Clinique recently introduced Chubby Sticks for eyes with a dome-shaped tip, meant to replace traditional brush-on powder eye shadow.

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The most outrageous offenders are known as ko-gyaru -- girls who sport big socks, short skirts, orange-dyed coiffures and heavy blue eye shadow.

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And when we asked if a Honda executive really did tell a Japanese newspaper that the colors are meant to "match a woman's eye shadow, " we're told yes -- with no tinge of regret that some women might find such a comment offensive.

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Eleven Magic Filters add a range of spectacular effects to both stills and video, and Beauty Mode with Make-up lets users easily apply everything from eyeliner to eye shadow and blush to subjects.

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Olympus' Beauty Make-up mode will let you apply everything from eyeliner to eye shadow and rouge.

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Additional features include Beauty Make-up mode, which allows users to easily apply everything from eyeliner to eye shadow and blush to subjects as well as Smart Panorama which lets users take a dynamic panorama of up to 360-degrees, simply by moving the camera from side to side or up and down.

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After the next election, if not before, that will guarantee that there will be further steep tax increases or eye-watering spending cuts - a political choice the chancellor will want to highlight tomorrow in order to put his shadow, Ed Balls, on the spot to spell out what Labour would do.

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