Makeup guru Bobbi Brown's cosmetics line was a pioneer of the "nude" look, where color is applied subtly to enhance features.

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Livia Cetti, with her charming paper flowers, is something of a powerhouse and has worked for brands like Bobbi Brown, Anthropologie and Kate Spade.

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They may be less price-sensitive with lipstick because they buy it only every three to six months, says Alicia Sontag, senior vice president of global marketing for Bobbi Brown Cosmetics.

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Friedlander put together and paid for a photo album of 25 women luminaries -- including Evelyn Lauder, makeup artist Bobbi Brown and broadcast journalist Donna Hanover -- all of them wearing Carolee jewelry.

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There are still aren't, you know, very many lines dedicated to women of color, so you really have to shop around--you know, going to Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, and then going to the drugstore to pick up some Black Opal foundations, and then going to Wet 'n' Wild to get a lipstick.

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When you look at the black women who shop at Fashion Fair and who shop at MAC and Bobbi Brown and all the speciality lines, I think we go there because we want to get that service and we want to be able to ask someone, you know, who's a professional what they would do.

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Her biggest mistake was failing to update her will, even after her divorce from Bobby Brown, to better protect Bobbi Kristina.

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