When asked about celebrities who sign their names to brands without getting involved, Hayek looks offended and shakes her head. “No, chica. I’ve been working on this for years. I burn my face, my eyes, trying this (expletive). I have very sensitive skin. The stuff is really, really, really good.”

Growing up in Mexico, Hayek, 44, listened and learned as her grandmother, an aesthetician, explored and experimented with the wonders of local plants and herbs. Since then, she says, she has tried everything — the $1,000 face creams promising miracle results, and their more humble counterparts. Her line ranges from $2.99 to $19.99.

“My grandmother used to make her creams. Some of the creams were super-cheap, but they were so efficient,” she says. “I knew there was a way of making extraordinary products that make a difference, without spending that kind of money.

USA Today

CVS/pharmacy, the nation’s leading retail pharmacy, today announced the introduction of the exclusive beauty collection, Nuance Salma Hayek. Co-developed by actress Salma Hayek and CVS/pharmacy, Nuance Salma Hayek is a full beauty line offering high-quality products designed to enhance every woman’s individual beauty, at a price that she can afford. The comprehensive collection of more than 100 products within four categories – skincare, cosmetics, haircare and body – is available only at CVS/pharmacy locations nationwide and on cvs.com/nuancesalmahayek.

The first complete beauty line developed by an actress in partnership with a national retailer, Nuance Salma Hayek was inspired by Hayek’s grandmother, a cosmetologist who developed her own homemade beauty remedies. An embodiment of her rich family heritage, the products in the Nuance Salma Hayek line represent the fusion of advanced, proprietary formulations and personal beauty rituals passed down from generations. Each product in the line was inspired by Hayek’s own beauty rituals as well as her extensive global travels. Many ingredients, such as tepezcohuite, blue agave, prickly pear and lime enzyme, are being used in exclusive beauty formulas available to the mass market for the first time. Hayek rigorously tested every product in the line, partnering with formulators to ensure the highest standards and results.

“I wanted to create a line of premium beauty products that were both effective and affordable using the ingredients and knowledge passed down to me from my grandmother,” said Hayek. “My partnership with CVS/pharmacy allowed me to be truly involved in every aspect of product development, bringing my vision to life in making a line that is available to all women, who are entitled to preserve their youth no matter what.”

“CVS/pharmacy’s leadership in beauty for the past decade has been demonstrated by a long list of first-to-market innovations for our beauty customers,” said Mike Bloom, Executive Vice President of Merchandising and Supply Chain for CVS/pharmacy. “Our partnership with Salma Hayek in creating a premium beauty line that is accessible to all women takes our beauty leadership and innovation to the next level. We are proud to introduce this highly-anticipated line, Nuance Salma Hayek, exclusively to CVS/pharmacy customers.”

Premium, yet approachable, the Nuance Salma Hayek line combines exotic, natural ingredients and ancient beauty secrets with science to create efficacious products that enhance the nuances that define every woman’s individual beauty. Prices range between $2.99 and $19.99, and the line includes:

• Nuance Salma Hayek Skincare: Nuance Salma Hayek Skincare products are specially formulated with natural fruit extracts and essential oils to address multiple skincare concerns like aging, loss of hydration, and uneven tone and texture.
• Nuance Salma Hayek Cosmetics: Nuance Salma Hayek Cosmetics include a full line of products for face, eyes and lips in a palette of stunning shades. Advanced technology and fine ingredients create beautiful, endless, customized looks.
• Nuance Salma Hayek Haircare: Nuance Salma Hayek Haircare products address the needs of all hair types with formulations for fine hair, dry hair and chemically treated hair. The line includes treatments that nourish, style and help protect for all-day, healthy-looking hair.
• Nuance Salma Hayek Body: Nuance Salma Hayek Body treatments combine nourishing botanicals and natural fruit extracts to help create more youthful, hydrated and radiant-looking skin.

For more information on Nuance Salma Hayek and to purchase the products, please visit cvs.com/nuancesalmahayek. To hear more about the inspiration behind the line and additional information directly from Salma, please visit facebook.com/cvsbeautyclub.

About Salma Hayek

A prolific actress who has gained worldwide recognition and success, Salma Hayek has proven herself, in addition to acting, as a producer, director and activist. Known for such works as “Frida,” “Desperado,” “Grown Ups,” and “Ugly Betty,” Hayek has received nominations for an Academy Award, Golden Globe, SAG, BAFTA and she won an Emmy. She is currently filming Oliver Stone’s “Savages,” and will be heard on November 4th lending her voice in Dreamworks Animation “Puss in Boots.” Hayek is dedicated to her social activism in the areas of maternal health, the environment and domestic violence.

About CVS/pharmacy

CVS/pharmacy, the retail division of CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS), is America’s leading retail pharmacy with more than 7,200 CVS/pharmacy and Longs Drug stores. CVS/pharmacy is committed to improving the lives of those we serve by making innovative and high-quality health and pharmacy services safe, affordable and easy to access, both in its stores and online at CVS.com. General information about CVS/pharmacy and CVS Caremark is available at info.cvscaremark.com.

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On a wall of Wu Han and David Finckel’s office at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center is a handwritten chart detailing the organization’s ethos. Large and small circles, each containing a goal or a directive, spill over the page in a complex web, with more cosmic injunctions — “Present the Repertory,” “Serve the Art” and “Sustain the Audience” — written in large print in the center.

This energetic husband-and-wife team, the artistic directors of the society since 2004, have renewed their contract for another five years. Meanwhile, they continue to assess how best to develop the society while balancing their own careers as performing musicians, Ms. Wu as a pianist and Mr. Finckel as the cellist of the Emerson String Quartet.

Posters of the couple, who recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary, can be seen on subway platforms, advertising the society. The slogan “Chamber Music, It’s Not What You Think, It’s What You Feel” is followed by a tag line, “This fall, join the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and hear the finest, most exquisite chamber music our world has to offer.”

“We are into truth in marketing,” Mr. Finckel said. “We don’t try and sell a concert for what it isn’t. We have seen a lot of classical music organizations make that mistake, and when you lie to people once, they don’t come back again.

New York Times

The only really creative opportunity copy editors had was writing headlines, and they took it seriously. This gave the American press some brilliant and memorable moments, including this one, when the Senate failed to convict President Clinton: CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR; and this one, when a meteor missed Earth: KISS YOUR ASTEROID GOODBYE. There were also memorably wonderful flops, like the famous one on a food story about home canning: YOU CAN PUT PICKLES UP YOURSELF.

The Washington Post