Buyers Guide)
December 1, 2005... JUST ADD COLOR If your closet seems trapped in the Dark Ages, small, bright touches--like a hot pink satin clutch (Kate Spade)--will change gloomy to glam. Not that there's anything dour about this Grecian-inspired dress, a practically...

Last-minute gifts: so the farthest you traveled this year was to visit your sister in Poughkeepsie. (that only look as if you've gone to the ends of the earth).
December 1, 2005... molto bene Lavish someone you love with Italian luxury: A candle wrapped in gilt Florentine paper or a body lotion as sumptuous as any 12-ply cashmere fits the bill. Clockwise from top: Manetti Roberts Rose Water, $9. KarenKlein Bellini...

Late night with Colin Cowie: the drinks are drunk. The guests are thinning out. The party's over? We've only just begun. For Oprah's favorite event designer, it's time for festive cocktails, cherry tomatoes Provencal, succulent beef, a to-die-for chocolate dessert. Lisa Kogan takes notes.
December 1, 2005... LEGEND HAS IT THAT WHEN DEAN Martin had enough of one of his big Hollywood parties, he'd head for his room, slip into pajamas, get into bed, and phone the police to complain about the noise emanating from his own house--insisting they come...

Breathing space.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... Traipse through the snow-laden Sierra Nevada and linger by this tangle of lightly rimed willows. Feel the reviving glow of sunlight as it illuminates the branches and warms your face. PHOTOGRAPH BY CARR CLIFTON / MINDEN PICTURES

Cry me a river: from her vantage point in Harlem, New Orleans native Sarah Broom talks about the days after Katrina--the waiting, the anguish over her two missing brothers (was that Carl on TV? Michael?), the uplift of family, and how she'll remember her jazzy, brassy, beautiful, like-no-other city.
December 1, 2005... WHEN YOU ARE from a huge, wild New Orleans family and realize that your city is underneath so much water it can't breathe, and when the other thing you know is that your two hardheaded brothers are somewhere in all of that mess, you simply try...

A walk on the warm side.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... A bit of Russian, a soupcon of ski, a lot of moccasin--these boots mix ethnic chic with sturdy, sporty good looks. They'll keep you warm all winter. DASHING IN THE SNOW is our new mantra now that we've tested these groovy boots: Slide them...

Party lips.(Beauty)
December 1, 2005... Chat brilliantly. Kiss everyone in sight. Say yes to hors d'oeuvres. 0 picks 8 gorgeous, shiny, long-lasting ways to dress up your mouth. 1., 2. & 3. Crimson lipstick gives a shot of glamour--but anything too matte can look costumey. For...

Late night with Colin Cowie; Let the real party start: lush cocktails, fiery shrimp, a chocolate-dream dessert (for story, see page 286).(THE RECIPES)
December 1, 2005... For additional recipes, go to oprah.com. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Chocolate Pot de Creme with Vanilla Ice Cream 4 ounces good-quality bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped 1 cup heavy or whipping cream 1/2 cup milk 4...

Shop guide (all prices are approximate).(Buyers Guide)
December 1, 2005... COVER/HERE WE GO P.47 Naeem Khan cashmere sweater, $1,060, and silk faille beaded skirt, $2,180, Bergdorf Goodman, Stephen Dweck quartz and pearl earrings, $650, Bergdorf Goodman; 212-872-8651. Cartier 18kt-yellow-gold and diamond watch;...

We found the hottest holiday gifts!(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
December 1, 2005... Pampering Pajamas "Sending a PajamaGram is the ultimate gift to pamper everyone on your holiday list." Over 100 pajamas, nighties, robes, slippers, and spa products, each delivered in a keepsake hatbox complete with a lavender sachet,...

Serious dark circles?[TM].(NEW PRODUCT UPDATE)(Advertisement)
December 1, 2005... "The first product specifically developed for serious dark circles... not the kind that pop up in the morning and are gone by breakfast, but the kind of serious dark circles that stay around forever... making you look old, tired and...

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What I know for sure.(views on pleasure)
December 1, 2005... I TAKE MY PLEASURES SERIOUSLY. I work hard and pleasure well; I believe in the yin and yang of life. It doesn't take a lot to make me happy because I take pleasure from everything I do. Some pleasures are higher rated than others, of course....