Japan Superhero skincare face masks Andrea James

cosmetics Burt's Bees founder dead at 80 Rob Beschizza

racism Skin whitening cream to be made less racist by changing its name Rob Beschizza

Crayola makes crayons in 24 new skin tones Rusty Blazenhoff

whales Two arrested for possession of whale vomit Mark Frauenfelder

smuggling Smuggler busted carrying fake child stuffed with illegal cosmetics David Pescovitz

gaming Bethesda is launching a subscription service for the glitch-fest that is Fallout 76 Seamus Bellamy

happy mutants Thomas Piketty's new book uses data to trace how inequality changes ideology Cory Doctorow

crime Texas Buzzsaw Botox Burglar: Woman grinds into clinic to steal anti-aging cosmetics Xeni Jardin

beauty tips US cosmetics "full of" ingredients banned in Europe Rob Beschizza

media Streamers using bizarre makeup jobs that look perfect when filtered Rob Beschizza

Copyfight Heiress "Instagram influencer" whose parents are accused of paying a $500K bribe to get her into USC has trademark application rejected for punctuation errors Cory Doctorow

future The urgent threat of hormone-disrupting chemicals to our health and future Mark Frauenfelder

Business Twitter is slow-rolling out a simpler web interface, some users get it first Xeni Jardin

late stage capitalism Med students are being paid to act as Instagram "influencers" on behalf of cosmetics and other products Cory Doctorow

#nopalmoilchristmas Major UK supermarket launches TV ad with Greenpeace against the use of palm oil, but Clearcast bans it from airing Carla Sinclair