CHICAGO, Aug. 17 The makeup artist to U.S. talk show queen Oprah Winfrey is launching a business venture to help women look good for a price.
Reggie Wells is kicking off his new company, thereggiewells.com, Saturday in Chicago with two makeup seminars, a format the the 60-year-old says he wants to become an annual event. For 2008, he's planning a makeup line, followed by a book, his second.
"I get so many e-mails on the show. Most of these women want some special attention themselves," he told the Chicago Sun Times. "And I want to go out there and talk to some of the women and teach them that everyone can be beautiful."
Laziness is the only excuse for an unattractive woman, Wells said.
"You can buy the hair now, the lashes, the wig, the breast," he said. "I'm all about improvement."
For the $300 seminar fee, registrants -- coming from New York, Los Angeles and Baltimore, Wells' hometown -- will leave with $700 in makeup, as well as Wells' sassy wit and tips.
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