An analyst on Thursday said a recent sell-off in shares of Estee Lauder Cos. is overdone, noting that the cosmetics and fragrance company's sales have been better than many of its peers.

Make-up artists and discerning consumers have only praise for the M.A.C Mineralize range. Excitement was in the air when one of Italy’s best-kept beauty secrets — the painstaking process of handmaking and baking a Mineralize product — was unveiled in Milan recently. SURAYA AL-ATTAS was there.

Apart from make-up artists, models with sensitive skin have also given the thumbs-up to the Mineralize range. Make-up artists and discerning consumers have only praise for the M.A.C Mineralize range.

Beauty Editor Katie Corcoran brings you this week's hottest beauty news... These limited edition fragrances from the darling of fashion Marc Jacobs are not to be overlooked.

Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies may have unusual price changes in U.S. trading tomorrow. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are as of 5:53 p.m. in New York, unless otherwise specified.

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer , Archeology field technician Estee Rivera last week sifted through gravel from one of dozens of pit houses along Silverbell Road. Archeologists have about two weeks to finish their work.

NEW YORK -- Cosmetics company Estee Lauder Cos. paid Chief Executive William P. Lauder $9.1 million in total compensation for the fiscal year ended June 30, up 11 percent from the year before, according to a regulatory filing.

MEDIA agency OMD is considering launching Omnicom media agency stablemate brand M2M in Australia as it tries to maintain momentum after three years of rapid growth.

NEW YORK - Cosmetics company Estee Lauder Cos. paid chief executive William P. Lauder US$9.1 million in total compensation for the financial year ended June 30, up 11 per cent from the year before, according to a regulatory filing.

FORMER make-up mogul Poppy King is back in business.