Example Sentences

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The Italian Competition Authority said it is investigating beauty brands Sephora and Benefit Cosmetics over potential rule breaches related to the premature use of adult cosmetics by children and adolescents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Zoe, who has two children, started Trigwell Cosmetics in 2020 after her make-up academy business shut during the Covid pandemic.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

Cosmetics firm Shiseido dived nine percent, department store group Takashimaya more than five percent and Fast Retailing -- the owner of Uniqlo -- more than four percent.

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

The home was purchased by IT Cosmetics founder Jamie Kern Lima, who paid a whopping $23 million for the elegantly renovated abode.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 30, 2025

“Oh, and the book is mine, by the way. Amari’s just borrowing it. You tell Dad I brought it here, and I’ll tell Mom who really maxed out her Duboise Cosmetics credit card.”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston