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"Members of the armed services have plenty of serious things to worry about when they're deployed to far-off lands with dangerous conditions. But a lot of those servicepeople are servicewomen who also have the same concerns as the rest of us about they look, no matter where they are. As of November 1, they'll no longer have to worry about having brow pencil, lipstick and eye- and lipliner. [The Navy](http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/09/navy_uniforms_090609w/) has just authorized the use of permanent makeup for its female personnel, [providing it's \\\"in good taste,\\\" with \\\"conservative\\\" colors ](http://hamptonroads.com/2009/09/female-sailors-can-soon-wear-permanent-makeup)and nothing \\\"exaggerated or faddish,\\\" and blends with the the natural skin tone. So no swooping cat's-eye liner on board ship, but for a [sailor who wants](http://hamptonroads.com/2009/09/female-sailors-can-soon-wear-permanent-makeup -navy-uniform-every-occasion) to tattoo a little color on her face (as opposed a heart on her bicep) is now in luck.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n__RELATED LINKS:__\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n  [\u00B7 The Best Beauty Products of the Year: The 189 top skin creams, concealers, mascaras, and more.](http://www.allure.com/beauty/best_of_beauty)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n  [\u00B7 The Big Breakthroughs: The year's most inventive products.](http://www.allure.com/beauty/bestof/2009/10/best_of_beauty_big_breakthroughs\\\\#slide=1)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n  [\u00B7 The Botox of Tomorrow: Five cutting-edge anti-aging treatments.](http://www.allure.com/magazine/2009/04/anti_aging_treatments)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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