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Cosmetics are substances used to enhance the appearance or odor of the human body. Cosmetics include skin-care creams, lotions, powders, perfumes, lipsticks, fingernail and toe nail polish, eye and facial makeup, towelettes, permanent waves, colored contact lenses, hair colors, hair sprays and gels, deodorants, hand sanitizer, baby products, bath oils, bubble baths, bath salts, butters and many other types of products. A subset of cosmetics is called "make-up," which refers primarily to colored products intended to alter the user’s appearance. Many manufacturers distinguish between decorative cosmetics and care cosmetics. The word cosmetics derives from the Greek κοσμητική τέχνη (kosmetikē tekhnē), meaning "technique of dress and ornament", from κοσμητικός (kosmētikos), "skilled in ordering or arranging" and that from κόσμος (kosmos), meaning amongst others "order" and "ornament".
The manufacture of cosmetics is currently dominated by a small number of multinational corporations that originated in the early 20th century, but the distribution and sale of cosmetics is spread among a wide range of different businesses. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which regulates cosmetics in the United States defines cosmetics as: "intended to be applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance without affecting the body's structure or functions." This broad definition includes, as well, any material intended for use as a component of a cosmetic product. The FDA specifically excludes soap from this category.
Actors: Brian Thompson (director), Brian Thompson (producer), Lorielle New (actress), Brian Thompson (actor), Bobby Reed (actor), Brian Thompson (writer), Lee Garlington (actress), Carl Ciarfalio (actor), Gary Graham (actor), Patrick Warburton (actor), Mark Dacascos (actor), Martin Kove (actor), Art Roberts (actor), Sherwood Jones (editor), Ian Patrick Williams (actor),
Plot: What if Inspector Clouseau bulked up on steroids, then was given the job to direct a movie? Action Hero chronicles Hollywood myth and rumor, bending together an escalating series of mishaps that lead us and The Great Vardell Duselldorfer, (The Great V.D.), in the strictest dramatic terms, to climax.
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Plot: When Susan, a film producer from NYC, goes to Jamaica to shoot a shampoo commercial, she finds herself, through a series of unforeseen circumstances, drifting further and further away from the world she knows and into the life of the island, a strange alternative reality that turns many of her previously held assumptions upside down.
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Genres: Crime, Drama,Actors: Marilyn Chambers (actress), Debbie Rochon (actress), Kurt Sinclair (actor), Chuck Vincent (producer), Chuck Vincent (actor), Chuck Vincent (director), Chuck Vincent (writer), Veronica Hart (actress), Jeffrey Wallach (actor), Ernest G. Sauer (producer), Gary P. Conner (producer), Ruth Collins (actress), Joey Mennonna (composer), Craig Horrall (writer), Joey Mennonna (actor),
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