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Friday, February 03, 2012, 8:16 p.m.

DRESSING ROOM: Ash-fighting moisturizer works on all skin tones

By Helaine Williams

"For those who think 'ashy' skin is a problem only for those with darker skin tones, think again," trumpeted a recent news release that grabbed my attention. And why'd it do that? Because I have darker skin tones and, as I've said before, used cooking grease on the grayish-white areas that indicated the dry knees and elbows of my childhood.

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  • Headline: DRESSING ROOM: Ash-fighting moisturizer works on all skin tones
  • Publication: Style, Pages 30 on 09/22/2009
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