By THÉRÉSE MARGOLIS The Irish-American poet John Boyle O’Reilly once wrote: “The red rose whispers of passion, and the white rose breathes of love; O, the red rose is a falcon, and the white rose is a dove.” Throughout history, roses have been associated with love, passion and beauty, and they have always been a key ingredient in beauty products. The
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS So Sunday, June 21, came and went and you pretty much blew it in the remember-Daddy department, forgetting completely that is was Father’s Day .and not even bothering to send Dear Ol’ Dad a card expressing your appreciation for all he has done for you over the years. But, this year — and this year only —
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Additional Tag-ons to the USMCA No sooner had U.S. Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to the House of Representatives for a vote on Friday, Dec. 13, than Democratic Majority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MA) introduced initiative HR5430, which tags five U.S. inspectors to oversee union elections in private companies in Mexico. Immediately, Mexico’s USMCA
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS … Check out the safest and least-painful way to defuzz, the newest makeup craze in Italy, how to have sea-breeze hair year-round and coolest travel gear…
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Esperanza Gutiérrez Rojano ran like hell out of the plush southern Mexico City Artz Pedregal mall on Wednesday, July 24, a little past 5 p.m., to no avail. Less than a block away, she was stopped by a city policeman and, in no time, she was surrounded by patrol cars. She was laden onto a pick-up converted
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Fall Made Easy By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS This week’s selection of new products and garments encompasses a wide range of beauty and fashion items to save you time, keep you looking sharp and help you transition seamlessly from the carefree days of summer casual to the more polished look of back-to-school or the conventional style of autumn office dressing. Getting back
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A More Beautiful You By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS We all want to be beautiful, and, in fact, we all are. There is no single universal trait that define beauty, and no ideal image of aesthetic perfection. As the old saying goes: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder (or as Miss Piggy famously put it: “Beauty is in the eye
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Here Comes the Sun By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Yeah, it’s spring, and the sun is shining bright in Mexico pre-rainy season. And even when the rains start, there are all those great beach resorts from Cancun to Cabos, plus lots of other summer destinations that are perfect places to show off your beauty and a little skin (just make sure you
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Cultured 18th century British gentlemen were known for their appreciation of Greco-Roman art, and more than a few of these refined art aficionados made their way to Italy to procure a classic piece of history or two for their own personal collections. (They seldom ventured into Greece because, at the time, it was under Ottoman rule.) Over
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