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Not sure how to react to the news that investment bank Lehman Brothers has filed for bankruptcy? According to Beauty Addict, hard times should have all of us pulling out our most statement-making lipsticks and glosses: "Times like these call for a serious lipcolor, friends. No playful, flirty shimmer. Choose a lipcolor that means business." [Beauty Addict]