Brazilians focus on the body beautiful enlisting the help of skilled plastic surgeons and all manner of health an beauty products derived from the rainforest. Producers do not claim that those ingredients are better or healthier than those found in species growing elsewhere or that their ingredients are superior to traditional components like animal fats. But they do believe their "Brazilianness" is a major factor in the rising sales. ( NY Times)
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A Cosmetics Counter in the Rainforest
Category: Environment • Health
Posted on: August 24, 2007 11:42 AM, by EJGili
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